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***Official GTX 670 thread***
- Thread starter Azza
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Yes I have, no idea if it improved anything as I only received my 670 on the same day, but updating went fine.
Well, tested it late Sunday evening.
Massive improvement in graphics, Im chuffed to bits.
DayZ look amazing now compard to what it looked like on the 5850. Also I'm impressed with how things look in BF3. Loaded up a multiplayer game, Grand Baazar and it was raining....I'd never seen it rain in BF3 before on the Raddy 5850
everything looked gorgeous and smooth. Really impressed and worth the upgrade, just i ntime for Guild Wars 2 and Planetside 2.
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Good morning
I was wondering if I could get some advice, I have bought myself a Gigabyte 670 Windforce and would like to take full advantage, I am currently using the "OC Guru II".
Now I busted up everything by 30% the voltage GPU and Memory via the interface and it runs smoother, it is still running cool as a cucumber and hits 50 degrees sometimes for a short time as then the fan kicks in and pops it below during load max is something like 45+- and the fan never only goes to 40% at 51 degrees which is very uncommon.
I was wondering if anyone had a good site to visit, to use the card to its full potential, any advice or hints and perhaps a good and safe overclocking tool.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
CitizenX
I was wondering if I could get some advice, I have bought myself a Gigabyte 670 Windforce and would like to take full advantage, I am currently using the "OC Guru II".
Now I busted up everything by 30% the voltage GPU and Memory via the interface and it runs smoother, it is still running cool as a cucumber and hits 50 degrees sometimes for a short time as then the fan kicks in and pops it below during load max is something like 45+- and the fan never only goes to 40% at 51 degrees which is very uncommon.
I was wondering if anyone had a good site to visit, to use the card to its full potential, any advice or hints and perhaps a good and safe overclocking tool.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
CitizenX
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Well, tested it late Sunday evening.
Massive improvement in graphics, Im chuffed to bits.
DayZ look amazing now compard to what it looked like on the 5850. Also I'm impressed with how things look in BF3. Loaded up a multiplayer game, Grand Baazar and it was raining....I'd never seen it rain in BF3 before on the Raddy 5850
Cheers for feedback - good to hear its all good and no regrets.
Hows the fan noise compared to your old 5850 ?
Can't tell the difference tbh as I have a rogue 120mm fan in the case that is causing a bit of a racket and I can pinpoint which one it is.
All in all I'm relaly impressed wit hthe card, look forward to playing soem other big titles on it to see what its like. Think I may try Skyrim tonight
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Good morning
I was wondering if I could get some advice, I have bought myself a Gigabyte 670 Windforce and would like to take full advantage, I am currently using the "OC Guru II".
Now I busted up everything by 30% the voltage GPU and Memory via the interface and it runs smoother, it is still running cool as a cucumber and hits 50 degrees sometimes for a short time as then the fan kicks in and pops it below during load max is something like 45+- and the fan never only goes to 40% at 51 degrees which is very uncommon.
I was wondering if anyone had a good site to visit, to use the card to its full potential, any advice or hints and perhaps a good and safe overclocking tool.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
CitizenX
Personally I use evga precision and sometimes the msi afterburner to up the clocks. I use a mix of heaven and my most played games for a few hours to test the overclock and check the stability
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Aaargh !!! I cannot decide which 670 to buy - too much choice !! Is there any reason not to get the OCuk card on special this week at £290 ?
Yes there are lots of reasons, all of the 7950/7970 cards at ridiculous prices until tomorrow
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Yes there are lots of reasons, all of the 7950/7970 cards at ridiculous prices until tomorrow
Haha, thanks for that ! Im off the fence tho and going green
Associate
Sod it, Ive ordered the EVGA, an extra £10 for an extra years warranty...
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EVGA card arrived today - took me 2mins to install, no probs whatsover.
Just had 15mins to test Witcher 2 + Saints Row 3 - nice big performance boosts from my 5850, Witcher 2 in particular looking fantastic running full whack with all bells and whistles on.
Fan whir is slightly noisier than the old card but hardly noticable - I'd still class as 'quiet'.
One thing Im not sure of - theres a lot of settings in the Nvidia control panel that Im not savvy with - are there any default options in there that should be changed ?
Just had 15mins to test Witcher 2 + Saints Row 3 - nice big performance boosts from my 5850, Witcher 2 in particular looking fantastic running full whack with all bells and whistles on.
Fan whir is slightly noisier than the old card but hardly noticable - I'd still class as 'quiet'.
One thing Im not sure of - theres a lot of settings in the Nvidia control panel that Im not savvy with - are there any default options in there that should be changed ?
Soldato
I always set power management to maximum performance, downclocking in games can cause stutter.
Soldato
So should you choose F4 or F12? What exactly is the difference?
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If your VBIOS version is:
F1, it can only be updated with VBIOS versions F2-F9.
F10, it can only be updated with VBIOS versions F11-F19.
F20, it can only be updated with VBIOS versions F21-F29.
etc.
http://uk.gigabyte.com/WebPage/40/index.htm
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If your VBIOS version is:
F1, it can only be updated with VBIOS versions F2-F9.
F10, it can only be updated with VBIOS versions F11-F19.
F20, it can only be updated with VBIOS versions F21-F29.
etc.
http://uk.gigabyte.com/WebPage/40/index.htm
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Right, I'm confused.
Just got my Gigabyte WF 670. Updated the drivers etc.
Looking at MSI Afterburner I get this:
If I'm not mistaken, the card should come at stock with:
Core Clock: 980MHz
Shader Clock: 1960MHz
Please tell me I haven't got a duff card..
Just got my Gigabyte WF 670. Updated the drivers etc.
Looking at MSI Afterburner I get this:
If I'm not mistaken, the card should come at stock with:
Core Clock: 980MHz
Shader Clock: 1960MHz
Please tell me I haven't got a duff card..
Associate
Right, I'm confused.
Just got my Gigabyte WF 670. Updated the drivers etc.
Looking at MSI Afterburner I get this:
If I'm not mistaken, the card should come at stock with:
Core Clock: 980MHz
Shader Clock: 1960MHz
Please tell me I haven't got a duff card..
Have you tried precision x by evga?
It might of scaled down the frequency because you're not giving it enough load?
Soldato
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get the latest afterburner - that display is all wrong for GTX670 - my guess would be that you haven't updated afterburner - what version are you running? (conveniently missing from the screenshot)
is should say "power target" which is a % up to 122% and offsets for the others like +0 as default
is should say "power target" which is a % up to 122% and offsets for the others like +0 as default
It was out of date, yes.
If it is a visual bug then all is good. I guess I'll have to play about with it for a bit.
Thanks!
F'ing fantastic, I think one of the fans on the card is slightly broken resulting in the most frustrating clicking/flicking noise when the card is at idle.
I should be thankful the whole card isn't duff but it's one of those small things that really set me off.