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***Official GTX 670 thread***

They should have stuck one of those MSI cyclone heat sinks on it instead... would have been better in so many ways.

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bhavv said:
OCUK is the only place selling the KFA2 EX OC. I don't see anyone here that have bought one and not had it work at the stock settings of 1215 Mhz boost. One person even got one with a 1229 Mhz factory boost. They are working as specified by the manufacturers. Hand picked GPUs, good full length PCB, 8+6 pin connectors, 1215 Mhz out of the box.

I wouldn't touch a reference design for just £30 less.
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1185Mhz stock, I have to mess around with it using MSI afterburner to get above 1200 and It barely acheives 1215Mhz on the Core.

The Ram however goes to about 7.5Ghz no problem...

I think people need to remember that no one I've seen so far hasn't got what they paid for. You're paying for those specifications that are stated on the sale, anything you can get from Overclocking is a bonus. It's not a sign that they are **** quality. Seriously people need to lighten up, this is how people reacted over Ivy Bridge. I'm happy with mine I doubt I'll be sending it back unless it breaks...

The reference design does look a bit lacklustre but it also does the job fine, most of these after market coolers are over compensating and in some cases they don't make a beneficial difference. Just look at that PNY closed loop one or even the Windforce x5... over engineering?


psychodil said:
I agree about the reference cards. But just because you havent seen anyone on the forum complaining about the KFA2 cards doesnt necessarily mean they are all working as specifioed.
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Please remember that specified means the specifications they are selling the card at, getting anything over 1085Mhz on your boost clock is a bonus... I haven't seen a KFA2 card that has failed to reach that. Sure some will need to be RMA'd due to faults and that is expected but I doubt those that aren't borked from the start will fail to meet their specifications.

People need to stop expecting more than what they are buying.

I bought my 3570K @ 3.4Ghz, any performance increase I can get out of that is a bonus.

Moral of the story; People will find something to complain about somehow
 
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andybird123 said:
do you understand what the word "arrogant" means?

if manufacturers send their "absolute best" cards to reviewers, then why does the KFA EX OC that hexus got also struggle to hit 1250

you don't have to go too far to find user reviews of short PCB cards hitting 1200+, there's been a couple in the last couple of pages, so it's a bit pointless me trying to show you any more as you clearly can't or won't read them anyway as you're sat there with your hands on your ears saying "lalalala can't hear you" because it goes against your beliefs, just like you would never accept any clear evidence that BF3 couldn't be run on ultra on 1GB cards... yet funny how all of a sudden you've swapped to a 2GB card that runs at the same speed as your pair of 560ti's did
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Hexus tested a retail bought KFA2 card as confirmed by gibbo, not one provided by the manufacturers. Most other cards, particularly the Gigabyte and Asus versions were tested far ahead of their actual release. You aren't the smartest person here that's for sure, your lack of understanding on graphics cards just keeps on showing time and time again.

Also I didn't upgrade just for the Vram or the performance, but keep believing whatever you want to in your tiny closed mind.

I upgrade my graphics cards every generation because I want to, not because I need to, and sell my old cards. ATI 3850s, 4850s, 4870s, 5770s, Nvidia GTX 460s, 560 tis, GTX 670. It keeps my PC well ahead of the games I play, something that you illogically keep on worrying about.

I actually upgraded to the 670 for its efficiency, one card doing what my last two cards did with less power draw than just one of my old ones, fantastic upgrade.
 
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jallan said:
1185Mhz stock, I have to mess around with it using MSI afterburner to get above 1200 and It barely acheives 1215Mhz on the Core.

The Ram however goes to about 7.5Ghz no problem...

I think people need to remember that no one I've seen so far hasn't got what they paid for. You're paying for those specifications that are stated on the sale, anything you can get from Overclocking is a bonus. It's not a sign that they are **** quality. Seriously people need to lighten up, this is how people reacted over Ivy Bridge. I'm happy with mine I doubt I'll be sending it back unless it breaks...

The reference design does look a bit lacklustre but it also does the job fine, most of these after market coolers are over compensating and in some cases they don't make a beneficial difference. Just look at that PNY closed loop one or even the Windforce x5... over engineering?





Please remember that specified means the specifications they are selling the card at, getting anything over 1085Mhz on your boost clock is a bonus... I haven't seen a KFA2 card that has failed to reach that. Sure some will need to be RMA'd due to faults and that is expected but I doubt those that aren't borked from the start will fail to meet their specifications.

People need to stop expecting more than what they are buying.

I bought my 3570K @ 3.4Ghz, any performance increase I can get out of that is a bonus.
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1006 base clock = 1215 boost clock, your KFA2 should have this unless it has a reduced base clock. The advertised boost clocks are wrong because they have been vastly increased on the GTX 670.

Could you upload a screenshot of GPU Z and an MSI afterburner GPU clock speed graph of your card while it is running Heaven to verify please?
 
Hi guys, thought I'd comment since I've been reading this thread from the start. Received my 670 on friday, impressed by overclockers. I was on a strict budget and couldn't spend more than £330 in total. Opted for the ocuk reference(palit) since it was the cheapest available. So far I'm chuffed with it, plays everything maxed out no problem. At stock it boosts to 1097mhz, I only overclocked it a little, by 105 on the core and 200 on the memory. It boosts to 1202mhz and runs fine. It may go higher but I haven't tried yet as I've been gaming :)
 
Wow things really kicked off in here over the last few hours :eek:

Edit: On another note, looks like it may be Tuesday I get to try this card under water, so far its taken over 24 hours for the block to get from OcUK HQ to Birmingham, the guy must have walked with it :p
 
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thezakarum said:
They should have stuck one of those MSI cyclone heat sinks on it instead... would have been better in so many ways.

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This.

You at least see heat sinks like that on £80 cards. But Nvidia bring out a £320+ high performance card with tiny poor heatsinks that probably costs less than £2 each for them. Then cover with a huge shroud to hide it/extend the length of the card and pretend there is a proper sized heatsink underneath.

Sure the reference cards are OK as they are and good performance wise, but they should/could be allot better with ease and a proper heatsink that would reasult in lower temps and less noise+ more overclock room.

Performance wise in this climate they should be £300+
But quality/build quality wise comparing to all other card there is. it should certainly cost less than £300.

Why make a great card with very little money and not pass any of the savings to the costumer? There is a good company that is greedy and makes money. And then there is a bad company that is greedy and just plain rips their customers off, and then somehow don't get slated for it.
 
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Reference design GTX 560 Ti had a much better heatsink than this for a £180 card, it was like a smaller MSI cyclone cooler.

I can't take anyone that recommends the rubbish reference design seriously, that thing is absolutely not staying under 70 degrees in heaven when overclocked.
 
My Galaxy GTX 670 OC will be here tomorrow.
It's not the PCP of the card that decides your overclock.
It's just the chip, and if you are lucky or not.

I tried to sighn up last night just to tell BHAVV that his thermal grease is probably caked on there. :)
 
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I'm really lost with what is happening in here atm :p

Bhavv what's the latest with your KFA2 EX OC? Just in need of a re-seat with new paste?
 
pgi947 said:
I'm really lost with what is happening in here atm :p

Bhavv what's the latest with your KFA2 EX OC? Just in need of a re-seat with new paste?
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Yup that's all. Not sending it back now, waste of money posting it back and waste of a perfectly good card.

95% of people still don't realize how the GTX 670 throttles GPU speeds at 70 and 80 degrees. You cant take a reference version, overclock it to 1200 Mhz, and keep it under 70 degrees like the gigabyte, kfa2, and Asus cards can.
 
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My galaxy GTX 670 OC will be here tomorrow.
I tried sighning up last night just to tel bhavv to check the amount of thermal grease on his chip.
 
bhavv said:
Yup that's all. Not sending ot back now, waste of money posting it back and waste of a perfectly good card.

95% of people still don't realize how the GTX 670 throttles GPU speeds at 70 and 80 degrees. You can take a reference version, overclock it to 1200 Mhz, and keep it under 70 degrees like the gigabyte, kfa2, and Asus cards can.
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Correct, from what I understand there are 3 thermal chokes on the 6x0 cards, 70c, 80c and 97c. I would think the memory has a similar layout but we can't read memory temps at the moment.
 
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