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***Official GTX 670 thread***

bhavv said:
It is far better than a reference 7970.
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Yes looking at some reviews I guess you are right, TPU has 7970 93% the performance. I guess when overclocked both cards will be roughly equal so yes go for the cooler and quieter card.

By the way I wasn't talking reference 7970, £365 for the VTX at the moment
 
£378 now for windforce 7970

I would buy that but I wanted to try nvidia for once plus dsr-ing my 670 will result in about ~£40 loss. Although im having regrets dsring my 7970 X-edition because of coil whine :mad:
 
The Asus DC2 7970 is only £360 and has 3 new games worth at least £25 in resale value with ease, the Gigabyte windforce is also £370

7970's are very well priced ATM, I had one and once overclocked they are very close to or faster in some circumstances than the 680 and probably better than most 670's.

I sold it because I changed to Nvidia for 3D vision, but it was a good card, and I had a referance.
 
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Blackwhite said:
windforce or kfa2?
Stable benchmarks or games?
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Windforce, KFA2 doesn't support 680 waterblocks.

That was with a run through on heaven, other less demanding benchmarks allowed me to push to 1369/7160, any higher and the boost just dropped back to stock (1189).
 
to be fair, I wouldn't buy any 670 at the prices currently being bandied about... the launch prices that were posted before every retailer added £30-50 to each model were much more inline with what they should actually be selling at

yet again people are paying over the odds to get their card a few days early

considering I paid £380 for my GTX680 (from OCUK before anyone tries to report me for competitor talk), £370 for a GTX 670 is bobbins
 
I think allot of people are scared that they are going to go out of stock because the 680 was in so little supply.

Thinking about it... these are the same chips as 680's.... that could have been Nvidia's plan. To sell these in very high volume.
 
psychodil said:
You can get a directcu 7970 for that price though. Its a tough call.
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Plus the 3 games you get with it which you could easily sell for £25 makes it £335 which is an extremely good price for a card that can beat the 680 when both overclocked in a few certain circumstances, match it and come close to it in others.
 
gonna stop reading this thread for a while. all the talk about 7970 is making me have buyers remorse. going to enjoy the 670 to remove it :p
 
bhavv said:
The Vortez review is done on an open bench, with a big fan above the graphics card too lol:

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/nvidia_gtx670_review,7.html

And the reference card gets up to 70 degrees still lol.

Techpowerup's review was done in a full system:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_670/5.html

82 degrees with the card inside a case. Andybird is the most clueless person about graphics cards on this forum, judging by the posts he keeps making in these threads.
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*sigh*
I'm not saying the stock cooler is the best cooler in the world, I'm just saying that in terms of actual performance difference, it doesn't make £50 worth of difference... yes they look nicer and yes arguably the windforce can OC higher and the KFA to a lesser degree unless you get really lucky and/or you ramp the fans up to annoyingly high levels

but, if you are going to SLI anyway, then the extra 1-5% performance for an extra 15-20% cost is not, IN MY OPINION, worth it, just like for some people they want the absolute best they will argue themselves all the way up to a full custom 680 purely for epeen value when a pair of reference 670's is nearly the same price but clearly much faster, even I got caught up in the hysteria and ordered a HOF edition 680 and then realised that it's just silly to pay all that extra money for very little real gain in performance

or if you've already argued yourself up to £370 for a 670 then why not just get a 680 that will again OC to above any 670 top OC

resorting to insults just because someone doesn't happen to agree with you is just very childish really

if I was really worried about temps I would just get a pair of GPU waterblocks for £15-20 a pop and call it a job done
the full length PCB and 6+8pin power connectors (except in a couple of rare freak occasions) doesn't seem to be making a massive difference, just like the aftermarket coolers and extra pins don't seem to be making much more than 50-100mhz difference on the 680's either (e.g. a very small % FPS gain for a very large % additional cost)
 
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Slight word of warning. All Asus Direct CU cards I've had have been intolerably loud on load which was partly why I went for the gigabyte gtx670. The heatsink on this is a similar design but the fans are MUCH quieter.

Cooling-wise, I'd say they are identical purely on looking at the anatomy of the coolers.
 
PCplodder said:
I think allot of people are scared that they are going to go out of stock because the 680 was in so little supply.

Thinking about it... these are the same chips as 680's.... that could have been Nvidia's plan. To sell these in very high volume.
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The 670 chips are failed 680 chips with cores lasered off. This is normal practice though but if they have loads of 670's, then I wonder how many 680's are being made.
 
sorry I've I missed it but I been reading through the posts and didn't notice any real talk or anyone posting there test/thoughts on the MSI OC, can anyone shed some light on this card?

Also I just checked DPD and seems I might not have my card until Wednesday (Estimate del. date: 16/4/12) :( I hate waiting!
 
andybird123 said:
*sigh*
it doesn't make £50 worth of difference... yes they look nicer and yes arguably the windforce can OC higher and the KFA to a lesser degree unless you get really lucky and/or you ramp the fans up to annoyingly high levels

but, if you are going to SLI anyway, then the extra 1-5% performance for an extra 15-20% cost is not, IN MY OPINION, worth it

resorting to insults just because someone doesn't happen to agree with you is just very childish really
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1) The price difference is £35-£40, not £50.

An aftermarket cooler comparable to the ones already on these cards costs the same amount:

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/375/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html?c=2182

So yes its worth it.

2) If you're going to SLI you NEED lower temperatures. These aftermarket coolers ARE worth it just for that.

3) What insults? You've been constantly insulting and attacking me throughout this thread, your issue has nothing to do with this thread's topic, you simply see any post made by me and start spamming off topic insults.

If you dont want a custom cooled version then dont buy one and shut up.
 
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