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***Official GTX 670 thread***

lowrider007 said:
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Goods Shipped:
£309.99 x 1 - Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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Thanks to 5UB, guy is a legend!

:D
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I want one for that price :eek:
 
pgi947 said:
Yup, I find it bazaar to say the least that Nvidia's ref design would allow the temps to hit a thermal throttle. It renders any kind of OC on the ref cards pretty pointless.
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Its not any different to what the reviewers have found though. I've just checked tomshardware, hardocp etc and they all seem to see it hitting 80c on full load, so I couldn't say it was faulty or anything.
 
PCplodder said:
The reference 670 is very different to the reference 680 and not to be compared.
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My reference KFA2 didn't throttle until 78c, up until that point it would max out @ 1084, the default boost, and then it would creep down to 1054/24 after 80c, still above the base clock though so not terrible, I think some cards start throttling at different temps, but then maybe it would have throttled sooner at higher clock speeds, there are so many variables with these cards, they seem to have a mind of their own lol
 
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ljt said:
Its not any different to what the reviewers have found though. I've just checked tomshardware, hardocp etc and they all seem to see it hitting 80c on full load, so I couldn't say it was faulty or anything.
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I'm not suggesting they are faulty in anyway, just as far as we know the first thermal throttle is at 70c. Seems a little strange that Nvidias ref design would peak at 80c if the card cuts back at 70c/80c/97c.

Its like Intel putting out a chip with a 70c TJmax only to let the stock cooler run at 80c.
 
Did we ever find out if the KFA2 EX OC has a different voltage regulator to the rest of the cards, on the hunch that it uses the 680 HOF PCB?
 
Read this somewhere else. Made me chuckle.

Here is my take on the whole gtx 600 lineup. Most of it is already known, but people don't see Nvidia's strategy which is obvious. They release the mid range chip and call it a high end and charge $500.00. People buy it at this price, and as planned, it runs out of stock since they didn't make that many for a reason. This reason is they know the gtx 670 makes the gtx 680 obsolete. The 680 was only there to put the $500.00 price in people's heads.
Next they release the gtx 690 for a ludicris $1,000.00. As planned, its out of stock as its sole purpose really was to put $1,000.00 into people's heads for this level of performance, although a few might still be available now and then, but not many for the stated reasons since now you'd have to be an idiot to buy one and you should be vomiting if you already have one.
Next, they release basically the same gtx 680 at $400.00 Now people think, "LOOK how CHEAP it is NOW!" and they can't wait to spend this high price for a mid range, especially since they can now get $1,000.00 performance for $800.00. It seems like a bargain but its a complete ripoff. When GK110 hits, they can classify it as an unusually high end card and charge $700.00 for it. The end result is an entire lineup that is way more expensive than any other in history, and people will pay their money and thank them for it as they laugh all the way to the bank.
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Actually I'm really pleased with my Windforce 670. As I'm typing this it's currently sitting at 34 degrees with the fans at 25% (and has been for hours)

Bloody lovely actually.

And I can run 1263 stable.

Well pleased here.
 
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Another review of the Asus card, although they seem to rate the noise level a fair bit higher than the tech review.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-geforce-gtx-670-directcu-ii-top-review/10

These conflicting reviews do my head in, they rate the 560ti as one the quietest gpu's @ load yet my 560's were the nosiest cards I'd ever owned, I guess you just don't know until it's sitting in your machine.
 
Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has one of the reference design cards could they measure the mounting holes for the aluminium cooler. (Obviously there's no need to remove the cooler but just measure from the back of the card, see below). Many thanks. Just thinking whether my Gelid Icy Vision Cooler would fit (obviously the VRM heatsink would have to be replaced with a low profile one).

Also, are there screws on the underside of the card to remove the VRM heatsink?

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Noise is very very subjective IMO.

I also don't trust any sound readings, as far as I know none use an actual acoustics lab to measure, they just shove a dB meter next to the case and take a reading.
 
psychodil said:
I don't believe it. There are no problems with these cards, they are all problem free, bhaav said so :D
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I've been complaining about the KFA2 EX OC temperatures throughot this thread, stop spamming BS.

I was probably the first to request an RMA for how bad the temperatures are, but don't want to pay an extra £15 to ship it back and get a slightly more expensive one.

The reference cards go over 80 degrees at the reference boost clock of 1084 Mhz, there's very little actually wrong with the KFA2 reaching 74 degrees other than Nvidias implementation of thermal throttling at 70 degrees, and the wimforce card managing to remain below 60 degrees in comparison.

The Windforce is so much better for temperatures, and with Nvidias thermal throttling its no wonder that people want that version instead now.
 
kitch9 said:
Not really, my 680 does 1300 mhz at 80c, people are just reading too much in to how the cards are set up.

In fact the fan on the 680 doesn't seem to even start to control temps until 70c and at 80c it might drop 15 mhz or something.
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I've already uploaded and posted afterburner graphs of the throttling. At 80 degrees you lose 25 Mhz. If Nvidia are fine with Making such a rubbish stock cooler for this card which causes it to heat up over 80 degrees at reference speeds, why do they throttle it by 25 Mhz?
 
This card is beginning to really take the ****, 45 degrees and now my "boost" clock is 1004Mhz... Seriously what the hell is that? So close to sending it back now it is more hassle than it is worth. (KFA2 EX OC)
 
phinix said:
Do you guys think that swapping GTX580 to GTX670 would be a good idea?
Less power hungry chip, smaller card, 20% faster...
Would you swap it, having 2560x1440 screen? Of course it would cost aroung £100, hoping that my GTX580 would go for £220...
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Anyone?
 
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