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POV cooling?
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Will POV be better than gigabyte windforce?
Will it be quieter?
How good are these cooling in general?
No idea about the POV, I just assumed as it's a dual fan non reference vs a reference card.
The windforce is generally viewed as the quietest dual slot card on the market and Giga has a great warranty to back it up too.
However, if I was buying, I'd get this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673
Performs on par with the 670 (if not better) for £10 less than the cheapest reference 670
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/598?vs=645
The windforce is generally viewed as the quietest dual slot card on the market and Giga has a great warranty to back it up too.
However, if I was buying, I'd get this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673
Performs on par with the 670 (if not better) for £10 less than the cheapest reference 670
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/598?vs=645
That FTW has 2 fans aswell. I would give a link but its a different shop, but if you copy it exactly as it is you will see the 1st link!
I gues i will be ending up buying gigabyte wf2 or wf3
*facepalm* sorry
Didn't realise it was the signature 2, i just presumed FTW with reference 680 cooler.
Going purely by the images, the POV does look to have slightly larger fans, meaning it will be a little quieter.
If you're intent on a 670, then I'd go for the Windforce for silence or the MSI power edition:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
The MSI is, to the best of my recollection, a little louder, but generally cooler. I very much doubt you'll be able to hear the difference though.
However, my point about the 7950 still stands, it's a much better choice as it's cheaper, faster and comes with free games!
Didn't realise it was the signature 2, i just presumed FTW with reference 680 cooler.
Going purely by the images, the POV does look to have slightly larger fans, meaning it will be a little quieter.
If you're intent on a 670, then I'd go for the Windforce for silence or the MSI power edition:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
The MSI is, to the best of my recollection, a little louder, but generally cooler. I very much doubt you'll be able to hear the difference though.
However, my point about the 7950 still stands, it's a much better choice as it's cheaper, faster and comes with free games!
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To be honest, just buy a 670 with a good cooler, saves the hassle and possibly voiding the warranty.
Ps my 670 FTW is almost silent, and it's a reference 680 cooler, not the dual fan one.
Ps my 670 FTW is almost silent, and it's a reference 680 cooler, not the dual fan one.
Nope, but theres always this but! isnt it?
AMD - Cheap, good performance, better drives which give your a boost up to 20% better performance. And from when i can remmber they never had any problems, their cards keep much more stable FPS.
Nvidia favorues the games i play which are borderlands 2 and BF3.
Pshyx looks lovley on borderlands 2 and i only just started the game 26houres on steam with 50level only 2 orange items...
I dont know if you heard that in one of AMD generations they lowerd the quality of image to get more fps on benchmarks...
To be honest im confused...
Im not a fanboy, my old build was all based on AMD.
Well, AMD will certianly give you better value, but if you utilise physx and have the spare cash, then I'd go for nvidia.
I'd go for this, see how you cope with the noise, then add the cooler later if necessary
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-195-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
I'd go for this, see how you cope with the noise, then add the cooler later if necessary
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-195-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
Well, AMD will certianly give you better value, but if you utilise physx and have the spare cash, then I'd go for nvidia.
I'd go for this, see how you cope with the noise, then add the cooler later if necessary
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-195-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
Sorry OCUK to say this but if ill be buying gtx 670 than gigabyte 670 wf3 for 315. Or EVGA FTW 2 for this same price. The 30 pounds i saved could allways go towards another upgrade!
To be honest Im not too bothered about pshyx but it is a nice addon.
If you're not bothered with physx, then I'd certainly go for the 7950
I no this might sound strange or stupid however some one wants to call it...
Which would you choose? I will be buying the card next week. Still a bit of time to think and see if the price maybe drop a bit...
If you were looking for a decent budget card which would you choose?
The psyhx might not be noticable to me in middle of heavy battle. Thats why i say im not too bothered.
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7950 twin frozr is the best choice IMO
Pretty quiet, good overclocking potential, cheaper
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Twin frozr is too loud, my build aim is silence.
To much to fiddle with. Cleaning etc...
But if i did WC the card how much would it cost me all together?
My case is p280 and the cpu i5 2400 with super spirit 140 + IC diamond 7c