undecided - 670's

gunnerzz1008 · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:00

Hey guys. I'm currently running a 650 gtx. And its not great.

I was going to wait until Xmas to upgrade but these prices are ridiculously cheap. I can't find any, any cheaper than this. I'm worries that if I postpone I won't be able to find such a great deal.

These are the cards in question. Same price but one has a higher clock speed and the other double the memory.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-290-AS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-170-MS

I'm also not sure weather just to wait until the 700 series goes down in price. I think I would just sli 2 670's instead.

Thoughts?

RavenXXX2 · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:06

The 670 is up there with a 770 when clocked so I wouldn't bother waiting on them coming down in price, as for the 780, SLI 670 will easily beat it and I doubt you will bag a 780 for around £400 anytime soon.

I would bag the 4GB and clock it to the same speed as the 2GB which it should do easily, for an extra £10 the 4GB has got be worth it over the 2GB.

spike2011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:12

I was going to wait 2 months to see if the gtx 770 would drop in price but just bought Asus gtx 670 4 gig today comes with 2 free games an free delivery so a good deal its fast enough for my Shuttle SH67H7.

w00dy85 · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:16

Like Raven says get the 4GB and clock it to the same speed as the 2GB, for £210 it's a great card for the money and you could always sell the games if you don't want them

Davanius · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:17

The Asus cards are almost silent. Get a 4gb card as they are much cheaper now and maybe sli later.

Tonester0011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:50

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £199.99
Total : £199.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

They are silent, really no point getting 4GB, even if it is only £10 more still 4 pints

Edit:

I own both the 2GB and 4GB versions of the above card, just plonked in the 4GB card and it boosts to 1110mhz out the box. The 2GB card boosted to 1089mhz out the box, until it got flashed with 1.21v bios and then it boosted to 1215mhz

Will be overclocking and testing both the cards @1080 and 1440 resolutions, will be making a thread where all the appropriate VRAM arguments can go in future then

gunnerzz1008 · 3 Sep 2013 at 19:00

bru · 3 Sep 2013 at 19:03

Tonester0011 said:
They are silent, really no point getting 4GB, even if it is only £10 more still 4 pints

You must be drinking some really cheap swill

gunnerzz1008 · 3 Sep 2013 at 19:08

I can get 5 pints out of that at the Student Union bar

gunnerzz1008 · 3 Sep 2013 at 19:24

Tonester0011 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £199.99
Total : £199.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

They are silent, really no point getting 4GB, even if it is only £10 more still 4 pints

Edit:

I own both the 2GB and 4GB versions of the above card, just plonked in the 4GB card and it boosts to 1110mhz out the box. The 2GB card boosted to 1089mhz out the box, until it got flashed with 1.21v bios and then it boosted to 1215mhz
Will be overclocking and testing both the cards @1080 and 1440 resolutions, will be making a thread where all the appropriate VRAM arguments can go in future then

So the extra 2gb doesn't make much difference? Clock speed is the deciding factor?

avit27 · 3 Sep 2013 at 19:30

So excited to try my 670 PE, my new parts have just been shipped so if I'm lucky I will have them tomorrow. I'm currently using a GTX 460 which has been a very good card for me,but with current games it's choking and time to upgrade.

I've heard nothing but good things about the GTX 670 so I'm hoping it doesn't disappoint! I'd go with the 670 if you're looking to upgrade.

Tonester0011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 19:51

gunnerzz1008 said:
So the extra 2gb doesn't make much difference? Clock speed is the deciding factor?

Not for single screen single card gaming, the biggest boost in performance would be overall stable clock.

whyscotty · 3 Sep 2013 at 20:09

Tonester0011 said:
I own both the 2GB and 4GB versions of the above card, just plonked in the 4GB card and it boosts to 1110mhz out the box. The 2GB card boosted to 1089mhz out the box, until it got flashed with 1.21v bios and then it boosted to 1215mhz
Will be overclocking and testing both the cards @1080 and 1440 resolutions, will be making a thread where all the appropriate VRAM arguments can go in future then

Look forward to your results

gunnerzz1008 · 3 Sep 2013 at 21:22

Should I go for the Asus over the MSI then?

avit27 · 3 Sep 2013 at 21:28

gunnerzz1008 said:
Should I go for the Asus over the MSI then?

I've gone with the MSI power edition OC, looks like a great card and as I said I've seen reviews and benchmarks of this card and it look phenomenal

Jumper118 · 3 Sep 2013 at 21:31

I've ordered the msi oc pe on Sundays cos it was 197.99 then barging. If I was buying now I'd go with the 4gb Asus card.

badcompany · 3 Sep 2013 at 21:33

isa it worth overclocking the msi power edition? if so whats the best way?

RetrogamerX · 3 Sep 2013 at 21:34

Tonester0011 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £199.99
Total : £199.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

They are silent, really no point getting 4GB, even if it is only £10 more still 4 pints

Edit:

I own both the 2GB and 4GB versions of the above card, just plonked in the 4GB card and it boosts to 1110mhz out the box. The 2GB card boosted to 1089mhz out the box, until it got flashed with 1.21v bios and then it boosted to 1215mhz
Will be overclocking and testing both the cards @1080 and 1440 resolutions, will be making a thread where all the appropriate VRAM arguments can go in future then

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This 100%

Tonester0011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 21:37

gunnerzz1008 said:
Should I go for the Asus over the MSI then?

If you're spending £210 get the 4GB Asus, the card is so ****ing quiet. Neither card will guarantee you a decent overclock as that's down to the silicon gods.
But seriously, my money would be on the £200 Asus, it's only a tenner but a tenner you could save.

gunnerzz1008 · 3 Sep 2013 at 21:45

The MSI looks cooler and it's blue and I like the 'self cleaning novelty'

but the 2gb Asus has better benchmarks without overclock so I guess I'm going with that. I dont really need the 4gb as I'm only gaming using one monitor plus an accessory monitor at a different resolution. Thanks for the help! Always great responses here. My first port of call for advice.