NVIDIA GeForce 600-Series 28nm (Kepler) | 690 680 670 660 650 | Discussion

[Olle_34]

Originally Posted by KonataFB

on the topic of CPU's in your opinion is my "Intel I7-3930k CPU @ 3.2GHz (not overclocked) powerful enough for my 2 x 680's (MSI Lightning GTX 680 2GB).

That setup will kill anything,but if you want a massacre clock it up baby

[Cpt.J.Sparrow]

Originally Posted by ni9ht_5ta1k3r

though it runs at 30fps and not 60+fps.

That's not all. Lower IQ, too.

Yet I still have just as much fun with what looks like an inappropriate hardware with very limited system resources.

Originally Posted by flu!d

And you control it with a stick....

I use a keyboard and a mouse; I am too clumsy with the controller.

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

Originally Posted by anthonyl

2 x 670's it is then.

I am looking at this one..any good?

http://www.computeralliance.com.au/p...?qryPart=13763

NVIDIA GTX670 2GB Gigabyte PCIe Video Card PN N670OC-2GD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 GPU, Core Base clock: 980 MHz Boost clock: 1058 MHz, 6008 MHz Memory, 2GB DDR5, PCIe 3.0, Dual-link DVI-I, DVI-D,

Thanks for all the help and recommendations!!

I have the card and while I can only overclock the factory OC to about 1215MHz at the core's highest clock it still does a damn good job with BF3 on MP maps with high to ultra settings..going between 70-130fps.

the average clock is about 1235MHz while there have been some people who have pushed it over the 1300MHz barrier that's pretty much a luck of the draw. if you can pull off anything over 1200MHz then i think you gotta good card. This card is the 2nd quietest 670 that's out on the market atm with the most quiet one i have seen go to the ASUS 670 DCU2....the fans are like "what fan noise?" all other 670 cards have louder fans...louder than the gigabyte card.

this card also got rated the best all-rounder 670 card by tom's hardware. while it doesn't have an aggressive factory overclock like the asus 670 DCU2, the fan tables written into the gigabyte 670 make it a decent competitor and general cooling is better both at idle and at load....mine doesn't even touch 60 deg C on any of the BF3 MP maps i have played and 60 deg C is considered cool by many standards.

so should you get this card? from my experience and usage of this card i say yes, most definitely.

[Cpt.J.Sparrow]

When GTX670OC came out, it annoyed quite a few reference GTX680 owners because GTX670OC would score slightly higher because that Windforce cooler was keeping it below 70 degrees C (ie. no throttling).

670 SLI rocks. I feel bad about my 690 purchase. It's that good.

[emett]

Originally Posted by Olle_34

Check out the 3dmark 11 thread gigabyte GTX 670's hold the top single and SLI spots,not braggin or nufffin

Rofl, no they don't.
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=934574

[Aggle]

Quick question. I if I overvolt my GTX460's will I permanently wreck them?

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

Originally Posted by emett

Rofl, no they don't.
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=934574

errr....gigabyte holds the highest scoring 670 here

SINGLE
P10612 - Gigabyte GTX670oc 1316/3348 - 3930K@4.7 - asrock x79 extreme4 - 16gb sniper @1600 - air- olle_34 - Link - #1 Ranked GTX 670

DUAL
P16598 - Gigabyte GTX 670oc SLI - 1320/3348 - i7 3820 @ 4471 - AsRock X79 extreme4 - 16Gb sniper @ 1664 - air - olle_34 - Link - #1 Ranked SLI GTX 670

They don't win in the overall scores but they're the highest for the GTX 670! read before you call people out!

[RB Snake]

Originally Posted by Aggle

Quick question. I if I overvolt my GTX460's will I permanently wreck them?

If you overvolt? Most likely yes. I think the 460's have a voltage cap iirc you can unlock the voltage cap and push the voltage even further, then you could kill it quite easily.

[Aggle]

Ahh sweet. I was just curious how far I could get. Using stock coolers so it would be too loud to have the fan at 100% with a big overclock.

[Akimbo]

Found an article about vram usage.

VRAM using 5760x1080 in 3D vision

Helpful.

[Olle_34]

Originally Posted by emett

Rofl, no they don't.
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=934574

The discussion was on 670's,most without rocks in head would have looked at 670 scores,though perhaps i could have worded the post better

[emett]

Originally Posted by ni9ht_5ta1k3r

errr....gigabyte holds the highest scoring 670 here





They don't win in the overall scores but they're the highest for the GTX 670! read before you call people out!

Ah cool sorry, thought ollie was trying to say the 670 was faster than the 680.

[anthonyl]

Gigabyte GTX 670 is in da house!! Just noticed an improvement in IQ and is awesome so far!!

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

Originally Posted by anthonyl

Gigabyte GTX 670 is in da house!! Just noticed an improvement in IQ and is awesome so far!!

let us know how you go with overclocking it!

[VeritronX]

Anyone else notice this? it's not mentioned in the first post of this thread yet anyways.

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