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

[White_Ice]

Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

Have you vmodded a vid card lately? The solder points, if your picking out circuits or components on a pcb, are absolutely tiny, I have a magnifying glass on a stand for soldering PCBs and I still have trouble seeing some of the points.

The other things is OCP/OCV is easy to bypass on the CuII/Lightning (the latter will be best for this but they will be very hard to find, until all the LN boys have enough of them lol)

Yeah Revhead i have actually lol And its easy when im getting a Pro Solderer and circuit builder to do it for me.. Hahahaha But yeah they are tiny as. Pretty simple process though.

[Aggle]

This isn't the right thread but I thought i'd post here anyway (it's a quick question)

I have 2 GTX460's. Can I use the voltage control on MSI Afterburner, or do the 460's not support voltage control?

[White_Ice]

Originally Posted by Aggle

This isn't the right thread but I thought i'd post here anyway (it's a quick question)

I have 2 GTX460's. Can I use the voltage control on MSI Afterburner, or do the 460's not support voltage control?

As far as i know, you need to unlock it (flash bios) on the card and then you can.. Unless someone else has a better idea.

[Aggle]

Ahh ok thanks

[elephantman]

Friends,

The Galaxy GTX670 GC seems to be a bargain for $450, however its not the custom dual fan config.

I initially wanted to get an eVGA FTW but it is also single fan like the Galaxy GC.

Should I steer clear and go with the Asus or something or will I be alright?

[pittster]

Originally Posted by elephantman

Friends,

The Galaxy GTX670 GC seems to be a bargain for $450, however its not the custom dual fan config.

I initially wanted to get an eVGA FTW but it is also single fan like the Galaxy GC.

Should I steer clear and go with the Asus or something or will I be alright?

The reference cooler has a hard time keeping under 70Deg at which point you lose 13mhz of clock speed and voltage drops a little its a kepler feature. Its also noisy to. Goes against the 680 ref cooler which works well and is quiteish.

if you go back a few pages you will find a ref cooler showing why it struggles.

I Have a gigabyte 670 OC which is excellent value for money.
I highly recommend steering clear of the Ref cooler as the ASUS & Gigabyte custom coolers are light years ahead.
Quite and efficient at cooling also my card sits on 60deg in BF3 and fans run at 40% which is quieter than the fans in my case running at 40%.

[elephantman]

Originally Posted by pittster

The reference cooler has a hard time keeping under 70Deg at which point you lose 13mhz of clock speed and voltage drops a little its a kepler feature. Its also noisy to. Goes against the 680 ref cooler which works well and is quiteish.

if you go back a few pages you will find a ref cooler showing why it struggles.

I Have a gigabyte 670 OC which is excellent value for money.
I highly recommend steering clear of the Ref cooler as the ASUS & Gigabyte custom coolers are light years ahead.
Quite and efficient at cooling also my card sits on 60deg in BF3 and fans run at 40% which is quieter than the fans in my case running at 40%.

Thanks mate, food for thought.

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

my gigabyte GTX 670 OC'd to a max observed clock of 1231MHz idles at about 40-41 degrees C and stays well under 60 degrees C when under full load (the closest I got was 58 degrees C thanks to GR:FS) in most of the games I have tried.

[Zardoz]

Hi,

Nobody seems to have had ASUS cards for months. Are these worth waiting for or is the Gigabyte card also a good choice?

[toopy28]

Originally Posted by Zardoz

Hi,

Nobody seems to have had ASUS cards for months. Are these worth waiting for or is the Gigabyte card also a good choice?

why not just buy a 680?
the reference cooler on the 680's is fine
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KC1R9E/...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KEBTOK/...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

the zotac's $499.99us - 488.090au once converted

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

Originally Posted by Zardoz

Hi,

Nobody seems to have had ASUS cards for months. Are these worth waiting for or is the Gigabyte card also a good choice?

most people say that for a 670 that a non-reference cooler is more preferable than the reference cooler such as the windforce from gigabyte.

But if it's a 680 you're looking at then the reference cooler is better.

[elephantman]

Originally Posted by toopy28

why not just buy a 680?
the reference cooler on the 680's is fine
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KC1R9E/...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KEBTOK/...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

the zotac's $499.99us - 488.090au once converted

I've been tossing up the Zotac for a few days but the delivery time is worrying, does it really take that long?

[TerminalVeloCD]

Originally Posted by elephantman

I've been tossing up the Zotac for a few days but the delivery time is worrying, does it really take that long?

I purchased by Sapphire HD 7970s from Amazon Exports. Took about two weeks to get here. Their delivery timeframe estimates are generally conservative.

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

Does anyone customize their fan curve for their cards?

[pittster]

Originally Posted by ni9ht_5ta1k3r

Does anyone customize their fan curve for their cards?

used to on my old 280's but no point with new 670 cause it never gets near 70deg. I did trial a aggressive curve to keep temps at 50deg but the added noise wasn't worth it. The built in fan curve on the GB 670's is quite good.