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aussie-revhead · 4th July 2012, 12:31 PM

Mine was two weeks old but with Evga warranty it's all good, I'm onto a second one now but it's a little dearer. I really want a Lightning (or a CuII)...

ni9ht_5ta1k3r · 4th July 2012, 8:50 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

Mine was two weeks old but with Evga warranty it's all good, I'm onto a second one now but it's a little dearer. I really want a Lightning (or a CuII)...

you make it sound like it broke so quickly!

aussie-revhead · 4th July 2012, 8:53 PM

Nah mate I meant I dont mind buying second hand thanks to the transferrable international warranty, and might have found a twin for my first Sig SC+ ...

ni9ht_5ta1k3r · 4th July 2012, 8:56 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

Nah mate I meant I dont mind buying second hand thanks to the transferrable international warranty, and might have found a twin for my first Sig SC+ ...

ah cool. after having a 670 i feel the need to get a 680....grrr....so should i just hold out until nvidia releases a 700 series (being hopefully!)?

aussie-revhead · 4th July 2012, 8:58 PM

680 prices are getting better now, finally getting down to RRP area (and less for used)

ni9ht_5ta1k3r · 4th July 2012, 9:06 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

680 prices are getting better now, finally getting down to RRP area (and less for used)

i want to get either the EVGA 680 SC or the gigabyte 680 oc but not sure which is better.

aussie-revhead · 4th July 2012, 9:13 PM

Its up to you but I dont really think there will be a huge difference between any of them, if your not overclocking then factory clocks may help, some prefer the Gigabyte multi fan cooler, some prefer external exhaust.

flu!d · 4th July 2012, 9:19 PM

Well, got a new SSD and a fresh Windows install running the 304.79's and the method used to overclock these cards is boggling my brain.

So far, the highest observed clock speed is 1228mhz on the core and 3110 on the mem with temps no higher than 62 degrees - Bearing in mind that I have no idea what I'm doing!

The improvement to BF3 is amazing, I can now run all settings on high, FXAA on high, MSAA on 2x, FXAA on 16x and HBAO enabled and I get frame rates of around 55 - 85fps in my TDM maps at 5760 x 1080....

....To say that's an improvement over my old GTX570's is an understatement.

I've noticed that if you crank the clocks too high on the mem you get a microstutter type effect in BF3 and virtual memory issues that cause the system to drop out of Aero desktop?

NSanity · 4th July 2012, 9:25 PM

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Originally Posted by flu!d

....To say that's an improvement over my old GTX570's is an understatement.

This is *great* to hear, i'll be coming from 480's.

Although i don't have a storage io problem. What cpu are you rocking?

flu!d · 4th July 2012, 9:28 PM

Still rocking x58/i7 920 @ 4.0 NSanity, when I sell my 570's I'm gonna upgrade to a newer platform, although the good 'ol x58's still holding in there, especially considering the pixels I'm pushing!

I don't have a storage IO issue, it just seems to be an issue with the drivers, others have complained about the same problem further back in the thread.

ni9ht_5ta1k3r · 4th July 2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by flu!d

Still rocking x58/i7 920 @ 4.0 NSanity, when I sell my 570's I'm gonna upgrade to a newer platform, although the good 'ol x58's still holding in there, especially considering the pixels I'm pushing!

I don't have a storage IO issue, it just seems to be an issue with the drivers, others have complained about the same problem further back in the thread.

an IO storage thing is usually either the HDD or the cable connections.

EDIT: downloading the latest beta drivers and see how they fair over the 304.48 betas.

flu!d · 4th July 2012, 10:25 PM

I don't have a storage issue, I've mearly observed the 'out of resources' issue you described.

ni9ht_5ta1k3r · 4th July 2012, 10:40 PM

is ok to update through the auto-updater?

aokman · 5th July 2012, 3:32 PM

anyone know a 670/680 model that has mini displayport? dieing to get away from ATi but god knows why Nvidia didn't adopt atleast 1 port on their cards.

millsy_c · 5th July 2012, 3:35 PM

Why mini displayport specifically?

4th July 2012, 12:31 PM	#4531
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4th July 2012, 8:53 PM	#4533
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4th July 2012, 8:58 PM	#4535
aussie-revhead Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Western Sydney Posts: 13,713	680 prices are getting better now, finally getting down to RRP area (and less for used) __________________ Bench 1- R4F - 3930K - Team 2400c9 - Sapphire 7770 Ghz Edition - Enermax Revo1250 - water cooled tech bench - Samsung S27A950D Netbox - waiting on Haswell parts ... - 4x2TB on Highpoint RAID - Lian Li v354 matx - Water cooled BF3: OZrevhead

4th July 2012, 9:13 PM	#4537
aussie-revhead Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Western Sydney Posts: 13,713	Its up to you but I dont really think there will be a huge difference between any of them, if your not overclocking then factory clocks may help, some prefer the Gigabyte multi fan cooler, some prefer external exhaust. __________________ Bench 1- R4F - 3930K - Team 2400c9 - Sapphire 7770 Ghz Edition - Enermax Revo1250 - water cooled tech bench - Samsung S27A950D Netbox - waiting on Haswell parts ... - 4x2TB on Highpoint RAID - Lian Li v354 matx - Water cooled BF3: OZrevhead

4th July 2012, 9:19 PM	#4538
flu!d is a dad at last :D Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mt Martha,Victoria,Oz Posts: 8,605	Well, got a new SSD and a fresh Windows install running the 304.79's and the method used to overclock these cards is boggling my brain. So far, the highest observed clock speed is 1228mhz on the core and 3110 on the mem with temps no higher than 62 degrees - Bearing in mind that I have no idea what I'm doing! The improvement to BF3 is amazing, I can now run all settings on high, FXAA on high, MSAA on 2x, FXAA on 16x and HBAO enabled and I get frame rates of around 55 - 85fps in my TDM maps at 5760 x 1080.... ....To say that's an improvement over my old GTX570's is an understatement. I've noticed that if you crank the clocks too high on the mem you get a microstutter type effect in BF3 and virtual memory issues that cause the system to drop out of Aero desktop? __________________ Show us yer HTPC! 2700k @ 4.8 1.36v, 8GB Corsair Vengeance C8, ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z, 2 x EVGA 670FTW @ 1231/3420, Sandisk 128GB Extreme SSD, OCZ 60GB Vertex 2, 5TB WD green storage, 3 x Acer V243HQ in Surround, 1 x Acer AL718 4th accessory display, Windows 7 Ultimate, Corsair H100, Heavily modded Zalman GS1000. Last edited by flu!d; 4th July 2012 at 9:24 PM.

4th July 2012, 9:28 PM	#4540
flu!d is a dad at last :D Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mt Martha,Victoria,Oz Posts: 8,605	Still rocking x58/i7 920 @ 4.0 NSanity, when I sell my 570's I'm gonna upgrade to a newer platform, although the good 'ol x58's still holding in there, especially considering the pixels I'm pushing! I don't have a storage IO issue, it just seems to be an issue with the drivers, others have complained about the same problem further back in the thread. __________________ Show us yer HTPC! 2700k @ 4.8 1.36v, 8GB Corsair Vengeance C8, ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z, 2 x EVGA 670FTW @ 1231/3420, Sandisk 128GB Extreme SSD, OCZ 60GB Vertex 2, 5TB WD green storage, 3 x Acer V243HQ in Surround, 1 x Acer AL718 4th accessory display, Windows 7 Ultimate, Corsair H100, Heavily modded Zalman GS1000.

4th July 2012, 10:25 PM	#4542
flu!d is a dad at last :D Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mt Martha,Victoria,Oz Posts: 8,605	I don't have a storage issue, I've mearly observed the 'out of resources' issue you described. __________________ Show us yer HTPC! 2700k @ 4.8 1.36v, 8GB Corsair Vengeance C8, ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z, 2 x EVGA 670FTW @ 1231/3420, Sandisk 128GB Extreme SSD, OCZ 60GB Vertex 2, 5TB WD green storage, 3 x Acer V243HQ in Surround, 1 x Acer AL718 4th accessory display, Windows 7 Ultimate, Corsair H100, Heavily modded Zalman GS1000.

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5th July 2012, 3:32 PM	#4544
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