Quote:Originally Posted by aridneptune Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the 680 cooler (which is on the 670 FTW) is a blower-style: hot air comes out of the exhaust ports on the back rather than being blown into the case like...
Quote:Originally Posted by brettjv Yup, that's how it works. evga Voltage Tuner is actually a separate application, so changes made there are not part of the 'saved profile' in PrecisionX. LAME, but ... that's the problem here. ...
Quote:Originally Posted by nemm Sorry for any confusion caused, my card is non TOP with original bios, the max PT slider setting is 122% as is every other Asus non TOP and TOP versions are 117%.
This card however reaches PT beyond...
Quote:Originally Posted by illli i would have bought an evga 670, if it were not for the crappy stock cooler they use. i dont like stock coolers, so it was between asus or gigabyte. i picked asus due to the glowing reviews. but i'm...
Quote:Originally Posted by alha Well, sadly I do have a problem with it, in the old version of EVGA Precision I could set my older cards to 100%, and if I dropped it down, I'd see a noticeable difference in temps as it's pretty hot...
Quote:Originally Posted by lightsout Sorry that's just not true. And its misleading to people. I have had both cards. The FTW does not cool the same and is louder. Yes it is not real loud and cool's well. But it does neither as good...
Quote:Originally Posted by Helltech I thought the FTW cooler was a stock cooler, which is a fair amount louder.
It's a 680 cooler and the fan is locked at 80% max fan sppet (never seen mine go over 65% in my Antec 300 with 85F...
Asus should have made a statement about this weeks ago.. so glad I returned mine for a FTW - It cools just as well, overclocks even better, is not any louder, and I didn't have to RMA 15 times. I really feel for some of you guys
Quote:Originally Posted by Krusher33 It has been determined the Rattle problem with theirs is from too much voltage on some power supplies. In fact I think a rep is aware of it here on OCN and has said they're looking into it. For...
Quote:Originally Posted by TheBirdman74 I expect QUALITY Clouseau! I Expect QUALITY!!!
no I think you got lucky, its okay if it gurgles the first few mins / hrs, just shake the radiator and it goes away. they used to make these...