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6/6/12 at 1:27pm

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is it worth getting the vanilla version of the 670? im asking because i have a problem free 570SC with a lifetime warrenty and am in the queue for stepup and i can only get the vanilla one.

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6/6/12 at 1:45pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by swarm87

is it worth getting the vanilla version of the 670? im asking because i have a problem free 570SC with a lifetime warrenty and am in the queue for stepup and i can only get the vanilla one.

I wouldn't. They are one of the classiest looking cards available thanks to their shroud design, but my experience with one was not pleasant (Motor grinding and a loud turbine)

I'd try to step up to a GTX 680 instead... but that would be a difficult task.

With a GTX 570 at mainstream resolution I'd wait until the fall / early next year for the 700 series, really

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6/6/12 at 2:25pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by staryoshi

I wouldn't. They are one of the classiest looking cards available thanks to their shroud design, but my experience with one was not pleasant (Motor grinding and a loud turbine)

I'd try to step up to a GTX 680 instead... but that would be a difficult task.
With a GTX 570 at mainstream resolution I'd wait until the fall / early next year for the 700 series, really

wish i could but when i called they said that id have to cancel and resubmit and i was past my 90 days. im very much considering staying with the 570 and waiting for a 780 or 880 or even going sli

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6/6/12 at 2:31pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by swarm87

is it worth getting the vanilla version of the 670? im asking because i have a problem free 570SC with a lifetime warrenty and am in the queue for stepup and i can only get the vanilla one.

I would stick with you got, but not because the vanilla 670's are bad (grinding noise/loud turbine) but just because at an average resolution of 1920x1080 you won't be gaining a large amount of performance. I upgraded from two 570's to two 670's because I wanted/needed the extra power for my 2560x1440 monitor.

I know staryoshi pretty much hit all that, but I just wanted to give my

And give a little defense to the vanilla 670's, mine have been perfect so far

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6/6/12 at 2:47pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PCModderMike

I would stick with you got, but not because the vanilla 670's are bad (grinding noise/loud turbine) but just because at an average resolution of 1920x1080 you won't be gaining a large amount of performance. I upgraded from two 570's to two 670's because I wanted/needed the extra power for my 2560x1440 monitor.
I know staryoshi pretty much hit all that, but I just wanted to give my

And give a little defense to the vanilla 670's, mine have been perfect so far

They certainly are sexy cards, I am just miffed about the reference design... and the turbine implementation in both the reference and EVGA models

(Although EVGA is awesome for using a 25% beefier heatsink

)

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6/6/12 at 2:52pm

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Question Guys/Gals:

I was gonna get a 680 but the 670FTW came out

Anyone have an opinion on how the card runs? or any experience with it? I'll be OC'ing and hoping I can save $100 over a 680. <-- good idea? bad idea?

Thanks

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6/6/12 at 2:54pm

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Quote:

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Question Guys/Gals:
I was gonna get a 680 but the 670FTW came out

Anyone have an opinion on how the card runs? or any experience with it? I'll be OC'ing and hoping I can save $100 over a 680. <-- good idea? bad idea?
Thanks

A reference GTX 680 is not worth $80 more than an EVGA GTX 670 FTW in terms of price/performance at this time... IMO. It ships with the same core clock and a higher memory clock than the GTX 680, too

I don't have much room regarding the core clock, but the memory clock enjoys a good push. I'm testing at +50/+300 right now (+600 effective).

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6/6/12 at 2:57pm

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Quote:

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Question Guys/Gals:
I was gonna get a 680 but the 670FTW came out

Anyone have an opinion on how the card runs? or any experience with it? I'll be OC'ing and hoping I can save $100 over a 680. <-- good idea? bad idea?
Thanks

It's an awesome card as everyone here can confirm. Out of the box this thing is smokin' fast in any game ultra/maxxed/whatever at 1080p for me. I know I don't need an sli setup but as soon as I sell my G53JW I'm picking up a second FTW.

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6/6/12 at 3:07pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by staryoshi

A reference GTX 680 is not worth $80 more than an EVGA GTX 670 FTW in terms of price/performance at this time... IMO. It ships with the same core clock and a higher memory clock than the GTX 680, too

I don't have much room regarding the core clock, but the memory clock enjoys a good push. I'm testing at +50/+300 right now (+600 effective).

Quote:

Originally Posted by BulletSponge

It's an awesome card as everyone here can confirm. Out of the box this thing is smokin' fast in any game ultra/maxxed/whatever at 1080p for me. I know I don't need an sli setup but as soon as I sell my G53JW I'm picking up a second FTW.

NICE!

I just got a text message from someone confirming a payment for my old rig and my GTX480... Can probably order one tonight then

I think that should be a decent upgrade for me... Anyway lol thank you very much for the responses

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6/6/12 at 5:21pm

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Originally Posted by BWG

Automatic 1000MHz+ Geesh, are people with H2O seeing much higher since it's cooler temps? This design sounds phenominal! I did not realize how advanced kepler really was. I know they are putting up similar folding numbers compared to fermi, but this design really makes the novice overclocker so much more capable of using a lot more of the cards potential.

Play with your card and look into folding later. Save some of the links in my signature for when you want to read up on it.

I really wish I could grab one of these and play with it now. I am going to read that thread, and go through this one when I can to find out more. I have never owned anything over a x60 series because I could SLI lower end cards and play everything, but this really motivates me to buy a single card and upgrade it later with a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th.

I will need to read so I can see the downfalls though, if there are any. I'm not going to have time till the weekend though.

Even the bone-stock reference models with a 980MHz Boost clock will hit around 1122MHz (+/- 26MHz) straight out of the box with no overclocking. So it's more of an automatic 1100MHz

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From what I've seen, H2O doesn't seem to really have any impact on the maximum overclock simply because temperature isn't really a concern at the moment. Since you can't manually increase the voltage over 1.175V to increase the maximum overclock, and since temperatures are already below 70C with even moderate fan speeds in the most demanding games, H2O will have very little benefit overall (if at all). If we could figure out a way to unlock the voltage (and i'm quite certain you can with some PCB mods, you could with the 680), then H2O would be a lot more important. Right now, the locked voltage seems to be whats holding back overclocks, then power percent, then temperature.

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