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7/13/12 at 2:42pm

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TT not doing any eyefinity tests boggles my mind... Isn't that the whole point of this card?

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GTX 285	EVGA 8800GTX	MSI X1600 (2d benching)	5850
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Sapphire 5830	HIS 5770	Sapphire 4870	Corsair
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7/13/12 at 2:49pm

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Looks cool, if only this wasn't a crappy TweakTown review. I don't think I have ever used them for comparing anything.

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7/13/12 at 2:54pm

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1.2Ghz is balling. I can get that high with water cooling.

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7/13/12 at 3:03pm

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20% factory overclock with double the ram?

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7/13/12 at 3:36pm

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You would think it would beat the 2gb 680 in 3DM/Heaven

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7/13/12 at 3:47pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mookster

I was hoping they'd do some actual overclocking. I was hoping to get a hint at whether or not Sapphire is using highly binned chips for Toxic again.

dude the card is already overclocked to 1.2ghz out of the box .....
Edited by DarkBlade6 - 7/13/12 at 3:50pm

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7/13/12 at 4:20pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghooble

You would think it would beat the 2gb 680 in 3DM/Heaven

I noticed that as well. Very interesting that it beats the 680 in everything but Heaven, 3DMark11, and H.A.W.X. 2.

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7/13/12 at 5:13pm

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so a 680 2gb is faster then a 680 4gb ,guess even the vram get bufferbloat issue!sad!

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7/13/12 at 5:53pm

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Hopefully this card gets reviewed by other hardware sites. Looks pretty good so far.

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7/13/12 at 6:25pm

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Awesome! If only I could get this

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