The sequel to one of our favourite cards is upon us. Does the GTX670 continue the price/performance
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nVidia GTX670 Review
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The sequel to one of our favourite cards is upon us. Does the GTX670 continue the price/performance
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SieB
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I'm starting to save some money for a new card now (my 6850 is getting old
) and have my eyes on the Asus DCII TOP 670, which has 680 performance out of the box, a 680 PCB with much better temps. Depends on any further price drops and how the "ghz" editions of the 7970s do before I buy one though.
But as far as i'm concerned the 670 is the best bang for buck card on the market at the moment.
But as far as i'm concerned the 670 is the best bang for buck card on the market at the moment.
PetrolHead247
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Awesome review as always. I love the GTX 670, i want one so bad. Got my eye on a non-ref Asus 670, looks absolutely amazing
What about all of the stuttering issues being posted online with the 6xx series?
With this being said would paying £30 more for a 7970 be worth it?
I did really want to get the 670 Windforce, but all of these stuttering issues are pushing me to the £30 more expensive 7970 Windforce.
With this being said would paying £30 more for a 7970 be worth it?
I did really want to get the 670 Windforce, but all of these stuttering issues are pushing me to the £30 more expensive 7970 Windforce.
PetrolHead247
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The 7970 is overall slower than the 670, so no it would not be worth it at all. And i haven't heard anything about these stuttering issues at all
1st thing, great card for the money!
However, I don't buy Tom's opinion of the Nvidia rebranding rumours having perhaps a little more truth behind them. Nvidia have been late to this new GPU generation party with AMD's offerings out months before. That costs them in the pocket. The 690 is based on 2x680's as expected and this level of development requires time and money to change mid flow if the rumours were true. I don't believe the generation speed gain has been insignificant, which is another reason to disbelieve the rumours over the 7970's being underwhelming. Opinions are opinions though
Nvidias 'other' chip was to be 680 card will more than likely go straight into thier professional range of graphics cards, in my opinion, as they always were going to.
I also feel the 7950 has more headroom and ultimate speed, when overclocked, than this 670 in it's current form and a higher performer. With Sapphires cooler on it, much cooler operation too. 7950's have been available for a while now...
No I'm not a fanboy, just have to state facts as they are though.
Still £300 buys decent performance again at last
However, I don't buy Tom's opinion of the Nvidia rebranding rumours having perhaps a little more truth behind them. Nvidia have been late to this new GPU generation party with AMD's offerings out months before. That costs them in the pocket. The 690 is based on 2x680's as expected and this level of development requires time and money to change mid flow if the rumours were true. I don't believe the generation speed gain has been insignificant, which is another reason to disbelieve the rumours over the 7970's being underwhelming. Opinions are opinions though
Nvidias 'other' chip was to be 680 card will more than likely go straight into thier professional range of graphics cards, in my opinion, as they always were going to.
I also feel the 7950 has more headroom and ultimate speed, when overclocked, than this 670 in it's current form and a higher performer. With Sapphires cooler on it, much cooler operation too. 7950's have been available for a while now...
No I'm not a fanboy, just have to state facts as they are though.
Still £300 buys decent performance again at last
demonking
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I'm starting to save some money for a new card now (my 6850 is getting old) and have my eyes on the Asus DCII TOP 670, which has 680 performance out of the box, a 680 PCB with much better temps. Depends on any further price drops and how the "ghz" editions of the 7970s do before I buy one though.
But as far as i'm concerned the 670 is the best bang for buck card on the market at the moment.
temps aren't all that much better dude
check this link out
http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/272...otac-temperature-noise-and-energy-consumption
SieB
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Hmmm, now i'm interested in the AMP edition, but then again it's louder... it will be a while before I have the money so i'll take the time to read up on all the different cards. They are all essentially the same though, not really much in it.
PetrolHead247
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Don't care about the temps much, it's the fan noise i'm most concerned about and the DCU2 670 is insanely quiet plus it OC's like a dream
At least the issue will be resolved in the next big driver update, bit of an annoying sounding issue but at least it will be solved soon enough. Plus you can always just turn V-Sync off, though you often gets frame tearing which sucks but eh well
SieB
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Something to be wary about with the Zotac AMP edition, although it's probably be fixed now.
http://www.techpower...70_Amp_Edition/
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Mr Muggles
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If this is in fact a 650 then Nvidia are taking the piss by up-scaling the card, rebranding it and charging more for it, If the rumours are true that is. Looking at the power connectors though I would suggest that they are true and Nvidia get to hold back there tech for a bit longer. Why is the pcb so small? because it was meant to be a lower entry card perhaps.
I lovea good conspiracy theory so naturally i'm pretty chuffed here
I lovea good conspiracy theory so naturally i'm pretty chuffed here
nothingspecial
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Would an x50 card have had 2x6pin power? I doubt it very much. Would lean more towards this having been the 660, with the 680 having been the 670, leaving what would have been the 670Ti and 680 to be on the other chip (that I read somewhere has gone into production as a new Quadra card or two).
As for the card itself, I'm looking forward to seeing what the water blocks look like on the shorter PCB.
Size isn't everything you know
As for the card itself, I'm looking forward to seeing what the water blocks look like on the shorter PCB.
Size isn't everything you know
Mysterae
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Nice review as always, but with one omission - you didn't take the card apart as you usually do. Then we would have seen the embarressment that is the heatsink and fin array. In a £300+ video card? Then again it does it's job i suppose.
Any specific reason you didn't take it apart TTL?
Any specific reason you didn't take it apart TTL?
Master&Puppet
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Very glad (and slightly surprised) that my OC'd 7950s are more than happy holding their own against this.
I'm sure he's said before that certain manufacturers dont allow him to do the nerd porn bit
