Saved £900 for a GPU - GTX 690 or .....

[jimbojames]

Hi All,

I have £900 saved for a GPU, question is - do I wait for the ASUS GTX 690 to come in to stock or am I better off with another set up? Maybe 2 or 3 different cards in SLI/Cross Fire? 2 x 7970s?

My only thoughts on holding out for the 690 is I hear it's quieter and cooler that a 7970? I am building a 3930k with 32GB RAM on a Rampage Extreme IV with a Corsair AX1200 PSU so powering multiple GPUs isn't an issue.

Decisions decisions.....

What is everyones thoughts?

 

[PetrolHead247]

If it was my money i'd consider going with 2 670's as they are much cheaper than a 690 but can be quite close in terms of performance

 

[jimbojames]

Is this data right? http://www.videocard...h_end_gpus.html

If it was my money i'd consider going with 2 670's as they are much cheaper than a 690 but can be quite close in terms of performance

You mean 2 x 670's vs a single 690?

 

[PetrolHead247]

Yes 2 670's vs 1 690. 2 690's would be quad SLI since there's 2 chips in a single 690.

Here's some articles on it:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_670_SLI/1.html

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-670-2-and-3way-sli-review/1 (For this one ignore the 3 Way SLI 670 figures)

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/39605-nvidia-geforce-gtx-670-sli-vs-the-beasttm/

 

[jimbojames]

Yes 2 670's vs 1 690. 2 690's would be quad SLI since there's 2 chips in a single 690.

Here's some articles on it:

http://www.techpower..._670_SLI/1.html

http://www.guru3d.co...ay-sli-review/1 (For this one ignore the 3 Way SLI 670 figures)

http://hexus.net/tec...vs-the-beasttm/

Thanks for the info - I'll read up.

Someone on this forum told me that the 680 was having issues with PCI3, is this the case for the 670 do you know?

 

[jimbojames]

Hmmm - I could spend a little extra for 3 x 670 SLI ... interesting

 

[jimbojames]

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/05/03/nvidia_geforce_gtx_690_dual_gpu_video_card_review/3 seems here that the 2 x 7970 in CFX beats the 2 x 680 SLI

 

[Jadarite]

i'm liking the idea of the 670's as i have read the only diffrents between them and the 680's is the price and they use 20 watts less aswell so I can run three of them on a 850 watt psu so yes get two 670's would be my suggestion

 

[Liarma]

Go for 2x 670 4GB Phantoms. More VRAM, cooler, quieter

 

[yassarikhan786]

I would also say go for two 670's. As mentioned above performance wouldn't be too far behind a 690 and you would be paying a lot less.

 

[Rawrben]

I have £900 saved

teach me your ways! I can never save I always spend it.

 

[JackyBoy]

I have just phoned scan and told them to shove their heavily delayed 680s, and ordered 3x evga 670 from dabs. £309.99 per card, yes please!

 

[jimbojames]

Which is better, 3 x 670s or 2 x 680's?

 

[SieB]

Which is better, 3 x 670s or 2 x 680's?

See below, but ignore the part about ignoring the 3 way 670 SLI figures

Yes 2 670's vs 1 690. 2 690's would be quad SLI since there's 2 chips in a single 690.

Here's some articles on it:

http://www.guru3d.co...ay-sli-review/1 (For this one ignore the 3 Way SLI 670 figures)

 

[PEXON]

What monitor set-up are you running?

 

[Rastalovich]

What monitor set-up are you running?

Best question.

I'd hate to see you buy 4x 680 TURBO MF OC ! .... and use a 22" 1920x1080.

I'd buy 2 and a new monitor

 

[PEXON]

Yea, if you are running a 690 on a 1080p monitor, you need your head looking at. a 670/80 and a 27" 2560x1440 monitor would be the best bet IMO. lol uber crossfire sli 1337 690x2 1080p

 

[demonking]

i'm liking the idea of the 670's as i have read the only diffrents between them and the 680's is the price and they use 20 watts less aswell so I can run three of them on a 850 watt psu so yes get two 670's would be my suggestion

actually the 680's have 1536 cores and the 670's have 1344 cores

tho thats not a great deal when you look at actual performance, on current games you'll not really notice much difference

 

[Jadarite]

actually the 680's have 1536 cores and the 670's have 1344 cores

tho thats not a great deal when you look at actual performance, on current games you'll not really notice much difference

Also if you get two of them you have almost got a 690 at only 60% of the price, that said i'm going to do abit more homework on this but i see me buying at lest one of them soon

 

[jimbojames]

I'm using a Samsung SA450

http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/consum...cial/LS24A450BWT/XK-spec?subsubtype=sa450-led

Any good for gaming?