so the gtx670 seems pretty good

[SparkleDJackson]

just seen a review on another site that showed that the 670 is a very impressive bit of gadge and performs similarly to then7970 at a similar price. plus the fact the thing is tiny is cool. i cant wait to see a real review in the form of one of toms videos. i can check all the oter sites in the world but unless the ttl says yay or nay thats when i will consider something lol

 

[SieB]

The 670 is the best card on the market at the moment in my opinion obviously the 680 will clock higher but considering the 670 is £100 cheaper and overclocks faster than a stock 680 I know which one I would buy.

The numbers on the other sites don't lie though dude, especially Anandtech, i'll still watch/read the OC3D review but the proof is out there

 

[Coxey]

The stats I've seen so far for the 670 are quite significant - I'm just curios to see how the competing prices adjust, if they don't, the 670 will sell like hot-cakes.

That's ifthe stats are accurate...

 

[seumasbeathan]

Indeed it does seem good, better power consumption and temps than the 7970 to, When it comes to comparing graphics cards I look at the benchmarks from games that I would actually play and according to anandtech the 670 beats the 7970 in all of them

 

[tharionos]

its starting to look like a very interesting year so far

 

[MaXiMiZe]

Yep looks like a winner to me

 

[Rastalovich]

I'm waing to see the 3rd party efforts that don't use the extra bit at the back for cooling. Potential size if this card, non ref, is interesting.

Picture I saw of the asus direct cuii a while ago had full sized cooling, but this is an immediate reference card bolt-on. .. perhaps a Zotac, 3 slot depth, single fan cooler. Add a matx mobo.. hmm nice small cased gaming computer.

Nicer still would be a firm willing to put a fan at the back that blows directly out the case. Think you can get 80cm over 3 slots. Look odd maybe, but the rest of the bits in your case would be happy.

 

[hmmblah]

I want to see this card with a waterblock on it. Would only be 1 slot and very short. Would be awesome in some of those tiny ITX builds.

 

[wassupdoc]

too bad the power connectors are in a horrible place

I may get a 4gb evga signature edition if they clock better than a 680

 

[Damien c]

Excellent card, but gutted because I had to upgrade my card when I did so went for the GTX 680.

If this had been out at that time I would of got the 670 instead.

Anyone looking for a decent card to invest in now should certainly be buying this card.

 

[Cyanide89]

But the 670's, apart from the FTW, are so ugly!

EVGA 670

 

[SieB]

The Zotac and Asus ones look pretty nice as well, especially the Zotac one.

 

[PetrolHead247]

Don't forget the Gainward Phantom

That's one sexy card

 

[Cyanide89]

Don't forget the Gainward Phantom

That's one sexy card

Yeah that one is very nice!

 

[SparkleDJackson]

Id be interested in seeing a scaled down twin frozr. But that zotac is nice. You cant go wrong with the phantom either. Its super clean

 

[wassupdoc]

Loving the looks of the superclocked 4gb, would look awesome in quad sli with a white rig.... mmmmm

 

[Sheza]

I would certainly buy this. Saving up for it right now! Should be a nice jump from my 560Ti.

One thing I don't get about this stuff is the cooler - I see the word "vapour chamber" used on these higher end cards, what's that all about? Is it in the 670? Because I see for example the GTX 680 and it has some small looking fan thing on the end of it, which considering when I look at my GTX 560Ti and see its two huge ass custom fans, doesn't look like enough to do the job. Especially since my idle temps with this custom cooler are 32 degrees and load can reach up to 80 degrees.

So what's the deal with these coolers? I always thought the stock cooler looks super crap on these high end cards. But then I thought there must be something else to it, because they can't possibly just be a tiny fan, that wouldn't even do the job!

 

[SieB]

I would certainly buy this. Saving up for it right now! Should be a nice jump from my 560Ti.

One thing I don't get about this stuff is the cooler - I see the word "vapour chamber" used on these higher end cards, what's that all about? Is it in the 670? Because I see for example the GTX 680 and it has some small looking fan thing on the end of it, which considering when I look at my GTX 560Ti and see its two huge ass custom fans, doesn't look like enough to do the job. Especially since my idle temps with this custom cooler are 32 degrees and load can reach up to 80 degrees.

So what's the deal with these coolers? I always thought the stock cooler looks super crap on these high end cards. But then I thought there must be something else to it, because they can't possibly just be a tiny fan, that wouldn't even do the job!

Vapour chambers, as far as I know/understand it anyway is that inside the heatsink has a small amount of liquid that absorbs the heat, which then turns into vapour, then gets cooled by the top of the heatsink where the fans are blowing, turning it back to liquid which then runs back to the bottom of the heatsink. Sort of like condensation on a window. When the vapour turns back into liquid it is cooled and then falls on the bottom of the heatsink helping keep it cooler, imagine a cold tap constantly dripping water onto the heatsink but in this case it's the liquid inside the chamber.

Thats to the best of my knowledge anyway.

Also, does want this

 

[dukeReinhardt]

that palit looks AMAZING

 

[BKCXb]

I love the GALAXY GTX 670 GC it has a custom PCB and cooler at launch.