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Hi,
Following on from my motherboard thread, I am equally undecided about which GTX 670 to buy. I have spend much time looking into different brands and coolers.
I am not a fan of the reference design I personally think the PCB is to small and doesn't look right with the power connectors coming out the middle of the card. I plan on water cooling the card later and I want the card to look like something when the air cooling system is removed, so no reference GTX 670 designs please. As they personally don't have a large enough PCB with the stock cooler removed.
This means I am looking at either a reference GTX 680 PCB design or the Asus DCUII design for watercooling compatibility.
This kind of limits me to a number of cards I have to choose from. I am a big fan of how my rig looks so preferably a black PCB, but I will probably put a backplate on the card so maybe this is less important. I am after a quiet design when running idle and a under load if possible. I would like a good performance card, I know the stock GTX 670 performs very well at stock but I would like something that performs around stock GTX 680 performance or higher on factory clocks, but this isn't very important.
I am also after a brand that has good aftercare support and a reasonable warranty period 2/3yrs+.
Below is a list of cards that I think would do:
- Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce - Believe these have a blue PCB or can you get them with a black PCB? I understand these use the GTX 680 reference PCB? Quiet?
- EVGA GTX 670 FTW - Good brand, heard good things about EVGA and there customer support. Uses the stock GTX 680 cooler which is beefier than the stock GTX 670 cooler. Will it be noisy? Uses reference GTX 680 PCB?
- Asus GTX 670 DCUII - Not sure about there customer support. Black PCB with backplate, looks very nice. Seems a good performance cooler and can be watercooled using EK blocks but I think this is the only brand that is doing blocks for these cards? Quiet?
I have looked at the KFA2 after market cards but don't believe they can be watercooled?
I am after peoples opinions on the cards? If you owns one how are you getting on with it? Any other brands I should look at?
Probably after 2GB cards, unless there is a really good deal on a 4GB card. Obviously the cost is larger on the Asus card but a backplate is included as standard opposed to the other cards mentioned.
Bit of a large post, any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Following on from my motherboard thread, I am equally undecided about which GTX 670 to buy. I have spend much time looking into different brands and coolers.
I am not a fan of the reference design I personally think the PCB is to small and doesn't look right with the power connectors coming out the middle of the card. I plan on water cooling the card later and I want the card to look like something when the air cooling system is removed, so no reference GTX 670 designs please. As they personally don't have a large enough PCB with the stock cooler removed.
This means I am looking at either a reference GTX 680 PCB design or the Asus DCUII design for watercooling compatibility.
This kind of limits me to a number of cards I have to choose from. I am a big fan of how my rig looks so preferably a black PCB, but I will probably put a backplate on the card so maybe this is less important. I am after a quiet design when running idle and a under load if possible. I would like a good performance card, I know the stock GTX 670 performs very well at stock but I would like something that performs around stock GTX 680 performance or higher on factory clocks, but this isn't very important.
I am also after a brand that has good aftercare support and a reasonable warranty period 2/3yrs+.
Below is a list of cards that I think would do:
- Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce - Believe these have a blue PCB or can you get them with a black PCB? I understand these use the GTX 680 reference PCB? Quiet?
- EVGA GTX 670 FTW - Good brand, heard good things about EVGA and there customer support. Uses the stock GTX 680 cooler which is beefier than the stock GTX 670 cooler. Will it be noisy? Uses reference GTX 680 PCB?
- Asus GTX 670 DCUII - Not sure about there customer support. Black PCB with backplate, looks very nice. Seems a good performance cooler and can be watercooled using EK blocks but I think this is the only brand that is doing blocks for these cards? Quiet?
I have looked at the KFA2 after market cards but don't believe they can be watercooled?
I am after peoples opinions on the cards? If you owns one how are you getting on with it? Any other brands I should look at?
Probably after 2GB cards, unless there is a really good deal on a 4GB card. Obviously the cost is larger on the Asus card but a backplate is included as standard opposed to the other cards mentioned.
Bit of a large post, any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
