Nvidia Kepler - Geforce GTX680 Thread - Now with reviews
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Yeah, definitely go for two 7970s. Swapping to the 670/680 isn't really a good move ATM. At most, I'd say swap when GK110 drops. My 7970 CFX rig rocks at 1080p/120hz BF3 MP. Will possibly pick up a 3rd if I can find a reference MSI model for a good price.
csquared587
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I got my evga 670 today, I think it has a defective fan 
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It is incredibly loud, sounds really bad. Almost like a ticking vibration sound. I guess I need to start the rma process.
*EDIT*
Fixed it, I was in a rush to install before work this morning. When I opened it back up I realized the awkward positioning of the power connectors were making contact with a case fan. Did some cable readjusting and it is as silent as ever.
.It is incredibly loud, sounds really bad. Almost like a ticking vibration sound. I guess I need to start the rma process.
*EDIT*
Fixed it, I was in a rush to install before work this morning. When I opened it back up I realized the awkward positioning of the power connectors were making contact with a case fan. Did some cable readjusting and it is as silent as ever.
Dreams-Visions
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Respect.A few more pics....
Another shot of the happy twins...
Unigine Run at max settings...+120 Offset, 135% Power, +200 on memory:
Domcorleone
Member
where can you get it?
specialguy
Banned
Those are really nice looking cards, if there is such a thing.
Edit: Meaning the dual silver Geforce's a few posts above.
Edit: Meaning the dual silver Geforce's a few posts above.
csquared587
Member
So I was testing my evga 670 in battlefield 3 and my nvidia drivers crashed. This happened two times when exiting the game and one time during a load screen. Precision x had the temps up to around 83ish during a heavy load. I also noticed load screens were much longer than before(around a minute or longer) I did not see any artifacts while playing.
Im not really sure what to do about this, I completely got rid of all traces of amd drivers. I'm starting to think it is my power supply.
Specs
i5 2500k @ 4.2 ghz
EVGA 670 w/ driver version 301.34
8gb ddr3
Corsair 520w psu(I was told it would be enough by quite a few people, ran my 5850 well enough as well)
corsair m4 ssd
Thanks for any help guys.
Im not really sure what to do about this, I completely got rid of all traces of amd drivers. I'm starting to think it is my power supply.
Specs
i5 2500k @ 4.2 ghz
EVGA 670 w/ driver version 301.34
8gb ddr3
Corsair 520w psu(I was told it would be enough by quite a few people, ran my 5850 well enough as well)
corsair m4 ssd
Thanks for any help guys.
Sounds like its a defective card, your power supply shouldn't have anything to do with the card running all the way to 83 degrees. You will probably have to RMA it.
csquared587
Member
Drivers just crashed again immediately after exiting path of exile beta. It was near 80 degrees as soon as the gameplay started.
csquared587
Member
On the box it says it needs a 500w, I knew I was pushing it but my 5850 had the same requirement.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
While 80 degrees is warm, it shouldn't be causing crashing. Most modern video cards can run well into the 90s before artifacting/crashing. Obviously that's not good, and obviously lower temps (lower than ~90 and your ~83) would be better. But I don't think it's temps that are causing your crashes. Just a hunch.
Hawk269
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All 690's are the same regardless of manufacturer. Nvidia is not allowing any vendors to do any changes to the card. So one 690 from one company is the same as another 690 from another company. The only company so far to get away with ANYTHING is Gigabyte and the only they did was add a Gigabyte logo on the card itself, which according to Nvidia this was a no-no.
csquared587
Member
Do you think its could be an insufficient power supply or faulty card? Also, is there a better way to monitor gpu temps then alt tabbing and looking at precision x?
Hawk269
Member
Number 1, set up a fan profile. Your card is running way to f'n hot. The 600 series cards have a built in mechanism that throttle's back performance when you hit 70c on the GPU. 70c alone does not do too much, but as it gets hotter it DOES throttle back the cards performance and with the temps you are telling us, it could be causing a crash even though it is not at it's max thermal level yet.
A good fan profile keeps temps in check. My 680's in SLI with a +100 offset, +400 to the memory never hit higher that 68c with a 1:1 fan profile which means when the GPU is 60c, the fans are at 60% and it scales with the temps. And this was after a hour or 2 of BF3, 10 runs of Unigine and few runs of 3dmark11 which these 2 benchmarks at highest setting really stress the cards out.
toastyToast
Member
Doubt it's the power supply. You could probably run a 670 on quality 430W.
The manufacturers suggest a 550W to cover their asses
The manufacturers suggest a 550W to cover their asses
Hawk269
Member
Yes. Go into precision and click on the gears icon at the top. Under monitoring you can click on whatever you want to be displayed on the screen. For example, I have it showing me Power Usage, Temp, Fan %, Core Mhz.
If you need help, let me know I will be up for a while.
Oh, sounds good!
csquared587
Member
Thanks to you and everyone else trying to help. I will run some more tests throughout the night and post what happens.
specialguy
Banned
Do you have to have an EVGA/Nvidia card to use precision X or will it work on any card? Is there something to display temperature hud overlay for AMD cards?
I too desire a better way to check my GPU temp then quitting the game and pulling up GPU-Z or whatever ASAP
I too desire a better way to check my GPU temp then quitting the game and pulling up GPU-Z or whatever ASAP
Hawk269
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Yes, Nvidia card, but it can be made by anyone. Precision X was made by Evga, but works on all Nvidia branded cards regardless of manufacturer, so you will be able to use it on your card..well at least if it is Nvidia.
toastyToast
Member
Have you tried MSI Afterburner? Takes care of your monitoring and overclocking.
Pretty good little program
Pretty good little program
csquared587
Member
Just did a quick play of The Witcher 2
I played with everything on the highest except for ubersampling. The card was hovering around 80-85 degrees while playing and maintaining 60fps. No artifacts during gameplay, but the drivers crashed moments after exiting the game.
The drivers also crashed again as I typed the message. Red squares(artifacts?) popped on my screen before the crash. My card idles at 40 degrees, matching the tomshardware chart.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-review,3200-13.html
Ive only had one crash with a game loaded so far, and that was on a loading screen. It seems to consistently crash after the game is closed.
I played with everything on the highest except for ubersampling. The card was hovering around 80-85 degrees while playing and maintaining 60fps. No artifacts during gameplay, but the drivers crashed moments after exiting the game.
The drivers also crashed again as I typed the message. Red squares(artifacts?) popped on my screen before the crash. My card idles at 40 degrees, matching the tomshardware chart.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-review,3200-13.html
Ive only had one crash with a game loaded so far, and that was on a loading screen. It seems to consistently crash after the game is closed.
demigod
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I'm pretty sure your card is overheating. I had a 295 GTX that was hovering around 80c just playing FFXI and sometimes I would just crash. I wasn't even running SLI mode. I know lots of people like evga but i hate them. That reminds me, I bought a 9600GT evga for a friend and he would constantly crash in WoW because the fan wasn't working right.
NCIX USA just put up the Asus but it's not in stock, I'm betting it'll come out next week at the latest. If anyone is looking for the gigabyte still, can order it here http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=GA-670OC2G . They take about a day for delivery so if you need it quick I suggest rush processing.
NCIX USA just put up the Asus but it's not in stock, I'm betting it'll come out next week at the latest. If anyone is looking for the gigabyte still, can order it here http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=GA-670OC2G . They take about a day for delivery so if you need it quick I suggest rush processing.
Did you check if you can actually run quad sli?
Just read a german report that they wanted to try quad sli on those cards but for some reason they only got triple sli. Tests with various games indicated that only 3 gpus are used.
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Setup a fan profile when playing any game. Increase the fan speed or something and monitor the temps.
On my old GTX 260, that thing runs hot when I leave the fan to auto while gaming, so everytime i start up Inspector, I increase the fan speed to around 65% from a default of 40% and get decent temps with my overclock.
Sputnik Sweetheart
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Finally got hold of my 7950 today after ordering it two weeks ago. All Royal Mail's fault of course, but Amazon sending £300 of card via an untraceable service didn't help. Looks like it'll be going straight back to them too, having read the 670 reviews this morning.
Finally got hold of my 7950 today after ordering it two weeks ago. All Royal Mail's fault of course, but Amazon sending £300 of card via an untraceable service didn't help. Looks like it'll be going straight back to them too, having read the 670 reviews this morning.
Yeah, sorry about that. I'm an avid AMD supporter, but it is easy to see that the 670 variants easily outclass the 7950. :/
Fallout-NL
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Seems like I ordered my Asus 670 just in time yesterday. Prices at the store I ordered already rose to 445 and 465 euro (from the 419 I ordered my 670 TOP at).
I could order it in germany for 413, but as there is no estimated arrival or delivery time I just can wait until the prices drop.
Noticed the same, it was 419 earlier. I am now waiting for it to drop at least to 399, and then might be tempted to order.
So I just had a look on the ASUS facebook page. It seems that it could be available next week. Oneuser is saying the 16., the other one talked to Alternate and he will receive his on monday. (but that could be the non-TOP).
Picked up my two Gigabyte 670 OC cards for 400 each after a two hour drive. Now to spend the rest of the day at family then drive back... torture ;-)
also need to tear down the watercooling and set up a quick open air test setup tomorrow in order to be able to fit them.. and do some mother's day cooking
also need to tear down the watercooling and set up a quick open air test setup tomorrow in order to be able to fit them.. and do some mother's day cooking
Awesome, hope the cards have a good availablility so that the prices go down a bit quicker.
They ship to the UK?
A few more pics....
Card number one getting familiar with it's new home....
Card number 2 snuggling up with Card number 1....
Another shot of the happy twins...
Unigine Run at max settings...+120 Offset, 135% Power, +200 on memory:
Sweet, congrats! Now you'll really be able to take advantage of that 120hz monitor with 120+ frames! Oh wait, what's that you say?
got 301.34 installed on my 560....runs very well so far, increased performance in BF3 and Skyrim.
Also
DX11.1 support!
I've been using 301.34 for a few days now. Seems more stable than 301.24.
I'm only showing DirectX 11 support though.
Edit: Funny thing happened when I installed 301.34. When I shutdown, Windows 7 shuts down, but my PC stays on. I have to hold the power button for 5 seconds to shut it off manually. Pretty strange.
User Name Here
Member
Can anyone with a single gtx680, a 3D capable monitor, running (non side scrolling games) dolphin games in 1080p 3D, tell me how well they run? I'm trying to get 60fps in 3D with my passive set. I'm using a single gtx560 right now and I can barely go over 25-30fps in 3D.
csquared587
Member
*update on my crashing evga 670*
I setup my fan to run faster when the temps start to rise and the card didnt go above 65 degrees my Witcher 2 test. The drivers still crashed, this time during the game and red squares popped up right before it happened.
Probably time to rma it.
I setup my fan to run faster when the temps start to rise and the card didnt go above 65 degrees my Witcher 2 test. The drivers still crashed, this time during the game and red squares popped up right before it happened.
Probably time to rma it.
iirc you came from from an AMD card? Try it on a fresh install of windows (create a new partition or virtual HDD if you don't want to format)