Nvidia Kepler - Geforce GTX680 Thread - Now with reviews
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No, I'm driving home from work then, and expect Amazon to put the Asus up for order then so I can't buy one
They're just waiting to put it up until tomorrow when I leave for an eye appointment.
I've never gone above $300 myself, but the performance of the 670 is so good it is worth looking at. Card is a beast.
Edit: As mentioned below make sure your processor can handle this card first and foremost.
Upgrade your motherboard/proc first. Time for you to leave Phenom land.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Yep was thinking of going Intel this turn.
I already ordered 8 gigs of DDR3 1600, a 212 evo and the 7850.
I might just consider it.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
I have an Antec 300 but I might just buy this baby
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006L6ZSWC/?tag=neogaf0e-20
And drop all the new shit in there.
You won't be disappointed. My buddy bought that case and I was pretty darned impressed.
Just wow. Found my next case
unless they design a replacement between now and then. Now I just have to decide rather I want to build an ivy bridge box or wait a year for the all-new haswell architecture.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Just wow. Found my next case
That case is amazing.
Oh, I can tell. It addresses all of the complaints I have with my current case, the antec twelve hundred. The filtration system on it is a bitch to clean. The drive bays are not accessible from the side, plus have screws to deal with. Can't wait to get something like this.
TheThunder
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I'm still gonna rock my Antec 300 when my new parts come in.
Hopefully I won't run into any case related problems (although I never heard much about those)
Hawk269
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So Mkenyon what are you going to do now? You keeping that 690 or going another route now?
mercenar1e
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wow, it's almost as fast as the GTX 680 (1-5) FPS behind and it's much quieter and cheaper.. i feel ripped off lol
Are we looking at history with the GTX 670 release? Seems like a card we will remember with fondness years from now.
Every once in awhile we get a card that blows everyone away, and it looks like we might have hit this point again.
I have the old 900, and have the same issues as you do. I might be making the Corsair case upgrade too.
Every once in awhile we get a card that blows everyone away, and it looks like we might have hit this point again.
I have the old 900, and have the same issues as you do. I might be making the Corsair case upgrade too.
what's the warranty like on Asus GC's?
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
We were ripped off, if only I could return my GTX 680 but its way past 30 days.
Feels bad.
Dreams-Visions
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so we feel this one will prove to outperform the Gigabyte triple-fan 670? I know we have a review for the quoted, but none for the Gigabyte, right?
toastyToast
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These things are going for $500 in Australia
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What was the RRP of the 570? Eventually that normalized to $350-400
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What was the RRP of the 570? Eventually that normalized to $350-400
This 690 will be installed on my tombstone, complete with water block.
"Here lies mkenyon, a true
idiot
As far as final build plans go, I'm all over the place right now with case and radiator final choices. Going to put it all in the 600T for now, but even then I'm thinking about cutting it up to fit some better cooling solutions.
No, not at all. This card should have been the 650/650Ti. They're even having to add extra length with the cooling solutions because it's not even a proper PCB size to make you feel like you're getting a fully fledged $400 card.
Hawk269
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Cool. I am almost done with my new build. I changed cases from the Antec 280 (which is a damn good case, but wanted better air cooling). I now have the Xigmatec Elysium Case which is so fucking huge it swallows my previous cases...lol. I am still 100% air cooled, but am looking at Water in the future and the Elysium has the room to spare for going to Water when I plan to do it.
The rest of the rig is a 3930k, Asus IV Rampage Extreme, 16gigs of Ram. GPU will be a pair of 690's...yes a pair...lol. I know, it is insane!
I received my tracking information and will have the cards here tomorrow. The new rig is built and ready to go..just waiting on the cards to put it in it's place next to my entertainment system. Will post pics and complete specs tomorrow. I even did some lighting this time, never did that before as well.
As in, do people think you'd be able to sell the 570s or as in is the 'upgrade' worth it? The first..... maybe. The second can only be answered by you.
But, it'll generally be a downgrade in performance.
You need to stop buying cases unless you have received an okay from me and Feist.
Grats on the double 690s though, should be pretty killer performance.
From the early hands on on overclock.net, its safe to say the Gigabyte Windforce 3x should be just as good as the asus dc2 top.
I've almost given up hope of getting one. I just hope the Gigabyte card turns out to be the 2nd best.
Yup. TPU uses a difgerent bench setup. The 2 cards should be extremely similar.
the guys at overclockers uk received in the a little thousands of cards. Much much more stock then the gtx 680. If nvidia really want to milk money they would just make more 680s.
however, it is no surprise that the demand for the gtx 670 is very high.
Hopefully they prioritized the 670 launch (and thus production of said cards) to not miss the launch date. Now that it has come and gone, I'm crossing my fingers that they go full production on additional 680 units.
Domcorleone
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Anyone know where I can order a gigabyte 670 in the us?
Lactose_Intolerant
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Just ordered some Mayhem's Pastel Green concentrate, to go with clear tubing.
Dreams-Visions
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Great thanks. I'll get whichever Amazon restocks first.
Dreams-Visions
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Is maintaining water cooling a hassle?Just need to change the tubing from black to white to match your wires
I've built PCs for years, but never went there.