VPN: GV-N670OC-2GDGigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC 980MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card
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 Rating: Review Date: 05/11/12 |
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC 980MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card
Cons:- None that I have found yet.
Pros:- Excellent performance- Very cool load temps- Factory overclocked- Extremely quiet, even under load.- Power design as others have said. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/10/12 |
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC 980MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card
Cons:* Nothing bundled with it other than 6-pin to molex and a disc
Pros:* Amazing performance, nears 680 with a bit of an OC* QUIET! Played an hour of BF3 tonight with max settings and card peaked at 39% fan speed, 59c in a Corsair 550D with 4x low speed case fans, can't distinguish the graphics card sound from case fans.* Custom PCB with better power delivery (5 phase + 6+8 pin connector vs. 4 and 6+6) for the same price as reference Comment:
Picked this up today at NCIX and am blown away coming from a 560Ti on a new 3770K rig. Only had a chance to play an hour of BF3 (on NCIX 64 player Rush), played at 1920x1200 Ultra, 4X MSAA, FXAA high, 16X AF, HBAO, Adaptive Vsync and it stayed at 60fps most of the game, some drops into the 50s.Very impressive how quiet the card is, I think it's a bit quieter than my 560Ti Twin Frozr II.Haven't even had a chance to overclock it yet, but according to Afterburner, at stock it boosted to 1176 at 69% of stock power target! Wow!!!! |
(Note: I also go by Lysrin_L on the forums)I haven't had this card for very long yet, and I won't bore you with benchmark numbers that you can get from other professional reviews, but I just wanted to say in case someone is on the fence about purchasing that this card is fantastic! I upgraded from a GTX 295 and the difference is astounding. Played several of my current games tonight, the most taxing likely Skyrim. I struggled with the old card to get good consistent performance. I can sum it up with this (paraphrased a little). I started Skyrim, and it informed me that my hardware had changed and it was updating my graphics settings. It reported "Your graphics have been set to ultra high settings." Yes!!! And it played smooth! Now I see what all the Skyrim hype was about!The other thing that impressed me was the build quality of this card. It is my first Gigabyte card and it seems very well put together, and was very well packaged. The Windforce cooler is impressive, and I can honestly say that my PC is no louder under full gaming load now than the case fans! Now I need to replace those! It used to wind up with the old card.Anyway, I could go on and on, but for me the GTX 670 was absolutely worth the wait, and the Gigabyte version is an excellent product! Highly recommended!For reference, I am running an overclocked i7 920, running at 3.4 - 3.6 GHz, 18 GB RAM, SATA 3 normal hard drive (not SSD).