Finally! After waiting for about 4 months, my EVGA GTX 680 Signature+ finally arrived, paid $550 (dolars) for it.
Unboxing it was so cool... I love EVGA's presentation, it comes in foam, with a poster, EVGA sticky badge, a couple of sticky posters (not small), drivers, a couple of manuals, and also a VGA to DVI adapter, a molex to PCIe adapter and 2 PCIe 6 pin to a PCIe 8 pin (the card requires 8 pin + 6 pin).
Videocard photos:
(yes I know the box is smashed D:)
My case currently:
I was really surprised that the fan is so SILENT compared to my 6870, and the card is really cool aswell, with 50% fan on idle (literally unhearable) it hovers around 22ºC.
Now, for the benchmarks:
Base clock is 1084mhz, and seen it boost up to 1202mhz.
3dmark11 performance mode:
Had to use a pic cause I'm using .79 beta drivers so it won't let me upload the results.
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 benchmark:
Max. settings + Tessellation normal:
Max. settings + Tessellation extreme:
In-game performance:
Didn't take any pics, but after testing for a while:
BF3 - Ultra, max settings, Caspian Border, 64 players = average of 70fps.
Minecraft - Sonic Ether Shaders, default texture pack, Optifine, Max. settings, Normal + 80 view distance = average of 60fps.
Minecraft - default texture pack, optifine, max. settings, far view distance = average of 140fps.
Skyrim - Maxed out ingame settings (no ambient occlusion, I have to try that one), no mods = average of 120fps.
The Witcher 2 - Maxed out ingame settings, no ubersampling, in Flotsam during day = average of 60fps.
My 6870 (two fans) idles at about 50C, so I'm curious whether or not the 680's 22C idle is just really good, or if there's something wrong with the cooling on my card. Room temp might be an issue too, roughly 80-85F.
higher stock clocks and price tag on a crappy blower style cooler, a Twin Frozr or Asus DC2T would surpass it by far in cooling, and OC headroom
Also that one fan wire over the motherboard really erks me, Y U NO PUT WHERE 8 PIN CPU IS?!?
Crappy blower style cooler? Yes crappy, except it idles at 25ºC with cooler on 30%, and it is unhearable until 70%, just set a fan curve. Apart from that, it blows the hot air outside the case unlike your ASUS.
Why would I want to OC it while it already comes with 1200mhz clock and it blows every game I throw at it away? Yeah, overclock your ASUS and enjoy 5 more fps, you'll surely notice them.
I connected the fans there cause it's the best way to have them fixed at 1400rpm, the other connectors have automatic speed-up when the CPU reaches a certain temperature... I want the CM Excaliburs fixed at 1400rpm cause more than that and you can actually hear their noise. Also if you notice they are 2 wires not one, and the case fan connectors are right next to the Asrock logo.
My 6870 (two fans) idles at about 50C, so I'm curious whether or not the 680's 22C idle is just really good, or if there's something wrong with the cooling on my card. Room temp might be an issue too, roughly 80-85F.
Did you set a fan curve? I think AMD CCC locks the fan(s) at 20% by default, add that to hot room and you get high idle temperature.
22ºC idle is actually cool, although it's winter here and the room is about 20ºC, I'll have to wait for summer...
Congratz! I recently upgraded from a 6870 to a gigabyte GTX 670 which I've since overclocked to 680 levels... They're awesome cards, gotta love that feeling of maxing all games!
It was locked at 50%. I bumped it up all the way, dropped the idle temp down to 40C. Minecraft brought it back up to 50C. It's also morning, so it's a good 10F or so degrees cooler in this room.
100% fans are loud. Otherwise I never hear the GPU fans.
It was locked at 50%. I bumped it up all the way, dropped the idle temp down to 40C. Minecraft brought it back up to 50C. It's also morning, so it's a good 10F or so degrees cooler in this room.
100% fans are loud. Otherwise I never hear the GPU fans.
Weird, try asking in your brand's forum or sending a ticket to support.
Congratz! I recently upgraded from a 6870 to a gigabyte GTX 670 which I've since overclocked to 680 levels... They're awesome cards, gotta love that feeling of maxing all games!
Ty, I do wonder sometimes why does it go like 45fps on The Witcher 2 but card usage is at 50%... don't think anything is bottlenecking, probably bad game coding.
Can't wait to overclock it to see if I can get past P11000 on 3dmark11, I got 10700 yesterday
That's what I was thinking, he could have gotten a GTX670 and maybe an SSD for the price of the GTX680...
Edit: and he uses the stock cooler...
I would have gotten the gtx 680 in that position SSDs are not that expensive he could easily pick one up later and get it.
The gtx 670 is a crap deal I have been over this.
I would have gotten a 7970 instead but still solid build.
I haven't heard of any issues with recent ASRock boards. Reliability of the board seems fine, great value for the price when considering the features it comes with. I see nothing wrong with it, compared to a similar board manufactured by Asus or Gigabyte.
I have to agree.
I use a Asrock board in my homeserver, and i used the same board before in my main gaming rig. Nothing wrong with it and ive had it for 3 years soon.
I would have gotten the gtx 680 in that position SSDs are not that expensive he could easily pick one up later and get it.
The gtx 670 is a crap deal I have been over this.
I would have gotten a 7970 instead but still solid build.
Its a better deal than a 680 considering you can OC the 670 to speeds of a 680 and it is $100 cheaper.
Its a better deal than a 680 considering you can OC the 670 to speeds of a 680 and it is $100 cheaper.
Then the person with the 680 can overclock far beyond your overclocked 670.
Or you can get a 7970 that's only slightly more then the 670 and is faster then the 670 and just as fast as the 680 and then overclock it and beat the 680 flat out.
Then the person with the 680 can overclock far beyond your overclocked 670.
Or you can get a 7970 that's only slightly more then the 670 and is faster then the 670 and just as fast as the 680 and then overclock it and beat the 680 flat out.
The 680 is not worth the extra $100 considering the 670 will max out pretty much every game stock. The 680 is the worst deal out of all of them. You also can't forget that the 670 uses 80 less watts then the 7970.
The 680 is not worth the extra $100 considering the 670 will max out pretty much every game stock. The 680 is the worst deal out of all of them. You also can't forget that the 670 uses 80 less watts then the 7970.
If you want to use that argument then anything about the 6970 is useless because it can run any game on highest settings.
It is closer to 50watts and really who cares that much plus the 7970 is quite a bit faster to justify the extra energy pull.
If you want to use that argument then anything about the 6970 is useless because it can run any game on highest settings.
It is closer to 50watts and really who cares that much plus the 7970 is quite a bit faster to justify the extra energy pull.
Imo the extra $100 for a gtx680 isn't justified so its the crap deal not the 670.
Unboxing it was so cool... I love EVGA's presentation, it comes in foam, with a poster, EVGA sticky badge, a couple of sticky posters (not small), drivers, a couple of manuals, and also a VGA to DVI adapter, a molex to PCIe adapter and 2 PCIe 6 pin to a PCIe 8 pin (the card requires 8 pin + 6 pin).
Videocard photos:
(yes I know the box is smashed D:)
My case currently:
I was really surprised that the fan is so SILENT compared to my 6870, and the card is really cool aswell, with 50% fan on idle (literally unhearable) it hovers around 22ºC.
Now, for the benchmarks:
Base clock is 1084mhz, and seen it boost up to 1202mhz.
3dmark11 performance mode:
Had to use a pic cause I'm using .79 beta drivers so it won't let me upload the results.
P10205
Unigine Heaven 3.0 benchmark:
Max. settings + Tessellation normal:
Max. settings + Tessellation extreme:
In-game performance:
Didn't take any pics, but after testing for a while:
BF3 - Ultra, max settings, Caspian Border, 64 players = average of 70fps.
Minecraft - Sonic Ether Shaders, default texture pack, Optifine, Max. settings, Normal + 80 view distance = average of 60fps.
Minecraft - default texture pack, optifine, max. settings, far view distance = average of 140fps.
Skyrim - Maxed out ingame settings (no ambient occlusion, I have to try that one), no mods = average of 120fps.
The Witcher 2 - Maxed out ingame settings, no ubersampling, in Flotsam during day = average of 60fps.
PS: My monitor is 1600x900.
higher stock clocks and price tag on a crappy blower style cooler, a Twin Frozr or Asus DC2T would surpass it by far in cooling, and OC headroom
Also that one fan wire over the motherboard really erks me, Y U NO PUT WHERE 8 PIN CPU IS?!?
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
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Crappy blower style cooler? Yes crappy, except it idles at 25ºC with cooler on 30%, and it is unhearable until 70%, just set a fan curve. Apart from that, it blows the hot air outside the case unlike your ASUS.
Why would I want to OC it while it already comes with 1200mhz clock and it blows every game I throw at it away? Yeah, overclock your ASUS and enjoy 5 more fps, you'll surely notice them.
I connected the fans there cause it's the best way to have them fixed at 1400rpm, the other connectors have automatic speed-up when the CPU reaches a certain temperature... I want the CM Excaliburs fixed at 1400rpm cause more than that and you can actually hear their noise. Also if you notice they are 2 wires not one, and the case fan connectors are right next to the Asrock logo.
Did you set a fan curve? I think AMD CCC locks the fan(s) at 20% by default, add that to hot room and you get high idle temperature.
22ºC idle is actually cool, although it's winter here and the room is about 20ºC, I'll have to wait for summer...
100% fans are loud. Otherwise I never hear the GPU fans.
Weird, try asking in your brand's forum or sending a ticket to support.
Ty, I do wonder sometimes why does it go like 45fps on The Witcher 2 but card usage is at 50%... don't think anything is bottlenecking, probably bad game coding.
Can't wait to overclock it to see if I can get past P11000 on 3dmark11, I got 10700 yesterday
Edit: and he uses the stock cooler...
What are you talking about asrock makes great boards.
I would have gotten the gtx 680 in that position SSDs are not that expensive he could easily pick one up later and get it.
The gtx 670 is a crap deal I have been over this.
I would have gotten a 7970 instead but still solid build.
I have to agree.
I use a Asrock board in my homeserver, and i used the same board before in my main gaming rig. Nothing wrong with it and ive had it for 3 years soon.
Its a better deal than a 680 considering you can OC the 670 to speeds of a 680 and it is $100 cheaper.
Then the person with the 680 can overclock far beyond your overclocked 670.
Or you can get a 7970 that's only slightly more then the 670 and is faster then the 670 and just as fast as the 680 and then overclock it and beat the 680 flat out.
You'll see me spamming everywhere how good it is.
The 680 is not worth the extra $100 considering the 670 will max out pretty much every game stock. The 680 is the worst deal out of all of them. You also can't forget that the 670 uses 80 less watts then the 7970.
If you want to use that argument then anything about the 6970 is useless because it can run any game on highest settings.
It is closer to 50watts and really who cares that much plus the 7970 is quite a bit faster to justify the extra energy pull.
Imo the extra $100 for a gtx680 isn't justified so its the crap deal not the 670.