660 brand: Asus vs Gigabyte

[Emultra]

The Gigabyte scored well in Anand's review, while Asus' offering was absent. I can find the Asus one here, coupled with Borderlands 2 which I plan to play. Any comments on its quality/perf? Or is it worth finding or waiting for a Gigabyte instead?

Specs in sig; one of the 460's broke so I guess I'll use the other as a PhysX card. Fits nicely with Borderlands 2.

 

[blackened23]

What you need is the MSi power edition

 

[Emultra]

What you need is the MSi power edition

Well that one's gon' be around $490 with shipping here. $440 for the Gigabyte with Borderlands 2.

25% VAT GG, but I need a card.

 

[blastingcap]

At the same price? ASUS all day every day if you're referring to the DirectCU design. Gigabyte gets good reviews sometimes but other cards are ehh. I would not pay more than ~$9 premium for the ASUS though if the Gigabyte is comparable.

 

[Khato]

So long as you don't ever have a problem with the card, the Asus design certainly is nice. However there are a surprising number of failures on their DirectCU GTX 670... and my personal experience is that their warranty service is simply horrible. Not saying that Gigabyte is necessarily any better, but yeah... when I got my card back 3 weeks after sending it in and it was still broken after having been 'repaired' tech support didn't seem surprised in the least and wanted to try a second time.

 

[hokies83]

Sell the 460 u still have 90$ ish get a Gigabyte Windforce 670
So few games use physx and it barely helps anything... Atleast from my exp with a Gtx 590 with 470 for physx ..
/thread

 

[Emultra]

Sell the 460 u still have 90$ ish get a Gigabyte Windforce 670
So few games use physx and it barely helps anything... Atleast from my exp with a Gtx 590 with 470 for physx ..
/thread

Yeah, might be a good option, thanks. Basically it comes down to dat 256-bit memory interface?

 

[hokies83]

Gigabyte 670 wind force is 399$ runs cool and quiet has 680 ref pcb.

90$ for your 460 it is now 309$

 

[nightspydk]

Gigabyte 670 wind force is 399$ runs cool and quiet has 680 ref pcb.

Yes that comes recommended. It's an open designed card, so it's pretty easy to clean and that's important imo. Not having to undo the heatsink.
Also it really runs very quiet.
The Asus tho is also nice and on sale now in this country for the same price as the giga (Denmark).

The Asus is a bit widermaybe 2.5 slots something methinks and maybe a worse choice for a SLI setup. Also to be considered again the Giga is smaller and blows the air out the side.

 

[3DVagabond]

Between those 2 warranty and RMA service would weigh heavily on my decision. They are both good cards.

Looking at the Asus it appears that the backing plate is going to make it 2+ slots. Although I would recommend a board with 3 slot spacing for SLI/Crossfire, anyway.

 

[Tintan]

My vote goes to Asus GPU, It's an awesome card.

 

[Emultra]

Sell the 460 u still have 90$ ish get a Gigabyte Windforce 670

Would this be the version to get? http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/hard...geforce_gtx_670_dual-dvi_hdmi_displayport_2gb

You can hopefully judge by the product name and pic.

 

[hokies83]

Would this be the version to get? http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/hard...geforce_gtx_670_dual-dvi_hdmi_displayport_2gb

You can hopefully judge by the product name and pic.

No it is this one.

http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/hardvara/154295-gigabyte_geforce_gtx_670_2gb-pci-e

 

[Emultra]

Why is it cheaper?

 

[hokies83]

I do not know.

 

[mv2devnull]

The triple fan version was released earlier, probably based on the 680 design. The dual fan WF2 is a bit different; not just the cooling.

 

[Emultra]

The triple fan version was released earlier, probably based on the 680 design. The dual fan WF2 is a bit different; not just the cooling.

Guess I should get the dual fan WF2 then?

 

[hokies83]

if the price is close it says that the WF2 is Binned

 

[nightspydk]

No it is this one.

http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/hardvara/154295-gigabyte_geforce_gtx_670_2gb-pci-e

You can get that cheaper if you purchase in Denmark (B.J.Trading). I just bought a screen in Sweden (Webhallen) and that was no problem.

Komplett has got the Asus on sale this week.

 

[Emultra]

The triple fan version was released earlier, probably based on the 680 design. The dual fan WF2 is a bit different; not just the cooling.

if the price is close it says that the WF2 is Binned

...So I should get the triple fan version? I'm not sure how to compare these things.

 

[hokies83]

Depends the Tri fan = W3 it is a 670 on a 680 Pcb.

The W2 says it uses better power and has Binned memory.

 

[Emultra]

And in this context, "binned" is good or? From my searches it seems binned can be either way.

 

[hokies83]

Binned is good. means it is cherry picked.

 

[Emultra]

Double fan version it is then, thanks for the clarification.

 

[hokies83]

NP Enjoy do not know of anybody with this card yet would love if you shared OC results and 3d mark 11 scores when u get it