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GTX 670 SLI Results

Don Karnage

Don Karnage

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Amd's screwed.... Now i wish i waited on my 7850

670 SLI

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670 SLI Overclocked

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I knew it. Look at the core clock on non-OC default, with the gigabyte windforce and custom PCB, getting above 1.2ghz turbo out of the box. Obviously putting it close to reference gtx680 which typically turbo to 1.1ghz or so non-OC.

OC, its hitting 1.34ghz, better than reference 680s, which need fancy cooling to achieve 1.3ghz.

I doubt reference short PCB 670 can turbo this high, obviously its more in-line with its pricing as it should fall around 10-15% slower than gtx680. BUT, custom 670 = best high end card.

Edit: It's obsoleting the entire gtx680, 79xx and the 7870 series at the current pricing scheme. 7850 is still fine at $249 (some are ~@220 now), different pricing tier, mid-range.
 
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Silverforce11 said:
I knew it. Look at the core clock on non-OC default, with the gigabyte windforce and custom PCB, getting above 1.2ghz turbo out of the box. Obviously putting it close to reference gtx680 which typically turbo to 1.1ghz or so non-OC.

OC, its hitting 1.34ghz, better than reference 680s, which need fancy cooling to achieve 1.3ghz.

So, custom 670 = best high end card

Edit: It's obsoleting the entire gtx680, 79xx and the 7870 series at the current pricing scheme. 7850 is still fine at $249 (some are ~@220 now), different pricing tier, mid-range.
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These results pretty much sold me on ditching amd for nvidia
 
I think after my failed experiment with 4870X2 and Gtx 470 SLI I am going multigpu again 😀
 
Don Karnage said:
These results pretty much sold me on ditching amd for nvidia
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If you want to pay $419 for it, sure.

It's essentially a gtx580 + 30% (assuming gtx680 is +35% from a variety of games) out of the box. A bit more with OC. While awesome, it's in a different pricing tier than $220 - $249 cards. Your 7850 @ 1.3ghz is a gtx580 +10-15%.
 
Silverforce11 said:
Edit: It's obsoleting the entire gtx680, 79xx and the 7870 series at the current pricing scheme. 7850 is still fine at $249 (some are ~@220 now), different pricing tier, mid-range.
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that's what happend when un-controlled turbo, and cherry picked cards...

retail cards will be diferent...
 
Silverforce11 said:
If you want to pay $419 for it, sure.

It's essentially a gtx580 + 30% (assuming gtx680 is +35% from a variety of games) out of the box. A bit more with OC. While awesome, it's in a different pricing tier than $220 - $249 cards. Your 7850 @ 1.3ghz is a gtx580 +10-15%.
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We'll see. If amd drops prices on everything i may stay amd.
 
Olikan said:
that's what happend when un-controlled turbo, and cherry picked cards...

retail cards will be diferent...
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I dunno bout cherry pick, but these are not reference, they are factory OC models on good pcbs and cooling. From pricing leaks, its $419 for one of these. The reference short 670 is ~$399.
 
Also note, these factory OC custom 670 already hit 1.15 - 1.2ghz turbo on default. When OC to the max, they reach 1.34 and a bit below that as shown above (so average 1.3ghz). That's a very small headroom on top clocks. ~10% OC potential only.

In terms of performance gain on 3dmark, its only a ~5% point gain for a 10% OC. <-- Scaling not so hot, bandwidth limited?
 
Silverforce11 said:
Also note, these factory OC custom 670 already hit 1.15 - 1.2ghz turbo on default. When OC to the max, they reach 1.34 and a bit below that ghz as shown above (so average 1.3ghz). That's a very small headroom on top clocks. ~10% OC potential only.

In terms of performance gain on 3dmark, its only a ~5% point gain for a 10% OC. <-- Scaling not so hot, bandwidth limited?
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This is what people are missing
 
It's not the next coming.. but its still very good and would have to force a price drop on the current line-up if supply is good. There's no way the 7870 should be $349 when these are around.
 
Silverforce11 said:
It's not the next coming.. but its still very good and would have to force a price drop on the current line-up if supply is good. There's no way the 7870 should be $349 when these are around.
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Amd has to drop prices. The 7950 needs to be 350 as it'll be destroyed by the 399.99 670
 
Don Karnage said:
Amd has to drop prices. The 7950 needs to be 350 as it'll be destroyed by the 399.99 670
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A reference 670 will be 10% slower than a custom 670 at stock making it within 5-7% of a 7950 and the 7950 has more oc potential. Though a $375 price would make it more than competitive if it is for a custom 7950 when reference 670 costs $400
 
Silverforce11 said:
I knew it. Look at the core clock on non-OC default, with the gigabyte windforce and custom PCB, getting above 1.2ghz turbo out of the box. Obviously putting it close to reference gtx680 which typically turbo to 1.1ghz or so non-OC.

OC, its hitting 1.34ghz, better than reference 680s, which need fancy cooling to achieve 1.3ghz.

I doubt reference short PCB 670 can turbo this high, obviously its more in-line with its pricing as it should fall around 10-15% slower than gtx680. BUT, custom 670 = best high end card.

Edit: It's obsoleting the entire gtx680, 79xx and the 7870 series at the current pricing scheme. 7850 is still fine at $249 (some are ~@220 now), different pricing tier, mid-range.
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7850 is AMD's saving grace in capturing the mid-range market share.
 
Don Karnage said:
Why not? Its so easy
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Probably because an air leak or spill onto your mobo/cards won't fry the fricking lot unlike water! You had a leak resulting in what? From what you say you've assembled water cooling around 1000 times to make the 99.9% stat valid!
 
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