Gtx 690 (obsolete yet?)

[wand3r3r]

I have a quick question on whether the gtx 690 is relevant anymore? 680 sli and 670 sli already nip it but has the 660 ti made it more a waste? I haven't seen any direct comparisons with 660ti sli vs. gtx 690. There are some benefits such as a good cooler etc. but you know that, I'm just curious if it's ridiculously overpriced due to the 660 ti in sli/tri fire now.

I'm not wondering about retail price, more about how the 660 ti (and possibly 670) have made it less relevant, if it ever was.

 

[Durvelle27]

not its not and also i wouldn't think the GTX 660 Ti affected anything as it barely keeps up with the GTX 670 ?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Exactly. A 690 is a bit faster than a 670 SLI stock. 660TI SLI is significantly behind.

 

[JohnnyChuttz]

While you're right about SLI'd GTX 670s being just a smidge slower than a 690, in SLI, the GTX 660ti really starts to lag behind.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=971&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=8

 

[cmdrdredd]

Overclocking a 690 doesn't get you very far. You can overclock a pair of 670s and beat a 690 easily.

 

[blackened23]

Overclocking a 690 doesn't get you very far. You can overclock a pair of 670s and beat a 690 easily.

Agreed. I owned a 690 briefly and while my first impression was very very positivie, after using it for a couple of weeks some truths became apparent. I did a stress test in 3dmark11 thinking OCing would be a breeze, and while I was able to do several 3dmark11 runs that gave me a good first impression - later I learned how wrong I was. OCing it was a nightmare, you will have trouble overclocking it by any reasonable amount for more than 10-15 minutes (before throttling kicks in). Power throttle on the 690 is pretty ridiculous as well, it kicks in very fast. The chips get hot as well. Easily 80C+ on both GPUs if you attempt any sort of overclock.

With all that said the 690 is an awesome card, just don't plan on overclocking. 670SLI is a better deal if you want to overclock, and cheaper...... Especially if you can get the 350$ deal on 670s still, thats a heck of a deal. I'm not sure if the galaxy 670 is still going for 330$ but if it is ... that is the hands down best performance for the $ you can get.