let it die

[toyota]

I'm sure if you wait like you did with the 570, you'll get a good deal again. It's a new card in short supply. That's not conducive to getting good deals.

yes I know which is the very point I have been making. I bought the card at the worst possible time so I am going to take a massive hit.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I was able to unload my 570 superclocked for $198.50 just yesterday. I was a little disappointed it didn't even fetch $200, but I can't complain because I got that card for $200 off craigslist about 8 months ago. I got my 670ftw today & installed it but I haven't been able to bench it or see where its running stock just yet. I plan to sli it in a few months, but paying $250 instead of $450 (including taxes) definitely helped soften the blow to my wallet. Right now I played some bf3 and temps were at 79 degrees so I want to mess with some profiles a bit later as well. HW monitor only reported 55% at that temp.

 

[3DVagabond]

I was able to unload my 570 superclocked for $198.50 just yesterday. I was a little disappointed it didn't even fetch $200, but I can't complain because I got that card for $200 off craigslist about 8 months ago. I got my 670ftw today & installed it but I haven't been able to bench it or see where its running stock just yet. I plan to sli it in a few months, but paying $250 instead of $450 (including taxes) definitely helped soften the blow to my wallet. Right now I played some bf3 and temps were at 79 degrees so I want to mess with some profiles a bit later as well. HW monitor only reported 55% at that temp.

I'd be curious to know what your max boost clock is.

 

[3DVagabond]

yes I know which is the very point I have been making. I bought the card at the worst possible time so I am going to take a massive hit.

Oh? I thought you got your 570 on the cheap?

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I'd be curious to know what your max boost clock is.

GPU-Z showed something like 1085 in the Boost section but that didn't seem right. I ran Heaven v3.0 basic last night at default settings and I think the max on the cores was somewhere around 1200+. I'm at work right now and can't remember the numbers so I'll have to rerun it and actually save the info lol. I don't OC or usually bench my cards, I figure if it runs the games I play well, I know it's working. But I fig'd this is a bad@$$ card so I might as well see how far I can push it. I guess it's time to start reading all the OC guides for gpu lol

 

[toyota]

1189 below 70 C and 1176 above 70 C is the typical boost for the gtx670 ftw cards.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

yes I know which is the very point I have been making. I bought the card at the worst possible time so I am going to take a massive hit.

I returned my 670 due to needing the money for something else. I bought a 460 on the cheap for $85. I seriously can't bring myself to spend anymore than that on a last gen card after playing with the 670. A good overclock is going from 732mhz to 800mhz. A super overclock would be 900mhz. I mean these things are total crap compared to the 670. The 670 I had went to 1270mhz on the core and never went above mid 60's.

Point being that you got yourself a solid upgrade and worth the premium IMO.

 

[toyota]

what is amazing is the power consumption difference. even with my card oced well past stock gtx680 levels, I am still using 40-50 watts less than the stock gtx570 in most cases.

 

[dust]

I got myself the Windforce, I like the temps, performance but there is a humming from the card. It's pretty much all the time, regardless if I'm playing or not. It does not increase in intensity at load, at least not yet.

I'm happy over-all with the card. Boost 1189:thumbsup:

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Here's my gpu-z read out running Heaven bench v3.0 basic @ default settings:

And score:


Powered by Unigine Engine

Heaven Benchmark v3.0 Basic

FPS:
113.1
Scores:
2849
Min FPS:
41.8
Max FPS:
217.9
Hardware

Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 7 2012
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU flags:
3492MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:
Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 8.15.10.2372 3858Mb
Settings

Render:
direct3d11
Mode:
1920x1080 fullscreen
Shaders:
high
Textures:
high
Filter:
trilinear
Anisotropy:
4x
Occlusion:
enabled
Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Tessellation: disabled
Unigine Corp. © 2005-2012


I'm assuming the score is pretty good...

 

[Don Karnage]

Here's my gpu-z read out running Heaven bench v3.0 basic @ default settings:

And score:


Powered by Unigine Engine

Heaven Benchmark v3.0 Basic

FPS:
113.1
Scores:
2849
Min FPS:
41.8
Max FPS:
217.9
Hardware

Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 7 2012
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU flags:
3492MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:
Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 8.15.10.2372 3858Mb
Settings

Render:
direct3d11
Mode:
1920x1080 fullscreen
Shaders:
high
Textures:
high
Filter:
trilinear
Anisotropy:
4x
Occlusion:
enabled
Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Tessellation: disabled
Unigine Corp. © 2005-2012


I'm assuming the score is pretty good...

Retest with everything maxed.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Id say its good to test at everything default in heaven 3.0 so comparison can be made easier. Except that thestrangebrew1 forgot to enable tessellation to "normal"

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Lol, like I said, I'm new. Maybe I should just start a new thread so not to derail this anymore.

 

[jacktesterson]

Lol, like I said, I'm new. Maybe I should just start a new thread so not to derail this anymore.

Nah

Its an all together derailed thread now anyways.

Will install my EVGA 670 FTW tonight after work, looking forward to it.

7850 is for sale!! Awesome card too!

 

[Don Karnage]

Nah

Its an all together derailed thread now anyways.

Will install my EVGA 670 FTW tonight after work, looking forward to it.

7850 is for sale!! Awesome card too!

Look forward to your results

 

[jacktesterson]

Look forward to your results

Back to Sandy Bridge-E eh? Why the change from Ivy?


Your power supply is almost as much overkill as mine is!

 

[Don Karnage]

Back to Sandy Bridge-E eh? Why the change from Ivy?


Your power supply is almost as much overkill as mine is!

3930K was only 197 from Intel

 

[chimaxi83]

3930K was only 197 from Intel

You too? Lol nice. I just need to pick a board now. That or get rid of the 3930K and grab a 3770K and a board.

 

[Don Karnage]

You too? Lol nice. I just need to pick a board now. That or get rid of the 3930K and grab a 3770K and a board.

Newegg has a rampage iv formula open box for 250