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Who makes the best gtx 670?

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The ASUS GTX 670 DC II is one of the few cards that actually have a custom PCB design. Gigabyte uses the GTX 680 reference PCB for their GTX 670. ASUS has 6 power phases, while Gigabyte has 5 phases (Added one more on the 680PCB.

The ASUS Card is the only GTX 670 to have a backplate, as far as I know. This will help spread the heat from the backside mounted mem chips. Front chips and VRM heatsink is cooled by it's two fans.

As far as build quality goes I feel the ASUS GTX 670 DC II is of a higher build quality then both the Gigabyte Windforce GTX 670 (I've seen one live) and the MSI GTX 670 PE.
 
Im not be biased but... EVGA is the #1 seller of nVidia. Also they dont make ATI/AMD cards, so they focus on nVidia. Their support is great and the product is of high components.....
 
blackened23 said:
What? They both use the same type of cooling. Heatsinks on the VRM and memory (they both have sinks) with dual/triple fans cooling it with multiple heatpipes for the gpu itself. The gigabyte has...guess what....heatsinks on vrm and memory with triple fans.

There is nothing radically different between aftermarket coolers other than size, number of heatpipes, and number/rpm of fans - Both cards cool the VRM / memory *exactly* the same. The asus has more power phases than the gigabyte. Not saying gigabyte is bad, its a great card but your statement is not correct.
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Oh really?
Gigabyte windforce uses the same block that cools the gpu which is a much more efficient way to properly cool vrm and memory.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GeForce_GTX_670_Windforce/4.html
While the asus dcii uses a pitiful glued on vrm sink
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/4.html
and according to this review by a fellow forum member doesn't even include a memory sink.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2248394&highlight=voltage+mod

Please take a little time to do research before bolding sentences and claiming someone else to be wrong. 😉
 
EVGA (normal edition for $400) for warranty/support (the warranty now follows the card, not the owner, which is awesome for when you want to upgrade and sell). I try to buy from American companies when I can.

Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo II for $40 for quiet cooling--if the fans ever die its just $7 to replace 'em. Installation was easy, and doesn't void the EVGA warranty.
 
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I have the Gigabyte and it idles at 31-32C at 21%fan speed. What can the MSI improve there?

Btw the "stock" core clock is 980 on the card and the boost takes it to 1189, with temps at 60C.

I just moved the slider to increase the core by 65 and the Memory by 80, without changing the temps. It runs great and is half the time sleeping at 1080p.:thumbsup:
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Oh really?
Gigabyte windforce uses the same block that cools the gpu which is a much more efficient way to properly cool vrm and memory.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GeForce_GTX_670_Windforce/4.html
While the asus dcii uses a pitiful glued on vrm sink
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/4.html
and according to this review by a fellow forum member doesn't even include a memory sink.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2248394&highlight=voltage+mod

Please take a little time to do research before bolding sentences and claiming someone else to be wrong. 😉
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The VRM doesn't even have heatsinks attached on the gigabyte board, it has a peripheral HEATSINK which is WORSE than the one asus uses. The cooler and shrouds has adhesive pads for the memory. So does the asus board. Your last statement is ridiculous because chimax83 took the shroud off to apply a universal waterblock. Memory temps are insignificant, thats why all boards have nothing more than thermal adhesive for memory. Case in my point I disassembled my GTX 690 to re-do the TIM and the memory had.......get this...thermal adhesive pads and thats IT....😉 You don't need a GPU cooler on memory. VRM temps are a big deal for overclocking, memory not so much - btw the memory on my 690 overclocks to 7.1ghz.

Anyway, not to get into a flame fest over ridiculous stuff here, they're both great boards. I think the asus is better, but i'm 100% biased to asus. Perhaps a fanboy even.
 
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Love my 670 FTW's. But really, all 670's are damn near identical in performance. They all turbo to about the same speed. I say go with whatever looks better but doesn't cost much. I urge you to buy the EVGA 670 FTW card, because I own 670 FTW cards and I want others to think like me, and to want what I already have. This will provide me with validation for my puchasing wisdom as well.
 
all the 670s are more or less equal. maybe a slight edge with msi. but i think it all comes down to what you put more value one.

quietest = asus dcuII
best warranty/customer support = (probably) evga
cheapest = theres a few, but probably best bang for the buck is the gigabyte windforce at 399.
 
guskline said:
moonbogg: Your rig is Very impressive. Time for 3 monitors!😀
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Ah, thank you for the positive reinforcement. For 3 monitors I would need a couple of things.

A: Plenty of money (which I spent most of already)

B: Dual GK110's for the GPU power and Vram

Can't see myself ever going that route unless I find a wadd of cash in the toilet one day and later discover I am somehow able to repeat the process.
 
Seems like Zotac and Galaxy may be a good choice as far as bang for buck is concerned. They always get dogged on by vga brandbois but why not give the dog a bone once in a while, at least if you're like me and going to wait for bf - it makes perfect sense. My GTX 460 is still beasting but I would lie if I said I wasn't tempted to pull the trigger now.
 
j03h4gLund said:
Seems like Zotac and Galaxy may be a good choice as far as bang for buck is concerned. They always get dogged on by vga brandbois but why not give the dog a bone once in a while, at least if you're like me and going to wait for bf - it makes perfect sense. My GTX 460 is still beasting but I would lie if I said I wasn't tempted to pull the trigger now.
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This thread had been dead for over 3 months until you came along. I'm sure thread starter did a purchase a long time ago...
 
The_Golden_Man said:
This thread had been dead for over 3 months until you came along. I'm sure thread starter did a purchase a long time ago...
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Sorry if I hurt your feelings by replying to a forum thread. At least I stayed on topic... trolls gonna troll n haters gonna hate, what can I say? :whiste:
 
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