Worth it? Asus 670 TOP vs EVGA 670 FTW

[moonbogg]

I grabbed two FTW cards from newegg will call (no shipping charges) and they are pretty damn nice. I am bothered still by the fact that they are mid range kepler architectures but I am a hardware/gaming fiend and could only resist for so long, and I finally broke down. I love them, but am a bit concerned about the 2 gigs of ram being enough for future titles at 1080p. It seems 2 gigs was just enough to satisfy current titles even at 1080p (BF3) and more may be needed for even near future titles like far cry 3 and maybe even max payne 3.
The Asus TOP is not worth even $10 more IMO. Also, these FTW cards turbo at like 1160 or something, and from what I remember seeing most stock cards do as well. So paying for an OC model might be a literal waste of cash in that regard if they all boost to the same speed anyway. Might want to go with a reference model and spend that extra OC model cash on a 4gig version.

 

[chimaxi83]

I grabbed two FTW cards from newegg will call (no shipping charges) and they are pretty damn nice. I am bothered still by the fact that they are mid range kepler architectures but I am a hardware/gaming fiend and could only resist for so long, and I finally broke down. I love them, but am a bit concerned about the 2 gigs of ram being enough for future titles at 1080p. It seems 2 gigs was just enough to satisfy current titles even at 1080p (BF3) and more may be needed for even near future titles like far cry 3 and maybe even max payne 3.
The Asus TOP is not worth even $10 more IMO. Also, these FTW cards turbo at like 1160 or something, and from what I remember seeing most stock cards do as well. So paying for an OC model might be a literal waste of cash in that regard if they all boost to the same speed anyway. Might want to go with a reference model and spend that extra OC model cash on a 4gig version.

lol and all that complaining you were doing :whiste:

Have fun with your cards!

 

[alfa147x]

Amazon has the top in stock for the same price as newegg.


ASUS GeForce GTX 670-DC2T-2GD5

 

[moonbogg]

lol and all that complaining you were doing :whiste:

Have fun with your cards!

ya ya I know. My thinking hasn't changed, but I had to have the new shiny thing anyway. GPU makers are good at reading our minds. They know we will bite, regardless of reason trying to step in. I knew I was going to buy them. I tried to convince myself not to and FAILED, lol..

 

[2is]

nVidia: 2
moonbogg: 0

 

[Gordon Freemen]

I think you have made your point in his thread already bro. Get over it, not your money or system.

Just trying to inform and educate so people save money and get more for there dollars and not ripped off heck why is that so bad LOL.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I pulled the trigger on an FTW 670 last night on NE and decided I didn't need it right now. My 570 is doing fine and I'm not going to be using multiple monitors anytime soon so I cancelled it. I'm still in shock....

 

[guskline]

I grabbed two FTW cards from newegg will call (no shipping charges) and they are pretty damn nice. I am bothered still by the fact that they are mid range kepler architectures but I am a hardware/gaming fiend and could only resist for so long, and I finally broke down. I love them, but am a bit concerned about the 2 gigs of ram being enough for future titles at 1080p. It seems 2 gigs was just enough to satisfy current titles even at 1080p (BF3) and more may be needed for even near future titles like far cry 3 and maybe even max payne 3.
The Asus TOP is not worth even $10 more IMO. Also, these FTW cards turbo at like 1160 or something, and from what I remember seeing most stock cards do as well. So paying for an OC model might be a literal waste of cash in that regard if they all boost to the same speed anyway. Might want to go with a reference model and spend that extra OC model cash on a 4gig version.

moonbogg: Welcome to the world of us sinners who gave into the temptations of WANT. Wow! 2 670s! I'm now guilty of another sin - Jealousy! BTW I am running a single GTX 680 on 3 monitors at a combined 5760 x 1080 resolution and the 2G Vram hasn't been an issue for what I run. 2 670s in SLI must scream.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

I pulled the trigger on an FTW 670 last night on NE and decided I didn't need it right now. My 570 is doing fine and I'm not going to be using multiple monitors anytime soon so I cancelled it. I'm still in shock....

Good job I like you solid logic now if we could get the rest of America thinking like you there country might be saved LOL

 

[RussianSensation]

ya ya I know. My thinking hasn't changed, but I had to have the new shiny thing anyway. GPU makers are good at reading our minds. They know we will bite, regardless of reason trying to step in. I knew I was going to buy them. I tried to convince myself not to and FAILED, lol..

That's the way GPU market works. You'll prob. be upgrading to even faster HD8000/GTX700 GPUs in 2013.