NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Reviews

[LordEC911]

Yep, I have a pair incoming tomorrow from Amazon (each at MSRP, overnight prime shipping already in transit) . The gigabyte OC model has the 8+6pin power, 5-phase VRM with dedicated heatsink, GTX 680 pcb, quieter cooling, better temperatures with custom hsf, and a stock OC that puts it on par with a GTX 680 (around 1190-1200mhz boost out of the box!). Plus it runs the exact same cost ($399.99) as a reference GTX 670... it's a great deal.

With your own OC? Specs say boost is set to 1058.

[GoldenTiger]

With your own OC? Specs say boost is set to 1058.

Reviews say it boosts to 1200 out of the box.

With the Kepler architecture, the GTX 670 utilizes Nvidia's GPU Boost. Under a load the stock 980MHz core can reach speeds as high as 1200MHz on this factory overclocked card when operating conditions are optimal, including the temperature and power consumption.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=2236&pageID=11917


Saw it a few other places as well.... seems to vary around 20mhz either way, here's another where the reviewer says it boosts to 1162mhz out of the box: http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=1506&page=18

EDIT: Another... http://www.ninjalane.com/reviews/vid...gd/page12.aspx describes the gpu-z boost reading as being ~140mhz below what it actually runs at.

[Mungri]

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More later, need sleep :x

[bamtan2]

Wow, what a card. This is a great sign of things to come. Considering I am only one generation behind, I cannot wait to see what the next generation brings.

the next generation will bring the big chip. 670/680/690 are so small and low power and bad at computation because nvidia has skipped the high end chip... for now

a high end board being so small is laughable. nvidia is just holding back. rather than risk a gtx480 they skipped the big chip, spent the money on something else, and we'll see the big chip in the next refresh. a 140 watt $400 video card! oh please! and they still match the AMD/ATI high end.

[Mungri]

Yea, since I always buy mid range cards anyway, this one is a beast. I'll add more in SLI next year after GK110 launches and brings prices down.

[LordEC911]

Reviews say it boosts to 1200 out of the box.


http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=2236&pageID=11917


Saw it a few other places as well.... seems to vary around 20mhz either way, here's another where the reviewer says it boosts to 1162mhz out of the box: http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=1506&page=18

EDIT: Another... http://www.ninjalane.com/reviews/vid...gd/page12.aspx describes the gpu-z boost reading as being ~140mhz below what it actually runs at.

Thanks. Didn't read enough reviews to find some of the ones that reviewed AIB cards.
Now to wait and see how common that is on retail cards...

[GoldenTiger]

we'll know soon, but the op of the ocn thread about the gigabyte oc cards says his does 1202 default. I will let you know what my 2 do stock today as well.

[jeanjean15]

Yep, I have a pair incoming tomorrow from Amazon (each at MSRP, overnight prime shipping already in transit) . The gigabyte OC model has the 8+6pin power, 5-phase VRM with dedicated heatsink, GTX 680 pcb, quieter cooling, better temperatures with custom hsf, and a stock OC that puts it on par with a GTX 680 (around 1190-1200mhz boost out of the box!). Plus it runs the exact same cost ($399.99) as a reference GTX 670... it's a great deal.

Nice card !

Does anyone know if this gigabyte will fit the EK FC-GTX680 waterblock ?

[cx-ray]

Did someone mention gummi bears?

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[Mungri]

OCUK give free packs of haribo with their orders

[onethreehill]

More Reviews
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphi...gtx-670-ex-oc/
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/201...0-2gb-review/1
http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/video-cards/17774
http://lab501.ro/placi-video/nvidia-...gtx-670-review
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/866-...-670-test.html
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-670-review/
http://www.guru3d.com/article/evga-g...670-sc-review/
http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-g...ii-top-review/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A..._Direct_Cu_II/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...70_Jet_Stream/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Z...0_Amp_Edition/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages..._review,1.html
http://vr-zone.com/articles/gigabyte...iew/15831.html

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 SLI
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/N...e_GTX_670_SLI/

GeForce GTX 670 2 and 3-way SLI Review
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...ay-sli-review/

[GoldenTiger]

I too wanted to throw my thanks at you onethreehill, I love how quick & thorough your lists of reviews on new stuff are . Quite useful!

[schoolslave]

Ordered at Tigerdirect, while IN STOCK, and now backordered.....

[highoctane]

I too wanted to throw my thanks at you onethreehill, I love how quick & thorough your lists of reviews on new stuff are . Quite useful!

Yes I agree, onethreehill is on top of his game!

[Mungri]

My GPU is a lot worse than I expected, but I got good ram. My card maxes out stable at 1240 / 7200 clocks.

[LexDiamonds]

My GPU is a lot worse than I expected, but I got good ram. My card maxes out stable at 1240 / 7200 clocks.

Anything 1200+ isn't bad at all. Guys getting anywhere near 1300Mhz are just getting lucky. What are the max load temps at these clocks? The more I read about Kepler, the more it sounds like that as long as temps stay under 70C, no throttling will occur. I'm starting to second guess if its worth the trouble of watercooling my incoming Giga670...

[Chickenfeed]

Your honestly not going to see a whole lot of gain on water over a quality aftermarket heatsink / custom aib design. Over reference for sure. My friend jumped on a 670 yesterday from a 5870 and although he is impressed with the cards speed hes not impressed with the build quality... which is why I pre ordered an Asus DCII instead

[kuhla]

More later, need sleep :x

So what's the story on this model? I can't find a review anywhere. Curious about noise levels, etc.

Did someone mention gummi bears?

OCUK give free packs of haribo with their orders

haribo macht kinder froh.... I wants some now....

My friend jumped on a 670 yesterday from a 5870 and although he is impressed with the cards speed hes not impressed with the build quality... which is why I pre ordered an Asus DCII instead

I'm assuming you preordered at excalibur? http://www.excaliberpc.com/products/...search=GTX+670 Do you have an ETA from them? I talked to their customer service twice and they couldn't tell me anything.

[BababooeyHTJ]

we'll know soon, but the op of the ocn thread about the gigabyte oc cards says his does 1202 default. I will let you know what my 2 do stock today as well.

Did you sell your GTX680s? I'm considering doing the same and just going with an aib 670.

[Mungri]

Ok for people who want to know more about the KFA2 / Galaxy, without overclocking its actually the fastest GTX 670 you can buy.

The default factory speed is 1200 / 6000 with GPU boost, all KFA2 / Galaxy OC cards seem to be handpicked 1200 Mhz chips!

The card is completely silent, and max temperature was 81 degrees at the stock speed of 1200 Mhz.

For overclocks, I got both these settings bench stable:

+30, +500 = 1250 / 7000
+25, +600 = 1240 / 7200.

The GPU overclock in afterburner looks so small because each chip is doing 1200 Mhz out of the box. If you want a guaranteed 1200 Mhz GTX 670, this is it, and most of them should do 1250 / 7000 like mine does, completely silent too.

Going over 1250 Mhz won't be easy on either this card or the Gigabyte, but you get a handpicked 1200 Mhz GPU on the KFA2.

[SKYMTL]

The Galaxy cards don't receive hand picked chips. They just use higher voltage, a better cooling solution and a modified Boost Offset within the BIOS. If they would be hand-picked chips, the BASE CLOCK would be 1GHz++.

Essentially, someone running at hotter ambient temps may see Boost clocks which are much lower than that.

[BababooeyHTJ]

I didn't know of any aib designs that used a core voltage higher than 1.075v. Odd that a GTX670 is the first.

[Mungri]

If they would be hand-picked chips, the BASE CLOCK would be 1GHz++.

It is?

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The default voltage is 1.175v under load which does seem rather high, and the boost brings the GPU up to 1200 Mhz.

Heres the absolute highest mine will clock and complete a heaven run:



Not the best, but not bad either.

Heres a full review on the KFA2:

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphi...gtx-670-ex-oc/









At stock speeds its pretty much identical to a GTX 680!

[GoldenTiger]

Did you sell your GTX680s? I'm considering doing the same and just going with an aib 670.

I've got my pair on the 'Bay priced pretty aggressively, but no sale yet .

Oh, and fedex messed up my overnight package of GTX 670 SLI Gigabyte OC's, so now they won't be arriving until Monday... /sigh.

EDIT: Wow... http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?...post1038716104 posts 3 and 4 say 1189mhz boost out of the box (non-oc'd) and 1215 for the other guy. Nice stuff, I really can't wait for mine to come!

[Mungri]

EDIT: Wow... http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?...post1038716104 posts 3 and 4 say 1189mhz boost out of the box (non-oc'd) and 1215 for the other guy. Nice stuff, I really can't wait for mine to come!

Yea the base clock speeds seem to be random on the Gigabyte?

980 Mhz base clock speed = 1189 Mhz boost
1006 Mhz base clock speed = 1215 Mhz boost.

The Gigabyte Windforce is advertised as 980 Mhz base clock - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-095-GI
The KFA2 1006 Mhz - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...14&subcat=2294

Though both are overclocking to identical frequencies, the minimum they seem to reach is 1250 Mhz (my KFA2 and someone else has a windforce that only clock to 1250ish MHZ), and the highest OCs on both these boards has been around 1350 Mhz.

So its a case of random pot luck, each card will OC to anywhere around 1250-1350 Mhz, and will easilly run at 1200 Mhz with a 1006 Mhz base clock. I've not seen any other versions that overclock as high as the best of these, they seem to be limited by having 6+6 pins.