gtx 670 vs gtx 680?
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G80FTW
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Who told you this? I do not think that is true. As a single 680 is slightly faster than 2 580s I cannot see a single 670 being slower than 2 570s.
And for the price, 2 570s you could have almost have a 690.
I hope that was sarcasm. The cooler has nothing to do with it.
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jonnyp11
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No, if there are 2 cards for a similar price, and one has a way better cooler, then obviously it is a better choice, what's wrong with that?
FuryRosewood
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The Asus cards also seem to have backplates, but only cus they have that 3 slot wide monstrosity on them, i still want one, but am looking at cpu + mobo first...waiting for ram prices then buying ram. Hope car problems dry up soon.
G80FTW
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But it doesnt mean that the card is any better. The only brands I have ever used are nVidia themselves, PNY, eVGA, Gainward, and Apollo (which isnt around anymore I dont think) and aside from the Gainward I never had a problem with any of them. Never had an ASUS card though, but they make the best motherboards as far as Im concerned. Iv never been happy with any motherboard if it was not an ASUS board. But anyway, a better cooler doesnt mean the card is any better. In alot of cases, its only a difference of 1-2c which is negligible.
Personally, I think I will stick with eVGA for graphics card. They are the best next to PNY out of the ones I have listed that I have used.
Ankur
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But one 570 costs less than 300$ and one 690 costs 1k.
G80FTW
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I thought I was seeing them for $400. But after looking at newegg I was seeing $330. Either way, 2 570s even at $300 isnt worth it when you can get a 4GB 680 for that price that will destroy 4 570s.
pastelsoda
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so should I go for that asus 670gtx none top version for 420?
Gooberman
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since when was a gtx 680 faster than 2 580s?
G80FTW
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I saw something on youtube where it was 1-2 fps more in the Metro 2033 benchmark.
But why does that not make sense? The 680 has ALOT more processing power than 2 580s. And the 670 also has alot more processing power than 2 570s.
Ankur
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580 SLI is 50% faster than single GTX 680, just see it here http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/555?vs=584 you can see Metro 2033 benchmark in there too.
Yea go for it if it is available, but look out for MSI twin frozers III, they have it for 680, probably they will get it for 670 too. If you are buying now then go for the Asus top version.
pastelsoda
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can't I just get the regular version and OC it to match the Top version?
Ankur
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If you are talking about this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=umb0vi645b5f
then you go for it, you can overclock it yourself to match it to the 430$ card. But you won't need to overclock for 1-2 or even 2-3 years.
pastelsoda
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it looks like such a nice card, but I'm concerned because there is 0 reviews on it <_>
G80FTW
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Personally I think that link is crap. I dont see any 580 SLi setup getting 76.5 fps on the Metro 2033 benchmark with max settings at 1920x1200.
And aside from those "benchmarks" the 680 beat it in all the other categories.
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jonnyp11
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you mean all the things that he doesn't care about, yeah it beat it in power consumption and temps and a few programs, good for it
G80FTW
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Well, just to reference a more reliable source of benchmarks:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-690-benchmark,3193-11.html
While it does not directly compare 2 580s in SLi against a single 680, it does display that the 680 can do more than 34FPS or whatever that other link claimed in the Metro 2033 benchmark.
jonnyp11
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http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-review/18
the mars II is a 580x2 basically, costs like 1500 (newegg nolonger shows it but if you search for mars ii it pulls up the mars ii 285x2)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Mars_II/
the mars II is a 580x2 basically, costs like 1500 (newegg nolonger shows it but if you search for mars ii it pulls up the mars ii 285x2)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Mars_II/
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jonnyp11
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About half the forum is that way (anti-asus), so far i'm partial to ASRock, the one i used was awesome and they have more features at a lower price a lot of the time with good quality. Gigabyte is great too, what i'm using now works well, but it is a low end one.