Getting a GTX 670 vs a GTX 680

So which one should I go for?

  • ASUS DirectCU II GTX 670 2GB`

    Votes: 4 44.4%

  • eVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB

    Votes: 3 33.3%

  • eVGA GTX 680 Superclocked 2GB

    Votes: 2 22.2%
  • Total voters
    9
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ProtatoSalad

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Okay, so I'm having trouble deciding between these two video cards.
I have either the option of getting a high end GTX 670 or a reference 680... or at least I think it's a reference card (eVGA GTX 680 Superclocked 2GB).

If I go for the 670, I'll either get ASUS's DirectCU II card or eVGA's FTW version for $440 and $420 respectively. (I also am not very sure about which of these to go for because I've heard blower style fans are pretty crappy).
If I go for the 680 I mentioned earlier, It'll cost me about $460 (It's on sale).

I do plan on doing some minor overclocking, but I won't be pushing the card to it's limit.

Opinions? :P
 
ProtatoSalad said:
Okay, so I'm having trouble deciding between these two video cards.
I have either the option of getting a high end GTX 670 or a reference 680... or at least I think it's a reference card (eVGA GTX 680 Superclocked 2GB).

If I go for the 670, I'll either get ASUS's DirectCU II card or eVGA's FTW version for $440 and $420 respectively. (I also am not very sure about which of these to go for because I've heard blower style fans are pretty crappy).
If I go for the 680 I mentioned earlier, It'll cost me about $460 (It's on sale).

I do plan on doing some minor overclocking, but I won't be pushing the card to it's limit.

Opinions? :P
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If you must buy a new high end video card, I would wait a month or 2 for the 700 series. By then, the prices should drop for the 600 series and for that $460 you will probably be able to pick up a slightly faster 700 series card.

Both of which will be outdated next year anyway when hopefully they release the 800 series.
 
I have the GTX 670 FTW (2gb), and not only is it silent but also extremely good with all games out there, 60fps easy.
 
Unless you have more concrete information than I could find the 7xx series is not 2 months out. I have only seen speculations on what it might be.


@ProtatoSalad Most people say that unless you want to fork over the cash for the top of the line card, the 670 is the one to get. Waiting might be good as well but that is really up to you.

dual fans are better for higher OCs on a single card configuration. Blowers are better for multi card configs because the cards will push the hot air out the back of the case not into the other card. In the current generation, either is just fine. Cards with standard blower coolers are not overheating at all. Just dust them out every once in a while.
 
I have had a 670 for almost a year. I don't think the upgrade to a 680 would have been worth it for me. Most of the games I play are more dependent on CPU power.

I paid $399 for my Galaxy card about 10 months ago, since then it's only dropped $20. I don't think a new series of cards will be out for a while yet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162107

For the price, it really can't be beat. And in case you don't trust the manufacturer, newegg will cover you if you have problems anyway.
 
G80FTW said:
If you must buy a new high end video card, I would wait a month or 2 for the 700 series. By then, the prices should drop for the 600 series and for that $460 you will probably be able to pick up a slightly faster 700 series card.

Both of which will be outdated next year anyway when hopefully they release the 800 series.
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Well, I don't exactly want to wait for the 7xx series of Nvidia cards. I've heard rumors online that AMD and Nvidia both want to add to the existing line of cards and that the 7xx series won't actually be out until the end of 2013/beginning of 2014.

I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaay too impatient for that lol :P
 
ProtatoSalad said:
Okay, so I'm having trouble deciding between these two video cards.
I have either the option of getting a high end GTX 670 or a reference 680... or at least I think it's a reference card (eVGA GTX 680 Superclocked 2GB).

If I go for the 670, I'll either get ASUS's DirectCU II card or eVGA's FTW version for $440 and $420 respectively. (I also am not very sure about which of these to go for because I've heard blower style fans are pretty crappy).
If I go for the 680 I mentioned earlier, It'll cost me about $460 (It's on sale).

I do plan on doing some minor overclocking, but I won't be pushing the card to it's limit.

Opinions? :P
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I'm pretty sure that GTX 680 is worth it if it is on sale. You should check it out on amazon also. Good for high end graphic gaming.
 
Go for the GTX 670 and save your money. Also save your money by buying a stock 670, don't bother buying overclocked graphics cards, they're more expensive and you can overclock them yourself.
 
spirit said:
Go for the GTX 670 and save your money. Also save your money by buying a stock 670, don't bother buying overclocked graphics cards, they're more expensive and you can overclock them yourself.
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The cards I listed above are not overclocked cards. The ASUS is a non-reference PCB with a beastly cooler, the eVGA FTW version contain's GPUs that eVGA has binned to fined the most efficient ones and the 680... well, that's overclocked, but hey, it's on sale.
Cheaper than any other 680 I can find out there.
 
Basically, the point of me listing all the prices was to tell anyone reading this particular thread to disregard price, they're all about the same and just consider which one would be the better performer with overclocking in mind.
 
ProtatoSalad said:
Well, I don't exactly want to wait for the 7xx series of Nvidia cards. I've heard rumors online that AMD and Nvidia both want to add to the existing line of cards and that the 7xx series won't actually be out until the end of 2013/beginning of 2014.

I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaay too impatient for that lol :P
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Non sense. It would be stupid for nvidia and amd to launch their new cards next year. Because the current cards wont be able to play games towards the end of this year, and if the next cards are only 10% faster they wont be able to play next years games. Makes no sense for them not to release the 700 series soon. Or just skip it completely and release the 800 series next year.
 
id recommend the twin frozer ii msi card over the asus because 3 slots wide looks great on paper, but im living with it, and its not all that great, i would like to have more space so i could add in a second gpu for low power graphics usage
 
G80FTW said:
Non sense. It would be stupid for nvidia and amd to launch their new cards next year. Because the current cards wont be able to play games towards the end of this year, and if the next cards are only 10% faster they wont be able to play next years games. Makes no sense for them not to release the 700 series soon. Or just skip it completely and release the 800 series next year.
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Proof?
 
salvage-this said:
Proof?
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Of what? Why would nvidia wait 2 years to release a new card? Im not sure there has ever been a 2 year span between series. But if indeed there is, it wouldnt make sense for them to hold off the 800 series until 2015/2016. By then the 700 series will be useless. Unless we see zero game development for 3 years. I sure hope not.
 
The release date. You talk about it like you have a concrete idea of what it is. Also if they want to wait to release a new generation they can just market the 6xx generation as good hardware and drivers to run SLI. Then they get more money from the current generation due to increased sales and they get to charge full price for the 6xx cards because they are still top of the line for nvidia.

Most of the sites that I have seen mark the release date as Q3/Q4 '13. If it really is Maxwell instead of a Kepler refresh then I would expect to wait longer. I think that there will be a kepler refresh to keep us satisfied until they can release a good product when they roll out Maxwell.

These cards are not engineered overnight...
 
Jamebonds1 said:
It is not make sense why would we need 7xx while GTX 660 Ti SLI work fine with crysis 3.
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But if you are going to drop $600+ on graphics, why get SLi 660s when a 680 will do the same job and has more VRAM? Even so, a 660 SLi setup wont run Cysis 3 any better than my 680 and it certainly wont like running above 1080p which alot of people are gaming higher than that now and soon 1440p will become the high def standard for PC graphics.

Point is, if nvidia does not release their 800 series by next year, you will NEED SLi 680s/690s just to play next years games at 1080p. I have never seen that happen in my 12 years of building computers. You could ALWAYS buy a single top end card (excluding dual gpu cards) that will play any game max for that year.

And with the new consoles coming out, game development will finally be moving forward again and games will become alot more demanding by next year. Will certainly require the use of new hardware, and you cant have software without hardware the 800 series will have to be there.

I have also yet to see nvidia make a series for laptops only and not make them for desktops. We saw the same thing happen with the 9 series. It was just a refresh of the 8 series with minimal performance gain, yet they still released it the following year. Just like I can bet they will with the 700 series. But to release it late this year just to have the 800 series come out 3-4 months later would make no sense.

You have to ask yourself. Does it really make sense to have a 3 year gap in a graphics card series? No. Its never happened, and I dont foresee it happening. The demand is there, and so is the hardware.
 
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Most users are not getting 2 660TI's at once. They have one now and will get another to SLI later. If you are getting 2 cards at the same time for high end performance you are getting 670s or 680s. not 660s.
 
If you get the GTX 670 with the 680 reference board like I did, you're not really missing out on that much in performance but you'll be saving quite a lot of money.


I bought my 670 in January? for around $330.
 
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