GeForce GTX 680 review [Guru3D.com]

[Naennon]

sure i can set it to 133%

but

1) reviewers had 150% on these cards (2gb) and 1350 coreclock that why i bought this card
2) i can set 133% with afterburner or precisionx > card wont go over 100% powertarget

http://h11.abload.de/img/erterterteasygkckjn.jpg


kidding me?

[Hilbert Hagedoorn]

Originally Posted by Naennon

sure i can set it to 133%

but

1) reviewers had 150% on these cards (2gb) and 1350 coreclock that why i bought this card
2) i can set 133% with afterburner or precisionx > crad wont go over 100% powertarget

http://h11.abload.de/img/erterterteasygkckjn.jpg


kidding me?

Overclock and do not use occtgpu or furmark. The driver picks up the power signature and downclocks the card within a defined power signature.

Give it a try with some games and see how the overclock behaves. If still not satisfied, you might want to return the card my friend.

[Naennon]

i WILL return it

my older 680 stock did 133% with occt well

this card does nothing and it crashes in heaven with +105 offset

no way this time...

anywayn no BIOS available to test it?

[chimaxi83]

I don't know if someone has already mentioned it in the replies, but why are you guys writing that you're adding +100 to the voltage, when this in fact has absolutely ZERO effect on these cards? Voltage is still controlled automatically regardless of what you set in Precision or Afterburner.

Edit: I'm referring to the Gigabyte and Palit reviews, by the way, but the above is true for all of the already released cards. Twin Frozr card too.

[Hilbert Hagedoorn]

Originally Posted by chimaxi83

I don't know if someone has already mentioned it in the replies, but why are you guys writing that you're adding +100 to the voltage, when this in fact has absolutely ZERO effect on these cards? Voltage is still controlled automatically regardless of what you set in Precision or Afterburner.

Edit: I'm referring to the Gigabyte and Palit reviews, by the way, but the above is true for all of the already released cards. Twin Frozr card too.

We'll investigate, thanks.

[chimaxi83]

Originally Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn

We'll investigate, thanks.

Thanks for the reply. Locked voltage control has been frustrating, seems these cards are leaving a lot of untapped potential on the table, especially for those of us with custom water loops.

[perosmct]

DARE: ALL GTX680 USERS...PROVIDE BETTER RESULTS WITH ANYWAY AT THESE CLOCKS



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[---TK---]

Guessing the Tess slider was changed after the bench? To take the pic?

[Xzibit]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

Guessing the Tess slider was changed after the bench? To take the pic?

Ofcourse Sherlock

[---TK---]

thanks for the conformation zxibit

[Xzibit]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

thanks for the conformation zxibit

No Problem KT

perosmct Can you share that 8.970 version?

[sykozis]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

Guessing the Tess slider was changed after the bench? To take the pic?

Moving the slider after the results are displayed, isn't going to affect the results screen.

[---TK---]

Originally Posted by sykozis

Moving the slider after the results are displayed, isn't going to affect the results screen.

theres zero possibility of a 7970 hitting that score with a core clock of 1005. its a tesselation cheat. turning it off in the cat and setting it to extreme in the bench lol

[Agent-A01]

Originally Posted by perosmct

DARE: ALL GTX680 USERS...PROVIDE BETTER RESULTS WITH ANYWAY AT THESE CLOCKS

Nice cheats. What exactly are you trying to prove? that you know how to disable tessellation?


Msi 7970 lightning at 1070mhz core.

[hallryu]

Dont continue to feed it. They go away if you don't.

[Ryu5uzaku]

more or less not disabled but used at something like 16x or so.... cause disabled would give way better score

[Lane]

Originally Posted by chimaxi83

Thanks for the reply. Locked voltage control has been frustrating, seems these cards are leaving a lot of untapped potential on the table, especially for those of us with custom water loops.

I can be wrong, but is not the voltage range is increasing by set higher tdp limit ? basically the voltage is still automatically controlled, but you give it a higher range ? If not , this is plenty stupid.

[Denial]

Originally Posted by Lane

I can be wrong, but is not the voltage range is increasing by set higher tdp limit ? basically the voltage is still automatically controlled, but you give it a higher range ? If not , this is plenty stupid.

You're right but it's capped at a certain point and you can't take it any higher. It's basically the sole reason why I haven't bought a 680 yet. All these companies are selling cards with additional 8 pin connectors and stuff and it's all pointless, since the reference cards all max out anyway.

[BenchZowner]

Hilbert you don't have a Rampage IV Extreme to use the "VGA Hotwire" feature to control the Vgpu of the 680 DCUII and see how far the card can overclock for 24/7 usage with additional voltage ? ( I'm pretty sure that it'll be more than able to handle 1.23 - 1.25V at reasonable temperatures & sound levels for everyday gaming )

[cowie]

I would hope so bill since my ref asus 680 handles 1.28v(+80mv) with just the hotwire and power mods.(h70 cooling)
I think any modded up pbc can just fry like any other but these "should" go 1.35v(+150mv) without fear on proper cooling.

[BenchZowner]

Hotwire is nice, normal Vmods are ok as well ( as long as you're capable of soldering everything properly ), but I really can't figure out why they didn't go with software voltage control ( technically it can be done ).
Perhaps waiting for MSI to play their cards first, or just wanting to keep it for the Matrix / Matrix P.E.

[bob slayer]

so when asus say
"The GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II builds on Nvidia’s latest GK114 graphics core," @ http://rog.asus.com/107162012/graphi...rectcu-ii-top/
they're talking out their ***?

[dchalf10]

I would sell my left nut for one of these cards. I'm as broke as a joke though and I want to play through The Witcher 2 again at 60 frames but there are no games in my library even worth playing at the moment so I'll have to go 2 playthroughs back to back and a third when I upgrade.

Next time I'm saving in advance of a card launch, I always wait until it's too late...

[Mufflore]

Someone in China might be looking for a left nut...

[BlackZero]

..or at least a right nut, so maybe not be so picky?