GTX 680 Owners Check-In

[swecarl]

Originally Posted by Denial

I'm curious to what your cooling setup is. I currently have a 690 koolance block and my average load temps are around 45, most people I see have been getting around 30 though I can't figure that out.

I got a XSPC RX480 Quad Radiator with 4 "Scythe 120mm Gentle Typhoon, 1850rpm" fans in push mode, and one of them in pull (the store i bought from only had 5 of them in store, so i got them all).

My loop is: reservoar > pump > rad > cpu block > gpu 1 > gpu 2 and then back to reservoar.

Im useing: EK-Supremacy cpu block and two EK-FC680 GTX - Acetal CSQ gpu blocks, the XSPC RX480 Quad Radiator and EK-Multioption RES X2 reservoar, with a Masterkleer PVC19/13mm hose.

Will post pictures later on when i got everything installed as i plan to keep it. Gonna buy the Corsair Obsidian 800D, atm i got the NZXT Phantom Special Edition, but i think the Corsair looks alot better

[slickric21]

Late member to the club, got myself a KFA2 680 LTD OC (aka Galaxy hall of fame edition)

Its the 1150 Base clock/ 1215 boost clock version.
However its clocking up to 1280mhz during gaming which is a pleasant surprise.

Temps are around 35'c idle, and reach 74'c load with the fan left at auto - where it reaches ~55% at this temp and remains inaudible

The card is a work of art with a custom white PCB and a beautiful 3 fan cooler.
Was abit worried about the cooler (had Accelero Xtremes on last 4 cards and got used to silence), but it looks like KFA2/Galaxy nailed it with this one, it keeps the card 70-75'c load so no downclocking and remains silent.
It is noisey over 60% fan but as explained above it doesn't go over 55% for me.

Gameplay wise its very similar to my 7970 was at 1250Mhz, but a few more on the min fps in BF3 and the few benchies i've run..... but the main thing for me is i'm free of being tied to unsupported 3rd party tweaking tools fiddly workarounds to get OC tools to work and general poorer software.

[RoadKillNL]

So, got my Zotac GTX 680 4GB today =]

I tested it for a bit in Skyrim before taking it apart. Man, what a difference in FPS.

Right now i'm back on my 580 tho, i had to glue on the Heatsinks of the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo 2 and they need to dry for 5 Hours. So around 18:00 i can use it

Will do a clean install of Windows aswell. Was needed anyways as it has been installed for almost a year and i want to start fresh again

Will post some pictures later on.

[cole2109]

Pictures!!!!

[maddy2012]

Planning on getting my second one soon, really chuffed as well because i managed to get another EK block before they all sold out.

[RoadKillNL]

Bah, it seems the Fan Speed Controller doesn't want to work with a Aftermarket Cooler.

I'm unable to control the Fan Speed. The percentage goes up and down when i do it manually but the RPM stays the same.

[RoadKillNL]

Well here it is =] I did remove the thermal pad that came on the Backplate as i got a bad experience with it on my 580 aswell. They are leaking oil, nothing to worry about, but it all becomes a mess. I only added thermal pads for the memory.

And i thought the Fan Speed Control didn't work, but it does work. Just none of the programs are able to properly read the RPM anymore.

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[B.M.W]

Here is my Gigabyte GTX670, I think its beat most of GTX680s

[cowie]

25 minutes of me getting dead in bf3 on my ASUS dcII 680 1.38v 1430 boost.
I modded a h70for the cooling never over 53c stock fan on rad and Little 80 on the vrm heatsink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VqX5qLEmog&feature=plcp
cry if you want about no software voltage or hardmod a dcII
I'd say the hardscale for the mod from 1-10 is a 4-5 at most

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2248394

[Spets]

I bow to your skills dude Nice work.

[cowie]

Its so easy on this card to mod anyone could do it.
The hardest part is to take off the resister(i do it with a tiny screwdriver)you can short the pad with conductive "pen".
you can use a fan 3 pin header and wires off a busted fan just cut 1 "hole" off so you can just put the two vr pins right into it then push wires thruogh the holes in the board and use putty to hold it there...then just wrap gpu read wire around your red dmm probe the other to gound....your good to go
Its only 3 points
1 to vgpu plainly marked
2 read point marked also
3 ground
smeasy

[PhazeDelta1]

Any EVGA 680 Classified owners in here? What are your clock and volts?

[cowie]

You getting that evbot thing too delta?

[PhazeDelta1]

Yeah. According to Jacob F over at EVGA, it's needed to overvolt the card.

[cowie]

yup it is,but i think the card is locked to 1.30v with it but dont know for sure.
what made you get a classy 4g?

[PhazeDelta1]

Just to see what all the fuss was about. The 580 Classified is one of the best cards i've ever owned, so I felt It only fair to see what the 680 classified was capable of doing. The only problem I have with my current card, is the newest Percision X doesn't support voltage control. I had to find an older version of Percision that did.

[cowie]

Oh i'm sure its a great card and all but its abit pricey.
make sure post up some results when you get it.

[MrH]

I've had the GTX 680 for a couple of months now and honestly I'm not that happy with it. I get FPS drops in games that I shouldn't (HoN), I get vSync stutter in games like Diablo III and official drivers are few and far between. I dunno, when it works properly it's beast, like in BF3 I can get 100+ fps on ultra, but I'm just not 100% happy.

[meds]

Got my 4th GTX 680 Gigabyte windforce card coming in tomorrow. Time to do some benchmarks tomorrow. If only I could get to 4.8ghz on this 3930k with an H100 .
screenshot is tri-sli running all background programs and max benchmarks graphics.

[Shataan]

I am happy with my GTX 680 SC. Just not happy having to wait for games that actually require this card. This card is total overkill for anything right now. Should have kept my GTX 295 for awhile longer. It`ll prolly be a year till a game arrives that requires what this card can do.

And unlike some... I could care freaking less about benchmarks.

[Steve30x]

Originally Posted by Shataan

I am happy with my GTX 680 SC. Just not happy having to wait for games that actually require this card. This card is total overkill for anything right now. Should have kept my GTX 295 for awhile longer. It`ll prolly be a year till a game arrives that requires what this card can do.

And unlike some... I could care freaking less about benchmarks.

You will be waiting for the next gen consoles before we get anything that really pushes the GTX680.

You do care about benchmarks then. Good for you. I couldn't care less about benchmarks myself.

[SonyHD]

Originally Posted by B.M.W

Here is my Gigabyte GTX670, I think its beat most of GTX680s

Have you forgotten that the GTX680, it can be owerclocking

EDIT:
Reduced.

[Steve30x]

Lol pwned

By the way could you post a picture thats a slight bit bigger the next time so that it can be seen from mars?

[SonyHD]

Originally Posted by Steve30x

Lol pwned

By the way could you post a picture thats a slight bit bigger the next time so that it can be seen from mars?

I will try next time

[Steve30x]

Originally Posted by SonyHD

I will try next time

That was sarcasim by the way.