690 GTX Club/Overclocking/Benchmarks! - Page 14

Veteran · 05-25-2012, 23:28 | posts: 7,388 | Location: United kingdom

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Originally Posted by Spets

Not if you keep warning them off

What?I dont understand what your saying....?

cowie · 05-25-2012, 23:39 | posts: 10,868 | Location: new jersey

check out this guy tin's 690 card what a beast
http://hwbot.org/forum/showthread.ph...034#post176034

Veteran · 05-25-2012, 23:44 | posts: 7,388 | Location: United kingdom

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Originally Posted by cowie

check out this guy tin's 690 card what a beast
http://hwbot.org/forum/showthread.ph...034#post176034

Is that score with 2 690's in SLI or 2 card as ive seen much higher than that with 2 cards....?

Agent-A01 · 05-25-2012, 23:55 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by Veteran

Is that score with 2 690's in SLI or 2 card as ive seen much higher than that with 2 cards....?

thats a single 690

Veteran · 05-26-2012, 09:21 | posts: 7,388 | Location: United kingdom

Thats pretty good,its just that it says 690x2 so i thought it was 2 cards.

max883 · 05-27-2012, 18:47 | posts: 155 | Location: Norway

Love my GTX-690

gona go for a 690 water block

waiting for crysis 4

A M D BugBear · 05-27-2012, 21:32 | posts: 1,588

I emailed xspc the other day in regards about the waterblock on the 690 reference cards, this was about 2 weeks ago and they stated that within a week or 2, mass production on the waterblocks will be made, hurray.

..VeNoM.. · 05-27-2012, 22:55 | posts: 194 | Location: Liverpool, England

That'll be interesting to see what they come up with. I have always liked the idea of Watercooling the GPU but really like the style of the gtx690 air cooler and to be honest wouldn't want to break the thing

Veteran · 05-28-2012, 10:48 | posts: 7,388 | Location: United kingdom

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Originally Posted by ..VeNoM..

That'll be interesting to see what they come up with. I have always liked the idea of Watercooling the GPU but really like the style of the gtx690 air cooler and to be honest wouldn't want to break the thing

Yeah i mean you dont really need to watercool them tbh,there is nothing the card cannot run at max,i will be watercooling mine but i will wait for a variety of blocks to come out first.

PowerK · 05-29-2012, 03:20 | posts: 282

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Originally Posted by Veteran

Yeah i mean you dont really need to watercool them tbh,there is nothing the card cannot run at max,i will be watercooling mine but i will wait for a variety of blocks to come out first.

In my collection of PC games, Metro 2033.
A single 690 can't run it smoothly at max (4xAA, DoF on) at 2560x1600.

Agent-A01 · 05-29-2012, 04:06 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by PowerK

In my collection of PC games, Metro 2033.
A single 690 can't run it smoothly at max (4xAA, DoF on) at 2560x1600.

dof has a problem with performance, and the developers know that.

PowerK · 05-29-2012, 04:49 | posts: 282

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Originally Posted by Agent-A01

dof has a problem with performance, and the developers know that.

They do ? I guess. Just like DX10 rendering path in Crysis has a performance problem.

Veteran · 05-29-2012, 07:47 | posts: 7,388 | Location: United kingdom

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Originally Posted by PowerK

In my collection of PC games, Metro 2033.
A single 690 can't run it smoothly at max (4xAA, DoF on) at 2560x1600.

Yeah well i played and completed the game comfortably on my 295's on high settings with some AA,most of the time constant 60fps.

Darren Hodgson · 05-29-2012, 09:49 | posts: 9,682 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by PowerK

In my collection of PC games, Metro 2033.
A single 690 can't run it smoothly at max (4xAA, DoF on) at 2560x1600.

Just turn off DOF. I honestly can't see any visual difference between it being on and off but there's a huge performance hit. It is just not worth bothering with. Metro 2033 is a very poorly optimised game anyway and up there with GTA IV as examples of how not to code PC games.

PowerK · 05-29-2012, 10:21 | posts: 282

I'm seeing improved performance with Forceware v301.42 WHQL. Quad SLI scaling seems improved.

Also, there's noticeable performance increase across the board going from PCI-E 2.0 to 3.0 with Quad SLI. (GPU utilization increased, too) I'm guessing...for two 690 in quad-SLI, entire frames of alternate frame rendering are sent over the PCI-E bus at high speed...which is a lot of traffic when you get into three or four GPU configurations.

New 3DMark11 runs with 3770K @ 4.5GHz and 690s are @ stock
Extreme mode.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3520849

Performance mode.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3520627

Veteran · *Last edited by Veteran; 05-29-2012 at 10:46.*

I couldnt get them to work in SLI without terrible stuttering,wierd,maybe it was that ****ty MSI card that i had,wouldnt go more than 110 on the core without failing,****ing bag of ****.

A M D BugBear · 05-29-2012, 11:26 | posts: 1,588

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Originally Posted by Veteran

Yeah i mean you dont really need to watercool them tbh,there is nothing the card cannot run at max,i will be watercooling mine but i will wait for a variety of blocks to come out first.

Do you think later on, bios tweaks will be available up on sites? such as techpowerup???

I mean if you can not control the voltage at will with your clocks, I can understand, why watercool then? still though, much better temps = less power consumption in the long run.

I am still very waiting on bios tweaks. even the latest nibitior program can not edit bios on the 690.

A M D BugBear · 05-29-2012, 12:31 | posts: 1,588

Well let me update on that:

Folks with the gtx 690, you might want to bookmark this for future updates on gtx 690 users, vmod,etc:

http://www.mvktech.net/component/opt.../limitstart,0/

sexparty · 05-29-2012, 14:37 | posts: 12 | Location: Australia

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Originally Posted by A M D BugBear

Well let me update on that:

Folks with the gtx 690, you might want to bookmark this for future updates on gtx 690 users, vmod,etc:

http://www.mvktech.net/component/opt.../limitstart,0/

Thanks for the link.

Will be watching that to see when they get a version of nFlash that works on the GTX 690.

max883 · 05-30-2012, 19:40 | posts: 155 | Location: Norway

amazing card

just got 17.310p in 3dmark 11

i cant wait for my new GTX 690 water block!

Power target: +135
core clock: 1200.mhz
mem clock: 7008.mhz

wonder if i Have Pci-E 3.0 GPU-Z says its pci-E 3.0 x16

Agent-A01 · 05-30-2012, 20:18 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by PowerK

They do ? I guess. Just like DX10 rendering path in Crysis has a performance problem.

nah crysis dx10 is fine. u lose like 40 fps from turning dof on.

(.)(.) · 05-31-2012, 07:00 | posts: 2,179 | Location: Logd n jst 2 change avatar

Whats this muppet on about.
Taken from NZ - trademe.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/c...-479274980.htm

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Seller Comment: For those who don't seem to understand, This listing is for a standard 690 Signature Pack but then you are able to get a second card (illegal without a license & simply wont run in SLI Config without license) 2 You cant get retail licenses for SLI on these cards and being only exclusive to EVGA to retail your not gonna get 1 any time soon. We have 6 cards & 3 Quad SLI Kits for a production 3D Build Machine. We have used 1 License, have 2 left. we will never put 1config under enough strain! 10:08 pm, Wed 30 May

Veteran · 05-31-2012, 10:20 | posts: 7,388 | Location: United kingdom

Scan.co.uk have some EVGA and MSI 690's instock right now!

max883 · *Last edited by max883; 05-31-2012 at 10:56.*

How can i check if im runing pci-e 3.0? my mainbord is stated 2.0 but In gpu-z says pci-e 3.0 x16

PS. love my gtx 690

Mufflore · 05-31-2012, 10:57 | posts: 9,524 | Location: UK

Definitely running PCI-E 2.0.
You have a SB CPU.