EVGA GTX 670 FTW or ASUS GTX 670 DCII TOP??

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EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Core Clock: 1006MHz
Boost Clock: 1084MHz
CUDA Cores: 1344
Model #: 02G-P4-2678-KR
Item #: N82E16814130787
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ASUS GTX670-DC2T-2GD5 GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Core Clock: 1058MHz
Boost Clock: 1137MHz
CUDA Cores: 1344
Model #: GTX670-DC2T-2GD5
Item #: N82E16814121638
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10/10 Techpowerup Review (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A..._Cu_II/33.html)

Hard decision, I can order the EVGA 670 FTW now, or wait for the ASUS Top one, some bad reviews on the TOP edition as of late though.

*Note* I will be running two of these cards in SLI in the not-too-distant future

Icanium · 06-05-2012, 04:16 | posts: 858 | Location: Detroit,MI.USA

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Originally Posted by mf2385

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Hard decision, I can order the EVGA 670 FTW now, or wait for the ASUS Top one, some bad reviews on the TOP edition as of late though.

*Note* I will be running two of these cards in SLI in the not-too-distant future

Then do not make the hard decision, Wait and get the MSI 670 Power Edition.
http://www.guru3d.com/news/msi-n670gtx-power-edition/

Agent-A01 · 06-05-2012, 04:43 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

I myself would go for the 670ftw

mf2385 · 06-05-2012, 08:49 | posts: 1,946 | Location: Long Island

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Originally Posted by Icanium

Then do not make the hard decision, Wait and get the MSI 670 Power Edition.
http://www.guru3d.com/news/msi-n670gtx-power-edition/

nice! so it's released yet or?

mf2385 · 06-05-2012, 13:15 | posts: 1,946 | Location: Long Island

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Originally Posted by Icanium

Then do not make the hard decision, Wait and get the MSI 670 Power Edition.
http://www.guru3d.com/news/msi-n670gtx-power-edition/

So 2x MSI GTX 670 Power Editions in SLI would work with my current PSU? They are dual slot cards correct? If so, I should be good?

Also they are saying 25% better OC with this card because of the triple overvoltage protection and better cooling? So I'd be able to OC these pretty well?

|-c2c-|Rom · 06-05-2012, 20:10 | posts: 94 | Location: joliette,near Montreal,Canada

If you want it to run cold ill say go whit Asus ,run cold than the ftw,and the fan are very quiet

Icanium · 06-05-2012, 22:26 | posts: 858 | Location: Detroit,MI.USA

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Originally Posted by mf2385

nice! so it's released yet or?

The price or the actual release date have not been announced.

Sever · 06-05-2012, 23:15 | posts: 4,826 | Location: Land of the Great Downunder

personally, the only selling point for evga for me was lifetime warranty. now that they've stopped doing it, theyre just overpriced cards with stock coolers and custom stickers. i'd rather go the asus in this round.

mf2385 · 06-05-2012, 23:30 | posts: 1,946 | Location: Long Island

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Originally Posted by Sever

personally, the only selling point for evga for me was lifetime warranty. now that they've stopped doing it, theyre just overpriced cards with stock coolers and custom stickers. i'd rather go the asus in this round.

Yeah, I have the room for the ASUS cards, they're supposedly really great 10/10 for the DCII Top Edition cards from them on Techpowerup and beat the GTX 680. Having two ASUS GTX 670 DCII Top Edition in SLI will be amazing..

Loophole35 · 06-06-2012, 00:14 | posts: 1,623 | Location: FLA,USA

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Originally Posted by Sever

personally, the only selling point for evga for me was lifetime warranty. now that they've stopped doing it, theyre just overpriced cards with stock coolers and custom stickers. i'd rather go the asus in this round.

Well said, on the topic of over priced cards are the PNY cards lifetime warranty?

Agent-A01 · 06-06-2012, 02:31 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

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Well said, on the topic of over priced cards are the PNY cards lifetime warranty?

pny is lifetime still i think., my 470 is lifetime warranty.

cmdrdredd · 06-07-2012, 03:19 | posts: 234 | Location: Florida

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Originally Posted by Sever

personally, the only selling point for evga for me was lifetime warranty. now that they've stopped doing it, theyre just overpriced cards with stock coolers and custom stickers. i'd rather go the asus in this round.

Stock? The GTX 670 FTW card is not reference...

It has the GTX 680 PCB and cooler (full size and higher performance). A Max TDP of 145%.

Agent-A01 · 06-07-2012, 05:20 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by cmdrdredd

Stock? The GTX 670 FTW card is not reference...

It has the GTX 680 PCB and cooler (full size and higher performance). A Max TDP of 145%.

no the cooler is a vapor chamber cooler, one used in the 680 ftw. which is much better than the stock cooler of 680/670

mf2385 · 06-07-2012, 05:49 | posts: 1,946 | Location: Long Island

yeah but the asus gtx 670 dc II top is better either way.

cmdrdredd · *Last edited by cmdrdredd; 06-09-2012 at 02:40.*

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Originally Posted by mf2385

yeah but the asus gtx 670 dc II top is better either way.

I saw a few reports of these cards dying. I don't know what to think about that.

One user on here mentioned an ASUS GTX 670 died in 2 days in another thread.

Again, I dunno what to think about that.

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Originally Posted by Agent-A01

no the cooler is a vapor chamber cooler, one used in the 680 ftw. which is much better than the stock cooler of 680/670

No dude...its only the reference gtx 680 pcb and cooling setup. It is not the gtx 680 ftw stuff.

aayman_farzand · 06-09-2012, 05:02 | posts: 718

Wait what? EVGA not doing lifetime warranties anymore? No reason to not get the cards with the better coolers now.

Getting my 670s in about 3 months, I hope all these issues are sorted out by then.

Agent-A01 · 06-09-2012, 05:25 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by cmdrdredd

No dude...its only the reference gtx 680 pcb and cooling setup. It is not the gtx 680 ftw stuff.

hmm i read somewhere that they used the same vapor cooler in the FTW 680. oh well

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Originally Posted by aayman_farzand

Wait what? EVGA not doing lifetime warranties anymore? No reason to not get the cards with the better coolers now.

yeah they went back to the 3 year standard warranty. i think it costs like $20-40 to have lifetime warranty.

Pill Monster · 06-09-2012, 10:24 | posts: 20,464 | Location: NZ

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Originally Posted by Agent-A01

yeah they went back to the 3 year standard warranty. i think it costs like $20-40 to have lifetime warranty.

Hmm I didn't know that...
Wonder if it had anything to do with the disappearance of BFG and not having to compete with their lifetime warranty anymore...

Agent-A01 · 06-09-2012, 17:59 | posts: 5,623 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by Pill Monster

Hmm I didn't know that...
Wonder if it had anything to do with the disappearance of BFG and not having to compete with their lifetime warranty anymore...

Bfg has been gone for 3 years now. So idk why they would

Glottiz · 06-09-2012, 20:20 | posts: 48

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Also they are saying 25% better OC with this card because of the triple overvoltage protection and better cooling? So I'd be able to OC these pretty well?

they say that for all cards, it's just marketing trick. it will be the same lottery as any other card out there when it comes to OC.