We review the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 SOC. The factory overclocked product has a whopping three slot design and comes packed with five fans blowing air through a huge aluminum fin area that is covere... More...
Thanks for the review. The card looks interesting. What puzzles me is why they used so tiny fans. Smaller fans = better air pressure, however you can achieve the same (if not better) effect using centrifugal fans, just like the reference one. Perhaps they might make a better card if they used design similar to the reference, but with some extra heatpipes and extra slot?
using gigabyte GTX470 SOC i have been very interested in the direction the SOC graphics cards are taking, i really like the look of the GTX 680 SOC will definatly upgrade to another SOC edition card just dont need to yet as my 470 is not stuggling in any of my games yet. I need dx11 consoles (not a consoler) so we will get better pc games maybe GTX 780 SOC or what ever they call it for me
Just as expected, techpowerup also said it was noisy, but they reviewed the AMD version which probably runs a bit warmer.
I just noticed this on Page 2... The GTX 680 Classified is equipped with the GK104 GPU that harbors NVIDIA's Kepler architecture... Might want to fix that
Amazing review, the fact you had the classified there to compare it with is the best part, i'm currently looking at these two right now as the gigabyte one has fallen $60 in the last two weeks (probably since 660ti). I do like the vapour chamber classified, but lets see how this monster compares to the 4gb evga beauty .. *continues reading ..
In the uk, this card has just fallen around $90, it's £500 now, next week a few newer 600 series versions are expected mainstream, like the 670 ftw 4gb, and hopefully the German made ichill ice dragon 680 4gb which has an updated pcb from the 2gb one and looks smashing. But yeah, this week should be interesting. : )
I got the card now, and it works fine. I like to overclock though, and the voltage limits on these Nvidia cards are just too tight. Gigabyte should provide some kind of software to make use of the power that the this card is capable of. A limit of 1.215v on the LN2 bios doesnt really match anything like 2x PCI-E 8 pins, or 8 power phases! Its a nice boost, compared to the reference card, but until I get my hands on some voltage software I feel a kind of cheated here.
Nvidia have ask and ordered to all AIB to dont allow voltage modifications on Keplers on next bios.. so keep this bios, as many will ask him soon.
I paid like 550 Euros. I did read the conclusion, but since its guru3d I know that it can do better. The old GTX580 SOC had some of the same limits using MSI AB etc., - but could on the LN2 bios, without any hardmods push 1.7v to the GPU, just using simple (downloadable) software. The VRM part on these Gigabyte cards are so overpowered, you just need to hack your own access to control it. BTW: I backed up my bios
Runs great for me,constant 60fps at highest settings,ill be onto this next now that ive finished max payne 3.
Someone made a software voltage hack and posted a guide here: http://www.overclock.net/t/1308711/gigabyte-gtx680-super-overclock-software-voltage-hack
Excellent, when i seen the new waterblock for this card i was like, no you're not doing it right -this card is for AIR cooling damn it! how are your temps while gaming, where do they reach? how do the fans sound when running fast?
