Palit GeForce GTX 680 Jetstream 2GB for $529 at PCCaseGear.
Really good price. I've only seen this good from American Stores.
From their site "Killer price! (strictly while stocks last! Normally $579)"
It has really good reviews and looks awesome in my opinion.
http://hardocp.com/article/2012/05/14/geforce_680_670_vs_rad…
I'd say the 7970 is more on par with the 670 for performance with the 680 being just a bit better than both of the former.
Well it was meant to go against the 670. Don't know what amd was thinking though. It's slower than a 670 stock but about $50 more expensive (with AU's low buying power, they're about the same price), runs hotter and draws more power.
But OC is a different story, amd card have always been know to oc like beasts. Granted you get a decent card that reaches 1200+ mhz it will keep up to a 680 oc'd, granted the game wasn't sponsored by either company.
But like always when buying a card, look at all the games that you play/will play and see if they're 'sponsored' by amd/nvidia.
I really feel the GHZ Edition is meant to replace the standard 7970 at the same price point. $50 for a factory overclock is just silly
depends of res,.. 7970 would be better at higher res, is 2560x1600 and triple screens… it can also change game to game
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1455/pg21/asus-geforce…
Even with the extra memory bandwidth of the 7970, they are nearly on par at 5760x1080. Sponsorship makes or breaks the performance of the card.
But out of the two (considering the pricing in aus) id buy this 680. It just offers more than the 7970 ie. adaptive vsync, physx, lower power consumption…
one thing about 'draws more power':
7000 series as 'zero core' or something.
apparently if you have two of them, one will remain off til the juice is needed???
so if you're planning on two cards.. 7000 may be more efficient.
ALL WRONG! 680 "WAS" faster but new drivers the 7970 GHZ beats the 680 in almost everything!
And almost all original 7970s can geat to 1050core easy, heck mine does 1150mhz on stock volts!
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-editi…
http://lab501.ro/placi-video/amd-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-…
all those reviews with 680 beating 7970 are from earlier this yr, what nvidia fanbois don't get is that originally 7970 were clocked at 925mhz whilst 680 turbo'ed to 1060mhz
at the same clocks the 7970 smacks the 680! Proof above!
I don't get this "at the same clocks" business when comparing either CPUs or GPUs. Sure, it's good to see IPC and all that but for actual performance comparisons, I prefer max oc or stock vs stock.
That said, I do believe the 7970 is generally a better overclocker than the 680. But damn does it suck up the juice.
Comparing a factory overclocked card to a stock card? Good one.
Nvidia hasn't updated their drivers since May. When their next release comes out in August or September and they manage increase performance numbers more, then what?
Also Tomshardware runs canned/synthetic benchmarks which are pretty much worthless for conducting real world performance tests. Try reading a better review site from now on
Obviously saying something like "the 680 feels slightly faster than the 7970 by about 1 frame" is credible right?
Synthetic benchmarks are the worst case scenario that your hardware is going to experience. Obviously whoever wins in synthetic, will be better in real world usage (granted the calculations simulated on the benchmarks are similar to a game/cad). Otherwise why dont all reviewers just say "they all feel the same, get whatever".
@Cobalt_
You are a perfect example of a nvidia fanboi that knows nothing about the 2 cards!
You know that ALL stock 680s have a BASE and BOOST clock (between 1050-1100+ core?
This means that all 680s are overclocked by default?
Go do your research before you make embarrasing fanboi comments!
What do i know, I've just owned pretty much all high end cards since ati 9000 series (about 10 yrs)
Nonsense. If that were the case everyone would still be using 9800GX2's because according to 3DMark and other Synthetic benchmarking tools, it still performs exceptionally well. For graphics performance testing the only numbers that count are the real world tests.
Also thanks for the neg neosin. umad bro?
You're a typical fanboy. I don't really give a damn about brand loyalty, I will buy whichever card provides the best price/performance ratio at the time. Your comments reek of typical ATI/AMD fanboyism.
Owning cards just means you have money.
the boost clocks are an intended use. Overclock implies you touch it, void warranty and force performance it wasn't intended for. Are you going to run around and say the boost technologies implemented by amd/intel are overclocks as well?
@ neosin
You sir are the epitome of elitist douchebaggery.
i just learn a new word lol
Only 3 fans? 5 Fans is the new hotness
http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=43…
wtf…seriously…im still rocking a radeon 4 series, AMD actually considering it legacy now no longer updating or support drivers
well that IS pretty old
HD4870, E8400, WD black caviar 640gb, 2x2gb 800mhz ram. Beast!
E8400's…. ah those were the days
Still faster than my 5670 (which can play new games fine as long as I lower either the res (720p TV) or some visual quality settings.
Holy crap, that looks like it belongs under the hood of a car, not inside my PC…
quiet literally the new hotness. Tom's reviews of this card shows it runs pretty hot - worse than reference coolers in some cases.
More fans =! perf, more of a gimmick than anything.
What five tiny little 40mm fans vs three decent sized 80-90mm fans? I will take the three 80's anyday :P
Son of a @$&%#! I just got a windforce 670…
I just bought the 670 Jetstream for $435…oh well it is $100 cheaper.
windforce was $490… kinda in a grey zone, close enough to be considered, but not so close that I'd feel too bad. I'll just keep telling myself I don't like the stacked power connectors :p
Haha, you do that.
Paid this much for a Evga Signature 2 shipped from Amazon
But still good for a local deal.
forgot to mention $15 shipping.
Couple hundreds more and i have a new PC.
Question: With so many manufacturer out there, how do i know which one is the best ? Aren't they all use the same chipset (Geforce/AMD) ? What set them a part?
I would suggest Googling some reviews and doing a lot of reading. As you'll see when you read there can be quite big differences depending on what brand and chip-set you go for. I would suggest you start by having a look at the links below.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Components,1/Graphics-Ca…
http://www.guru3d.com/category/Videocards/
Remember though that a graphics card is only one part of your computer, if the other parts aren't compatible or are relatively old you may not get the full performance out of a card like this.
thank you for your advice, but ain't get a card like this in 20yrs time. maybe when i win lottery-only maybe. That much $ can help alot others ppl.
Tri-fan… Does this mean it would be quite noisy?
Should be quieter because the fans don't have to spin as fast to cool the GPU
OMGOMGOMGOMG ITS GOT 3 FANS, LET ME PULL OUT ALL THE MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET!!
For anyone wondering how fast a GTX 680 is:
Tom's GPU hierarchy chart published yesterday.
My note: there is only one GPU significantly faster than this one, the GTX 690.
Anandtech GPU bench, to compare the 680 with your current card or other options.
My note: it's not quite twice as fast as the GTX 560 (~$180) which will play new games very smoothly on max settings. Be aware this is an I-have-cash-and-must-have-the-fastest purchase, not best-bang-for-buck (unless you game on 2-4 monitors at once or have a 3840x2160 screen or something).
awesome compare my card to this.
thanks mate
Good price, considering its slightly better than a 7970 that sells for around $500 (asus DC II TOP). The jetstream 670 OC's well, this should be good also.