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Old May 5, 2012, 04:49 PM   #1
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TPU's GTX 600 Owners Club!

**TPU's GTX 600 Series Owners Club**

*Note Decided to open to all GTX 600 Series Cards.



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Must own a GTX 600 Series Video card (Any make model or color)
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The Idea came from getting tired of looking through a bunch of different threads here to find out information about the "GTX 600" Series. I have also seen the suggestion given a few times times by other TPU members.

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"GTX 600 Series Up For Sale Locations
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Useful Links for GTX 600 series Owners or Soon To Be Owners

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20mmrain - 2 x EVGA GTX 680 1 x PNY GTX 680 3-Way SLI (Reference)
Finners - PNY GTX 680 (Reference)
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puma99dk| - KFA2 GTX 680 (Reference)
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Xaser04 MSI GTX 680 (Reference) and Asus GTX 670 DCUII SLI
Milton180 GTX 680 OC MSI Twin Frozr
boise49ers - MSI GTX 670 (Reference)
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Hilux SSRG - Gigabyte GTX 670OC
mauriek - Leadtek GTX 670 (Reference)
RAW - EVGA GTX 670 SLI (Reference)
Dos101 - Gigabyte 670 OC
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Old May 5, 2012, 04:51 PM   #2
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I'll Start it off with mine!

2 X EVGA GTX 680's SLI (Reference Cards) Water Cooled= EK Water Cooling Blocks w/ EK Backplates

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Old May 5, 2012, 05:10 PM   #3
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Nice.What kind of oc do you get on water?
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Old May 5, 2012, 05:11 PM   #4
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this thread should be in the 'club' subsection part of the forum. not the Nvdia graphics section.
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I'll Start it off with mine!

2 X EVGA GTX 680's SLI (Reference Cards) Water Cooled= EK Water Cooling Blocks w/ EK Backplates

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/at...1&d=1336236664
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this thread should be in the 'club' subsection part of the forum. not the Nvdia graphics section.
Ahh Shoot your Right! Maybe we can get a moderator to change that. I completely forgot about that section. I'll send a shout out to a couple of them.

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Nice.What kind of oc do you get on water?
I can run about 1285Mhz Stable (1295Mhz Max) I am limited on voltage not Temps. The max Temps I have seen on an 80 degree day were 38c top card. That was overclocked running EVGA OC Scanner

After thought.... Would it be better to open it up to all GTX 600 series owners???

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Old May 5, 2012, 05:50 PM   #7
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Nice rig 20mm, to bad you are one of only 5 people to have a GTX680 At least it's exclusive

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Nice rig 20mm, to bad you are one of only 5 people to have a GTX680 At least it's exclusive

Well that is what I was asking.... Should I open this up to all GTX 600 Series owners???

Actually I think I will

I requested a title change and change of location to the Club area. If the accept the change it will be TPU's GTX 600 Series Owners Club

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Old May 5, 2012, 06:20 PM   #9
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c mon MOAR pics !!
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Happy GTX 680 owner here

Although I have to admit its a shame that there is a somewhat low limit on the voltage. Max temperatures I've seen on my card is 53° C but I can't pass 1205 MHz without getting TDRs.

These cards definitely feel voltage deprived lol.
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looks rubbish compared to 20mm but i'll just blame it on my phone camera,

I too wish these could have more voltage, Does anyone know if anyone else apart from EVGA will be making backplates? i think they look awesome but seems wrong to put EVGA backplate on mine when its not



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looks rubbish compared to 20mm but i'll just blame it on my phone camera,

I too wish these could have more voltage, Does anyone know if anyone else apart from EVGA will be making backplates? i think they look awesome but seems wrong to put EVGA backplate on mine when its not

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Which make is that 680 bud? So I can post your name?

Nice set up man.... I think your system looks sick.
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Which make is that 680 bud? So I can post your name?

Nice set up man.... I think your system looks sick.
its a PNY
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Galaxy GTX 680 here! I'll post some pics when there's better light, its crappy out and the lighting sucks in here.

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Galaxy GTX 680 here! I'll post some pics when there's better light, its crappy out and the lighting sucks in here.
I'll Post whether reference or not once you post the pics. I believe you have it.... so I'll just wait for the pics to finish it off.
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I will be getting one shortly but they are just so damn expensive here in Aus but I'm sure I can find one for a decent price

Very nice setup 20mm & Finners
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so can i join?

i took this a while back of my KFA2 GeForce GTX 680:



techPowerUp! Forums - View Single Post - Sexy Hardware Close-Up Pic Clubhouse.: - KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 | puma99dk|

no pic from "in-case" any time soon need some cabling to do plus cleaning.



just adding a pic of my KFA2 GTX 680 in my case ^^

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Sure can.... nice card BTW. I have always been a fan of that brands Logo... To bad I can't get a hold of one in the US. I would totally switch brands just because of looks. I know I know stupid .... and yes I know it looks just a like a re-branded Galaxy.
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I plan to join this club in june when I get my Evga Superclocked+ Signature edition with the backplate GTX680!
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I felt I should contribute to feed the need for pictures so here we go



I forgot to mention I have a GELID ICY VISION installed



and here is my current OC.



Yeah, I'm an old school air cooling kind of guy
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I felt I should contribute to feed the need for pictures so here we go

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I forgot to mention I have a GELID ICY VISION installed

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9222/img0066rmx.jpg

and here is my current OC.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1932/videocard.png

Yeah, I'm an old school air cooling kind of guy
Looks good to me... Hey I salute Air cooling.... not long ago with my HD 7970 setup.... I had two Artic Cooling heat sinks on those before I upgraded to water cooling. Your rig looks awesome man .... Welcome!!
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Sure can.... nice card BTW. I have always been a fan of that brands Logo... To bad I can't get a hold of one in the US. I would totally switch brands just because of looks. I know I know stupid .... and yes I know it looks just a like a re-branded Galaxy.
well i was thinking about an EVGA card, but they was always out of stuck and always every since i had money for a GTX680 and Palit's JetStream GTX 680 came too late so i am after a cooler but i dunno maybe the new closed water cooler from AC or a Gelid Icy Vision again bcs Tardan showed me it can be mounted even i only want my card to still be only 2 slots.

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I felt I should contribute to feed the need for pictures so here we go

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I forgot to mention I have a GELID ICY VISION installed

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9222/img0066rmx.jpg

and here is my current OC.

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Yeah, I'm an old school air cooling kind of guy
thx Tardan for confirming that a Gelid Icy Vision can fit on a reference GTX 680 pcb.
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well i was thinking about an EVGA card, but they was always out of stuck and always every since i had money for a GTX680 and Palit's JetStream GTX 680 came too late so i am after a cooler but i dunno maybe the new closed water cooler from AC or a Gelid Icy Vision again bcs Tardan showed me it can be mounted even i only want my card to still be only 2 slots.



thx Tardan for confirming that a Gelid Icy Vision can fit on a reference GTX 680 pcb.
Thats funny got a second card??? LOL Wanna trade

On a separate note.... I guess this as good as time as any to dive in to a GTX 680 conversation.....

I am noticing everyone posting their screen shots with their clocks and overclocks. I would love to do that but for some reason.... my clocks don't represent correctly in GPU-Z. Here's what I mean....

Under the main tab it reads:
Base Clock: 1006
Boost Clock: 1059 >Just like everyone else.

But my cards (because of Nvidia's Boost technology) Actually run at
Base Clock:1006
Boost Clock: 1124 >No I did not flash the BIOS

It shows the correct higher Clocks under the GPU-Z Sensors Tab
It also shows the correct higher clocks under EVGA On Screen Display, EVGA Precision X and half a dozen other monitoring programs....
But it does not show the correct clocks (Stock or While Overclocked) under GPU-Z Main Tab

I am fairly confident that the higher clocks are correct.... (because several other programs are showing the higher clocks.) I have also heard and read that just because Nvidia says the GTX 680's clocks are 1006 and 1059 that does not mean that people won't receive cards that actually run higher then Nvidia's Minimum clocks. (As long as your card stays under Nvidia's thermal limit your cards can keep in creasing by so many MHZ)
It's just frustrating I can't show my real overclock as easily....If you look at GPU-z Main page it will show a
Boost clock of 1220Mhz (When in reality)
its a boost clock of 1285Mhz

Like I said I have talked with overs in other forums experiencing this... and I am sure I have figured out why.... but is anyone else here at TPU experiencing something like this?.

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yeah i get similar, mine goes up to 1226 i think then drops down to 1215 when the temps creep up. but gpu-z shows 1203.

As far as i know nvidia have set it to have a maximum boost of 1124 if the temps are low enough for them to think its safe, as your under water that would be why. the 53Mhz boost GPU-z reads is the minimum the card will boost
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thx Tardan for confirming that a Gelid Icy Vision can fit on a reference GTX 680 pcb.
My pleasure, glad to help

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Like I said I have talked with overs in other forums experiencing this... and I am sure I have figured out why.... but is anyone else here at TPU experiencing something like this?
I have the exact same symptoms. Not sure why it does that, the only way I can figure out my true boost clock is by enabling the OSD on Precision X. I get a rock solid 1256 MHz when I'm playing games or benchmarking on the OSD. In GPU-Z, it only says 1204 MHz boost clock. It's only a minor issue for me, but it would be nice to know why it happens.
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