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Just curious if there is any advantage in having this cooler over the reference design other than aesthetics, as both are made up of a blower fan and a vapor chamber...
I like the looks, just not convinced (yet) by the advantage over reference cards, eventhough having more phases is always a good thing =) |
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TBH, this would look so much better than the reference card in my system. Mix white, red and black with green GEFORCE GTX text, oh maybe not...
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TBH i doubt GTX680 will hit market in any real number's, it was never intended as a top tier card anyways and gk100 or w/e it's called is coming, soon.
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Everyone, stay on topic. The topic is not about purchasing or your troubles with purchasing a card.
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I have not been here long enough either as a member and as a mod but I can tell when arguments tend to steer off course (off topic) and becomes thread crapping. I will say this though, you all have been warned by erocker! If you think its pointless to argue anymore, why keep posting? Next one gets an infraction.
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Would you guys buy this one from eVGA or a 680 GTX from MSI which features the Twin Frozr cooler ?
I'm still debeating on which one provinding the best cooling system for 24/7 GPGPU computing usage. |
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So a blower-type cooler such as the Signature is noisier than a twin-fan cooler like the Twin Frozr ?
Noise is not really a concern. I have a Fractal Design XL Case with plenty of silent fans and insonorised side pannels. I don't think I would notice the additional sound, it there is ... My main concern is primary oriented through cooling efficiency. |
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The TwinFrozr coolers are really well designed. If you want the best temps, my bet would be for the TwinFrozr.
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If you wish to discuss this further, I'd suggest making your own thread, this is kinda getting off topic.
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The card looks good but I wish manufacturers would push the memory clocks as well as the core clocks for their "special" models.
A mere 200Mhz boost (50Mhz true boost) on the memory clock is for want of a better word weak. My reference MSI 680 will do 6800Mhz all day long and I haven't even pushed it yet. No doubt they have good reason not to on a mass released card but I would like it if they didn't just focus on core overclocking and completely forget the memory (especially as the 680 is somewhat lacking in the bandwidth stakes).
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EVGA, Give me a gtx 680 classified with 4gb of vram. Thx
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yeh agreed, I remember my 1792mb GTX 260 SP216 costs around $550 back in the day
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The high end have always been at that price. At least for a long time, I can't really remember the first time they went that high..
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I'm talking about AUD, everything is expensive down under. A gtx 680 is $700-$800 at my local stores. I remember my 260 being the most expensive 260 back then as the others were around $480ish.
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Fans and old school video cards
In reviewing this forum I noted several comparisons between the basically stock cooling system in the EVGA 680 SC Signature and some of the alternate cooling systems now being offered - I would just like to add that it may be important to consider how the alternate methods disperse the air from the card - the stock method pushes air out the back end and out of the case but many of the dual and triple fan systems just push air out anywhere they can - mainly back into the case - so while they may keep the card a little cooler or appear quieter it is important to consider whether or not you will then need additional case cooling to compensate - also if we are going to talk costs of old school video cards I personally had one of the earliest of the "higher end" dedicated gaming cards, the Diamond MONSTER - 4 or maybe 8 MB of ram, cost about $350 Canadian (about 20+ years ago - so maybe double that in today's dollars) and required a standard graphics card as well to actually interface to even just 1 monitor (another $100 - 150 or so for a decent standard video card) - so by comparison, I say that, while $500 - 600 is not inexpensive, it is still a considerable bargain by comparison to past leading edge consumer products of the same nature - P.S. - a 15 inch Sony Trinitron Tube Monitor was over $600 back then and 32 MB of system Ram was worth almost $600 as well due to a memory shortage - it seems there is always a key plant burning down or being flooded somewhere) - cheers
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