ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II TOP 2 GB

Crap Daddy · May 10, 2012

the54thvoid said:
Ouch.

The Zotac Amp, Palit Jetstream and the Asus DCII all beat or level with the GTX 680.

It's all in the clocks.

More or less. There's also a performance hit at triple monitor res compared with the 680.

vibe · May 10, 2012

"According to ASUS, the retail price of the GTX 670 DC II TOP will be $419."

I'm confused... So is this the GTX 670 DC II or GTX 670 DC II TOP?

Crap Daddy · May 10, 2012

vibe said:
"According to ASUS, the retail price of the GTX 670 DC II TOP will be $419."

I'm confused... So is this the GTX 670 DC II or GTX 670 DC II TOP?

The reviewed DC II is the TOP version.

Now speaking of availability....

the54thvoid · May 10, 2012

vibe said:
"According to ASUS, the retail price of the GTX 670 DC II TOP will be $419."

I'm confused... So is this the GTX 670 DC II or GTX 670 DC II TOP?

I just reread part of the review, this is for the TOP model.

W1zz! You need to amend your review title to say 'TOP'. It looks like a review for the standard CUII.

Crap Daddy said:
The reviewed DC II is the TOP version.

Now speaking of availability....

http://www.abload.de/img/ocuk670fortresscpuok.jpg

They don't have the TOP model..... typical. And they're gouging on price. The basic version is £370, £50 ($80) more than a vanilla 670. Oh, look it's only meant to be a $20 premium. FUCK OFF OVERCLOCKERS!!! And SCAN for that matter - same price. Fine, I'll keep my 7970. For now.

Crap Daddy · May 10, 2012

Of course you should keep your card except if you want to go 2 cards then 670SLI is unbeatable price/perf wise.

Casecutter · May 10, 2012

Benetanegia said:
Even GTX 680 is in trouble now.

Man that was my thought when I saw this! The GTX680 is going to be doomed, while for anyone who spent days-night clicking the refresh just to get one two weeks ago for anything above $500… boy I feel bad for that guy! Good way to maintain customer devotion.

Is it me or is this a week 10 of 2012 chip the reference in the first review would be week 3. And the 10th week puts it at the second week of March, and then another 8 week to build and box why did Nvidia have to wait? Oh because that was about the time the 'Pitcairn' announced, but then why so long? I mean they had a PCB design I'm sure, they knew the competition why May 10th. While the GTX680 was difficult to find, maybe they wanted to give plenty of pent-up demand and need to harvest enough chips to absolutely fill the channel.

alexsubri · May 10, 2012

Really thinking about selling at ATI 7950...

punani · May 10, 2012

Crap Daddy said:
The reviewed DC II is the TOP version.

Quick question: are there any differences in hardware (VRM?) between vanilla DC II and DC II TOP ?? And will a vanilla DC II overclock as high as TOP ?

Either way i'm definitively gonna get me one of these :toast:

!! Will be a noticable upgrade from my GTX 260, even on the electrical bill

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the54thvoid · May 10, 2012

Crap Daddy said:
Of course you should keep your card except if you want to go 2 cards then 670SLI is unbeatable price/perf wise.

I've spent a lot of time defending the 7970 and in my view it's still easily up there. This card is overclocked so to make a fair comparison an HD 7970 @ similar clocks must be considered and at those clocks, a 7970 also beats a vanilla 680. I run mine at 1175 core and it's a beast.

BUT... the prospect of spending about 40% more than what i paid for my 7970 (watercooled) to get TWO GTX 670 CUII TOP's is pretty damn convincing. And they will make water blocks for them. EK always seem to do CUII water blocks for the Nvidia range.

First I'll have ze CUII's, then I'll have ze powah, then I'll have ze women.

punani said:
Quick question: are there any differences in hardware (VRM?) between vanilla DC II and DC II TOP ?? And will a vanilla DC II overclock as high as TOP ?

Either way i'm definitively gonna get me one of these !! Will be a noticable upgrade from my GTX 260, even on the electrical bill .

Will make your 260 look like a used condom.

Crap Daddy · May 10, 2012

punani said:
Quick question: are there any differences in hardware (VRM?) between vanilla DC II and DC II TOP ?? And will a vanilla DC II overclock as high as TOP ?

Either way i'm definitively gonna get me one of these !! Will be a noticable upgrade from my GTX 260, even on the electrical bill .

I doubt there are any hardware diff as for overclocking each card to its own. The card used by Wizz wasn't particularly very highly overclocked on core but very high on memory.

The 670 should be like 3X the 260

cowie · May 10, 2012

Nice review Wizz
BTW
any devoted hotwire spots on this card?

EarthDog · May 10, 2012

KainXS said:
unless AMD drops the price of the 7950, its doomed, and the 7970 price has to drop now,

I don't know how nvidia pulled this off with such a small card

This but...... what about the 680 and this being SO close in performance? makes hte 680 rpicing stick out like a sore thumb at ~$100 more.

Size doesnt matter apparently.

punani · May 10, 2012

the54thvoid said:
Will make your 260 look like a used condom.

Yeah, it's had some rough times for sure

Crap Daddy said:
I doubt there are any hardware diff as for overclocking each card to its own. The card used by Wizz wasn't particularly very highly overclocked on core but very high on memory.

The 670 should be like 3X the 260

Thanx, yeah the 260 is roughly on par with the 5770, which is here in the comparison charts. and the 670 is ~333% faster than the 5770

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douglatins · May 10, 2012

Newegg will list this for 500 bucks

EarthDog · May 10, 2012

douglatins said:
Newegg will list this for 500 bucks

Good call.

:slap:

Casecutter · May 10, 2012

douglatins said:
Newegg will list this for 500 bucks

Nope have 7 listing most are 400-410 and then one each at $420-430 and you can click BUY for any...

Crap Daddy · May 10, 2012

Availability seem to be much better than with the 680 so they should stick with the reference price.

the54thvoid · May 10, 2012

Crap Daddy said:
Availability seem to be much better than with the 680 so they should stick with the reference price.

You can almost imagine a price collapse. AMD may well shunt their prices right down, Nvidia can easily afford to follow, given it's a tiny little (meant to be) mid range card. Imagine, all that performance for £250-£300. It'd be closer to the old days when top tier cards were 'affordable'.

Fingers crossed.

W1zzard · May 10, 2012

changed title to reflect that this review is indeed for the "TOP" version

Casecutter · May 10, 2012

Yep, this appears to be a new reality, one chip design blanketing a bunch of product tiers. Is/was GK104 designed to provide that much scalarity, smart if they did.

Something tells me AMD has been already been investigating and designing their own dynamic clock boosting PCB and what not... I don’t know of any exclusive right to it. I'd be seriously surprised if the original 8XXX products are already back burnered, and AMD just re-spins the current Pitcairn to achieve the same product mix? Honestly, I can’t see AMD holding to three product tiers, unless they want to use bump the super high (aka next Tahiti) to go up against the GK100

N3M3515 · May 10, 2012

HOLY CRAP BATMAN! it's faster than GTX 680!!, for $200 bucks less!!

This card is such a WIN!!

Dj-ElectriC said:
The HD7970 is in such, SUCH a big trouble now.

Same goes for GTX680, pretty pointless.

johnnyfiive said:
Dang dang dang...aweeeeesome card.

78xx and 79xx have been officially, royally screwed.

TRUE!!

wolf · May 10, 2012

fantastic review, your first 10 could not have gone to a more fitting product!

I bow to you Nvidia, you have done a ridicuously good job with kepler, what was needed and more to really get back in the game with AMD. Some people would take a slower card and the high road of lower power and better efficency just to stick to a brand, for the first time in at least two years we can see that brand preference doesn't mean squat, the best product for the customer means everything.

the GTX670 is a serious winner. Excellent implementation Asus.

the54thvoid · May 10, 2012

The 670 sli review is up.

Nvidia just destroyed any reason to buy the 690 or dual 680. (says W1zz).

Nice. Dual water cooled 670's here I come.

Mindweaver · May 10, 2012

I want this! Kickass review W1zzard! :toast:

Fluffmeister · May 10, 2012

the54thvoid said:
To those saying AMD are in trouble now....

No, they're not. They sold most of their expected stock in the three months when NV weren't at the party.

Let me ask this. Would you buy a GTX 680, or this?

So, based on the availability of this card, I think we'd all buy the Asus 670 DCII over ANY OTHER card. AMD are not in trouble but the 680 sales will be hit hard by cards as good as this.

Hell, might be selling my water cooled 7970 and get me one (or two) of these.

Hiya, pretty sweet isn't it. :slap:

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