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To test today we are using our long standing Core i7 970 system, which is overclocked. We have a variety of hardware benchmarked on this system this year which will make for an interesting market comparison.
Main Test System:
Processor: Core i7 970 @ 4.6ghz
Graphics: Asus Geforce GTX670 Direct CU II TOP
Cooling: Coolit Vantage
Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD65
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
Memory: 6GB ADATA @ 2133mhz 9-10-9-32
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+ 512GB Gen 2 SSD (Storage) / Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB (OS boot)
Comparison Cards:
GTX680
Asus GTX670 Direct CU II TOP
MSI R7970 Lightning Edition
HD7970
MSI R7950 Twin Frozr III 3GD5/OC
HD7950
Sapphire HD7870 Overclock Edition
HD7870
HD7850
HD6990 (880 core)
HD6970
HD6950
HD6870
Sapphire HD7770 Vapor X Overclock Edition
XFX HD7770 Black Edition S CFx
HD7770 CFx
HD7770
Sapphire HD7750 Ultimate Edition
HD6790
HD6770
HD6670
GTX590 SLi
GTX590
GTX580 SLi
GTX580
GTX570
Monitors: Dell U3011
Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark
Games:
Alien V Predator
Tom Clancy HAWX 2
Resident Evil 5
Far Cry 2
F1 2011
Total War: Shogun 2
Battlefield 3
Elder Scrolls V: SkyRim
All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.
Some game descriptions are edited from Wikipedia.
damn, thats a mega card, more than my whole system cost however!
White pcb is really awesome, never seen that done before. wozzers, can never buy this b aby, off to try and win it now !
Yeah that is serious. Im not easy impressed but KFA2 are right up there now with the best of them after seeing this.
Very sexy, looks like the knd of card you can only dream about
Small fortune but very sexy. Nv for the win
Not available online sadly. Any ideas when they will have stock?
damn the more I re-read this, the more I want it 🙁 sucks to be a student.
The price is ridiculous for most people, but a good point is made in the conclusion. People who buy these kind of cards really dont care. ive seen reviews dock two points for a price over £500 when really the people who buy these and read the reviews tend to focus on overclocking, temps and how easy it would be to watercool 🙂
holy bank balance batman!
No SLI results? :p come on, lets see SLI across 4 screens next 🙂
Im not so sure on the white to be honest. its quite sore on the eyes. Id like it in pink. any takers?
Whats the significance of the ‘hall of fame’ stamp on the back of the PCB? anyone know
Great pics by the way, I can see every transistor on the board. really nice idea.
its a awesome gpu no doubt……i called it a beast
That looks like a Awesome card 3 fans OMG.
this is the highest factory oced gtx 680,overvoltage it with afterburner 2.2.3 ,i think it will reach 1.45 ghz +core clock,maybe better buy than the msi lightning 680