what's wrong with blue pcb? u guys make me not dare to get leadtek ref 670 lol

Yup! My bad. Didn't notice "reference" was written there. Yes reference card can produce different sound if:
1) Change to aftermarket cooler.
2) Set the fan speed manually. Card A have auto speed, card B is 75% speed so card A will be louder than card B.
3) Change to watercooling and yet the card fan is less than custom card.


Conclusion; all reference card have same fan loudness.

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Added on August 18, 2012, 3:35 pmNothing wrong. Just blue PCB look akward in ROG themed. Most people prefer GPU with black PCB.

This post has been edited by diaBoliQu3: Aug 18 2012, 03:35 PM

so r u saying the gigabyte is better??
coz im in the middle of these 2 brand....been few day google bout this 2 brand...will the gigabyte drown more power than asus??

This post has been edited by hazwan_aviator: Aug 18 2012, 03:42 PM

I know Im asking a noob question but, GTX660TI is a 2-way or 3-way SLI ??

IMO, yes. But, check here for more info and more poison till you end up stuck between these two card.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1258755/overclo...-670-vs-gtx-680
http://www.overclock.net/t/1289489/gtx-670...ed-voltage-bios

BOTH are great card. Either one is a good choice. The question is will you spend more for Gigabyte, and can your eyes accept blue PCB?

My conclusion is:

Asus:
- Custom PCB and caps.
- Custom design. Kinda heavy and thick. People that SLI this card told me that the gap is very small.
- 6+6 power phase.

Gigabyte:
- Custom PCB and caps. And GTX 680 PCB. Easier to change to watercooling in the future in case you want to change.
- Custom design. Light, and the card is suitable for SLI.
-6+8 power phase. Theoretically, higher power phase will allow higher oc'ing.

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Added on August 18, 2012, 3:49 pmIn EVGA facebook, they have 3 way SLI for GTX 660 Ti.

This post has been edited by diaBoliQu3: Aug 18 2012, 03:49 PM

Can be up 4 card for quad SLI.

one of the link i saw a few day back...that why im eyeing on the gigabyte....but the other link,izit evga...im not sure we have it sold here...
sumore the gigabyte got tri fan...seem much more cool...i think
did your asus having the stutter prob?

What kind of stutter? Kind to explain or give me link? As I know, stuttering is happen to all Kepler right? BTW, since you ask me, when I play Mafia II, sometime my FPS drop to 30's even in less action scene or normal movement but only happen for few second and occur randomly after maybe half an hour? It's not that very disturbing, the card is still new, no time to explore much.

The other link is is GTX 670 roundup, and the other one is Gigabyte GTX 670 OC vs GTX 680 OC. IINM, tri fan abit cooler but a bit noisy than Asus DCUii.

Just watched this yesterday and know about the tearing and Vsync stuff. Wanna share it here with you folks.

get a gc with blue pcb if only your mobo pcb is blue also

y?? visual thing only or performance wise?

wow.. that powerful ?? How bout 670 abd 680?? I thought those max is 3 only?

Read this. GTX680 can 4 way also, driver limitation on GTX670 and GTX6660 TI only.
GeForce GTX 670 Doesn't Support 4-way SLI, Possible with Future Driver Update
http://www.techpowerup.com/165980/GeForce-...ver-Update.html

Yup, that's why either blue or black PCB can fit in my rig. (Blue mobo, blue RAM, blue film here.)

Visual only. But of course custom PCB might perform better than reference PCB.

Does the PCB used on the card really matter? For performance? I believe quality of the PCB are important.

I'm not sure but that's what written sometime. Something like "high quality PCB for better performance bla bla bla" in some spec.

im not sure if my info was right or not, they said asus having prob with the original bios(manufacture oc)...not stable as if cause stutter in some game like fifa...

The bios is for Top. The bios will downclock the card on load. And that stuttering is general for new Nvidia card.

which means, normal DCU ii like your no need to update the bios?
does this mean im gonna face the stuttering even if i go for gigabyte?

Later the vendor came up with marketing stuff, thick board, 3oz copper board etc. Just like what usually mobo vendor always boost about.