Ha ha... 'dust removal'? Where does the dust go if it's inside the casing and not exposed like this? I thought some kind of awesome new tech that can collect the dust and then you can pull open a tray and then and then.... nevermine.
So been doing a little bit of a search... "What is the most demanding game for PC?" at this point in time and this is what I found:
- ARMA2 (max settings = military grade machine) - Witcher 2 with Uber-sampling - Flight Simulator X (max settings, with DX update patch)
That's it. Even "Metro 2033" is not as bad as the above three. The above first two, a single GTX 680 struggles. GTX 680 SLi does it but still lags here and there. Any others?
can't imagine that nowadays i need to spend 1 k above for the gpu ++
Don't have to. Whenever you're buying anything, ask yourself two questions :
1. Do I really want it? 2. Am I willing to pay that much for it?
If it's a yes to both, get it. Hesitate on either one, no go. If you're dead set on something, nothing can stop you, regardless whether affordable or not, a waste or otherwise. I would never have imagined paying anything above RM1k for a GPU, but since end of last year I had it in my mind and finally did it...
If you're happy with your 460, then stick with it. I was using a 460, was able to play the latest games no problems except when everything is maxed out. I went from a 460 to a 680 (originally wanted to go to 580 but decided to wait for Kepler) - - the performance difference is definitely noticeable (duh!). Throw anything at it, max the settings out, no problem. It runs BF3 Ultra with such ease when my 460 struggled. It also opens up the possibility of multi-display gaming. Besides, it will definitely make your machine last at least 1 1/2 to 2 years longer. A 670 is pretty much an underclocked 680. Get a factory OC 670 and you're there.
Planning to sell my 460... watch out for it. It's a Leadtek GTX 460 OC 1Gb version.
yeah own a 580 b4...but feeling its kinda no improvement from 460...I've sold it.
but later found out it actually the cpu bottleneck...i5 650
eyeing for 670.Leadtek was the best priced so far.
I had similar issues with my i7 870! In fact, I got 'worse' performance on my 680 than on my 460. Something to do with CPU scaling with the GPU in certain games. All I did was ditch my stock coolers and OC my CPU from 2.93GHz to 4GHz. That's it. Did the usual benchmarks to see if my system was up to scratch for a 680 and it was there.
Overclocking potential at the moment on the upcoming GTX 660 is a little hit and miss. It's going to really come down to if we have the ability to adjust the core voltage which will help boost the overall numbers a bit more as we know that an increase in core speed is going to give us a stronger boost, compared to an increase in memory clocks.
Like we said in our reference card review the GTX 660 is looking to be a good model, but it isn't quite giving us the "WOW" factor that we experienced from other GEFORCE 600 series models. The pricing and performance of the model is exactly what you'd expect and while that's not a bad thing, considering we've been left a bit shell shocked over the last few months with other NVIDIA cards, it's probably a little disappointing as the GTX 660 doesn't hit us as hard as we may have expected.
It's pretty impressive that the GTX 660, a model that will launch at a mid-$200 price bracket, manages to offer similar performance to the GTX 580, the king of the single GPU video cards just last year. At the same time, though, it's worth remembering that AMD have been able to do it with the HD 7870 for a while now.
It doesn't matter if the performance is close or not, if one can afford to pay $x.xx per fps cost then by all means go ahead. And yes, 660 Ti's performance close to 670 close to 680. 660 Ti pretty much beats the 580.
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i didn't use driver sweeper, i just install the 306.23 and reboot. perhaps i should sweep the 301.42 then only install the new driver??
It's comparably the same. Usually newer drivers = better performance, but this is not always the case. I have also heard some people are having issues with "Battlefield 3" performance after updating to this driver and Quad-Sli GTX 690 users report that their games would start smoothly, stutter and finally stop working. As for me, I only have played "Prototype 2"... haven't tried on other titles yet. As long as "smooth" I'm good.
"Borderlands 2" looks and plays superbly well thanks to the 680! The number of particles that kicks up, the gooey fluids, cloth effects. "F1 2012" is another stunner, with max settings and at 32X CSAA, benchmark average is 85 fps! Need a more resource hungry game !
It is true that with 'Global Illumination' turned on, "Dirt Showdown" slows down noticeably even on a 680, but it seems the AMD cards are doing better. I turn GI on (ini tweak) and still can play the game on a 680, though not buttery smooth if without GI.
GI on/off barely makes any difference, but if you change the camera view to bonnet, when another car is nearby, the reflection that is on the other car's bonnet is visible on your car... it is really minor graphical improvement at a huge performance cost. I just turn it on since.... what the heck, I just can...
Hopefully this feature returns in say "Dirt 3" or "GRID 2".
"NFS: Most Wanted" plays great on my 680... 1920x1080 max settings. How many fps, doesn't matter, it is smooth as butter. I noticed AA was lacking (just like Hot Pursuit). I just went to NVCPL, turned on FXAA and voila, much better.
Can't wait for the PC version of AC3 (didn't get the 360 version) = Nvidia TXAA + DX11 in da house!
Right now can't stop playing "Deadlight" = love the visual style, love the gameplay, and best of all.. zombies.