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March 2012
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The editors liked
Extremely quiet
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2
Low power consumption
GPU Boost
1006MHz stock clock with headroom for more performance tuning
Low temperature
Adaptive VSync
Full sized HDMI port
6GB Memory Data Rate
PCIE 3.0
This card has a 1GHz base clock speed and a high memory bandwidth
Amazingly power efficient. Excellent performance. Reduced profile. Supports four monitors
3D Vision Surround on one card. Requires only six-pin PCIe power connectors.
Great Performance
Relatively Cool and Quiet
TXAA
3D Surround From a Single Card
Bests AMD's Radeon HD 7970 on most tests while using less power
Dynamic core clock speed helps card adapt to different games and tasks
Priced below AMD's competing card
Supports four monitors
Fantastic Performance
Energy Efficient and quiet
16% performance increase over GTX 580
Reasonable price
Massive leap forward in energy efficiency
Dynamic overclocking works well
Good additional OC potential
Native full-size HDMI & DisplayPort output
Adds adaptive VSync and new Anti-Aliasing modes
The editors didn't like
None that I could honestly think of
There are vast improvements when compared to the prior generation of NVIDIA DirectX 11 Video cards
HiTech Legion Editors Choice Award
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The GTX 680 only has one HDMI connection
Not always appreciably faster than competing AMD card. Blocks an expansion slot. Requires a hefty power supply
Expensive (Although Priced aggresively)
Additional Considerations for Overclockers
Still pricey
Less onboard memory than comparable AMD cards
Expensive
Dynamic OC can't be turned off
Manual overclocking more complicated than before
Noisy in 3D
Voltage controller has no software voltage control neither monitoring
Published: 2012-11-26, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: AMD kick-started 2012 with the release of the Radeon HD 7970, the first member of the Radeon HD 7000 GPU series. This launch marked the introduction of the first-ever graphics card to be made on a 28nm design process, representing the company's most compl...
Published: 2012-10-01, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
Abstract: What you may find unique in Borderlands 2 is that the game actually allows you to enabled PhysX features at Low, Medium and High settings, with either NVIDIA or AMD Radeon graphics cards installed in your system. In past titles, like Batman: Arkham City a...
Abstract: As you certainly know by now, AMD is no longer the unique player on the 28 nm GPU market. With about four months of advantage, one could say that they managed to utilize their position well and make the most out of their product gamma. Although the Tah...
Abstract: From the many Phoronix benchmarks that were run, overall the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 had an average core temperature of 71°C while the Radeon HD 7950 average was at about 65°C. The system power consumption when using the GTX 680 was about 11% higher t...
Abstract: The Qfusion-powered Warsow game performed close to the same under both operating systems with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600 series Kepler graphics card. The Xonotic graphics performance results varied a bit between platforms, but overall it was quite ...
Abstract: NVIDIA recently launched its $399 GeForce GTX 670 video card. We evaluated that video card last week, and given an extremely short review time, we shared what we could . We discovered through our testing that there were a couple of other comparisons we co...
Abstract: We've evaluated the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 in single-card form; we've evaluated both in dual-card configuration comparing SLI and CrossFireX . Now it is time to take it to the next level and compare the two competing products in tri...
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Published: 2012-04-17, Author: Jason , review by: techworld.com
At the end of last year, we praised the Radeon HD 7970 from AMD for its extremely high performance and fantastic energy efficiency. In the months since then, AMD has improved performance with driver updates, and yet Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 680 still ...
