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I'm in the midst of constructing a new build. I'm trying to decide on which graphics card. This build will primarily be for gaming at 1080p on a single 24" Asus monitor. For a single card gaming on mostly high settings, is the GTX 670 fine or I would be better off to spend the extra money on a 680?

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Intel Core i7--3770k
16GB Corsair Vengeance
Cooler Master HAF XM
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
 
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Using EVGA Precision X, I have my fan speed set to 70% when the card reaches 67C, which keeps the FTW’s temp below 70C. Max temps of my CPU fluctuate between 55C and 65C (max) under very heavy gaming loads. So, from personal experience, I cannot confirm imomun’s “fact.” However, he is probably correct if the fan speeds are not correctly correlated to the card’s temps.


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i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PS / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms...
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redfoot12

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^Thanks.
I'm pretty excited as this will be my first build in over 8 years. I revamped that old XP machine this past fall so I'd have something decent to play older games. Now I need something to play Bioshock Infinite.
 
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Yeah, the EVGA 670 FTW is a fine card.


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i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PS / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms 24-inch Asus monitor

 
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Using EVGA Precision X, I have my fan speed set to 70% when the card reaches 67C, which keeps the FTW’s temp below 70C. Max temps of my CPU fluctuate between 55C and 65C (max) under very heavy gaming loads. So, from personal experience, I cannot confirm imomun’s “fact.” However, he is probably correct if the fan speeds are not correctly correlated to the card’s temps.


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i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PS / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms 24-inch Asus monitor
 
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