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June 25, 2013 3:46:25 AM

Hey guys,
im Using a Zotac GTX 670 AMP! Edition 2gb Graphics card with a pretty good factory over clock, or so the reviews say. I'm using it with i5 3570k at stock clock. I ran the 3d mark 11 and got a score of around 9.5k, i expected more.
I dont know if my card is under performing or not, what i do know is that i want to get a new one, tho i ve only had it for a couple of months, i wanna sell it now.
Im looking at the GTX 770s, which one would you recommend?
Is there a major performance boost when compared to my current gfx card?
Please help, Thanks.:) 

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June 25, 2013 3:56:20 AM

So is it worth over-clocking my gtx 670 amp? Will it yield any fps increase?
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June 25, 2013 3:58:17 AM

Yeah any overclock will increase performance. How much depends on how much it overclocks and the game.
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 4:00:12 AM

When I said the 670 and 770 overclock similarly I don't mean to the same level of performance. I mean the 670 will generally give you a 10% overclock and so will the 770. So add 10% to the comparison chart to account for overclocked cards.
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June 25, 2013 4:00:49 AM

And is my zotac cooler good enough to take the over clock or should i resort to an aftermarket one? my temps are easily above 80 degrees while playing AC3, Crysis 3 etc.
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 4:02:23 AM

Since your card is factory overclocked you may have less headroom.
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June 25, 2013 4:04:00 AM

Ah well that sucks!
Thanks for the answers, just one last thing -
Which of the aftermarket versions of the gtx 770 would you recommend? 780 is a little out of my budget :( 
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June 25, 2013 5:29:33 AM

If compared, is 7970 ghz edition better than the evga gtx 770 sc with acx?
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 8:09:10 AM

You can compare any cards you want at Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=829

The 770 and 7970 trade blows depending on the game. Some games favor AMD's architecture and some like Nvidia's. With the game bundle the 7970 is still a great value. AMD has had problems with the 7xxx series and micro stuttering and frame latency especially when you Crossfire them. They are supposed to fix that with a driver update at the end of next month but the issue has been known for about a year and they have tried to fix it a few times already. So I will believe it when I see it. My choice would be the 770 but I have always liked Nvidia's drivers better. The 7970 would still be a very good choice.
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June 25, 2013 8:40:00 AM

Thanks a lot for all your help, i really appreciate it :) 
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June 25, 2013 8:51:16 AM

Sure thing. Glad to help! :) 
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 8:57:30 AM

Didn't even mention this but the 670 has dropped in price with the 7xx series release. You could always add a second GTX 670. GTX 670 Sli is not listed for some reason but should be about 8-10% slower than 680 Sli. Maybe less with overclocked 670s.

Pretty sweet performance. Faster than a $1050 GTX Titan.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/766?vs=764
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June 25, 2013 9:01:32 AM

Does my second 670 have to be the same as the last one? or can i buy another oc ed aftermarket version? Not a big zotac fan anymore
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June 25, 2013 9:43:16 AM

Same speed as in the same clocks and memory speeds? How do i go about it? under clock?
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 10:04:29 AM

Or find a different brand factory overclocked card that will match what you have now. What are the rest of your specs? You need a motherboard that will support it as well.
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June 25, 2013 10:07:26 AM

i5 3570k
ASRock z77 extreme4
Zotac GTX 670 AMP! Edition 2Gb
Corsair Vengeance 8 gig ram (4x2)
Corsair VS 650 PSU
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 10:30:31 AM

You are good except the power supply. I'm guessing you are in India? The Corsair VS is only sold where 220 VAC is common and while decent is a budget power supply. You would want to upgrade to a better model as well as a unit with 750 watts. The PSU you have would be fine with a single 770 though.

So power supply and add another 670 or a 770. The 2 x 670s are way more powerful. Nvidia cards do not suffer from the same micro stuttering and frame latency issues that the AMD 7xxx series do. However when running dual cards there can always be stuttering and not all games support dual cards.

You still would not have to, but dual cards would perform better with a CPU overclock. Even with a cheap cooler you should be able to get 4.2Ghz easily with no or almost no voltage change.

Personally I would overclock the CPU, get a good 750w power supply and add another 670. At least considering prices here in the US. If 670s are still very expensive for you then you might get by with just adding a 770 and selling what you have. I know quality power supplies are expensive there. 2 x 670s would allow you to max pretty much any game for the next few years. Then upgrade again when there is a new series of cards to consider.
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June 25, 2013 10:57:15 AM

I also have a CM Hyper Evo 212, is 4.2 a good oc for my 3570k?
Yes im in India and availability is kinda a bitch here, just found a dealer who can get me a Corsair GS 800 delivered. Would it be enough if i add another zotac 670 amp! or something like a gigabyte 670?
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 11:23:57 AM

The Zotac should be fine as long as it works. Another brand is not going to give you better performance unless it has higher clocks. Zotac is not a bad brand in fact in the last few years they have shown that they are pretty good.

The Corsair HX is an excellent power supply. It's expensive here in the US so I hate to think what it costs there.

Really anywhere between 4Ghz and 4.4Ghz should be easy with a Hyper 212 Evo. Usually you can do 4.2Ghz or really close with no voltage increase. You can probably get 4.4Ghz with the Evo or maybe even a bit higher if you have a good chip. Anything over 4Ghz would be fine for dual 670s.
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June 25, 2013 11:26:31 AM

You edited while I was typing. :) 

The Corsair GS 800 is also a very good PSU and plenty of power. The HX is a better unit though if it's the same price.
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June 25, 2013 11:33:42 AM

Hey sorry about that, its just that the GS 800 is almost half the price of HX 850 so.... :p 
All i do with my comp is game and edit movies a bit, is GS 800 sufficient? I have 2 fans running in push/pull config with my evo 212, All the stock Corsair carbide 500R fans ( two 120mm in the front and 200mm at the side) and an additional 120mm 1200rpm corsair fan at the bottom of the case.
The max i can get outa my cpu is 4.3 ghz :( 
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June 25, 2013 11:52:59 AM

The GS 800 is fine. 4.3Ghz is not a bad overclock for an Ivy Bridge CPU. They get hot quick. There is no way you know if it's stable without 10-12 hours of Prime 95 and 4 or 5 passes of Intel Burn test though.
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June 25, 2013 12:15:57 PM

Hey thanks, i ve ordered the GS 800.
Say i get a reference GTX 670, would it make sense SLI ing it with my zotac one?
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 12:23:59 PM

No sense in getting another 670 unless you do Sli them.
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June 25, 2013 12:27:20 PM

Sorry maybe i wash clear on my question. What i meant was that would getting a reference gtx 670 and sli ing it with my current card yield good results or would an aftermarket one be better at it? From the performance and fps point of view.
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 25, 2013 12:33:56 PM

You just have to have equal clock and memory speeds. A reference card will likely overclock to the same level as your Zotac and be cheaper. You may want to consider cooling with 2 cards but reference blower style coolers do well as the top card in an Sli setup since they exhaust the heat out the back of your case.
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June 25, 2013 12:36:48 PM

On a stock cooler, should i be overclocking it as much as my zotac gfx card? Wudn it run really hot?
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June 25, 2013 1:12:17 PM

Only way to tell how much it will overclock is to try it. 2 cards of the same brand and model number will not always overclock the same.
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June 30, 2013 3:51:25 AM

Hey, some confusion with the dealer occurred, he ended up sending me a TX 750 for some reason. The forums etc say that its a better PSU than the GS800, would this one work fine with my 670 sli?
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a c 270 U Graphics card
June 30, 2013 9:27:06 AM

Yes it will work fine :) 
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June 30, 2013 9:37:20 AM

And would running the SLI setup on stock i5 3570k i.e 3.8 ghz turbo, bottleneck my gpu s?
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June 30, 2013 9:48:21 AM

No. But some games will do better with an overclocked CPU. Not the same as a bottleneck just some games ( BF 3 multiplayer, Skyrim, Crysis 3 etc. ) like a fast CPU.
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June 30, 2013 9:50:42 AM

Okay but the max i can OC my chip is 4.2 ghz, doesn even bootup when clocked to 4.4 no matter what offset voltage i use :( 
Is 4.2ghz good enough?
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June 30, 2013 9:59:43 AM

Yeah 4.2Ghz is fine.
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June 30, 2013 10:06:44 AM

Awesome! Thanks for all the help :) 
Cheers
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June 30, 2013 10:10:31 AM

Glad to help! :) 
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September 24, 2013 2:08:07 PM

Dronbana said:
And is my zotac cooler good enough to take the over clock or should i resort to an aftermarket one? my temps are easily above 80 degrees while playing AC3, Crysis 3 etc.


Little tip take out the 4 screws for the heatsink on top of card and put washers underneath I have overclocked my gtx 670 amp zotac to 7305 memory and 1293mhz core clock and my temps never go higher than 65 the amp has an amazing cooler

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