Benchmark Results: MediaEspresso 6.5
When GeForce GTX 680 launched, we uncovered a bug in Nvidia’s driver that failed to accelerate transcoding of MPEG-2 sources using the NVEnc fixed-function logic built into GK104. A subsequent driver update was supposed to solve it, but a follow-up test revealed no improvement. Nvidia suggested that the shaders were handling the workload more effectively than NVEnc in our specific workload.
But retesting with 301.33 does alter the performance picture—both for the GTX 680 and 670. Now, a benchmark that took more than a minute on the Radeon HD 7900-series cards (which still can’t utilize AMD’s VCE technology, by the way), wraps up in roughly 30 seconds.
The H.264-encoded source we used for our GeForce GTX 680 review worked fine. Not surprisingly, then, the new driver and new card don’t affect performance. The task takes just 18 seconds now, as it did before.
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Running to buy it!
Great Review Chris!!
Though there isn't really a performance hit but it would be great to have seen the GTX 670 running at PCIe 3.0.
amd price reduce 2.0 xD
OMFG no 5760x1080 benchmarks again?!! ima have to go to hardware.info or something wow!
YAHHHHHHH!!! time to get one
"Dude.......seriously!?........you sure?.......wait wait, what about image qual--.....no......looks fine.........awwww.......AWWWWWWW !@#$......!@#$.........!@#$ !^&* *&^%$#@!@.....and you !$%^*(......green peice of !@#$%............GREAT.......JUST BEAUTIFUL.....- AMD in response to 670 GTX reviews
$400 is still too high for me... Waiting for something around $225
I hate Nvidia and their supply and demand game ...it is obvious that they are just holding off the cards to inflate the prices...I'm going with AMD ....because I'm tired of waiting ...I'm not going to wait anymore ..
Nice move nV , forcing AMD to drop their prices for entire lineup. A 7970 at $400 would be really awesome...
The list of games is very unfair to AMD cards. Techpowerup's review, which featured a much longer list of games, had the Radeon HD 7970 faster than the GTX 670 at all resolutions 1080p and higher.
Nvidia has had a big lead in Dirt 3 and WoW for a very long time. This skews the results.
The GTX 670 is a fantastic card, don't get me wrong. Just pointing out that it's being slightly overrated here.
got it in the cart on tiger..... newegg might price gouge them like they did the 690
Excellent review. I was waiting for this card to hit. Only a 4.5% difference between a 680 for almost 100 less? Yes please!
I am not trying to sound bad, but AMD might have a real problem on their hands with this card as it is priced very competitively for what you get. Especially since it competes with AMD's flagship that's more expensive.
Awesome review like always Chris,Well done
The question is will it be in stock or will it be a rarity like their other Kepler cards?
This card is digusting..
@godfather666 Unless you happen to play WoW or Dirt 3.
This is the price war you were looking for.
Wait ... will we see any stock this year ... or are these going to be as rare as the 680 / 690 / 6xx ??
The 6 series NVidia cards ... the ghost cards.
All hype ... no stock.
Nvidia are pumping out the reviews and advertorials ... mostly the latter I see across the web.
This rollut must be costing them a fortune.
I hope it's getting them sales in the old stock ... thats the point ... isn't it??
This just makes me wonder more and more why the stock clocks on the 7970 aren't 200 MHz higher. AMD failed so hard clocking their 7970 and 7950 so low - it forces users to overclock in order to make the card competitive at its price point. And the card is competitive once overclocked (7970 OC = 680 OC > 670 OC). But they shouldn't be pricing a card based on its OC potential.
For someone like me who wants to overclock, AMD's solution is great. For the average user, it's not.
I'm really impressed by this little 670 - absolutely crazy how much performance they are getting out of such a small PCB! I'm not as impressed by Nvidia, who most likely won't be able to supply these to even half of the people who want them. At least AMD was up front about doing a paper launch back in December. Nvidia is functionally doing paper launches and not being honest about it.
Also - if you use more games, it becomes clear that the 670 is about equal to the 7970, not 10% faster. Take a look for example at TPU's review.
Wasn't this card supposed to compete with the 7870 and 7950 lol? It's ripping both of them to shreds and manaing to hold its own against the 7970 in most cases....... AMD has got a serious problem on their hands now, because this thing looks like the next 8800gt or gtx 460