Seven GeForce GTX 670 Cards, Benchmarked And Reviewed

By Igor Wallossek
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We have seven GeForce GTX 670 cards. Which is fastest? Which is quietest? Each one swaggers onto the scene ready to prove its worth to your wallet. We emphasize thermals, acoustics, and design in this many-way shoot-out based on Nvidia's capable GK104.

Galaxy 67NPH6DV6KXZ

Could this card be the one most explicitly designed for overclocking? Its eight- and six-pin power connectors would seem to suggest so, as would the highest price tag (tied with Zotac's card) in today's story.

However, Galaxy went with fairly mid-range stock clocks of 1006 MHz on the core with a 1085 MHz GPU Boost rating, and 1502 MHz GDDR5 memory.

Galaxy does employ the GeForce GTX 680's PCB, which should help with cooling.

The card is surprisingly lightweight and visually appealing, equipped with a mix of thin aluminum and plastic shrouds. Its pulsating model designation is a matter of individual taste, but may catch eyes in a darkened room. Care is taken to route all heat pipes to the top of the card, which should reduce the amount of thermal energy radiated back toward the motherboard.

Igor Wallossek
114 Comments Comment from the forums
  • LonelyMan
    Where is the msi gtx 670 power edition?
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  • zerokontrol
    Typo on conclusion. "not to loud on loud." That would be the Gigabyte card.
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  • user 18
    On the Gigabyte card's page:

    During the course of our testing, we effortlessly set this card to run at 1059 MHz, so we're not sure why Gigabyte held back so much. During testing, we overclocked this card to 1059 MHz quite easily, so we are somewhat surprised by the conservative factory overclock.

    This seems to be saying the same thing twice. Error, or am I missing something?
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  • hellfire24
    hey man,where's MSi Twinfrozer IV OC edition?
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  • FormatC
    10445301 said:
    Where is the msi gtx 670 power edition?
    The roundup was published in German on May 22, 2012:
    http://www.tomshardware.de/Nvidia-Geforce-GTX-670-Roundup,testberichte-241027.html

    Sorry, but at this time (and 4 weeks later too) MSI was unable to deliver one of this cards. When MSI starts so late with this cards, then this is not our fault. ;)
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  • monkeymonk
    Please do this with the 680s
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  • user 18
    Also, the second chart on the 'Sound Level and Temperature: Overclocked' page is missing the 'Mhz' label on the speed for the Palit card. It should read '1059 Mhz', while it reads only '1059'.
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  • LonelyMan
    I'd like to see one for the 680s too, in which the 680 classified and lightning will be present, including others. :D
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  • hellfire24
    please also do battlefield 3 benchmark!
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  • erunion
    I've been waiting for this review.
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