1 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:13,519 okay guys it's new video card review time again so we're going to be taking a 2 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:19,680 look in this video at the 1080p performance of the allnew GeForce GTX 3 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:24,680 670 from NVIDIA so you can see here I've actually got a variety of GTX 670s uh 4 00:00:22,359 --> 00:00:28,720 most of which I did unboxings of already so you can see I've got a few reference 5 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:32,520 cards this one's Factory overclocked this one's not this is one a direct 6 00:00:30,439 --> 00:00:36,840 NVIDIA card I've got them set up with a three-way SLI Bridge so that's a bit of 7 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:41,079 a hint of what one of my other videos is going to be about I've also got a non- 8 00:00:39,559 --> 00:00:45,039 reference card so this is with a dual slot cooler this one's going to be cool 9 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:50,160 because it's going to go head-to-head against a sapphire hd7950 that has a 10 00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:54,559 similarly designed cooler so we can take a look at them you know which one has 11 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:59,399 more coil wine or less coil wine which one has the the better cooling solution 12 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:04,000 since galaxy and Sapphire are both uh key partn for NVIDIA and AMD 13 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:11,159 respectively this will be a really interesting head-to-head because these are similarly priced products now in 14 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:12,560 terms of the overall mix I'm not testing 15 00:01:11,159 --> 00:01:16,920 a ton of games today guys and I apologize for that but honestly I just 16 00:01:15,119 --> 00:01:20,079 am a little bit a little bit constrained in terms of what I can do right now so 17 00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:25,360 I'm going to be doing crisis 2 Battlefield 3 Skyrim and Witcher 2 and 18 00:01:23,079 --> 00:01:28,759 this is the selection of cards that I'm going to be taking a look at we're going 19 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,159 to be looking at the 1080p performance and then I'm going to have a separate 20 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,600 video where I'm also going to cover things like the physical power and noise 21 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:41,479 I'm going to take a look at 3D Vision performance compared to the last generation GTX 570 that this new 670 22 00:01:39,439 --> 00:01:46,200 replaces we're going to do an overse guide seeing what kind of performance we 23 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,560 can get compared to a 680 as well as oh 24 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:52,200 yeah there it is there's that hint there for the SLI scaling video now before I 25 00:01:50,399 --> 00:01:56,039 go any further yes I covered this in the unboxings but I just want to give you 26 00:01:53,479 --> 00:02:01,799 guys a brief overview so the 670 is basically a slightly cut down version of 27 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:04,960 the GTX 680 NVIDIA has made fewer Cuts 28 00:02:01,799 --> 00:02:08,200 than usual however because it still has 29 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:12,520 the 256 memory bit memory interface with 30 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:15,120 6 GHz gddr5 it only has some of the Cuda 31 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:20,920 cores cut away and a slight reduction in clock speed giving you um again that 32 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:24,560 that slight performance reduction now you can see the reference cards are 33 00:02:22,239 --> 00:02:29,000 actually very short pcbs so these are very power efficient these are very cool 34 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:32,000 running they don't need beefy coolers and you can see they only have dual six 35 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:36,720 pin connectors even though these are high-end graphics cards this is cool too 36 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:40,239 this is some of the other sort of slight finishing touches that you see from the 37 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:45,080 board Partners Galaxy's gone ahead and put a slightly different back plate on 38 00:02:41,879 --> 00:02:46,879 theirs MSI has actually slightly 39 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:54,319 adjusted the positioning of the slots compared to the reference one and 40 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:55,800 uh yeah so let's get going shall we now 41 00:02:54,319 --> 00:02:59,599 there are a couple critical details before we really get started and that is 42 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:04,239 test benches and the driver revisions that are are being used for so for the 43 00:03:01,159 --> 00:03:06,959 GTX 670 I'm using the publicly available 44 00:03:04,239 --> 00:03:13,519 beta driver 301.4c I'm using 45 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:17,319 301.4c I'm using the latest 12.4 drivers 46 00:03:13,519 --> 00:03:19,280 my test bench is a 4.4 GHz 3930k from 47 00:03:17,319 --> 00:03:25,440 Intel so that is an overclocked processor with 16 gigs of Kingston 48 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:29,239 hyperx RAM at DDR 3600 I'm using a 49 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:32,680 Gigabyte uh what's it called x79 a UD 50 00:03:29,239 --> 00:03:34,200 x79 ud7 motherboard this is sort of like 51 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:40,400 the spiritual successor to their previous generation OC board so that's 52 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:42,720 uh going to allow me to run up to four 53 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:47,159 graphics cards in SLI or Crossfire should the uh should the need arise and 54 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:52,879 then for boot Drive using the Kronos Deluxe 120 gig and for the power supply 55 00:03:49,879 --> 00:03:55,799 the ZX 1250 wat 80 plus gold power 56 00:03:52,879 --> 00:03:59,920 supply from ocz will be dealing with that side of things for cooling I'm 57 00:03:57,519 --> 00:04:04,519 going to be using come on Focus please an h100 which will uh keep my processor 58 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:08,439 at a reasonable temperature during all this testing for crisis 2 I'll be mixing 59 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:13,799 things up a little bit I'm going to be using the ultra preset since all of the 60 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:15,519 cards that I am using are very high-end 61 00:04:13,799 --> 00:04:19,720 cards I still hate motion blur so I'm keeping that on medium and I'm going to 62 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:24,120 be using highres textures this time around once again to try and strain 63 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,600 these cards as much as I can so I'm going to do this a little differently 64 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:30,400 and I'm going to go one game at a time in terms of the analysis so here you can 65 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:36,440 see the crisis 2 1080p P Ultra performance here is the GTX 670 which 66 00:04:33,479 --> 00:04:41,280 puts in a very very strong performance because while the average frames per 67 00:04:38,039 --> 00:04:44,479 second are below the 7970 check this out 68 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:48,560 the actual minimum frame rate of the 670 69 00:04:44,479 --> 00:04:50,160 was above the hd7970 so that means that 70 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:55,479 when you see a dip in the action you're going to see pretty much the same dip 71 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:57,199 with a 670 as with a 7970 which is 72 00:04:55,479 --> 00:05:00,240 outstanding I mean remember too guys you know there's stuff that's sort of within 73 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:05,560 margin of error here but uh in general that shows us that 74 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,800 this is a very very strong card and when 75 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:11,720 you compare it against its more similarly priced competitor the 7950 the 76 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:16,000 difference becomes much more pronounced although bear in mind the 7950 is an 77 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:20,759 outstanding overclocker which will allow it to uh put some distance between 78 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:22,840 itself and the 7870 which at stock speed 79 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:26,720 have well put it put on a pretty good show for this uh for this performance 80 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:31,479 review as well for Battlefield 3 I'll be doing my usual two-minute run through in 81 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:37,240 the comrades level in the parade and I will also be using Battlefield 3 to 82 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:40,759 measure the maximum uh Power draw as 83 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:42,880 well as maximum noise and load 84 00:05:40,759 --> 00:05:47,560 temperatures of the gpus now yes I realize these are not the maximum loads 85 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:51,280 that I could create with this system but I'm looking for a more realistic 86 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:55,560 scenario so what I'm going to do is I find a particular van in the parking lot 87 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:58,639 when I'm done my run through and I shoot it until it starts smoking and some 88 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:03,199 effects get going and that's how I've been able to generate a pretty good Peak 89 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:08,680 power draw and then I'm going to sit there and stare at it and get all of 90 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:13,319 those stats before I close the game also for Battlefield 3 we will be 91 00:06:11,199 --> 00:06:18,639 running everything on Ultra in Battlefield 3 the GTX 670 sits 92 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:22,599 very comfortably with its competition the 7950 hold on let me just move that 93 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:27,520 cursor so you can see that in terms of the average frame rate it is quite a bit 94 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:29,720 higher than even than the 7950 and even 95 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:34,199 is competitive with the 7970 although when the action gets intense you'll see 96 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:38,560 a dip more like a 7950 as opposed to like a 97 00:06:36,199 --> 00:06:43,080 7970 and it sits sort of exactly where you'd expect it to be behind its younger 98 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:47,560 brother the GTX 680 I think it should be noted that this is a huge generational 99 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:52,440 leap in performance compared to the card that it's replacing I mean these are 100 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:55,840 staggering numbers and you'll continue to see that throughout the rest of this 101 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:59,759 performance evaluation of this card once again the 7870 puts on a pretty good 102 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:05,000 show considering its price point though as well for Skyrim I'll be doing my 103 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:10,479 usual two laps around the town of white run and I will be using Ultra presets 104 00:07:08,599 --> 00:07:15,960 which means everything you know all the view distances are at Max and everything 105 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:22,240 is pretty Ultra and fabulous also I am using the 106 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:24,479 stock highres texture pack now 107 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:28,080 Battlefield 3 was a bit of an anomaly for me bear in mind guys I mentioned 108 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:35,039 this before but I'm using a different driver on the GTX 6 7 than I am on the 109 00:07:30,919 --> 00:07:37,039 GTX 680 so I would expect that once the 110 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:42,160 GTX 680 catches up in terms of the driver revisions that we're going to see 111 00:07:39,599 --> 00:07:46,159 um a similar performance boost however what this basically means is that at 112 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:51,720 launch for all intents and purposes the GTX 670 is the fastest card that I 113 00:07:48,479 --> 00:07:54,560 tested in Battlefield 3 which is no uh 114 00:07:51,720 --> 00:08:01,840 no small matter and I mean you can see how much ahead it is of even the hd7970 115 00:07:58,919 --> 00:08:05,720 so if you play Battlefield 3 the GTX 670 is going to be one of the cards on your 116 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:09,879 short list I think and once again staggering performance improvement over 117 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:14,759 the last generation GTX 570 almost a doubling of minimum 118 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:19,280 FPS The Witcher 2 is so demanding that I won't be altering my usual test setup so 119 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:25,199 you guys can see here if my camera would ever Focus exactly what I am using to 120 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:30,720 test these cards bearing in mind of course this is at 1080P and I'm doing my 121 00:08:27,919 --> 00:08:33,360 usual run through um which if you guys have seen it before then you know which 122 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:40,440 run through I'm talking about and if you haven't then you don't but it's pretty good there's some combat there's some 123 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:42,399 trees there's some buildings good stuff 124 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:46,040 The Witcher is such a demanding game and the settings that I'm running it at are 125 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:50,120 just totally unreasonable even for modern high-end cards but it still gives 126 00:08:48,399 --> 00:08:55,600 you an idea of where everything stands so in terms of average FPS the GTX 670 127 00:08:52,959 --> 00:08:59,200 Falls right in with the 7950 about where it's supposed to be we saw a bit of a 128 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:04,200 dip but something to note about the witch is that it tends to just kind of 129 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:07,160 randomly hitch up and and the the frames 130 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:11,519 just sort of tank unexpectedly sometimes so I don't know how much you can really 131 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:14,800 read into these minimum FPS I think that would explain why they're all kind of 132 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:20,680 around the same level you know you can see the 7970 dips below even a 133 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:22,120 7950 um so so sort of take take all of 134 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:26,000 that with a grain of salt for this one I would be more interested in the average 135 00:09:23,839 --> 00:09:30,720 FPS and once again we see a sizable improvement over the previous generation 136 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:37,480 and about an exp Ed gap between the GTX 670 and the GTX 680 so just a couple 137 00:09:33,959 --> 00:09:39,920 subjective things um the GTX 680 138 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:44,680 exhibits a tiny bit of coil wine better than the reference cards from the red 139 00:09:41,839 --> 00:09:50,279 team that I have in my testing suite and uh better than the GTX 680 that I have 140 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:55,240 um but both the 680 and the 670 uh do have a little do make a little bit more 141 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:57,000 noise than the last generation cards um 142 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,880 the fan has a bit of a had a bit of a grind has a bit of a grinding noise to 143 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:05,079 it you can check out my other video on the noise temperatures and uh and power 144 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:09,959 consumption of this card it is extremely efficient so power consumption wise it 145 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:14,079 is very similar to a GTX 570 but it offers dramatically better performance 146 00:10:11,839 --> 00:10:18,560 and part of this maybe the smaller PCB I don't know but a huge part of it is 147 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:22,360 definitely the Kepler GPU that it's got going on in there remember this card is 148 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:28,839 also available in 4 gig configurations and if you're looking at running a giant 149 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:30,959 resolution like a 2560x1440 or 2560 x600 150 00:10:28,839 --> 00:10:34,640 monitor or three monitors in surround I would definitely look at picking up the 151 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:40,200 4 Gig version so thank you for checking out my performance review of the GTX 670 152 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:43,480 from NVIDIA and don't forget to subscribe to lineus Tech tips for more 153 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:46,480 unboxings reviews and other computer videos