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Old July 2, 2012, 08:39 AM
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Hi,

I need to replace my old Sapphire 5870.
I had two but now my secound card is going south like my first one did way back:(
I'm thinking with the new Asus GTX 680 2GB DirectCU II TOP.
I have an i7 965 cpu on a Asus Rampage III motherboard.
Will these items match up ok?
I'm concerned about bottle necking.
This 680 should do me fine, right?
I mostly play FPS and BF3 at present.

Please and thx for your thoughts:)

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Old July 2, 2012, 12:25 PM
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i think you should be just fine.
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Old July 2, 2012, 05:54 PM
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I think you will be fine as well. That said I would save a few $ and go for a gtx 670 unless you need those extra few FPS (large increase in price for the FPS increase IMO when you go to a 680).
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Thx both, will have a look at the 670.

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Old July 3, 2012, 01:40 AM
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The Gigabyte windforce 670 is an absolute bast, built 6 rigs for clients with them with every single card being able to hit 1.2 GHz with the stock cooler.
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If you go with the ASUS DirectCU II ,I would go with the GTX-670 they overclock decent as fast or faster then a stock GTX-680 and later on you could get a secound GTX-670 and not have to worry about updateing for a while ,with that said the asus GTX-680 is hughe it takes up three slots and the GTX-670 just takes up two,but they are both well made with no plastic except the fan blades ,they have a back plate and three 8mm heatpipes that keeps then cool even with the fan at 100% they are almost silent .They have a 6phase power and 2 more phases on the memory.
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Hi,

thx for the input all.
To update I've gone ahead with the Asus GTX680 DirectCU II OC.
Last night after a brief gaming stint with BF3 and Crysis 2 I'm thinking I'll be very happy!
NICE:)

cheers
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Yes that card you want have no problems playing any game you want.Plus it want be loud or get hot .
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Hi,

thx for the input all.
To update I've gone ahead with the Asus GTX680 DirectCU II OC.
Last night after a brief gaming stint with BF3 and Crysis 2 I'm thinking I'll be very happy!
NICE:)

cheers

As long as the wallet could take it that is a no regrets kind of GPU. Enjoy.
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Should be a nice upgrade.
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