nVidia GTX670 Reviews

[kevchenco]

I'm wishing I'd pushed the boat out for a GTX 680 4GB but you have to stop somewhere

I cant see any reason why you would need 4 gigs unless you are running multiple high screen resolution monitors.

For me i do not have the physical space to run anything more than a 19" at the moment so the 2 gb card is fine.

[Katana1000S]

Originally Posted by kevchenco

I cant see any reason why you would need 4 gigs unless you are running multiple high screen resolution monitors.

You got it, I've been toying with the idea of triple screens for a while now, and that's why I owned 2 x 570's last year, but went off the idea, now I'm thinking about it again (because unlike the GTX 570) the GTX 680 can do three monitors off the one card ... it will actually do four monitors, and of course 4 GB would be better for this as you say.

But I'm now thinking of replacing my single 28" LCD Hanns G for a Dell 30" 2011 model of 2560 x 1600 resolution and going Track IR 5 instead of triple screens, 2GB vram should be fine for this resolution.

[BigC208]

Originally Posted by Katana1000S

You got it, I've been toying with the idea of triple screens for a while now, and that's why I owned 2 x 570's last year, but went off the idea, now I'm thinking about it again (because unlike the GTX 570) the GTX 680 can do three monitors off the one card ... it will actually do four monitors, and of course 4 GB would be better for this as you say.

But I'm now thinking of replacing my single 28" LCD Hanns G for a Dell 30" 2011 model of 2560 x 1600 resolution and going Track IR 5 instead of triple screens, 2GB vram should be fine for this resolution.

I just switched from a gtx570 to a gtx680(2gb). Have it running an HPZR30w at 2560x1600 that I got last week. I came from a 1680x1050 and the 680 pushed that all the way up to 90-100 fps. Now with the 30 incher I get 60fps over water and between 35-45fps over land at high settings. Have a second 680 on the way and hope I can get it to work in SLI with a custom profile.

I also have three 22 inch 1680x1050 monitors that I ran in portrait for a while. The three 22 inch were more immersive than the 30 inch with the gtx680. The bezels are not as bothersome as I expected and the size made it really like being there in the cockpit. I'll probably end up with three 27 inch 120hz 1080 monitors when they come down in price a bit. Been watching the Catleap Korean monitors that can be overclocked to 100-120hz but they seem to be hard to get right now.

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by Katana1000S

You got it, I've been toying with the idea of triple screens for a while now, and that's why I owned 2 x 570's last year, but went off the idea, now I'm thinking about it again (because unlike the GTX 570) the GTX 680 can do three monitors off the one card ... it will actually do four monitors, and of course 4 GB would be better for this as you say.

...

There was a review of the GTX680 both 2 and 4GB versions in this month's Custom Pc magazine.

In their tests using a triple monitor setup there was NO benefit whatsoever in going to the 4GB version. I was a little surprised myself, but that's what they found.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by kendo65

There was a review of the GTX680 both 2 and 4GB versions in this month's Custom Pc magazine.

In their tests using a triple monitor setup there was NO benefit whatsoever in going to the 4GB version. I was a little surprised myself, but that's what they found.

There might not be any difference if the games they chose to compare all need less then 2gb vram at hi res/tripple monitor.

[Jujuuk68]

Just for what it's worth, my new pc has one of these cards installed.

I have only played single player mode, a few basic flights, but apart from some "pop up" in London, the settings are all high and the actual flight is very smooth.

Now, if only I knew how to get my joystick to FF rather than be somewhat limp, and knew how to read a compass, and the training was somewhat better, then I'd be really rather pleased with this product! Actually, for me in single player at the moment, the somewhat perfunctory nature of the training/intro to the game is the only downside, the game does somewhat assume you "know" how to fly.