Manufacturer: Gainward Price: $ 399 US Author: Steve Date: 05/09/2012

[ Test System Specs & 3Dmark 11 ]

Test System Specs Hardware - Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.30GHz) - x4 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1600(CAS 8-8-8-20) - Crucial m4 512GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - Gainward GeForce GTX 680 Phantom (2048MB) - Gainward GeForce GTX 670 Phantom (2048MB) - Gainward GeForce GTX 680 (2048MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 (3072MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024MB) - HIS Radeon HD 7970 (3072MB) - HIS Radeon HD 7950 (3072MB) - HIS Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB) - HIS Radeon HD 7850 (2048MB) - HIS Radeon HD 6990 (4096MB) - HIS Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB) - HIS Radeon HD 6950 (2048MB) - HIS Radeon HD 6870 (1024MB) - HIS Radeon HD 5870 (1024MB) - Gigabyte G1.Assassin2 (Intel X79) - OCZ ZX Series (1250w) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 301.34 - AMD Catalyst 12.4 Incredibly the new GeForce GTX 670 delivered virtually the same score as the GTX 590 while it was 10% faster than the Radeon HD 7970 in the 3Dmark 11 extreme test. The score of 3002pts also meant that it was just 8% slower than the GeForce GTX 680.

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ProX	Posted on: 05/10/2012 10:52 PM Awesome performance! I want one, no wait two

moot	Posted on: 05/10/2012 11:42 PM Finally it is time to upgrade my 570. Thanks for the review.

railer

Posted on: 05/11/2012 01:53 AM There seems to be a fair bit of stock at the moment. I just ordered two so I can't wait.

billy

Posted on: 05/11/2012 09:42 AM Great review thank you. I cannot find the GTX 670 Phantom which is a shame. This is the card I really want so I will give it another week and then I might get the Asus version.

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Posted on: 05/11/2012 10:06 AM WOW Nvidia has dominated AMD with these new cards. At least in the benchmarks anyway, not sure about sales.