GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Fluid and fast. Runs quiet and cool.

Cons: Like typical Nvidia cards, they burn themselves out (with no overclocking). This one died after 6 months. This is the 4th and last Nvidia card I've owned.

Other Thoughts: Buy an ATI unless you love sending cards to the vendor for warranty replacements every 6 - 12 months.

Pros: - Handles practically any new game with ease on max or near max settings
- Does not get NEARLY as hot as the ref design
- Very quiet, even with the fans cranked up
- OC software from EVGA makes this card even more so of a beast
- Fits in easily and compatible with most cases

Cons: - Very big, might not fit in smaller case than mid-tower without cutting
- PCB bends down a bit from the weight
- Experiencing texture glitches and errors after only having it about 5 months and being VERY generous to it. After paying $410 for a graphics card, I expected it to last for about a good 4 years or so. My 9800GT is seeming to outlive this card.

Other Thoughts: Very disappointed in the failing after consulting with members of forums about the texture glitches. Drivers were reinstalled, heat wasn't an issue, may have to do with the PCB bending, or just a faulty card. Hoping to not RMA, as I've seen it takes WEEKS to receive the product back. If that is the case, I will be giving a negative review about the RMA and if it is not fixed or replaced, I will never do business with NewEgg/Gigabyte again.

Pros: Ran Skyrim, Assasin's Creed III, Borderlands 2 like a champ
Ate older games alive.
Card rarely, if ever, got above 60 degrees

Cons: Card worked like a dream and then one day playing Skyrim the fps took a dive off the deep end. I realize I have a lot of mods, but it never struggle bussed like this before. Reran Heaven benchmark and it couldn't get about 32 fps and now displayed artifacts and tearing on parts of the benchmark. Computer also has been getting BSOD's that are hardware related (0x3B)

Other Thoughts: I've tried different drivers, resetting the card/cables, etc and none of it has seemed to help. When the card is removed you can here something moving around inside of it now as well.

I'm very disappointed Gigabyte. The card was a beast - a perfect 5/5 - but I expect a longer lifespan than 6 months. Now I'm stuck using Intel's integrated graphics until I get this fixed.

Guess its time to see just how helpful Gigabytes support services are.. All goes well I'll adjust my review accordingly.

Manufacturer Response:

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Pros: Decent card once I got it running.

Cons: Not compatible with the Intel X79 chipset unless you install a patch, which is hard to do when this is the only graphics card you have. Had to 'borrow' a friends out of his machine just so I could install windows and install the patch for this GPU. Before the patch my mobo would freeze on it's splash screen.

Pros: Good performance in SLI.

Cons: Ok here's the bad news between my mother board and case the video cards in 3 way SLI would not line up to the case screws on the case to hold the video cards in place. I had to rely on the SLI bracket and bread ties to hold video cards firmly in place or if I tightened them in they would pull out of the back of the PCI slots, also one had a worp fan shroud and had to be pit in last PCI slot or the last fan would hit the card above it. After moving cards around the top card a screw fell off the fan shroud lucky I say it before it hit a resistor and could short out the video card, one small detail also after switching from a AMD and 3 GTX 480 to the new intel and GTX 670's my Corsair 1200 watt power supply caused game lock up's had to go to a 1600 watt power supply now its runs perfect.

Pros: Low temps
High fps (BF3 1080p Ultra settings = ~70 fps)
Looks beautiful

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I won't hesitate a second to buy another one for SLI.

Pros: Quiet

Cons: Weird flicker within some programs (Frefox and Quickpar).
DVI connector anomalies:
First DVI connector does not turn on CRT after a restart. OK with a cold boot.
Second DVI does not get LCD out of power saver mode until Windows 7 welcome screen.

Other Thoughts: Lot of money for something that works this poorly.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your GIGABYTE product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 95996 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

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Pros: Bought it back in Sept 12,2012 and its still running.
Silent, I got Borderlands with it and it looks good.

Cons: I hasnt died yet even with the abuse its gone through.
I can't believe they are still expensive, 8 months later and I see my card is still worth more or the same. Good Buy. Thats a con for you.

Other Thoughts: This is my first venture in the Green Team since my 6600GT, I gotta say its good to be back, driver issues are no longer a problem, I get Physx, and a GFX card that actually uses less power.
I dont have scores, but I can tell you I dont have to check or care about it, thats how ignorant I've become with this card.
Max it out and watch it eat all the games you throw at it.

Pros: Its a great card for gaming. stays cool and overclocks very well and is very stable. This card runs anything you throw at it.
Runs on a 500w Power supply

Cons: My only grief is that I never received my $30 or so rebate.
It wasn't exactly convenient to fill out the rebate in the first place. Its now been about 6 months...still no rebate.
No gift card, no nothing.

Other Thoughts: I dislike manufacturers who do not honor rebates. This was part of the whole reason why I impulsively bought this video card. I do not feel this card is worth $400, even $300 is pushing it. A $90-$210 card would do fine for my mid-high end video tasks.

Pros: Great graphic quality, runs quiet, most current games run at highest specs with no issues on single card.

Cons: I upgraded from a dual-monitor, GTX470 SLI system on an ASRock Extreme4 Z77 MB with a Core i7 3770k.

I run two 24" monitors, and had no issues on wake with the 470SLI. With the GTX600 series, when waking from S3 sleep, only the primary monitor wakes up, and the system will only recognize one monitor until rebooting, or turning power off and back on to the secondary monitor. Power cycling only works with HDMI though. DVI continually displays "no signal". nVidia has so far ignored the issue, even though it is very widespread based on multiple forum posts.

Issue occurred on GTX660 and GTX670.

Other Thoughts: This card would be 5/5 if nVidia could get their drivers sorted out.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your GIGABYTE product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 95884 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

GIGABYTE VIP Support Team