GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-4GD GeForce GTX 670 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Completely quiet, fast, no driver problems

Cons: big as it takes up three slots

Other Thoughts: I got this so that I didn't have to upgrade anytime soon. Anything I run does so completely smooth. My son runs BF3 and other games and has everything set on max. It seems the video card technology is ahead of game requirements. I can't wait to see BF4 using this bad boy.

Pros: It is insanely fast. I used to have the superbly good the superbly good 570 OC2 from Gigabyte and this thing is a significant upgrade. I went from 25 fps average to 40fps running Planetside2 with everything cranked up to the max at 2560x1600.

It is extremely quiet. The giant radiator and 3 fans do a great job at keeping the temps lows. 60c on full load.

I went for the 4GBs version because I like running high res texture packages.

I am also playing Batman Arkham city all maxed with Physx running on the video card. Some times the card shugs a little when there is a lot of stuff triggering the physx at the same time. However this might be one of the many optimization issues that the game has. The performance test gives me 50fps. /shrug

Cons: This card is HUGE!. Not a problem for my case but it might be a problem for some low end cases. It uses 3 slots and is also a very heavy card so take a look at your locking mechanism for the card as some cases might not be solid enough to keep it steady. It is the price you pay for the giant radiator and the 3 huge fans.

Other Thoughts: I recently upgraded to a 30inch monitor so the 570 was not cutting it with everything maxed at that res and a friend wanted to buy a card at a budget so i sold him mine on the cheap.
Had it not been for this the 570 was more that enough for maxing any game at 1920x1280.

Pros: Stays relatively cool, the three fan setup was partially why I bought it over other vendors, and I'm not disappointed. 45-50 degrees on 40 percent fan speed with Crysis 3 maxed out at 1600x900, so there's considerable headroom there. In addition, word around the web has been that, even though this card comes Overclocked by the manufacturer, it can stabily be overclocked even more. Once its fully installed in case, it shoudl probably provide a nice bump up.

Also idles very quietly, non distinct then, and even at high load, hardly noticable amongst my case fans anyways. I imagine that running the fans at 100 percent would sound like a jet engine, but its generally efficient enough that you'll likely not have to. I have yet to stress test it, but I always love to benchmark my new GPUs with the contemporary Crysis game.

Plenty of output options, but I have yet to fool around with its HDMI outputs, I have yet to run it at larger resolutions than my gaming monitor (1600x900) but I have little doubts about its abilities there.

Cons: I did my fair share of research in this department, so all of these factors I knew in advance of purchase, but just sum it up:

The card occupies three slots in your case, and the actual card is NOT two slots, more like 2 and 1/4 slot. This difference is between the 2 GB and 4 GB OC models, so make sure you know which you buy

This card is reeally heavy. holding it in your hands feels like you could nail in 2x4 with it. I haven't mounted it horizontally yet, since its still a bench build with the new motherboard I purchased, but I'll probably come up with a DIY support for it just to be safe. Shouldn't be an issue anyways.

Other Thoughts: Great card. I planned it out with my mobo purchase so Id be able to run SLI. Once the price comes down commensurately and my need for graphic horsepower goes up, I'd absolutely buy another.

Pros: - 4GB VRAM (good for next gen games; higher than 1080p res and muti monitor setups)

- Extremely quiet fans (my case fans are louder)

- Very cool temps (25'C idle regular stuff; 55'C Skyrim from the beginning to RiverWood)

Not expensive

Cons: - None really, but make sure you have a large tower because this card is long.

Other Thoughts: I had a Zotac GTX 480 1.5GB AMP! Edition. Skyrim with ENB and well over 50+ mods had me CTD'ing often and suddenly going from 30 fps to 5 fps, requiring me to exit and re-load Skyrim.

Then I upgraded the Gigabyte's GTX 670 4GB and hardly any CTD's now (still happens though), and no more sudden drastic drop in fps either, nice and smooth.

I ran Skyrim from the beginning to Riverwood and my GPU temp was 55'C according to GPU-Z and I used 2.8 GB VRAM.

I've installed 2k, 4k and even 8k mods.

The more mods you install, more issues, so I ran Wrye Bash, got rid of any incompatable mods, got the rest of them in the correct load order (all green now) and got rid of any made armor mods that Bash said had errors. Re-started Skyrim from scratch after that, only a few CTD's now and the game runs smooth. CTD's are inevitable due to so many mods, so save, or auto save often!!!

I have 24GB DDR3 1600
Intel i7 920 2.67 GHz stock
27 inch LCD 1080p
1000W PSU
Extra large tower with high air flow fans (not that loud 26 dba)

Pros: Handles BF3 on high settings @ 5760x1080 with 40+ fps. Single monitor on Ultra 60+ fps. Quiet and fast.

Cons: I might need another GTX670 for better FPS running ultra settings on triple monitors.

Other Thoughts: No buyers remorse. GTX 680 isnt really needed.

Pros: This card rocks. Even with the stock overclock it runs ps2 on high at 50-60fps, which i never thought possible. bf3 on ultra 4xaa@1080p runs well over 60fps even on karkand and aftermath. I researched cards for so long I thought my head would explode. This is the card you want guys, It overclocks like a champ and stays REALLY cool. I was a LONG time ati guy, but this gtx670oc is simply a class above. No more ccc conflicts and driver issues, bliss. 4g of memory for future proofing or ultra high resolutions

Cons: not really a con these days but the card is huge, three slots is a bit much, but it is well worth it. Most mobo's seperate the pcix16 slots by three slots anyway from my experience.

Other Thoughts: setup
Case:thor
Mobo: asus p8z77 deluxe
Ram: gskill sniper 16g
psu:rosewill 80 series 1000watt
cpu:i7 3770k
ssd: samsung 840 256gb
hdd: seagate barracuda 2tb
cpu cooler: rosewill 120mm

Pros: Excellent FPS in all games. I have 100+mod Skyrim with ENB on a 32" 1080P. It still drops to 40-45 FPS in some areas but only due to the SMAA and SSAO. Crysis 2 with MALDoHD mod runs at 50+fps. Battle Field 3? Of course. This is an incredible GPU!

Cons: Very thick heat sink. I have a quad SLI mobo and this card blocks the 2nd PCI-E 16x slot. If I were to buy and 2nd for SLI, then my bandwidth would have to be at 8x since I'd have to use slots 1(16x) and 3(8x).

Other Thoughts: Consider the 2GB version of this card. I upgraded from a GTX 570 HD 2.5GB and I see no reason for the extra vram. Maybe future games will utilize this but currently none do. If you have a single display set up, I would suggest the 2GB card to save you some cash. Overall an excellent product from Gigabyte yet again.

Pros: Bought this card to complete a SLI setup. Silent, runs cool, overclockable, owns every game i throw at it. Runs everything on ultra and still wants more. Heavily modded Skyrim? Who cares!

Cons: 3 PCI slots covered, which can be a problem on most motherboards. My second card is connected to a PCI x4 port instead of a PCI x16 port, which is sad sad. I will have to keep an eye out for another new motherboard. Do your homework properly before buying. No Sli bridge in my box... really?

Other Thoughts: Great card overall, 100$ cheaper than an equivalent GTX 680 4GB. Newegg even gave me 2 new games, which is an extra 120$ in my book. Last card I played with was a 7970 and I'm impressed with the change.

Pros: VERY quiet, fast, relatively cool.

Blows my 470 SLI setup out of the water. Getting steady 30 fps outdoors w/ Modded high res textures in Skyrim in 3D including ENB use. - with 1 card.

The extra memory for more memory was worth it. If you play with high textures, your VRAM bottleneck without it. Non stock 670 beats the 680. Take the money you save on the 680 and put it towards a secong 4GB 670.

I was skeptical at the fan setup but it turned out to be very awesome.

Cons: No backplate --- really -- at nearly $500 price point with a heavy card????

Overclocking is extremely limited. But that shows that gigabyte is maximizing the use of the card.... However its really because of the limitations set by NVIDIA.

Increasing AA drastically reduces performance but I really do push the card hard. With a 2nd card, the performance will be unreal for the price point. Stay away from the 680 unless you are rich...and stay FAR away from the 690 (only 2GB VRAM / GPU) even if you are rich.

Other Thoughts: Worth it. Go SLI later and you'll be good for 5 years.

Pros: Fast, lots of overclock headroom, stays plenty cool in my case. Cant wait to SLI. 4GBS should give me plenty of headroom in the future for more demanding games and hopefully a multi monitor setup.

Cons: not quite the jump that i imagined from my 560se and a 550ti i was switching between, but this is also because i upgraded from 720p 60hz to 1020p 120hz monitor, if i turn the res back down to 720p its locked at 120fps on almost all my games, which is then a huge imporvement

Other Thoughts: not quite the jump that i imagined from my 560se and a 550ti i was switching between, but this is also because i upgraded from 720p 60hz to 1020p 120hz monitor, if i turn the res back down to 720p its locked at 120fps on almost all my games, which is then actually a HUGE improvement that i just couldnt see at first comparing 720fps on old card to 1080 on new card.

although even at 1080p it has a lot more FPS (30-40) than my 550ti and 560se at 720p