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Jacob H.

Jacob H.

Joined on 11/04/12

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Runs anything I throw at it

MSI GeForce GTX 680 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N680GTX TF 2GD5/OC
MSI GeForce GTX 680 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N680GTX TF 2GD5/OC

Pros: This card runs every game I have at max settings, 60+ FPS. The temps are great and I could probably overclock it if need be-- but so far, that hasn't come up yet. I really liked how the cooler gets similar results to Asus coolers yet isn't a triple slot, mobo breaking behemoth of a card. My build is primarily black and red themed but the silver went really nicely, and a standard black PCB is a given. I've seen some Sapphire and Galaxy cards that have PCB colors that aren't black and I'm thinking "This isn't 2005 anymore people, BLACK PCB's!" The fans are small and yet they are the quietest in my system. The outputs should fit everyone except for DisplayPort users, this card has two DVI and two HDMI.

Cons: Lack of DisplayPort. Seeing as that is the only cable that can support 2560x1440 at 120Hz (which is approaching really fast, not to mention 4k) some users who would buy this card might like to run that. However, very few monitors some support that so perhaps the 7xx series will see more DisplayPort cards.

Overall Review: With Nvidia's recent Kepler arch (which is what this card is) I wonder how the upgrade path will differ? The sheer difference in cores (580 has 512 680 has 1536) from this card compared to the 580 is astounding.