MSI GeForce GTX 670 DirectX 11 N670 PE 2GD5/OC 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Good factory overclock when compared to the other boards. Good Cooling solution; both head dissipation and noise level. Best price point for factory overclocked GTX 670 2GB cards.

Cons: Metal cover in black with blue highlight not to my liking. They should of used a silverish metallic color instead with no highlight.

Overall Review: Outstanding card for the money. Purchased with the intent of running a high refresh rate 120Hz/144Hz panel in 1920x1080 with everything turned on. Will move to WQHD 2560 x 1440 later this year when I can get a decent factory supported WQHD panel that can support at least a 120Hz refresh rate for $600-$700; hopefully ASUS comes through with something this year. The card will be able to get me by when such a panel comes out but I'll bump up to a GTX 700 series when that happens. Hopefully all this will be out in time for Christmas :)

Pros: This is one fantastic card. Finaly able to turn on anti-aliasing in EverQuest 2 using high graphics. Despite that game being a virtuatel dinasour the graphics engine is very intense. It took about 7 years before a Video Card was finally out that can have the majority of the video settings turned on to maximum.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I did not over-volt the card and just tried to over clock it using the default voltage. I was only able to get 50 MHz on the GPU and 600 MHz (300MHz) on the memory. I am pretty sure I can get more out of it if I overvolt the card but I have no reason to since it does everything I want it to do.

Pros: 2nd highest stock clocks on the market (behind the Asus top). Great cooling capacity. Cool looking. Good overclocking capabilities.

Cons: Dust removal technology is kind of annoying as it is very noisy for about 15 seconds during boot.

Overall Review: Mine idles at 30c ad never hits over 61c even while under load and overclocked. I have also owned a reference 670 GTX and this runs about 25% cooler. I was able to run stable at1090 MHz GPU clock [1290 MHz Boost] and 3704 Mhz Memory clock without any voltage adjustment using NVIDIA Inspector. I will try for more once the new version of afterburner is out that supports more voltage tweaks. I am very happy with this card.

Pros: With a video card obviously designed for gaming, performance comes first, and this card delivers more than anyone could ask. It's as fast as any single-GPU card to date; with the heavy overclock, it matches a GTX680, even beats it in some games. I can't find anything that even comes close to hitting the card's limits. It earns close to 3x the score of the Radeon 5870OC it replaced in most benchmarks. The card is just as good on the other details, too. MSI's cooler is a work of art. It runs quiet, almost silent after the 30 second "dust removal cycle" on startup. Despite that, it's very, very cool; temps average well over 10C better than the NVidia reference card. The construction feels very solid; the case and fans aren't cheap and flimsy like most others video cards I've gotten my hands on in the last few years; definitely seems well constructed. I'm not sure how much the military-spec components are worth, but reviews indicate that the power components -are- considerably more robust than other cards in the class; it won't affect its performance but it's nice to know the extra reliability is there. Drivers seem very solid; I was getting used to the driver issues with my old Radeon, but I haven't seen a single glitch since replacing it.

Cons: Very poor at direct compute applications; Nvidia designed this one as a pure gaming card. If you're looking to make use of GPGPU applications, you're going to want an ATI card this generation. The green team gets left in the dust here. Not something I care about personally, but definitely worth keeping in mind if you plan to use the card for that.

Overall Review: I could not possibly be happier with this card; I'm sure it's the best video card I've ever owned, as far as performance for the money. I always feel a little guilty going with Nvidia parts; I just like ATI/AMD better as company, as far as their business ethics and such...but I just can't pass up components this good. MSI's really won me over with this one. One of the fastest GTX670s, as well as one of the coolest and quietest, and it's far cheaper than most of the others. I can't find any shortcuts in it; it's certainly not in the build quality. I don't know how they managed it, but it's an amazing buy, and I know what brand I'll be going with in the future.

Pros: It has the potential to be a good overclocking card

Cons: Afterburner current latest version 2.2.2 does not yet have support for voltage control on Kepler cards

Overall Review: Do a little investigation to be sure about what you are posting before you post it. Just because the slider for voltage control moves left or right does NOT mean it's actually adjusting the voltage. It's NOT - yet.

Pros: Very fast, overclocked 670 is as fast as a 680 so there's no point in spending the extra cash for it. This runs incredibly cool and quiet. Idles at ~33C and is pretty much silent with fan at 30%. Running Battlefield 3 at 1920x1200 and everything maxed out for a couple hours gave a very smooth 50 - 60fps. Temps were on average around 58C, max 63C. Fan spins up to around 40% but there was no noticeable difference in noise. The "dust-removal technology" spins the fans in reverse at 100% for the first 30 seconds of your system startup. It seems to work quite well as it pushes A LOT of air out. I am very satisfied with this card and don't expect to encounter any problems with it. Seems to be very stable so far.

Cons: The dust-removal only works when you shut down and then turn your computer back on. When you put your computer to sleep and wake it, it won't work. So, if you never turn off your computer, you won't get anything out of this feature.

Overall Review: The heatsink is pretty sharp. It stabbed through the packaging :(

Pros: Blazing fast in comparison to my 560ti, quiet in comparison thanks to custom fan profiles, stock boost actually goes to 1110MHz.

Cons: MSI claims "Triple Overvoltage" but I can't seem to be able to alter the voltage in Afterburner. I can set a power limit (percentage) in the settings, but when I move the slider it does not increase the voltage.

Overall Review: The benefits of this card far outweigh the cons, especially since I bought this without any plans to push it harder than stock. There isn't much point anyway, since adding an extra 100MHz to core and 200MHz to memory only results in an additional 3 FPS in benchmarks.

Pros: Excellent GPU. Custom MSI PCB with military grade components. My sample is currently stable with a Boost Clock of 1290 MHz (31.5% higher than reference 670's) and a Memory Clock of 7204 MHz, with a max recorded temp of 69C with the fan never exceeding 60% with my custom Afterburner fan profile. This is all without increasing voltage (not yet available), which is amazing. I personally like the anti dust technology. Inside my Fractal Define XL the 100% reverse fan is audible during startup, but not annoying. Once booted, and the fan profile is enabled, i cannot here them spinning until they get above 52%. The noise from 52% to 60% is not an issue. Above 60% fan speed, it becomes noticeable. Though, as mentioned above, even at my overclocked settings, the fan has not exceeded 60%. This is a high quality video card (as were my previous MSI R6950 Twin Frozr's). I highly recommend it. Using my custom Ultra config in Crysis 1, this beast runs an average of 63fps at 1920x1200

Cons: I wish MSI offered a backplate. As with my previous MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III's, this card sags slightly under the weight of the cooler. It does not affect performance, but more rigidity would be nice.

Overall Review: I hope the new Afterburner releases sooner rather than later. Voltage control will surely allow me to push the Boost Clock beyond 1300 MHz... which is insane.