Purchased EVGA 680 GTX over the weekend, what should I be expecting?

I had a 7970 which I just sold to my brother to put into his bulldozer 8150 build and now I obtained the 680. My system is in my sig so what should I be expecting.

I had the 7970 running BF3 constant 60fps+ with dips into low mid 50's with a 1190/6825/1380 v core with temps mid 70's no sweat.

Crysis 2 HDDX11 pushes around 58 frames but can dip to mid 40s in rare scenarios.

Witcher 2 Maxed with ubersampling is all over the place from mid 40's to low 60's but mostly mid 50's fps.

All these game will go up to 70 fps+ in some instances as well but rarely and not worth noting.

My Phenom 2 940 is clocked at 3.7 with a 1.475 v core temps sit high 20s idle with low to mid 40s under load. I know a lot people are rolling intels now but I was curious if anyone had a similar build as to me with performance postings.

Not sure why you sold your 7970 for a 680, especially when your CPU is the thing that needs to be upgraded the most. You'll max everything with a 7970, not sure why your priority was to get a 680 over a better CPU. Toxic-Seahorse

My brother bought my 7970 for 450 and I saw a 680 in stock so I said, meh why not?

expect nothing new.

I had a 7970 which I just sold to my brother to put into his bulldozer 8150 build and now I obtained the 680. My system is in my sig so what should I be expecting.

I had the 7970 running BF3 constant 60fps+ with dips into low mid 50's with a 1190/6825/1380 v core with temps mid 70's no sweat.

Crysis 2 HDDX11 pushes around 58 frames but can dip to mid 40s in rare scenarios.

Witcher 2 Maxed with ubersampling is all over the place from mid 40's to low 60's but mostly mid 50's fps.

All these game will go up to 70 fps+ in some instances as well but rarely and not with noting.

My Phenom 2 940 is clocked at 3.7 with a 1.475 v core temps sit high 20s idle with low to mid 40s under load. I know a lot people are rolling intels now but I was curious if anyone had a similar build as to me with performance postings.

dabigsiebowski

[QUOTE="dabigsiebowski"]

I had a 7970 which I just sold to my brother to put into his bulldozer 8150 build and now I obtained the 680. My system is in my sig so what should I be expecting.

I had the 7970 running BF3 constant 60fps+ with dips into low mid 50's with a 1190/6825/1380 v core with temps mid 70's no sweat.

Crysis 2 HDDX11 pushes around 58 frames but can dip to mid 40s in rare scenarios.

Witcher 2 Maxed with ubersampling is all over the place from mid 40's to low 60's but mostly mid 50's fps.

All these game will go up to 70 fps+ in some instances as well but rarely and not with noting.

My Phenom 2 940 is clocked at 3.7 with a 1.475 v core temps sit high 20s idle with low to mid 40s under load. I know a lot people are rolling intels now but I was curious if anyone had a similar build as to me with performance postings.

lucky_star

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[QUOTE="dabigsiebowski"]

I had a 7970 which I just sold to my brother to put into his bulldozer 8150 build and now I obtained the 680. My system is in my sig so what should I be expecting.

I had the 7970 running BF3 constant 60fps+ with dips into low mid 50's with a 1190/6825/1380 v core with temps mid 70's no sweat.

Crysis 2 HDDX11 pushes around 58 frames but can dip to mid 40s in rare scenarios.

Witcher 2 Maxed with ubersampling is all over the place from mid 40's to low 60's but mostly mid 50's fps.

All these game will go up to 70 fps+ in some instances as well but rarely and not with noting.

My Phenom 2 940 is clocked at 3.7 with a 1.475 v core temps sit high 20s idle with low to mid 40s under load. I know a lot people are rolling intels now but I was curious if anyone had a similar build as to me with performance postings.

[QUOTE="lucky_star"] What kind of cooler do you have on your Phenom? I have a 965BE (stock clocks )with an Antec Kuhler 620. Idle is 31 and 51 with prime on. :S

[QUOTE="lucky_star"][QUOTE="dabigsiebowski"] Hyper 212+ with Artic silver 5 2 fans with push pull and 1 for exhaust. All are on a controller, I have a 2800 RPM rear exhaust fan which help the temps easy while maintaining quiet under idle, sorta loud under load but I game with a headset anyways. With prime it can get up to about 48-50c. I was able to get a safe clock up to 3.9 but would sit around 55c under prime, 4.0 bsod but if I bump voltage to 1.5 I'm sure its achievable but not really worth it in my case. Since you have the rev 3 (I think) I've read you could take 965 up to 4.0 while keeping it within 50c if you have really good airflow. I dunno much about your cooler but your temps seem rather hot for stock clocks. Artic silver 5 should drop temps anywhere between 3-7c (even more depending on cpu,32nm) if you apply just the right amount, Since it's thick I suggest spreading it very very thin across the cpu but make sure it covers it on. I used a piece of small paper to do mine. But airflow is the absolute key and go fully modular on a power supply and go behind your motherboard, these are probably some of the most underated performance tips. I just gained all my knowledge reading tons of reviews and looking at what other people have done with similar builds.dabigsiebowski

Can anyone help??dabigsiebowski

You made a bad choice. Your CPU works better with an AMD card.

You will be losing performance with that Nvidia card because it is the wrong color. Bad Bad ;)