News - Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 now £180 at Scan

[addz17]

And I want to buy a cheap out of date graphics card because?

Its a very fast card for the money even when compared to the 7XX series. It will play any game perfectly... there is no need to demonstrate your snobbery to everyone just because its not "the fastest".

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Although I have some reservations about the stock cooler(after seeing the GTX660TI issues),£180 it is a very good price for quite a fast card.

[Jimbo75]

It's a good card at a good price but I'd still rather have this 7950 and games at £186 -

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-m...dmi-2x-mini-dp

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It's a good card at a good price but I'd still rather have this 7950 and games at £186 -

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-m...dmi-2x-mini-dp

That is quite cheap for an HD7950 and it is an MSI card meaning a better warranty than the XFX ones.

[Spreadie]

Absolute bargain - I game at 1600p with a 2GB EVGA GTX 670. It is pushing the limits in some games at max detail, I admit, but it copes remarkably well. I can't see the need for a more powerful card at lower resolutions.

For the watercoolers out there - remove the HSF and fit a full cover block, and the reference 670 is less than 7" long.

[Caveman]

You ****ting me? I bought a 760 last week for 205 after sending back the 660 I bought thinking it was the Ti version.

[big_hairy_rob]

And I want to buy a cheap out of date graphics card because?

Its a very fast card for the money even when compared to the 7XX series. It will play any game perfectly... there is no need to demonstrate your snobbery to everyone just because its not "the fastest".

That's right, the guy with an ATi 4850 is a snob... I buy cards to last, not the fastest available, but the most realistic performers. That's why I am saving up for a card later this year, when I see how the new ATI lineup performe. If i had bought an ATI 3*** then I would have had to upgrade before now. The same rule would apply buying a 6** card when the 7** cards are already available!

[kompukare]

That's right, the guy with an ATi 4850 is a snob... I buy cards to last, not the fastest available, but the most realistic performers. That's why I am saving up for a card later this year, when I see how the new ATI lineup performe. If i had bought an ATI 3*** then I would have had to upgrade before now. The same rule would apply buying a 6** card when the 7** cards are already available!

Always wondered why Nvidia do so much re-branding. Now I know...

You do realise that 6** to 7** is just re-brand, right?

So some of the numbers changed but if you look at the specs, a 770 = 680, 760 = 670 etc. There are some minor differences (memory speeds, Boost 2.0) but that's basically it. These offers ATM seem to be case of manufacturers dumping old stock but aside from name there is very little difference between 6** and 7**.

[Spreadie]

You do realise that 6** to 7** is just re-brand, right?

Not exactly, no. You're just oversimplifying.


The 770 is pretty much a rebadge of the 680, with higher default clocks, but the 760 is very different to the 670; inasmuch as one can be, being based on the same archecture.

The 760 has 192 fewer stream processors, one less tess unit, 16 fewer texture units, but higher default clocks.

[hoggson]

but it's really ugly :/

[minicale]

Very tempting but I think I'm going to wait to see the 9000 series before I upgrade

[krazy_olie]

seeing as a 670 is basically a 760 anyone in the market for the latter might as well bag this and spend the change on a game or two.

[eatonm62]

And I want to buy a cheap out of date graphics card because?

Because some gamer's don't have a big budget!

I still have 2 x GTX570s which work fine, so I don't quite get your comment.

[Saracen]

Not exactly, no. You're just oversimplifying.


The 770 is pretty much a rebadge of the 680, with higher default clocks, but the 760 is very different to the 670; inasmuch as one can be, being based on the same archecture.

The 760 has 192 fewer stream processors, one less tess unit, 16 fewer texture units, but higher default clocks.

Agreed, but also, the 760 is about £70-75 more expensive .... which rather answers hairy-rob's point about buying a cheap, out of date card, though if course, doesn't answer why HE would.

Many people, often including me, will buy slightly out-of-date because it often gives most of the performance, and a lot less cost. I've had my days at the bleeding edge of technology, and indeed, because of contacts, regularly been weeks or months ahead of where the public can be.

But I rarely do it these days. So personally, if I was after a decent gaming card, which I'm not, the 680 might well be the solution, at that price.

In which case, personally, I don't give a hoot how many of this or that whizz-wangs or doodads it's got, but rather, will it give me the in-game performance I'm after, at a price I like?

I do also rather agree with rob's point, though, about buying for the long-term, and timing it right to get something powerful enough to give better longevity. It is a valid strategy to pay more today, in the expectation, hopefully, of going a lot longer before you need to upgrade.

That is a perfectly valid strategy, if quite hard to calibrate, and might justify waiting for the next-gen to be released. But buying a discounted "out of date" card right now, because it's powerful enough, and comparatively cheap, is also a valid strategy.

[Spreadie]

Agreed, but also, the 760 is about £70-75 more expensive .... which rather answers hairy-rob's point about buying a cheap, out of date card, though if course, doesn't answer why HE would.

Sorry, Saracen, I don't follow. The 760 is £70 more expensive than what, exactly?

Many people, often including me, will buy slightly out-of-date because it often gives most of the performance,, and a lot less cost. I've had my days at the bleeding edge of technology, and indeed, because of contacts, regularly been weeks or months ahead of where the public can be.

But I rarely do it these days. So personally, if I was after a decent gaming card, which I'm not, the 680 might well be the solution, at that price.

I no longer buy the latest and greatest - my 670 purchase last year was an upgrade from my GTX 295, and will be in my rig for quite some time to come.

I do also rather agree with rob's point, though, about buying for the long-term, and timing it right to get something powerful enough to give better longevity.

A good strategy in theory, but not really achievable - given the apparently fickle nature of GPU manufacturers. I'd imagine most Titan owners will agree with me - a scant few months pass and an almost comparable card arrives, costing hundreds of pounds less.

The Titan itself was a surprise of sorts - the tech journo rumour mill was predicting no releases to succeed the 6xx series until Q4 2013 at the earliest, but we've had a full suite of 7xx series cards following the Titan.

I know the Titan is not a card you associate with value, but the point stands.

[kompukare]

Well what I meant was that 760/770 are not new cards in the conventional sense. Sure, when trying to sell one of them in a few years they might fetch more than their 6xx 'equivalents' but a few tweaks of a core speed, memory speeds and shader count does not a new range make, IMO.

So it's a bit different than the difference between HD3750 and HD4850 or 8800GT and 8800GTS. It's more like 8800GT and 9800GT which I never considered a new generation of cards either.

As regards Titan, not too much of a surprise since everyone already knew Nvidia had the GK110 and would eventually release a version for 'consumer' (if $1000 is a consumer price point...), the only unknown was what they would call it. But 7xx had more to do with OEMs wanting 'new' parts for the Haswell launch. While I hate this nonsense, I think AMD probably suffer because they don't play this game as well.

The only good thing about this that people get a chance to save some money with these deals since card OEMs possibly have a few too many 'old' cards left: they would probably prefer it if the 600>700 series were totally identical and they could just silk-screen new names on their stock and sell them as 700s. Which is what some computer system OEMs were rumoured to have been allowed to do: new BIOS + new sticker and they get to sell them with new 2013 Haswell systems!