Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC

GIGABYTE GTX 670 OC

With the advent of the Kepler architecture there has been a rather wide price gap in dollar-versus-performance on the market. Hot on the heels of the GTX 680, GIGABYTE used NVIDIA's GTX 670 reference design and boosted it with not only a factory overclock, but gave it a complete redesign in thermal and power management. The GIGABYTE GTX 670 OC sells for approximately $415. Let's see how the latest competes with the other high-rolling single-core GPU's on the market. Clarifying the main differences in the GIGABYTE's OC version of the GTX 670, there is a modest 10% factory overclock across the board. Noticeable differences right away are the cooling solution and slightly higher power requirements. Even though it shares more common characteristics of its older sibling, the GTX 680, one of the SMX processors is still disabled like the reference GTX 670. Below is the chart where GIGABYTE's video card is highlighted in gold, while NVIDIA's reference board line-up is highlighted in white. The benefits and differences between the Kepler and Fermi architectures has already been well covered and if so inclined, details can be found here.