These cards are some cool suckers.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:09 PM
So I got my Koolance waterblocks yesterday, and put them in last night. I played around with overclocking, and I managed to get from +110 to +130 due to just the cooling alone. I ran a couple benchmarks, played a couple minutes of Skyrim and Batman and SC2 and temps never reached higher than 37C (all when overclocked). I also put in a GTX 570 as a dedicated PhysX card, but for some reason voltage is locked on it.
These cards are some cool suckers.
These cards are some cool suckers.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:13 PM
How many monitors are you gaming on?
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:25 PM
Just a single 2560 x 1600 monitor.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:28 PM
That's a super low temp.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:31 PM
Sounds like total overkill.Just a single 2560 x 1600 monitor.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:36 PM
You don't know the half of it.Sounds like total overkill.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:47 PM
Sounds like total overkill.
Not at all. Gaming at 2560x1600 can be pretty demanding.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:54 PM
Benches... NAO!
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 03:11 PM
Sounds like total overkill.
There's no kill like overkill.
So Cap, you satisfied with the waterblocks on the 680s? Or do you still prefer the 7970s under water?
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 03:29 PM
I'm a little mixed. I'm more satisfied now, yeah.There's no kill like overkill.
So Cap, you satisfied with the waterblocks on the 680s? Or do you still prefer the 7970s under water?
Now I got to redo my benches.
Nvidia cards get more of an advantage with AA settings. The graphics also seem a bit crisper, but that could just be due to the different AA settings, or this.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 10:06 PM
Super low temperatures! 
Great work @El_Capitan.
MOAR benchmarks!
Great work @El_Capitan.
MOAR benchmarks!
Edited by d6bmg, 12 April 2012 - 10:08 PM.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 11:23 PM
Actually, I take that back. My overclocks on air was my completely stable overclock. Lower temps don't mean much for overclocking the GTX 680's. However, I find it odd that I can be stable at some games and benchmarks with higher overclocks that aren't stable for others.
I got my temps up to 45C after some Metro 2033.
I got my temps up to 45C after some Metro 2033.
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