GTX680 Unboxing & Review (Gainward Phantom)
14This is one of the best GTX680's out there. It's the 2gb Gainward Phantom edition. It has 2 fans and massive heatsink compared to some other 680s. Another good edition is Asus GTX680 with DirectCU II heatsink/fans, but it takes up 3 slots, this one takes up only 2 slots (what i mean, is that Asus one is big enough to occupy 3 slots). Any powerful graphics card with just 1 fan is quite useless, because they get very hot and loud.
How to Fit / Change graphics card:
http://youtu.be/dpMA47nTpvc
Here are some test results in games
Tomb Raider 2013 benchmarking video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcRANnRggMM
GRID 2 benchmarking video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__rN9qmgfGM
Crysis 3:
1920x1080 - Absolute MAX settings - 45 - 70fps (that includes AA on 16x ..etc)
GPU temp 66C with fan speeds on max
Far Cry 3:
1920x1080 - Absolute MAX (ULTRA settings) - 40 - 55fps (including AA 8x and other things)
GPU temp 63-64C with fan speeds on max
Disabled AA and set other filter onto SSOA and got 70 - 145fps, i didn't even see any visual change to be honest.
Shift 2:
1920x1080 - Absolute MAX settings - 40 - 90fps (with GPU usage on only 30-40%, shift 2 has just absolute crap engine)
GPU temp on around 42C only.