GIGABYTE's GTX 670 OC is one of the best GTX 670 cards available right now. It comes with an overclock out of the box, that is moderate compared to other custom 670s, but is still high enough to bring overall performance to within 2% of the much more expensive GTX 680. The card has plenty of headroom for additional manual overclocking, even though the maximum GPU clock seems a bit lower on our sample than on other GTX 670 cards we tested. On the other hand, we see outstanding memory overclocking potential, breaking 1900 MHz easily, reaching 1925 MHz which sets a new memory clock records for all graphics cards tested here at TPU.
GIGABYTE's Windforce cooler works extremely well and provides low temperatures as well as super low noise levels. In idle the card is actually the quietest GTX 670 we tested so far, only under load it has to give in to the ASUS 670 DC II which is quieter in that test. There are no nasty surprises with power consumption, thanks to the use of the GTX 680 reference design PCB. Only Furmark maximum power is increased, which is actually a good thing, since it shows that GIGABYTE made use of the increased power capability provided by the 6+8 PCIe power configuration.
A pleasant surprise comes in form of pricing. The card is available at $399, so there is no price premium for overclock out of the box and better cooler. If you absolutely want to spend as little money as possible on a GTX 670 then the GIGABYTE GTX 670 OC should be the card of your choice.