Monday, April 9th 2012

MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr III Graphics Card Pictured

Here are the first pictures of MSI's non-reference design GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr III graphics card (model: N680GTX Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC). The card features an NVIDIA reference design PCB, augmented with MSI's signature Twin Frozr III cooling solution, which has been used on several high-end GPUs till date, including the Radeon HD 7900 series, and previous-generation GeForce GTX 500 series.

The cooler appears to be tailored to fit the length of the PCB perfectly. It uses a large aluminum fin array, to which heat is fed by five 8 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heat pipes, ventilated by two 70 mm fans. The card comes with out of the box clock speeds of 1058 MHz (core base), 1124 MHz (core boost), and 1502 MHz (6.00 GHz GDDR5 effective) memory, so while the memory clock remains untouched, the core (base/boost) have been upped from 1006/1058 MHz (reference). The card uses 6+6 pin PCIe power inputs, and has display output layout identical to that of the reference design.
Source: Cowcotland
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32 Comments on MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr III Graphics Card Pictured

#26
Funkengreuven
TheHunterImo this 680gtx TFIII failed because it has only 70mm fans.


I have TFIII with 80mm fans and they can get loud beyond 62-65%, i bet 70mm will scream at that speed lol:pimp:
The FROZR 680s come with 80mm fans...

us.msi.com/news-media/news/1403.html
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#27
TheHunter
Ok thanks, that looks better.

I think 90mm or even 100mm would be ideal, also less noise.


lol I wish my 570gtx had 90mm :)
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#28
Funkengreuven
TheHunterOk thanks, that looks better.

I think 90mm or even 100mm would be ideal, also less noise.


lol I wish my 570gtx had 90mm :)
I know what you mean. I have two FrozrII GTX560ti/OCs 80mm and they're pretty loud. I use the software fan control in afterburner and it helps a lot. The temps only go up about 2-3C at 75% vs. 100%. About 71C instead of 68C. With the hysteresis set at 2C they don't fluctuate constantly... When I'm not playing a game they spool down to 45% and I can't hear them at all. Pretty cool feature...
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#29
TheHunter
Hm mine never goes above 65% even on auto (temps ~62-68C @ 900mhz), its keeping it cool but yeah it can get a bit noisy after 55%. :)
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#30
Funkengreuven
FunkengreuvenI happened to check the website at the right time and picked up two of these today, but had to pay $84.94 each for three day delivery! That was the cheapest option offered. That's $169.88 to deliver two cards! Want 2 day service? That's $187.58 EACH! How about overnight? Well, sir, bend over cause that will be $200.88 EACH! What a crock! You wait forever for the cards to come out, then get mugged in the checkout line. I guess I sholud be happy I managed to get them, but this is highway robbery. I'll not buy anything else there....
So; I wrote a scathing review on Newegg about the outrageous shipping fees. They censor what you write (of course) and the person doing the censoring noticed that something was wrong. Afterward, I received an email indicating they were refunding $165 in shipping fees as it was a mistake. The CSR I called right after making the purchase sure didn't understand or investigate. Told me "I'll be happy to cancell your order if you don't like it" & "this is how it is...take it or leave it..." Anyway, I'm just glad the person doing the censoring took the time to investigate. If not, I would never have challenged it further. What a pain...but I am glad I got my money back :ohwell:
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#31
illli
how big are the fans on the Asus dcu cooler? Same size?
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#32
EarthDog
I believe they are 100/110MM...
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