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| System Name | Indis the Fair (cursed edition) |
|---|---|
| Processor | 11900k 5.1/4.9 undervolted. |
| Motherboard | MSI Z590 Unify-X |
| Cooling | Heatkiller VI Pro, VPP755 V.3, XSPC TX360 slim radiator, 3xA12x25, 4x Arctic P14 case fans |
| Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x16GB 4000 16-19-19 (b-die@3600 14-14-14 1.45v) |
| Video Card(s) | EVGA 2080 Super Hybrid (T30-120 fan) |
| Storage | 970EVO 1TB, 660p 1TB, WD Blue 3D 1TB, Sandisk Ultra 3D 2TB |
| Display(s) | BenQ XL2546K, Dell P2417H |
| Case | FD Define 7 |
| Audio Device(s) | DT770 Pro, Topping A50, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Røde VXLR+, Modmic 5 |
| Power Supply | Seasonic 860w Platinum |
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| Keyboard | GMMK Fullsize v2 (Boba U4Ts) |
| Software | Win10 x64/Win7 x64/Ubuntu |
Just thought I would quickly share my thoughts...
Bought a second hand GTX 690 while I was on holiday a while back, cost me 100 quid. Interesting piece of hardware history to have and quite a nice looking card overall.
Replaced my GTX 670 FTW with the 690 the other week just to see how it would run, now I've replaced it with a 1070 Ti SC. Overall I was pretty impressed, the card is really fast in games where the SLI profile works well. Mostly played Rainbow 6 Siege and BF4, ran X-plane a few times as well.
X-plane doesn't use SLI but the decent clock speeds on the card made some difference relative to the 670, however I'm mostly frame buffer limited because of the very large texture sizes on orthophoto (satellite imagery) scenery.
BF4 for the most part felt fine, didn't play it that much, but I did notice the framerate would dip quite often and it didn't feel as smooth as I would expect for a given framerate.
In the built in R6 Siege benchmark the (average) framerate almost doubled for the same settings at 1080p from 86 to 160. Though they tended to fluctuate quite a bit and at times the microstuttering was really bad... 90 FPS would feel basically the same as 40 FPS. The 1070 Ti does much better in this regard.
My real problem with it though was the noise. I was surprised that the TPU benchmark put it so close to the 670 and 680... The 670 FTW uses a 680 PCB and cooler, and is surprisingly quite for a blower card, only if you run furmark with a boosted power limit does it actually become noticeably noisy. On the other hand the 690 was constantly above my CPU and case fans as soon as I ran any game. The primary GPU is closer to the PCI bracket so gets much worse airflow, under load the temperature difference between the two chips was usually 10-15 degrees. The 915 base clock is only just attainable with the stock fan profile, the primary chip gets well into the high 80s with normal loads.
Overall interesting card, but I never would have bought one for the $1000 launch price, even if I would water cool it I would much rather have had a pair of high end 680s.
Bought a second hand GTX 690 while I was on holiday a while back, cost me 100 quid. Interesting piece of hardware history to have and quite a nice looking card overall.
Replaced my GTX 670 FTW with the 690 the other week just to see how it would run, now I've replaced it with a 1070 Ti SC. Overall I was pretty impressed, the card is really fast in games where the SLI profile works well. Mostly played Rainbow 6 Siege and BF4, ran X-plane a few times as well.
X-plane doesn't use SLI but the decent clock speeds on the card made some difference relative to the 670, however I'm mostly frame buffer limited because of the very large texture sizes on orthophoto (satellite imagery) scenery.
BF4 for the most part felt fine, didn't play it that much, but I did notice the framerate would dip quite often and it didn't feel as smooth as I would expect for a given framerate.
In the built in R6 Siege benchmark the (average) framerate almost doubled for the same settings at 1080p from 86 to 160. Though they tended to fluctuate quite a bit and at times the microstuttering was really bad... 90 FPS would feel basically the same as 40 FPS. The 1070 Ti does much better in this regard.
My real problem with it though was the noise. I was surprised that the TPU benchmark put it so close to the 670 and 680... The 670 FTW uses a 680 PCB and cooler, and is surprisingly quite for a blower card, only if you run furmark with a boosted power limit does it actually become noticeably noisy. On the other hand the 690 was constantly above my CPU and case fans as soon as I ran any game. The primary GPU is closer to the PCI bracket so gets much worse airflow, under load the temperature difference between the two chips was usually 10-15 degrees. The 915 base clock is only just attainable with the stock fan profile, the primary chip gets well into the high 80s with normal loads.
Overall interesting card, but I never would have bought one for the $1000 launch price, even if I would water cool it I would much rather have had a pair of high end 680s.
