About $70 less than local so looks like the best 670 deal I've seen for a while. They ship to Australia and it's covered by global warranty.
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I would say Nvidia tends to have better and more reliable driver support personally. The 7950 is a great value card though.
Didn't AMD do well with their previous driver update? Really improved their performance at BF3.
the GTX 670 (EVGA) is hackintosh compatible (if youre into that sorta thing)
:)
There are some good prices on that EVGA site. Looks like you can pick up a GTX680 for under $500 which is pretty damn good.
this is a good price
However you might be better off buying local if you have a 28degrees mc since prices will drop. Then you can claim back the difference instead of taking the hit.
Keep the card deals coming, my card wont play everything at 1440p on max ;-(
I'v got a Gtx 480 is it worth the upgrade to this?
Any ideas??
If your GTX 480 is running all your games at the level you want at the moment, there's really no need to upgrade. If it's not, then yes the GTX670 is a very good card. I personally would go for the GTX 660 Ti, which at the lower end will cost you $300-330.
GTX 480 also uses about 25 watts more power on idle which can add up if you run the computer 24/7.
I've done benchmarks, the GTX 480 scores 5,983 on 3DMark11, the GTX 670 8,766. So there's a decent boost.. roughly equal to GTX 480 in SLI.
how about upgrade from 295gtx
Google Anandtech bench gpu to compare 2 gpus
You can't just use benchmark comparisons as a basis for upgrading. As Adamiam said, if the current card runs at a sufficient capacity for the user, then there is no need to upgrade. Every situation is different.
Well, obviously he wants more performance or he wouldn't even be asking. He just needs to know how much faster the card is.
obviously he wants more performance or he wouldn't even be asking.
If it were obvious, he would have asked outright: "Is the performance on this card better than the GTX480, enough to warrant an upgrade?" But he didn't. He asked if it was worth the upgrade, and you need to take more things into account for determining 'worth'.
What's more, the common person wouldn't know what a benchmark represents, and that still doesn't weight cost vs performance for the upgrade. That's why hasinud asked us for opinions, instead of just googling, as you suggest.
Just a word of warning regarding the warranty. While EVGA does offer international warranty, you are expected to send the card to EVGA's Taiwan RMA center at your own expense (if you choose to deal with EVGA, that is). At the very least, this will cost you about $50 (possibly more if you choose to add extras like insurance - which is advisable of course). Costs aside, you'll also be without the graphics card for a number of weeks.
Alternatively you can also go through a warranty procedure with Amazon themselves. This is generally better because Amazon refunds a portion (and sometimes all) of the return shipping costs. Even so, these international warranty procedures can be quite tedious. I speak from experience because I went through this process when I bought an EVGA GTX 680 off Amazon a number of months back. It was unfortunate that the card was faulty but thankfully Amazon's brilliant customer service made up for it!
Costs aside, you'll also be without the graphics card for a number of weeks.
If you have a Sandy or Ivy bridge CPU, you can use the built in HD3000 or HD4000. It's actually half decent. Older games and many indie titles run fine on max settings. You won't be able to play the latest games, but it beats buying a secondary graphics card while waiting for RMA.
I guess you can look at it another way.
If the savings is more then $60 you can weigh up if its worth taking a punt. Worst case you send it back to taiwan negating most of the savings. And if I recall its slightly cheaper then sending to the US.
Best case, no warranty problems and you pocket the $60. Worst case, you end up paying about the same as what you did if you were to buy locally.
Either way with evga your going to need to wait about 4 weeks (for warranty) unless its doa you "should" get a new replacement from the reseller.
imho your better off buying locally with a 28degrees MC as long as you opt for their cash back deal. If within 6 months, the item goes on sale- they refund the difference. Seeing how volatile the gfx card market it you could buy now, wait 5 1/2 months (by then the new ati cards will be out) and get your cash back. You cant do that with amazon as it needs to be a local sale. See their terms for more info.
Also, another thing worth considering is that we can get an immediate tax deduction (personal income) for items under $300 if you use it for "work". Im not sure how it works if you buy online overseas but seems easy enough with a local invoice. Over $300 you can state that a percentage is for personal use to still get the immediate deduction. This, as opposed to claiming it under depreciating which is crap in comparison. See your acountant or the ato website for more info.
You wont be able to save as much as someone in IT, but you can get dam well close
Turbos if you are going to push the 28 degrees shopper protection insurance
http://www.28degreescard.com.au/insurance/shoppers-insurance…
You should mention that there is a monthly insurance premium calculated each month at 0.5% of the monthly closing account balance of your 28 Degrees MasterCard. (For example, if your closing balance is $2,000, your Shopper’s Protection insurance premium for that month will be $10.)
Having read that though - if you pay off your balance before your statement issues, you effectively get the insurance free - as long as you remember to do that.
Good price! I have to restrain myself!!!
Because i promised my gilfriend that i would wait until Christmas Sale!!!
Christmas is next month…I doubt it would get any cheaper than this?
Top of the line GP prices always drop quickly enough.
Guild wars fan watchout
I got same card FTW version, keep crashing on the game now and then.
Updated to latest driver as recommended by gw and nvidia, still crash !
Been sending them crash reports still no answers :(
Other games work fine so must be GW issue
This is a good price for the card but the ati 7950 is better value for money. At 1080p 670 is 10% faster and 1600p its only 4% faster. With a price of only $290 or so.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7950_Boost_BIOS_Up…