NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2-Way SLI Video Card Review
Test Setup
Before we look at the numbers, let’s take a brief look at the test
system that was used. All testing was done using a fresh install of Windows
7 Ultimate 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no
other software programs running.
The AMD Radeon graphics cards was tested with Catalyst 12.3 WHQL drivers and the NVIDIA graphics card ran GeForce 301.10 drivers.
Intel X79/LGA2011 Platform
The Intel X79 platform that we used to test the all of the video cards was running the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe motherboard with BIOS 0906 that came
out on 12/22/2011. The Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz quad channel
memory kit was set to 1866MHz with 1.5v and 9-10-9-27 1T memory timings. The OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD was run with firmware version 2.15.
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7-3960X |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P9X79 Deluxe
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Memory |
16GB Corsair 1866MHz
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Video Card |
Various |
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Solid-State Drive |
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB |
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Cooling |
Intel RTS2011LC |
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Power Supply |
Corsair AX1200 | ||||
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Video Cards Tested:
- MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB – 1075MHz Core / 1400MHz Memory
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB – 1006MHz Core / 1502MHz Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 GPU-Z Information:
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