Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU 2 TOP 2GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Very quiet and relatively cool.
Solid core overclocking.
Voltage control over the GPU.

Cons:

No asshipping memory overclocking.
Memory not overclocked out of the box.

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Last revision on May 2, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Very quiet and relatively cool
Solid core overclocking
Voltage control over the GPU
Matches GTX 680 performance
Very power efficient
Excellent memory overclocking potential
Up to four active displays now, makes surround possible with one card
Support for PCIExpress 3.0

Reviewers Didn't Like

No asshipping memory overclocking
Memory not overclocked out of the box
Dynamic OC can't be turned off
Manual overclocking more complicated than before
No technology similar to AMD's ZeroCore power

Expert reviews and ratings

Featuring an only slightly cut-down GK104 GPU compared to the top-end GTX 680, we were big fans of the GTX 670 when it first tipped up. It was only a little slower than the top GeForce card and was much cheaper. It also had a performance lead on the HD...

By TechRadar on February 11, 2013

100

We've always had a soft spot for the middleman in Nvidia's performance GPU family, starting with the GeForce GTX 470, following up with fond memories of the GTX 570. These products have traditionally aimed for the high-end gamer who can't afford...

By APC Magazine on August 02, 2012

100

ASUS continues its premier GPU offerings of the Nvidia lineup with the GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP edition. This is no joke as we just finished testing the 680 version of this card and the performance was downright exceptional. The 670 is the 680′s...

By bjorn3d.com on August 02, 2012

Quick recap on the GTX 670 As we can see from this block diagram of the GK104 die, the GTX 670 has one of eight SMX units disabled, which is a common way of putting crocked ASICs that do not meet full binning standards to good use instead of throwing...

By VR-Zone on July 09, 2012

Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP 2GBby Tarinder Sandhu on 28 May 2012, 10:54 Tags: ASUSTeK (TPE:2357) Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qabg7n Add to My Vault: ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP 2GB £388.40 Free shipping for HEXUS members* Have...

By HEXUS.net on May 28, 2012

100

Yes, you've seen correctly, the ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II TOP is the first graphics card ever that I gave a perfect ten score. The stock GeForce GTX 670 provides already great performance, but ASUS has topped that by boosting it with a large...

By techPowerUp! on May 10, 2012

Today we shall review four graphics cards from ASUS, Gigabyte, Palit and Zotac, all based on the GeForce GTX 670 GPU, the lower-end version of NVIDIA's top-level GeForce GTX 680 GPU. Let's see if the major difference in price justifies the difference...

By iXBT Labs on October 16, 2012

The ASUS GTX 670 DirectCu II TOP is one of the few cards on the market that offers something for everyone. It should be appealing to those who want top-tier performance without stepping up to a pricy GTX 680, there are enough features to keep...

By Hardware Canucks on July 05, 2012

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is one of the largest and most successful computer hardware manufacturers in the world. A Taiwan-based company, it manufactures a wide variety of computer hardware, including motherboards, video cards, optical drives, notebooks,...

By HardOCP on June 26, 2012

Wow. That was my reaction when graphing the results above. Not only did the ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP beat the lower-clocked EVGA GTX 670 SC, it hung right in there with the dual-GPU monster HD 6990, even beating it occasionally – with even bigger...

By overclockers.com on June 11, 2012

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