Is this a fair trade for my rma?

[achonez]

I had to RMA my EVGA GTX 670 FTW. however when ever my replacement came back is was a gtx 760 superclocked. Is that a fair trade. I somehow feel like I got a weaker card. And if so should i have it sent back?

 

[oczdude8]

the 760 is weaker. You should see if you can negotiate getting either another 670 or a 770.

 

[Mousemonkey]

If you only use the card for gaming then chances are you won't notice a difference but if you used it for F@H or something similar then I suspect the 670 was the slightly stronger card.

 

[achonez]

Yah I do use it for folding, benchmarks and other stuff plus I plan on getting a 4k screen for gaming.So should i negotiate for another card?

 

[Mousemonkey]

What is it's folding performance like? If it is less than the 670 I would cite that as one of the reasons if you you do try to get them to change it. You could also tell them that you need it for your SLi setup.

 

[achonez]

Well I get less points per day folding with this card. I also get less frames contrary to benchmarks on games by review sites. The 670 got 5-6 frames more than the 760 on a few gamed. Games like Crysis 3 where I'm at the minimum comfortable frame rate of 30-32 on the 670 while 760 is playing at about 26-28 maybe 29-30 during a cut scene. I going to call more than likely and claim that as my case , but I have no idea how there customer service with EVGA would handle my claim. You think it's going to be easy and painless, or difficult and give me trouble? Just want a feel of someone else's experience before I talk to them so I know what to expect.

 

[MapRef41N93W]

Yah I do use it for folding, benchmarks and other stuff plus I plan on getting a 4k screen for gaming.So should i negotiate for another card?

Sorry bud, but a 670 ain't gonna do jack squat at 4k. Hell 3 of them and you would still be turning tons of settings down to hit 30 fps.

 

[smeezekitty]

Its not a big difference. You might be able to overclock to compensate.

 

[achonez]

Yah I do use it for folding, benchmarks and other stuff plus I plan on getting a 4k screen for gaming.So should i negotiate for another card?

Sorry bud, but a 670 ain't gonna do jack squat at 4k. Hell 3 of them and you would still be turning tons of settings down to hit 30 fps.

I don't think that is accurate, because 5760 x 1080 is only 25% away from 4k resolution and get good 40-55 fps on only 2 670's. I just would not have AA on full and a few effects turned down.

 

[MapRef41N93W]

Yah I do use it for folding, benchmarks and other stuff plus I plan on getting a 4k screen for gaming.So should i negotiate for another card?

Sorry bud, but a 670 ain't gonna do jack squat at 4k. Hell 3 of them and you would still be turning tons of settings down to hit 30 fps.

I don't think that is accurate, because 5760 x 1080 is only 25% away from 4k resolution and get good 40-55 fps on only 2 670's. I just would not have AA on full and a few effects turned down.

You are way off here unfortunately. Here are some benchmarks for you http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/62213-nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-ti-vs-amd-radeon-r9-290x-4k/

Even a GTX 780ti and R9-290x struggle to get 30 fps at 4k when those cards are designed for use at that resolution. A GTX 670 only has 2gb of VRAM (and the 4gb models fail to even use most of their extra vram) and is will only get about 10-14 fps on those games with settings turned way down.

 

[achonez]

Thanks for the benchmarks. Well maybe not 4k, but a least 1600p when I SLI. However, back to the main subject of the matter the 760 are only slightly slower that the than a stock, but benchmarks of 670 FTW show that its closer and sometimes higher to a stock 680 in all the benchmarks I found comparing the GPU's and I that's a 5-6 FPS difference from a 760. I may just be nit picky, but I do not like being downgraded. . I just want a 670 FTW back or a 770 since that is its successor.

 

[Mousemonkey]

This is a problem with RMA policies, you don't get a say in what or how things happen.

 

[oczdude8]

Thanks for the benchmarks. Well maybe not 4k, but a least 1600p when I SLI. However, back to the main subject of the matter the 760 are only slightly slower that the than a stock, but benchmarks of 670 FTW show that its closer and sometimes higher to a stock 680 in all the benchmarks I found comparing the GPU's and I that's a 5-6 FPS difference from a 760. I may just be nit picky, but I do not like being downgraded. . I just want a 670 FTW back or a 770 since that is its successor.

I suggest you contact them and speak with them nicely about it and explain why you want your 670 back. You'd be surprised what can happen.

 

[MapRef41N93W]

Thanks for the benchmarks. Well maybe not 4k, but a least 1600p when I SLI. However, back to the main subject of the matter the 760 are only slightly slower that the than a stock, but benchmarks of 670 FTW show that its closer and sometimes higher to a stock 680 in all the benchmarks I found comparing the GPU's and I that's a 5-6 FPS difference from a 760. I may just be nit picky, but I do not like being downgraded. . I just want a 670 FTW back or a 770 since that is its successor.

Again you are still going to struggle at that resolution unless your goal is to play with the settings way down and only looking to hit 30 fps. I would recommend you just go for 1440p with that kind of setup, where you won't need to turn the settings down too much and might actually be able to use AA and still hit 60 fps. Some claim AA is not needed at high resolutions but that is not actually true, as the human eye can still see jagged edges even at 4k.

 

[oczdude8]

Thanks for the benchmarks. Well maybe not 4k, but a least 1600p when I SLI. However, back to the main subject of the matter the 760 are only slightly slower that the than a stock, but benchmarks of 670 FTW show that its closer and sometimes higher to a stock 680 in all the benchmarks I found comparing the GPU's and I that's a 5-6 FPS difference from a 760. I may just be nit picky, but I do not like being downgraded. . I just want a 670 FTW back or a 770 since that is its successor.

Again you are still going to struggle at that resolution unless your goal is to play with the settings way down and only looking to hit 30 fps. I would recommend you just go for 1440p with that kind of setup, where you won't need to turn the settings down too much and might actually be able to use AA and still hit 60 fps. Some claim AA is not needed at high resolutions but that is not actually true, as the human eye can still see jagged edges even at 4k.

670 SLI is VERY powerful.http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_670_SLI/6.html

and that's not the point. the point is that he got a weaker card back from RMA

 

[MapRef41N93W]

Thanks for the benchmarks. Well maybe not 4k, but a least 1600p when I SLI. However, back to the main subject of the matter the 760 are only slightly slower that the than a stock, but benchmarks of 670 FTW show that its closer and sometimes higher to a stock 680 in all the benchmarks I found comparing the GPU's and I that's a 5-6 FPS difference from a 760. I may just be nit picky, but I do not like being downgraded. . I just want a 670 FTW back or a 770 since that is its successor.

Again you are still going to struggle at that resolution unless your goal is to play with the settings way down and only looking to hit 30 fps. I would recommend you just go for 1440p with that kind of setup, where you won't need to turn the settings down too much and might actually be able to use AA and still hit 60 fps. Some claim AA is not needed at high resolutions but that is not actually true, as the human eye can still see jagged edges even at 4k.

670 SLI is VERY powerful.http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_670_SLI/6.html

and that's not the point. the point is that he got a weaker card back from RMA

It's less powerful than a single 780ti at higher resolutions which doesn't get a constant 60 fps at 1600p. Most of those games you show in that benchmark are 2 years old or older, and even some of those you have to turn AA off to hit 30 fps at 1600p.

 

[achonez]

Well thanks for the info guys, called EVGA and explained my case to the guy in the customer service, and he was nice enough to upgrade me to a 770 4GB with the ACX cooler and sent it to me via Advanced RMA. I was surprised he upgraded me a good amount. I was expecting a 670 honestly.

 

[oczdude8]

Well thanks for the info guys, called EVGA and explained my case to the guy in the customer service, and he was nice enough to upgrade me to a 770 4GB with the ACX cooler and sent it to me via Advanced RMA. I was surprised he upgraded me a good amount. I was expecting a 670 honestly.

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