Just got my brandnew GTX 680 delivered. I ordered on 22th March at 10 pm and it took just 38 hours to ship. Amazing.
Did not really expected to get it today as the retailer alternate.de told me they do not deliver on Saturdays which was an incorrect information. Hermes delivery service does work on Saturdays, great! And I've already registered and the invoice is uploaded.

And I got mail:
High Flow Bracket Request
Dear Max,
Thank you for registering your EVGA GTX 680 and requesting your free High Flow Bracket! You will receive an email soon with details on when it will ship.
So if I understand this right I'm one of the 200 early adopters, or is this just an automatic reply?
Will post pics and benchies when I installed it later, hopefully without issues - fingers crossed.
 
@EVGA MODS
Besides, I forgot to tell You: 
The box looks really used and not very clean if You put off the plastik cover.
And there is a cut in the bag and the bracket is coming out! I hope this doesn't mean moist or whatever is inside and the video card could be damaged!
Watch the picture further down. It's pic #21 or so.
 
9/07/2012
 
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3158055




 

Update 3/30/2012
Just installed my fresh backplate. Temps are about 2-3°C lower than before, which somehow I can't believe as this backplate is only about 83 gr light. Will have a look on this. I'm really delighted as it upvalues the card visually and is a cover against dust, so one is not urgend to keep the dust away for warranty maintenance.
 
  


 


 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 


 
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GTA IV EFLC Lost and Damned uses about 1100 MB VRAM with 2560x1600, 83°C hot,  as You can see left above corner:



 UPDATE 25th
12:10 pm
Added Furmark benchmark.
Added new pictures from unboxing series.
 
UPDATE 25th March
Had to reconstruct my whole thread as one wrong keystroke resulted in everything was messed up and all pics vanished.
04:12 am
Updated heaven 3.0, added Tesselation extreme.
 
05:40 am
Added more pics from original posting.
 
 
24th, 17:20 Benching
Pre-GTX680-era with GTX570SLI
My rigs name: LaLuzAzul
 
System Owner: Max Silencio

• 3DMark 11: 10,815
• 3DMark Vantage: 38,285
• Community Score: 0
• 3DMark 06: 29,018
• SuperPi 32M: 9.02.100

 
Now GTX680:

• System Owner: Max Silencio
• 3DMark 11: P9,631  (Updated)
  
• 3DMark Vantage: P35,157
• Community Score: 0
• 3DMark 06: 28,466
• SuperPi 32M: 9.01.508

 

24th, 16:10
Video card installed, driver installed. Stay tuned, pics uploading.
And it's PCIe 3.0. So does this mean 3.0 is working on my machine? Would be great.
 



 


 
 


 
 
 






 
Sort of disappointing. Need SLI soon.

 


GTA IV EFLC with GTX570. Ballad of Tony Gay
Average FPS: 58.16
Duration: 32.58 sec
CPU Usage: 33%
System memory usage: 22%
Video memory usage: 80%
Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 2560 x 1600 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: High
Reflection Resolution: High
Water Quality: Very High
Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x8
Night Shadows: Off
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 31
Hardware
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Video Driver version: 280.26
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz
File ID: TBoGT-Benchmark.cli
 
 
I feel that the FPS should be higher. Have to research this.
GTA IV Episodes from Liberty City/ The lost and the damned.
At least this episode is highly demanding for the GPU.
 
Benchmark:
Statistics
Average FPS: 64.40
Duration: 32.66 sec
CPU Usage: 22%
System memory usage: 22%
Video memory usage: 50%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 2560 x 1600 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: High
Reflection Resolution: High
Water Quality: Very High
Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x4
Night Shadows: Off
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 31

Hardware
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Video Driver version: 300.83
Audio Adapter: Lautsprecher (High Definition Audio-Gerät)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz

File ID: TBoGT-Benchmark.cli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 
There is a cut in the bag! I hope this doesn't mean moist or whatever is inside!



 



 

 





 



IDLE:

 
LOAD while playing GTA IV EFLC. Benching Heaven 3.0 it's about 280W. This card is a green saver
My GTX570SLI swallowed 580W !
 
  


 
Here load of  GTX570SLI 

 
 


LOAD playing GTA IV EFLC

 
 
 
Besides: Any idea what to do with my 10 Years warranty, highflowed and backplated GTX 570SLI vanilla? One is just 6 weeks or so old, the other more than a Year.


 
 
 

 
 

Definitely looking forward to benchmarking and pics!
 

Glad the plugs are on the side, given that I have a mid-tower in the Antec 900.  I'm pretty sure it's not that much bigger than the HD 5850 it's going to be replacing.

PCIe 3.0 supported with the drivers on EVGA's disc.  I'm sticking with those until the validation crisis is over.

I'm not unfortunately and just so you know you should run Heaven with Tess set to extreme for proper scores.
 
With Precision X you should EASILY be able to push +125 MHz on the GPU clock and a minimum of +400 MHz on the Memory Clock just make sure you switch your Total Power to +132

nice work, and have fun

The pci plugs are moved to make room for the fan. The fan was moved up to make room for the vreg, so it could cool them easier. The bottom pci plug is flipped, so they had to be setup the way they are to fit... So I've read. Getting two of my own this week. I'll get to see then.

"The rearmost portion of NVIDIA’s GTX 680 holds the fan while the components for the 4-phase digital PWM are pushed off to one side. This is a unique design that works in tandem with the stacked power connectors to decrease the card’s overall length and offers more direct airflow over the hot running power distribution network."

http://www.hardwarecanuck...-680-2gb-review-9.html

I noticed you were running 32 bit windows?  Also, it looks like you left your plastic on your card?  If so, any other reason other then to generate a static charge? Congratulations on the purchase though!

beaconpcguruI noticed you were running 32 bit windows?  Also, it looks like you left your plastic on your card?  If so, any other reason other then to generate a static charge? Congratulations on the purchase though!

 
Look at his Heaven screen caps... they say 64-bit.
 
And his plastic looks like it's off in the mounted images. Though the EVGA sticker on the edge of the card might still have it on in this shot, can't tell:

I'll buy the 570's... quick cash and pay shipping. Give me a price.
Thanks,
 

@Robs03gts
Congrats for Your new roomie. Nice clean build! Your numbers are better than mine. Can You bench at default as well and post them?
 
 

vesposit

I'll buy the 570's... quick cash and pay shipping. Give me a price.
Thanks,

Sorry, but I forgot to update. I'm on step-up already for another GTX680. Queue #510.
When GK110 appears I may take you up on this.
 

cipher_nemo

I just noticed something. In all of your benchmarks, you're not using the 301.10 NVIDIA driver package. You're using a slightly older one.

 
Yes that's true, I must confess, that I dare not to possibly mess up my system, as except a rare RSoD everything is fine and PCIe 3.0 is enabled in the 300.83 driver which is on the Driver-CD.
Future driver update will enable PCIe 3.0 as soon as Nvidia it ready with certifying or whatever they do in their top-secret labs. 
 

outlawii

Got my new girl last night,comin from 2 gtx 570's to one 680 i gotta say iam very pleased so far!
So far i have about 2 hrs into BF3 hour or so with BFBC2 and a little bit of Assanins Creed Rev ,everything buttery smooth .
I have to do some experimenting with a couple of the new settings so far just been letting her run wide open,seems to run little warmer than the 570. Also need to adjust fan curve a bit more. I would definitely say we have a winner here !

 
Welcome to the club! Yes this card looks great and has less heat, needs less wattage, is quiet and extremely fast.
As You know I did upgrade from GTX570SLI as well. 
We'll be happy to find Your benches as soon as possible!
 
 

here is mine

Still at work, but here is my SLI benchmark and pretty happy with the performance. I will post more pic's when everything comes in so I can do my cable managment. 
 
System Spec's
 
2600k @4.4ghz stock voltage
2x680's
Asus p67 Sbaertooth mobo
Corsair Vengeance @1600mhz 16gb
Cooler Master 1200w cold series PSU
800D case (blows for air cooling lol)
 
Darn it can't post URL from 3D mark guess when I get home I will update. :-(