Silverdoxxx

In battlefield 3 i randomly got 19 fps.... after i updated the bios, i think am also getting less FPS.. these cards should only perform 5-10 fps less than a GTX 680, thats why i bought it. Any tips or reason why my FPS is fluctuating?

you probably need to start a thread about that as you should not be dropping that low. when you start that thread you need to list all your specs in detail along with the exact settings you are using in the game. 
 
btw 5-10 fps is an arbitrary number. a stock gtx680 is about 10% faster than  a stock gtx670 and clock for clock they are less than 5% apart overall.
 

am still testing BF3 atm. before bios update i got 35-50 fps on ultra setting fov 90 1920*1080@60mhz in a 64 player Caspian boarder. GTX 670 FTW, Amd Phenom II X4 840 3.5 ghz, 8 Gigs of ram,

Is their a changelog of not only this update but the previous ones as well?
 
Thanks

eh, is this gonna stabilize my boost speeds on the FTW? out of the box boost speeds keeping going up and down. also notice if the card pulls like 1.175 volts in oc scanner tests fps drops by like 50(500ish) if volts 1.150 or lower the fps goes up by 50 (560 ish). in those tests and that is with a lower clock boost  the higher clock boost with higher volt has lower fps. Meanwhile the Lower boost with lower volts is getting higher fps. generally in games when boost goes off it using 1.175volt and boost speed are just all over the place.
 
  Basically is this gona make my cards boost. Pick one number and use it instead of it being all over the place.
This is all stock out of the box 670 ftw.. I dont OC anything  Meaing Base clocks are 1006mhz  and boost will be 1150 instead of boost being 1080 or 1125 or 1050 etc. If it picked on boost number and use that speed all the time and same volt all the time I would not mind, but this why i dont like boost
 
Btw this card sure as hell dont stay under 70c under full 99%power load and 99% gpu load not under it own auto fan or the auto in precession x. and anything over 55% fan sound like jet engine turbine. Thought about getting AC twin turbo II to put on this but, I not sure if I keeping the card. I might just get 660ti if the price is right.

Hello everyone,
 
I am one of those poor souls who owns an XPS 8300. I bought an EVGA GTX 670 FTW card in the hopes on playing more graphically demanding games and was really annoyed when my computer wouldn't recognise the card at all. Am I correct in believing that this update will fix my problem?
 
Can anyone knowledgeable tell me what I need to do? From what I gather, I need to plug in the new card, start up the computer using a display plugged into the motherboard port (since I have no other cards and the GTX 670 isn't being recognised at all) then open the update file and it will work. Is it really that simple?
 
Thank you for any help you can offer

Well I update and seem to have no issue tho my normal boost which is 1150 still seem to use 1.175 volts and according to evga oc scanner stress test.
 
1125~1150mhz Boost +1.175v= 500fps
 
if it use a boost slightly low then 1100mhz it windup using 1.125 ~1.150volts which in turn give me 560 fps...
 
Isnt boost supposed to give better performance not other way around? I still think boost should have static extra mhz that is used so 1006mhz when boost isnt used and 1150 when it is used not this dynamic up and down clock. it cant help studdering that for sure
 
No game I tried keeps 1150 boost speed, it always constently going from 1006 to 1150 and between. maybe cause I use vsync I dont know.

core clock often gets stuck around 914MHz ... and often won't downclock resulting in idle gpu temps around 43C as opposed to 27C (with core downclocked properly to 302Mhz) ... this could be a driver issue however (running 304.79 beta here).
 
a few people experiencing the same issue on different drivers:
http://forums.evga.com...72&mpage=1#1707556
 
 not to mention the aggressive core downclocking aka power throttling to maintain proper TDP under heavy load (part of "stability improvements") loosing over 100MHz sometimes during benchmarking in e.g. 3dmark11 ...
   
seriously, I want the original BIOS to go back to.
 
EDIT: seeing over 40MHz increase of minimum (throttled) core speed under 3dmark11 load with older BIOS (same clocks). new BIOS throttles down deeper than old one, so why would we want that if overclocks are same stable? too much core oscillation under load is not really something we want ...

feniks

core clock often gets stuck around 914MHz ... and often won't downclock resulting in idle gpu temps around 43C as opposed to 27C (with core downclocked properly to 302Mhz) ...

a few people experiencing the same issue on different drivers:
http://forums.evga.com...72&mpage=1#1707556

for me also it won't boost in certain games (e.g. in Fallout New vegas) and clock will stay at 914MHz, perhaps it doesn't need to in order to achieve 60FPS, probably, but still I don't recall such behavior before the GPU BIOS update ... and not to mention the aggressive core downclocking aka power throttling (to maintain proper TDP) under heavy load ("stability improvements") loosing over 100MHz sometimes during benchmarking ...


seriously, I want the original BIOS to go back to.

I have no problems now.  So I think i am going to wait this one out!!!!   I would hate to lose the oc'ing ability.

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feniks

core clock often gets stuck around 914MHz ... and often won't downclock resulting in idle gpu temps around 43C as opposed to 27C (with core downclocked properly to 302Mhz) ...

a few people experiencing the same issue on different drivers:
http://forums.evga.com...72&mpage=1#1707556

for me also it won't boost in certain games (e.g. in Fallout New vegas) and clock will stay at 914MHz, perhaps it doesn't need to in order to achieve 60FPS, probably, but still I don't recall such behavior before the GPU BIOS update ... and not to mention the aggressive core downclocking aka power throttling (to maintain proper TDP) under heavy load ("stability improvements") loosing over 100MHz sometimes during benchmarking ...


seriously, I want the original BIOS to go back to.

I have no problems now.  So I think i am going to wait this one out!!!!   I would hate to lose the oc'ing ability.

 
yeah, don't flash to version 80.04.31, really not worth it, I will be flashing my card back to factory BIOS, worked much better (less core oscillation under load).

I love new bios I play diablo 3 my temps use to hit 68c on my evga vanilla gtx 670 now my temps barely hit 60 c finally seeing some good temps for once thank you evga your the best ✌😃🍺