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argiveajax
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2012/06/29 19:38:25 (permalink)
Hello, 
 
my brother just purchased a 670 ftw (of course I forced him to go EVGA). I am just wondering if his i7 920 @ 2.66ghz will hang with the gpu? His computer is a dell so his bios is locked and so he can't overclock. 
 
Either way I'm it will be a massive step up in performance vs his GTS 240...right? Hope I didn't steer him wrong!
 
 
 
 

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    6dracing
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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/29 19:45:22 (permalink)
    my 980 doesnt seem to bottleneck mine 680 at stock speeds.  It constantly stays above 90% gpu usage during games.   of course its at 3.3
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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/29 19:47:41 (permalink)
    the 920 is still a very powerful cpu!  the 670ftw vs a 240 will make your bro very very very happy.  Enjoy the power of EVGA!!

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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/29 19:54:50 (permalink)
    You will be fine if its just a single card, but if you add 2 of them in SLI then you might be limited.
     
    and from a GT 240? hell yes, massive difference.
     
    Just be sure the power supply in his Dell system can handle it.

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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/30 10:13:57 (permalink)
    Thank you for the replies and sorry about my nearly incomprehensible original post. Should have read over that before posting it..lol.
     
    Yeah, I am worried about his dell power supply being able to handle the card as well. I have a spare psu for him though, a corsair 750 TX. I think that should do the trick, right?

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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/30 10:25:47 (permalink)
    See my specs with same power supply. single GPU and 920 @ stock with tx750 PSU, your brother will be good to go man
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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/30 11:23:42 (permalink)
    argiveajax

    Thank you for the replies and sorry about my nearly incomprehensible original post. Should have read over that before posting it..lol.

    Yeah, I am worried about his dell power supply being able to handle the card as well. I have a spare psu for him though, a corsair 750 TX. I think that should do the trick, right?

     
    Yes that PSU will work great, I have one in my 2600K build with a GTX 570

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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/30 14:28:03 (permalink)
    He won't have a bottleneck. He will, however, enjoy the hell out of his new evga 670


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    Re:i7 920 @ stock speed with GTX 670 FTW 2012/06/30 20:53:21 (permalink)
    YES it is going to bottleneck a 670. I can't believe so many of you actually think it wont 

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