I finally got my gtx 680 sli from newegg and set it up immediately. I installed nvidia 301.10 driver and ran some bench test. Here are the result I've got compared to my previous gtx 580 sli @ 823/1069/1645. So far some games are better, some games are worse. I suppose this is due to driver not being matured yet. Hopefully it gets better as new drivers come out. As for running temperature I get load temperature of 79c/72c vs old gtx 580 sli's 85c/81c. Noise level is significantly lower. I am not really happy with overall result so far though. :(

 
 
 
 
*ALL Games are benchmarked at 1920x1080P Maximum Setting. Yes, Everything Maxed. 
* Benchmarks with Vsync Off

GTX 680 SLI heaven dx11 3.0 and 3D Mark11 Benchmark

My spec
I7 2600k
Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler
Asus P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
16GB DDR3 Rams
EVGA GTX 680 SLI
Corsair 850 Watts Gold PSU
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD
3x 2TB 7200RPM HDD
LG Bluray Burner
Samsung DVD Burner
Coolermaster Haf-X Case

You should list graphic setups and VRAM usage avg too if you're going to spreadsheet them.  Also, if you look at the benchmark section of the forum, under General Hardware, you'll see a benchmark between the 680 and 580.  It's really thorough.

jabachata

wow I own gtx 580 sli, and those numbers seem disappointing..are u sure that's correct what I'm looking at?
compared to the 680 sli I mean..looks like it was lower performance :(  I'm mainly focusing on the 2D and not 3D btw

Yes, these are correct #s. I ran benchmark 3 times each. I used fraps and played exact same amount of time at exact same game location. I couldn't believe the result either. Just look at games like alan wake 2D. It's actually worse than gtx 580 sli's. I suspect this is driver issue. Or maybe my cpu is bottlenecking here. I haven't OCed my cpu yet coz I never needed too. Maybe OCing it 4.2ghz or higher will make things a little better I guess? If not, then, it's driver issue.

linuxrouter

I suspect if you overclock your CPU to at least 4.0 GHz, that this will help with performance with your new cards. Based on your specs, you have a decent PSU and I believe your heatsink should have some headroom for overclocking.

Can you help me to find link for overclocking setup for my motherboard? I've done OC with i7 920 and before but never really bothered with this one coz it always seemed enough till now. I will probably rerun benchmarks after OC my cpu.

This scores/fps reads seem odd.  In reviews and benchmarks from other sites, 680's on average are around 30% faster at stock speeds vs. a 580.  I mean, it could be that the SLI scalling is not that good on these cards yet due to drivers, but I will have re-read the Guru3d SLI review...from what I remember, 680's in SLI spanked pretty much everything and easily as well.
 
 

shinobier

I finally got my gtx 680 sli from newegg and set it up immediately. I installed nvidia 301.10 driver and ran some bench test. Here are the result I've got compared to my previous gtx 580 sli @ 823/1069/1645. So far some games are better, some games are worse. I suppose this is due to driver not being matured yet. Hopefully it gets better as new drivers come out. As for running temperature I get load temperature of 79c/72c vs old gtx 580 sli's 85c/81c. Noise level is significantly lower. I am not really happy with overall result so far though. :(





*ALL Games are benchmarked at 1920x1080P Maximum Setting. Yes, Everything Maxed.
My spec
I7 2600k
Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler
Asus P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
16GB DDR3 Rams
EVGA GTX 680 SLI
Corsair 850 Watts Gold PSU
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD
3x 2TB 7200RPM HDD
LG Bluray Burner
Samsung DVD Burner
Coolermaster Haf-X Case

 
I believe SLI in Alan Wake is borked in the 301.10 drivers. Several reports of it not working. For ME3 it's pretty clear you've got some sort of vsync or frame limiting going on.

dugless

Here is a link to a decent overclock guide for our motherboards
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1578110

I hope this helps you get the most out of your new toys

Thx. I already overclocked it to 4.2ghz and running prime95 now. I am gonna leave it on for few hours. @ 1.2v I've got bsod as soon as I started running prime95 but at 1.225v, I am not having single problem. At least till now that is. It's been running 15 mins, no core failure so far and temperatures are 58c-61c. If It can maintain this for next few hours, I think I am good to go.

I don't see a bottleneck on his CPU at all, a stock i7 2600K should be able to handle these cards just fine. Maybe when the real flagship GPU comes out from Nvidia, but not the GTX 680.
 
Those results show that it's a much better deal to go for a GTX 580's @ $359 than a brand new GTX 680 for $499.

Awesome benchmarks.  This will help in the coming days as I am deciding what to do.  Can you do 3DMark 11 and Heaven for both setups?
 
Thanks!

add this on setting.ini for mass effect 3
useVsync=False
SmoothFramerate=False

      I got some issu on 3dmark06
i7 2600k 4.8ghz 1.400v, ddr3 2133
single gtx680 33 500 points
sli680             34 500 points
gtx590           35 000 points
something s wrong ?

check       
 
 

yes but turn off vsynch , just to show  the power ^^ ,
play with vsynch is better
here  a video of  some game vsynch off
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixCDaUdY1U&context=C4d31078ADvjVQa1PpcFOicNsRjoZDNWaHU-MhzGv6e4To63801OI=

i  make a video , for crysis 2 , sli 680 , i take the same path as the video on crysis 2 with quad cross h7970 on youtube . check the comparaison  , sli vs quad.
damn sli too hot 70 degre with max fan , no vsync off
1200 core , 3360 memory, 125% target power.
with vsync , no probleme , I am under 50 degre
check this video together
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BigI2u0NGf8&feature=youtu.be
 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP8hnJmIs-M
quad 7970

I think i have overclock too high . my case is close, and it begin to be hot outside, maybe i will change the thermal compound

6k 3dmark for 2 680s? My 580 gets 6.2. Over at the 600 series forums looks like the average score for 1 680 is 9.5 graphics score. Something is wrong here.

wait for better drivers, those makeshift 301 WHQL "betas" will be doing weird things, especially in SLI.
 
try testing a single card first in all benchmarks. it's also possible that somehow your max 16 PCI-e lanes on P67+i7-2600K are limiting the 680 SLI too.