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GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:09 PM (permalink)

I got my 680 yesterday :clap: and thought i would do a benchmark thread on how a single GTX 680 would do against 2 GTX 480's!! Please forgive the screenshots. i really didint feel like cropping every picture.

NOTE in screen shots cpuz shows my cpu at 1.6ghz. its because i have speed step on, my cpu is overclocked to 4.5ghz though out every benchmark
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2x 480's @at ref speeds, in sli 296.10 WHQL drivers Physx OFF**********************************************Single GTX 680 (ref speed no oc) 301.10 WHQL drivers Physx OFF

3dmark 11480 sli entry

680 entry

480 sli performance

680 performance

480 sli extreme

680 extreme

3dMark Vantage
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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:10 PM (permalink)

Heaven Benchmark 3.0:
settings in pictures (first set of images are default settings) second set will be with settings turned to high
STOCK SETTINGS480sli

680

HIGH SETTINGS480 sli

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:12 PM (permalink)

Batman Arkham city:settings-
Fullscreen= yesRes= 1920x1080Vsync= noAA= fxaa Medium3D = offDx11= mvss and HBAOdx11 tessellation= HighDetail Level= exctremeDynamic shadows= yesmotion blur= yesdistortion= yeslens flares= yeslight shafts= yesreflections= yesambient occlusion= yesphysx = off
480 sli

680

same settings but with 4Xmsaa (rather than fxaa med
480 sli

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:14 PM (permalink)

Dirt 3: DX11settings- 1920x10804xmsaaUltra pre-set

480sli

680

Crysis 2: DX11settings- ultra pre set. picture shows 3 different benches (in one picture)
480 sli

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Crysis 1: DX10settings- very high 4xaa
480sli

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Afterburner Total Posts : 22623 Joined: 9/21/2007 Location: Sharp'n 4P's teeth to help take a bite out of [H] Status: offline Ribbons: 104 Folding: 53,384,672	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:14 PM (permalink) Good work! Note Moving to Overclocking/Benching category... My Affiliate Code: R1GSQYCGVD / *Review... Obutto R3Volution Gaming Cockpit*
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xanderf Total Posts : 2088 Joined: 4/26/2004 Location: Portland, OR Status: offline Ribbons: 34 Folding: 12,525,237	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:14 PM (permalink) PhysX off?? In Batman?? In Gods name, why?? That game looks SOOO much better with the PhysX effects. It's really one of the true standout titles for the technology! (Heck, keep one of those 480s, and use it for a dedicated PhysX card alongside the 680! )
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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:17 PM (permalink)

xanderf

PhysX off??

In Batman??

In Gods name, why?? That game looks SOOO much better with the PhysX effects. It's really one of the true standout titles for the technology!

(Heck, keep one of those 480s, and use it for a dedicated PhysX card alongside the 680! )

i thought it would cause wired scores cause 2 cards vs one. and im not sure how physx is handled while in sli vs single card. (plus i think its pretty bugged for performance in batman) (plus ati fans would not be able to compare)

i have a few more to post (metro 2033 and just cause 2) but im tired so ill post those later

xanderf Total Posts : 2088 Joined: 4/26/2004 Location: Portland, OR Status: offline Ribbons: 34 Folding: 12,525,237	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:20 PM (permalink) atm743 (plus ati fans would not be able to compare) Oh, I think we already know how ATI fans feel in any thread talking about the 680:
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yapchagi Total Posts : 1517 Joined: 3/10/2006 Status: offline	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:53 PM (permalink) this is awesome coz I have gtx 480 sli too. Will buy 1 GTX 680 hydro copper soon.
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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:58 PM (permalink)

WoW great to now this since i had a SLI GTX 480 and one of them died so I ordered at GTX 680.

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loveha Total Posts : 8717 Joined: 9/26/2009 Location: Beulah Michigan Status: offline Ribbons: 45 Folding: 7,213,242	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:06 PM (permalink) Less power and heat for almost the same exact performance, nice trade up.
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ShurikenTenshi Total Posts : 6094 Joined: 3/1/2008 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Status: offline Ribbons: 11 Folding: 6,546,646	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:16 PM (permalink) Thanks man. I will stick with my 480's atm then ^.^
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bhk1004 Total Posts : 1079 Joined: 5/7/2010 Status: offline Ribbons: 1	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:40 PM (permalink) loveha Less power and heat for almost the same exact performance, nice trade up. i mean I guess if thats your thing? i dont understand the idea behind, selling what you have and paying more money for less performance~same performance. meh.
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spawn447 Total Posts : 505 Joined: 1/11/2007 Location: Reading , PA Status: offline Ribbons: 1	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:16 PM (permalink) so later on another 680 can be added , beats adding another 480, no ?
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bhk1004 Total Posts : 1079 Joined: 5/7/2010 Status: offline Ribbons: 1	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:23 PM (permalink) spawn447 so later on another 680 can be added , beats adding another 480, no ? with that mentality id rather wait for the GK110.. which is what im planning. Anyways, BTW Thank you OP for all the info!!!
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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 10:45 PM (permalink)

Thanks so much for this thread. I am so glad I got rid of my gtx 480 sli now! LOL - its almost the same exact performance, but I will be saving lots of money on my power bill with my gtx 680!

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bhk1004 Total Posts : 1079 Joined: 5/7/2010 Status: offline Ribbons: 1	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Saturday, March 24, 2012 11:14 PM (permalink) lol can someone do the math to see how long it would take for lets pretend, him to see 100 dollars worth of actual savings? im actually really curious.
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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:00 AM (permalink)

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lol can someone do the math to see how long it would take for lets pretend, him to see 100 dollars worth of actual savings? im actually really curious.

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:26 AM (permalink)

Thanks for this thread!
Think I'll wait for the 4GB version, should be a bit better for 2560x1440 I guess...

Too bad there is no BF3 comparison but I'm not trying to be unthankful here! :)

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:29 AM (permalink)

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That's the whole point. I'm asking how long it'll take or him to see the 100-150 extra he's paying for a 680 over his 480 sli in power savings.

It's like the whole mentality of buying a hybrid. I believe for the same car to see a savings in going hybrid they say it takes 5 years. To me that doesn't make it worth it.

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:43 PM (permalink)

I can't see spending money to have the same performance you have. Ok..less heat and money..enough to justify the hassle of trading out all the parts and selling the 480's? I don't see the point. I will be waiting for the real Kepler to arrive...but thanks for all the hard work showing the perfomance comparison atm743! I appreciate it.

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 4:58 PM (permalink)

Nice benches, but why did you set all your high-setting benches only to 4x AA? I don't think you should hold back in any benches for a 2way SLI 480 vs a 680 comparison, on extreme settings. Even at 1080i, both card should still perform really well, and thus provide good scores. Could you provide avg Mem usage on the sides of each benches too?

Nice job, though.

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 5:54 PM (permalink)

Thanks OP. I appreciate the comparison. Im currently gaming with a single GTX480 and seeing the comparison of two of my cards vs. one GTX680 really shows me that its a worthwhile upgrade. I game on just a single 1200p monitor so 2gb of vram is plenty for me. I cant wait to be able to move on to a much quieter and cooler running card.

Does anyone know if EVGA is going to offer a non reference air cooled 680 that cools better than reference? Although the 680's cooling is far superior to my 480, I cant help but feel its performance could be even greater with a non reference cooling design.

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dlb134 Total Posts : 432 Joined: 2/1/2010 Status: offline Folding: 108,234	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 7:08 PM (permalink) I think the important thing to take away is that the 680 has higher minimum fps on most of the titles and that is useful in multiplayer where that random fps drop can cause you to get murdered. Although in MP most of those effects should be off anyway it allows you to see people easier.
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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 8:05 PM (permalink)

Nice work and it's coming from a typical user. It shows for older GPU users to just move to the 600 series if they want to upgrade.

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:29 PM (permalink)

naokiura

Nice work and it's coming from a typical user. It shows for older GPU users to just move to the 600 series if they want to upgrade.

I am not exactly sure. im really curious. are you and I looking at completely different benchmarks?

all I see is, if heat and your electricity bill is too high you should move up, if not the 480s majority of the time performs better.

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yapchagi Total Posts : 1517 Joined: 3/10/2006 Status: offline	Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Monday, March 26, 2012 9:43 AM (permalink) Need more benchmarks LOL. It's just fun looking at the numbers.
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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Monday, March 26, 2012 9:49 AM (permalink)

Nice post , real informative. thanks.

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Re:GTX 680 Vs GTX480's in sli Benchmarks !!!! Monday, March 26, 2012 11:23 AM (permalink)

I think a couple of people in this thread over looked that this is (2) GTX 480's in SLI vs (1) GTX 680. This is amazing, even (2) 470's demolished a GTX 580 Classy in most benchies if I remember right. So the fact that a 680 keeps up and beats the 480's in Minimum FPS (this is the one that causes stuttering) means that the 680 is one powerful card!