Nvidia 670 or 6xx owners, I have a few questions

[moosejaw]

Does anyone have problems with driver crashes since 5.0 as detailed in this thread (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6794870024) from wow tech forums? The problem is with the Dx11 crashing out and for a few people the Dx9 is also crashing. I know we should be using Dx9 (and I will). I want to see if any boxers experienced problems and if any particular driver versions are working better than others.

I will be replacing my Sapphire 6970 2gb with the Evga 670 4gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785&RandomID=8785619223414825020121204001759). The 6970 is running close to 100% load even with graphic detail macros keeping things light on the non focused window. When I switch focus to another character redraws are really slow and there is the occasional small artifact that worries me (card temps are good <70C, Vram usage ~ 1gb). This seems like a good time to jump ship to a new card. The 6970 is going into my room mates Htpc/gaming machine to replace an Ati 48xx.

I don't anticipate any problems with the switch but I want to make the transition as smooth as possible. Also, woot for the (steam download) bonus games from Newegg for certain video card purchases this holiday season.

[Blubber]

I have a Asus 670, and am experiencing no problems at all as far as crashes are concerned.

I run 1 toon on ultra'ish settings (low shadow Q, and low water Q) and the slaves at low settings except particle density, no macros involved. I can enter SW at peak time and run around without lag, at around 20 FPS, at any other area in the game I have good FPS to the point where I don't really care, it's capped at 60 FPS (I think) and working great.

[moosejaw]

Thanks Blubber,that helps. With IsBoxer it is really easy to adjust graphics when swapping leader/master while questing. My non-leaders have everything on minimum and everyone has the graphic slider at the bottom setting.

[JohnGabriel]

I have a 680 and not a single crash from anything in the couple months since I installed it.

[Blubber]

... With IsBoxer it is really easy to adjust graphics when swapping leader/master ...

I know, but I'm way too lazy to set it up, also, I don't find myself swapping windows that often.

[moosejaw]

I have a 680 and not a single crash from anything in the couple months since I installed it.

Thanks. I think this bodes well for the new card. :)

[Multibocks]

evga 680 owner here. No crashes that I can remember.

[moosejaw]

evga 680 owner here. No crashes that I can remember.
Thanks. I think the huge hubbub may be much ado about nothing.

[Lyonheart]

Does anyone have problems with driver crashes since 5.0 as detailed in this thread (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6794870024) from wow tech forums? The problem is with the Dx11 crashing out and for a few people the Dx9 is also crashing. I know we should be using Dx9 (and I will). I want to see if any boxers experienced problems and if any particular driver versions are working better than others.

I uses DX11 ..why we supposed to use dx9?

[shadewalker]

I have an evga 670 4GB. I have had it about 2 weeks and I have had one driver crash in that time. Maybe a total of 12 hours of play time. I restarted all my clients and they worked fine after the crash.

Edit: using DX11

[Rhand]

Both my wife and I run the 670 4Gb cards and have no crash issues to speak of, we sometimes see a flicker in refresh or screen repaint but nothing worth trying to troubleshoot.

[moosejaw]

I uses DX11 ..why we supposed to use dx9?

Using Dx9 takes less Vram, but it is currently the fix for single boxers experiencing Dx11 crashes. The current known bug list (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6413023639) has it listed as a solution. I guess running in Dx9 all the time may be a thing of the past now. Not long ago running Dx11 was a death wish for boxing due to Wow's poor implementation. Remember how bad shadows used to be? I will run dx11 since the consensus here is it is working well.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

[Ualaa]

I've got the eVGA GTX 670, 4GB Superclocked.
I have had no issues with it, with both DX9 and DX11 (3 of my 5 clients were DX11 by mistake... MoP changed their settings on me, until I set them all to DX9)...

I've played with 3x DX11 & 2x DX9 on Ultra, without issues.
But want lower settings, so I can 10-box without changing settings that much.

You can easily change graphic settings on the fly with IS Boxer.
Create a mapped key, call it 'Settings High'.
And another called 'Settings Low'.
Edit your swap key to Do Mapped Key > Settings High > Current Window -and- Do Mapped Key > Settings Low > Window: All without Current.

The more drastic the changes are between the two, the longer your swap is going to take.
The fewer settings that change, and the less the amount of the change, the faster your swap is going to be.

I generally want maximum view distance on objects and players.
And medium settings on almost everything else.
With minimal settings on Shadows, Water, Reflections, Spell Effects... just enough to notice puddles of goo to not stand in, or to see a Frost Ring etc.

[moosejaw]

I've got the eVGA GTX 670, 4GB Superclocked.
I have had no issues with it, with both DX9 and DX11 (3 of my 5 clients were DX11 by mistake... MoP changed their settings on me, until I set them all to DX9)...

I've played with 3x DX11 & 2x DX9 on Ultra, without issues.
But want lower settings, so I can 10-box without changing settings that much.

You can easily change graphic settings on the fly with IS Boxer.
Create a mapped key, call it 'Settings High'.
And another called 'Settings Low'.
Edit your swap key to Do Mapped Key > Settings High > Current Window -and- Do Mapped Key > Settings Low > Window: All without Current.

The more drastic the changes are between the two, the longer your swap is going to take.
The fewer settings that change, and the less the amount of the change, the faster your swap is going to be.

I generally want maximum view distance on objects and players.
And medium settings on almost everything else.
With minimal settings on Shadows, Water, Reflections, Spell Effects... just enough to notice puddles of goo to not stand in, or to see a Frost Ring etc.

I already use the high/low graphics toggle using Lax's default values. I set dx11 on my 6970 2gb tonight with the standard graphic toggle and I was peaking at ~1.9 gb vram at the horde hub in the vail.

Currently my swap speed is fine but objects are sometimes taking a while to fill in. You can see the giant trees on the islands but not the islands, they will load up when they feel like it. Not really sure what the problem is but I am concerned about the health of the card if I continue to abuse it (artifacts even with low card temps). :)

I am happy to see positive reports from folks that (I know) take care of their hardware, compared to the complainers on the wow tech forums. This was the reassurance I was looking for.

[Ñightsham]

690 here, no issues

[HPAVC]

I have Dual EVGA 04G-P4-2686-KR GeForce GTX 680, DX11 and no issues.

[moosejaw]

Installed the new video card (GTX 670 ftw) last night before work. Used the current beta (310.70) and played for about an hour. Very stable, cool and lower vram usage for the same settings (amd 6970). Newegg lowered the price $10 today ;( but I can deal with it.

This card uses the full pcb from a GTX 680 with a stacked power connector and a full length back plate. They also use the 680 reference cooling solution.

Switching leaders with the graphics macro resulted in immediate full screen/far clip objects being drawn vs the 6970 being somewhat slow to fill in objects and terrain. Much more head room on gpu usage and no stuttering or funny business at all. Three thumbs up. :D

I can't wait to try out the new games (Assassins Creed III, Borderlands 2) and really push the settings.

Thanks for everyone's input/response in this thread.