Config questions

Honestly,I wouldn't use a stage2 oc on that,the six core is already gonna be plenty and a 4gb card would suit you better,a 670 is not much of a downgrade from a 680 as in benches a 670ftw card with its factory oc is on par with a 680 stock and can be slightly faster unless you start to oc the 680,here is what I would change.     

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Again if you want the stage2 and lc unit you can but the 670 4gb or 680 4gb would be better for multi monitor and rendering.If your not using both monitors for gaming and only photo editing then you don't need a 4gb card but would still help with photo editing depending on what res you render your photo's,and cad work,although more cuda cores might be more beneficial there so the 680 would be slightly better, but you said nothing heavy so the 670 should be enough.

What program do you use,autocad,rhino,moi,or another?

Edited by hallowed - 04 Mar 2013 at 5:46pm

Cad programs do benefit from more VRAM and ram,while the games you play might not,I tried a 2gb card on a system with 16gb of ram with a trial of rhino and was running out of resources,I don't now much about the program as I am more into subdivion surface modeling and only tried once, but it did seem,I would have benefited from more VRAM, I wasn't doing anything extremely heavy,but probably had more nurbs than needed to get what I was trying for,it was my first attempt at nurb modeling.

Edited by hallowed - 04 Mar 2013 at 5:59pm

Yea,cheap enough to justify getting it and having it instead of finding out later that 2gb is not enough.Solidworks,and rhino can be extensive,not sure about autocad, but for nothing heavy and if the op is a hobbiest and not a pro than 2gb is probably enough.I am no expert with cad or nurb based modeling as I have only attempted it once,well a couple of time if you count trying a 30 trial of maya which is also very nurb based,but couldn't get into it,I'm more in cadmulclark subdivion modeling and polygonal modeling.So I can't say for sure how much VRAM those programs would benefit from,if the op does it professionally then a 4gb card could be more benificial,but honestly I think a 2gb card, a pro or ultimate os with 32gb of ram would be better than anything,I just realized as I'm typing this I keep forgetting the op said nothing heavy lol,I get into modeling quite a bit and texturing,though is not the same as photo editing,I always ramble on about,and lose track of the original point lol.

I was toying around with the thought of getting a Titan because my build needs are similar to the op here,but quite heavy in sub'd modeling and sculpting,however the Titan is what the 680 was supposed to be and should be a $700-800 card not $1,000.But the compute power and gaming functionality is tempting as a tesla is not an option and not good for gaming anyhow,waiting on the 700 series to see what the cuda processing power and gaming performance is.Im guessing the Titan is a preview.

Edited by hallowed - 04 Mar 2013 at 6:28pm

I never tried either of those apps,but I'm sure either of those configs would be good,a 670 4gb would be my choice,but that's jus me,the 670 does have simialr results as a 680 as stated an overclocked 670 beats a stock clock 680 slightly,but a 680 can be overclocked as also.The price/performance ratio makes the 670 the best buy in my opinion.

However the 680 has a few more cuda cores for computing,so your good either way.Not enough extra cuda cores to make a massive difference though.

Edited by hallowed - 04 Mar 2013 at 8:05pm