No GTX680 until Q2 2012 - Page 5

**lee63** · 02-25-12, 08:26 AM

I would really like to get around 1035-50 one each card, that's when they seem to equal a 7970...talk about getting your moneys worth. I cant wait only a couple more days

Also I think the XF OCing issues has something to do with disabling ULPS, I'm trying to figure out what powertune does, Ive never used it before.

Xion X2 · 02-25-12, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by lee63

I would really like to get around 1035-50 one each card, that's when they seem to equal a 7970...talk about getting your moneys worth. I cant wait only a couple more days

Also I think the XF OCing issues has something to do with disabling ULPS, I'm trying to figure out what powertune does, Ive never used it before.

Yeah, I'll have to look into that.

Once Swiftech comes out with their new blocks I'm ordering two of them so I can overclock.

http://www.guru3d.com/news/swiftech-...70-waterblock/

**lee63** · 02-27-12, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Xion X2

Yeah, I'll have to look into that.

Once Swiftech comes out with their new blocks I'm ordering two of them so I can overclock.

http://www.guru3d.com/news/swiftech-...70-waterblock/

Have you tried OCing on air ? they should do pretty good. I wont be adding aftermarket cooling...that's why I'm interested.

Xion X2 · 02-28-12, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by lee63

Have you tried OCing on air ? they should do pretty good. I wont be adding aftermarket cooling...that's why I'm interested.

They'll OC on air just fine. Got mine to 1000 on the core without needing any voltage bump at all.

I just don't generally like OC'ng GPUs unless I'm on water. Guess I had too many of them die on me in the past and am squeemish about it (most of them were Nvidia, though.)

AthlonXP1800 · 03-06-12, 03:23 AM

Finally the time has coming!

The thread title "No GTX680 until Q2 2012" is wrong.

Are you ready?

Nvidia will finally unveil GTX 680 and probably reviews next week on 12 March 2012 with hard launch on 23 March 2012.

GTX 680 will be 10 inch long, 705MHz core clock, 1536 stream processors, 1411MHz shader clock, 6GHz memory, 256bit memory bus and 192GB memory bandwidth. The experimental PCIe power stacked may not make it to final production cards.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-g...led/15137.html

Muppet · 03-06-12, 03:33 AM

I knew they had to be getting close now. All of our retailers down here have slashed the prices on all 5 series cards

Ninja Prime · 03-06-12, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by AthlonXP1800

Finally the time has coming!

The thread title "No GTX680 until Q2 2012" is wrong.

Are you ready?

Nvidia will finally unveil GTX 680 and probably reviews next week on 12 March 2012 with hard launch on 23 March 2012.

GTX 680 will be 10 inch long, 705MHz core clock, 1536 stream processors, 1411MHz shader clock, 6GHz memory, 256bit memory bus and 192GB memory bandwidth. The experimental PCIe power stacked may not make it to final production cards.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-g...led/15137.html

Its not the 680, its the 670. Titles still right.

Muppet · 03-06-12, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninja Prime

Its not the 680, its the 670. Titles still right.

I to have heard that the first card released won't be high end. Has this been confirmed though

Viral · 03-06-12, 06:07 PM

Kyle from [H] says it is 680,

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=...6&postcount=51

and this,

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Seeing some benchmarks show 7970 in the lead, mostly in tessellated situations there, other "normal" synthetic 3D benchmarks and gaming benchmarks show 680 faster. Driver advancements still happening as well for 680.

If it's actually $400 (with a die size below Tahiti and only 256-bit memory bus that seems quite possible) this will surely shake things up! That would mean 7970 coming down $150 and everything else following by around $100-50 or so.

**Roadhog** · 03-06-12, 06:23 PM

He also said he wont switch from his 7970's... So it can't be that good.

03-06-12, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Viral

Kyle from [H] says it is 680,

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=...6&postcount=51

and this,

If it's actually $400 (with a die size below Tahiti and only 256-bit memory bus that seems quite possible) this will surely shake things up! That would mean 7970 coming down $150 and everything else following by around $100-50 or so.

Wow what a way to break NDA from someone who heads one of the largest hardware site.

Viral · 03-06-12, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Roadhog

He also said he wont switch from his 7970's... So it can't be that good.

Would you switch to a card that is slightly better at times and slightly worse at others? I doubt anyone would. If what he says about the 7970 being better at tessellation is true then that's where frame rates matter much more so in that regard the 7970 is probably still the better overall performer.

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Originally Posted by |MaguS|

Wow what a way to break NDA from someone who heads one of the largest hardware site.

I'm not sure, but he isn't saying anything specific, just general statements. That sort of thing must be allowed. If not, he could be in trouble.

02-25-12, 08:26 AM	#49
lee63 Classified Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Murrieta, U.S./Taunton, U.K. Posts: 4,263	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 I would really like to get around 1035-50 one each card, that's when they seem to equal a 7970...talk about getting your moneys worth. I cant wait only a couple more days Also I think the XF OCing issues has something to do with disabling ULPS, I'm trying to figure out what powertune does, Ive never used it before. __________________

03-06-12, 03:23 AM	#53
AthlonXP1800 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4,352	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 Finally the time has coming! The thread title "No GTX680 until Q2 2012" is wrong. Are you ready? Nvidia will finally unveil GTX 680 and probably reviews next week on 12 March 2012 with hard launch on 23 March 2012. GTX 680 will be 10 inch long, 705MHz core clock, 1536 stream processors, 1411MHz shader clock, 6GHz memory, 256bit memory bus and 192GB memory bandwidth. The experimental PCIe power stacked may not make it to final production cards. http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-g...led/15137.html __________________ Intel Core i7 3770K, Corsair H80 liquid cooler with Noctua S12-1200 fan, ASUS P8Z77V with UEFI 1606, 16GB Samsung Green 30nm DDR3-RAM, Pioneer DVR-217DBK 22x DVD-RW, Corsair AX850 PSU, Western Digital 2TB SATA3 hard drive, Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic, CanonScan N650U scanner, Microsoft Internet Keyboard, ASDA Wheel Mouse Optical, Sirus's 2 3D speakers, 32inch Sharp LC32LE600 LED TV, EVGA Geforce GTX 670 SC 4GB with Geforce 306.23 driver, 30Mb broadband Virgin Media VMDG480 Super Hub, Aspire Xplorer Midi Tower, Windows 8 Pro 64bit.

03-06-12, 03:33 AM	#54
Muppet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 3,107	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 I knew they had to be getting close now. All of our retailers down here have slashed the prices on all 5 series cards

03-06-12, 06:23 PM	#58
Roadhog Resident Alien Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,776	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 He also said he wont switch from his 7970's... So it can't be that good.