No GTX680 until Q2 2012 - Page 6

**Roadhog** · 03-06-12, 09:41 PM

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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.

Assuming he is under NDA.

Ninja Prime · 03-07-12, 01:14 AM

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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.

If its $399 its not faster, if its faster it will be $599 or higher. Pretty much that simple.

Viral · 03-07-12, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Roadhog

Assuming he is under NDA.

It seems like he's just seen some benches and isn't actually benchmarking the card himself yet, or has one for that matter.

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Originally Posted by Ninja Prime

If its $399 its not faster, if its faster it will be $599 or higher. Pretty much that simple.

Yeah I'm not putting too much faith in the rumours. I've never seen NV undercut on price when releasing second really. Usually AMD prices were just overinflated due to over demand and once NV's cards hit demand is spread out more as well as yields being better so prices fall as a result.

For NV not to charge the same as AMD for a card that performs the same seems very unlikely, so if it does happen it will be pretty shocking.

**Vardant** · 03-07-12, 02:51 AM

The thing is, that NV really wanted to price this card at $300, but they overestimated the yields, so they had to bump the price a bit. It is a mainstream chip after all and the only reason to name it like a high-end is because of AMD.

Just imagine, if AMD jumped in performance like it usually happens over one generation. Then GK104 would be called GTX 660 and they would have to be priced around $300-350 anyway.

If some of the rumors I'm hearing about a GK110 launching only after a month from GK104, then it makes perfect sense.

**MUYA** · 03-07-12, 03:16 AM

According to a site that is not entirely accurately 28nm production at TSMC has been on hiatus for a few weeks now! eek!

**Vardant** · 03-07-12, 11:21 AM

What? No...

AthlonXP1800 · 03-08-12, 05:39 AM

Kepler has a new feature, it will have hardware overclocking technology called Speed Boost like Intel's Turbo Boost.

Here will be GTX 680 4GB cards as well as factory OC cards coming soon after 23 March hard launch. Nvidia will also launch dual GK104 card in May probably will be called GTX 690 and finally the ultra high end monster chip GK110 will launch in August that will have 2304 CUDA cores.

http://videocardz.com/30892/nvidia-g...rives-in-march
http://translate.google.com/translat...1.html&act=url

Last year Epic showed off Samaritan Tech Demo ran on 3 GTX 580 in SLi on a PC with massive PSU but this year they showed it off again running it with a single Kepler card... on a PC with a 200W PSU!!!.

http://www.techpowerup.com/162006/Ep...pler-Card.html
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...tan-into-flash

12 March will be very interesting day to find out how the hell GTX 680 can surpassed 7970 in most games benchmarks that used smaller memory interface, less memory bandwidth, a single Kepler card faster than 3x GTX 580s in SLi and far more energy efficient on a PC with tiny PSUs.

**Vardant** · 03-08-12, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by AthlonXP1800

Last year Epic showed off Samaritan Tech Demo ran on 3 GTX 580 in SLi on a PC with massive PSU but this year they showed it off again running it with a single Kepler card... on a PC with a 200W PSU!!!.

They were using only FXAA instead of MSAA though.

Not to mention, that the engine probably went through some major optimizations too in the meantime.

AthlonXP1800 · 03-08-12, 10:17 AM

Here very interesting info about GTX 680's Dynamic Clock Adjustment which is very similar to hotclock, the core clock will operating in 3 modes with 300MHz on low power mode, 705MHz on standard power mode and 950MHz on high power mode or maybe Speed Boost mode.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-k...dr5/15148.html

**Roadhog** · 03-08-12, 04:34 PM

Edited by MUYA

ViN86 · 03-08-12, 04:53 PM

Have we seen any real, confirmed numbers yet?

walterman · 03-08-12, 05:02 PM

Lets wait till we have all the official info, but, i'm disappointed. A 256 bit bus ?

03-07-12, 02:51 AM	#64
Vardant Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: EU Posts: 1,041	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 The thing is, that NV really wanted to price this card at $300, but they overestimated the yields, so they had to bump the price a bit. It is a mainstream chip after all and the only reason to name it like a high-end is because of AMD. Just imagine, if AMD jumped in performance like it usually happens over one generation. Then GK104 would be called GTX 660 and they would have to be priced around $300-350 anyway. If some of the rumors I'm hearing about a GK110 launching only after a month from GK104, then it makes perfect sense.

03-07-12, 03:16 AM	#65
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03-08-12, 05:39 AM	#67
AthlonXP1800 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4,352	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 Kepler has a new feature, it will have hardware overclocking technology called Speed Boost like Intel's Turbo Boost. Here will be GTX 680 4GB cards as well as factory OC cards coming soon after 23 March hard launch. Nvidia will also launch dual GK104 card in May probably will be called GTX 690 and finally the ultra high end monster chip GK110 will launch in August that will have 2304 CUDA cores. http://videocardz.com/30892/nvidia-g...rives-in-march http://translate.google.com/translat...1.html&act=url Last year Epic showed off Samaritan Tech Demo ran on 3 GTX 580 in SLi on a PC with massive PSU but this year they showed it off again running it with a single Kepler card... on a PC with a 200W PSU!!!. http://www.techpowerup.com/162006/Ep...pler-Card.html http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...tan-into-flash 12 March will be very interesting day to find out how the hell GTX 680 can surpassed 7970 in most games benchmarks that used smaller memory interface, less memory bandwidth, a single Kepler card faster than 3x GTX 580s in SLi and far more energy efficient on a PC with tiny PSUs. __________________ 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.

03-08-12, 10:17 AM	#69
AthlonXP1800 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4,352	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 Here very interesting info about GTX 680's Dynamic Clock Adjustment which is very similar to hotclock, the core clock will operating in 3 modes with 300MHz on low power mode, 705MHz on standard power mode and 950MHz on high power mode or maybe Speed Boost mode. http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-k...dr5/15148.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.

03-08-12, 04:34 PM	#70
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03-07-12, 11:21 AM	#66
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03-08-12, 04:53 PM	#71
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: No GTX680 until Q2 2012 Have we seen any real, confirmed numbers yet?

03-08-12, 05:02 PM	#72
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