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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Can Be Flashed To GeForce GTX 770.
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Yeah, I think it's more interesting as it kinda confirms the 770 really is the 680 rebranded.
The only benefit I can think of flashing is possibly higher voltage
Also higher stock memory clocks / timings.
Flashing is done at a risk though...
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With 53+ to the clock speed and 250+ to the memory clock speed in evga precision I get the same pixel fillrate and bandwidth with my 680's.
I wonder if it'll effect the voltage and overclockability of them though, worth a try I guess.
I wonder if it'll effect the voltage and overclockability of them though, worth a try I guess.
Yeah, I think it's more interesting as it kinda confirms the 770 really is the 680 rebranded.
The only benefit I can think of flashing is possibly higher voltage
Also higher stock memory clocks / timings.
Flashing is done at a risk though...
THIS!! If flashing can somehow unlock the voltage or put it up higher then this is good news for us that have watercooled their cards. It would mean being able to push it even further.
However I have no idea how to flash my gtx 680 and have never flashed a gfx card before...
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too bad you don't have a titan cooler on it
It cannot, the hardware does not exist on the board.
Well there goes flashing the card then, now it just seems utterly pointless does it not?
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That's a shame, crafty of Nvidia limiting the voltage so..
I guess there is an incentive to buy the 770's if they clock well. Otherwise everyone would have just flashed lol.
Yep, at least we know the 770 really is a modified 680. Means the 780 is likely to have the specs leaked. If it occupied the previous 680 price slot it would be a very nice card for the money. Of course Nvidia could price it sky high
So if I understand this, they are saying that you can flash the bios and turn a 680 to a 770 except that the memory speed isn't guaranteed, the voltage doesn't have the necessary hardware and the cooler is completely different.
Yes sounds like a really good idea
Yes sounds like a really good idea
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Just had a look at the 770 Bios, it actually has a voltage of 1150, the memory clock is very high, quite a lot of bandwidth, some tweaks have obviously been made. I still think the 700 could be a very nice card is priced well..
Yep, at least we know the 770 really is a modified 680. Means the 780 is likely to have the specs leaked. If it occupied the previous 680 price slot it would be a very nice card for the money. Of course Nvidia could price it sky high
But lets be honest here, we already know it will be priced sky high because if you look at how much the titan is now on the price chart and look at where the 680 is price wise and we now know the 770 is really a rebranded and tweaked 680 then we can be sure that the 780 will be midpoint between the 680 price and the titan price which would be around say £550-£600? They just wouldn't price it at the same price as the current 680 because the 770 equals the performance + a little more unless they significantly drop the price of the 600 series cards prior to launch lol which I highly doubt.
It's very cheeky/sneaky of them though to launch the titan when they did so they can raise the bar of the 700 series cards accordingly.
or the other way round