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685 GTX specs GK110

Ziggy4 said:
I just bought a GTX 680 and don't feel terribly threatened or deflated by the imminent release of the "685". The 680 is a significant upgrade from my 470 and couldn't be happier with it. Thing is there are many folks who asume the "685" will somehow be released as a direct replacement and at the same price as the 680 (which would leave me feeling ripped off) but bear in mind it is already going to cost some £150+ for a 4 GB 680 so I suspect the "685" is going to be fairly pricey. Unless you are gaming over 1920 res or running a multi-monitor setup the 680 is an excellent performer for the cost.

There is always going to be something bigger and better around the corner and for me at least it's all about buying the best hardware within my budget at the time and the 680 has delivered. I got this mainly because I currently require a card with a minimum of Compute capability 2.1 and as a bonus it runs all of my games at max settings smoothly ... without having the presence of a jet engine. Arguably the 580 has better compute performance according to early benchmarks but some of the new features that were introduced with the 600 series tempted me.

In short, I think I'm going to be enjoying this card for some time regardless of what appears next.
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Well said, as long as you are happy with your card or cards and they do what you need of them. Then there is no reason to upgrade or chase the latest and greatest.
 
Specs look about right but could just be speculation. I am guessing there will be 2GB models too? 4GB is overkill for single monitor setups.
 
I dunno i would go for a 4gb or more all day long as playing with lots of HD graphical mods like in Skyrim combined with lots of supersampling really eats up your ram,not only that i game on a Dell u2711 so im at 1440p,even if i was at 1080p i would still take more ram from heavy modding in games.
 
Neo-Geo said:
I dunno i would go for a 4gb or more all day long as playing with lots of HD graphical mods like in Skyrim combined with lots of supersampling really eats up your ram,not only that i game on a Dell u2711 so im at 1440p,even if i was at 1080p i would still take more ram from heavy modding in games.
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i dont know if it really matters, i'm just after FPS and as long as it's not less than 2GB RAM i dont mind.

my major concern is it has to be future proof for at least the next 3 years, so this points towards a dual cpu card.

if i intend to do anything more after this, it will be to rebuild my existing PC, which right now is totally wrecked !!!! i dont like the idea of loosing that rig, i'm too attached to it, plus it's miles faster than this crappy modern Laptop.
 
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Neo-Geo said:
I dunno i would go for a 4gb or more all day long as playing with lots of HD graphical mods like in Skyrim combined with lots of supersampling really eats up your ram,not only that i game on a Dell u2711 so im at 1440p,even if i was at 1080p i would still take more ram from heavy modding in games.
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There's no point having so much VRAM if your card doesn't have enough GPU power. You could stick 1TB VRAM on a 5450 but it'd still be worse than a 7970
 
Mal X said:
my major concern is it has to be future proof for at least the next 3 years, so this points towards a dual cpu card.
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also, there's nothis wrong with just getting a single GPU card and adding another one when needed. It still has the same effect as a dual GPU card.
 
Cleeecooo said:
There's no point having so much VRAM if your card doesn't have enough GPU power. You could stick 1TB VRAM on a 5450 but it'd still be worse than a 7970
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+1

I said that a while ago, regardless of VRAM, wait till the next generation of game engines and the current 7970/680 GPU's will be obsolete.
 
Cleeecooo said:
The 7970 will still be better than the 5450
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Yeah but were talking 4gb not 45gb,if you like to use a lot of AA which i do then its worth it,also HD mods eat up ram like i already said.

I dont use the AA in BF3,i turn it off and apply my own AA from nvidia inspector,i can make the game look even better than the vanilla settings but its eats your ram up,all depends what you want,but saying that 4gb is more or less useless is wrong.

I have 2x580s in sli and im at 1440p,trust me the extra ram helps,personally i wont go lower than 3gb per card next time around cause i know how demanding AA and mods and high resolution can be.
 
4GB is still overkill for anything other than multi monitor set up's. You're mixing up actual used RAM with RAM that's been cached because a lot of it is available.
 
Neo-Geo said:
Yeah but were talking 4gb not 45gb,if you like to use a lot of AA which i do then its worth it,also HD mods eat up ram like i already said.

I dont use the AA in BF3,i turn it off and apply my own AA from nvidia inspector,i can make the game look even better than the vanilla settings but its eats your ram up,all depends what you want,but saying that 4gb is more or less useless is wrong.

I have 2x580s in sli and im at 1440p,trust me the extra ram helps,personally i wont go lower than 3gb per card next time around cause i know how demanding AA and mods and high resolution can be.
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4gb IS more or less useless though! It's only used properly in multi monitor games. anyway, we're detracting from the original point which was that GPU power is more important than VRAM
 
so it's useless apart from when it's not, and VRAM is completely unimportant unless you are thinking of SLI-ing 2 midrange cards that only have 1GB... but apart from that... :D :D
 
andybird123 said:
so it's useless apart from when it's not, and VRAM is completely unimportant unless you are thinking of SLI-ing 2 midrange cards that only have 1GB... but apart from that... :D :D
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Lol, you're twisting my words!:p

GPU power is more important than VRAM.

2+ gb VRAM Is only necessary with multi monitor setups and high res
 
IT Troll said:
Even us second class single monitor gamers want to be able to max out the most demanding games. A card like this should at least do this for a couple of years... ...maybe.
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i'm not saying 1080p gamers shoudln't buy one, but i am saying that the target market is enthusiasts running high res'
 
Bit pointless paying for the extra VRAM though if you intend to stay at 1080. Just get the 2GB and use the saved cash to buy a second 680 later down the line :)
 
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