Next-Gen NVIDIA and AMD GPUs Delayed to Q4 2013

[TW]Fox · 3 Feb 2013 at 13:35

This current gen of GPU's must be the longest lived ever. The 7970 came out in 2011!

Yaayuh! · 3 Feb 2013 at 14:36

mjones1 said:
How is it good news when GPU's get delayed?
Just so you can say "I have the fastest card on the market" or feel better about your purchase.

Pretty much.
U mad bro?

mjones1 · 3 Feb 2013 at 14:43

Rossi~ said:
Pretty much.
U mad bro?

Not one bit since my gtx 480 handles most games I play.

Kaapstad · 3 Feb 2013 at 14:45

[TW]Fox;23685532 said:
This current gen of GPU's must be the longest lived ever. The 7970 came out in 2011!

The HD 5970s did pretty good, they were the fastest cards around for well over a year.

Gregster · 3 Feb 2013 at 14:47

mjones1 said:
Not one bit since my gtx 480 handles most games I play.

I want the fastest card on the market and that will justify my purchase

Tonester0011 · 3 Feb 2013 at 14:52

I want two of the fastest cards on the market.
I'm compensating for something

Silver47 · 3 Feb 2013 at 15:07

[TW]Fox;23685532 said:
This current gen of GPU's must be the longest lived ever. The 7970 came out in 2011!

It's because they are hitting the process wall. TSMC still has 28nm I think, dunno when their 20nm(?) goes online. Any cards released this year where designed in 2011 targeted for a specific process, problem was then, would there be 20nm be ready for 2013 or do they just tweak the current design and release it on 28nm still?

TSMC isn't Intel doing a tick tock, they are doing it when they can afford it. I Don't think the GPU releases are going to be yearly any more, it will be 1.5-2 years between release dates soon.

Kaapstad · 3 Feb 2013 at 15:10

Tonester0011 said:
I want two of the fastest cards on the market.
I'm compensating for something

I think this is quite common with AMD card owners, some of their cards are over 12" long.

Gregster · 3 Feb 2013 at 15:13

Tonester0011 said:
I want two of the fastest cards on the market.
I'm compensating for something

I drive an Audi A8 4.2 and have 2 680's...I want a DNA rtest on my kids Via Jeremy Kyle

kedge · 3 Feb 2013 at 15:23

gregster said:
Titan is still on track thought.

Bargain at £14.99

hahaha. Seriously though, if a new GPU yields at least 20 frame per second in your video games over your previous GPU then imho it is appealing, cooler & quiter or for some new anti-aliasing technique is not necessarily worth it to me, imho. I'm not that impressed by nvidia's 6xxx series of late.

DavidS14 · 3 Feb 2013 at 15:38

My history (really giving my age away here):

ZX80 then ZX81 (with 16K RAM pack) followed by in no particular order as I get mixed up in the order Oric, Dragon 32, Spectrum, Spectrum 128, Vic 20, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Atari ST, Amiga with the HDD add on (200MB I think).

Got the Atari ST just to play Dungeon Master

Still have some of them in the loft I think

robin66 · 3 Feb 2013 at 16:06

Yeah us older game players like things slowing down like card releases.

It's no good with all this rushing around these days. Things need to slow down more.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 3 Feb 2013 at 16:14

I am still waiting for GTX580 level performance for around £150. I think I will be waiting a bit longer it seems.

Suarez7 · 3 Feb 2013 at 16:16

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I am still waiting for GTX580 level performance for around £150. I think I will be waiting a bit longer it seems.

You could well be waiting till the 8 series nvidia/9 series amd cards for that. Prices of mid range GPU's has inflated a lot over the past few years, especially with nvidia.

weehamish · 3 Feb 2013 at 16:17

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I am still waiting for GTX580 level performance for around £150. I think I will be waiting a bit longer it seems.

Not much longer the 660 and 7850 play games just aswell as the 580

NZB · 3 Feb 2013 at 16:25

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I am still waiting for GTX580 level performance for around £150. I think I will be waiting a bit longer it seems.

7850 for £150 and overclock it is ~580 performance.

Sayso · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:18

humbug said:
Spectrum ZX, Commodore vic 20 / 64, the good old days.....

Press play - Beeeeeeb beb whistle garble beeeeeeeeb -Turn Tape over and press play - Garble beb Whilstle beeeeeeeeeb - an hour later, Syntax error!

i had the 48K Speccy, typing away using the rubber keys to program in a game of hangman for a few hours used to keep me out of trouble.

Gregster · 3 Feb 2013 at 18:11

Anyways, back on topic... Anyone particulary bothered or tempted to jump on the potential £700 Titan or wait it out for the next AMD/Nvidia offerings or happy to hold onto what they have for a couple of years?

Uncle Petey · 3 Feb 2013 at 18:37

Not unless I had to win a benchmark contest, no.

Not bothered really since a high/mid range card from this gen or the upcoming will still cut it for a while yet more than likely.

If you want the absolute best and can afford it, sure.
I can't personally justify that kind of money on a gpu, but that's me.

Tonester0011 · 3 Feb 2013 at 19:25

gregster said:
Anyways, back on topic... Anyone particulary bothered or tempted to jump on the potential £700 Titan or wait it out for the next AMD/Nvidia offerings or happy to hold onto what they have for a couple of years?

All depends on what the funds say.
If the Titan is defo coming end of Feb i'm going to pass and probably wait till June/July time. I've just not got the spare money to blow £700-900 on a card that's going to be used for benchmarking and watching films. (odd gaming session <5 hours a week)

Then saying that, knowing me i'll probably buy one anyway and regret it when bills come knocking

(That or sell myself....a lot)