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Is the GTX 690 on the way out ?

Kaapstad

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I have just had a look on the OCUK GTX 690 page and found this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1914&subid=1966

This is the first time I have ever seen them with no stock.

Is the GTX 690 coming up to EOL

Will the new R9 290X be so fast as to make buying a GTX 690 pointless

I have also checked and one of OCUKs competitors also have very little stock of GTX 690s.
 
A GTX 690 will still outperform a R9 290x from the benches we have seen so far but at £800 it is at a stupid price point.
 
Makes sense as Nvidia are now on the 700 cards. Be interesting to see if they replace it with a 790 equivalent to take the performance crown back from the 7990.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Makes sense as Nvidia are now on the 700 cards. Be interesting to see if they replace it with a 790 equivalent to take the performance crown back from the 7990.
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If its on a 256bit bus i doubt that would happen (faster than a 7990), even with slapping 2x770's on a single pcb.

If they put 2x780's on a pcb though, then thats a different matter. :p
 
LtMatt said:
If its on a 256bit bus i doubt that would happen (faster than a 7990), even with slapping 2x770's on a single pcb.

If they put 2x780's on a pcb though, then thats a different matter. :p
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The old GTX 690 is actually closer to 2x770's than it is to 2x680's anyway. By that I mean the GTX 690 has always had better vram chips than the stock GTX 680. So putting two GTX 770's on a PCB is a bit of a non starter.

Two GTX 780's is also going to be difficult because of the power consumption.

Maybe NVidia just won't bother with a replacement until the next gen of cards.

I don't think NVidia are selling a lot of GTX 690's anyway compared to GTX 780s.
 
I posted about this the other day when the was only one left at OcUK, it does seem a tad ominous doesn't it :P

Perhaps retailers are expecting Nvidia to drop GTX690 prices after AMDs new cards launch or release a new version with GTX770 features (turbo boost 2.0, etc).


Kaapstad said:
Two GTX 780's is also going to be difficult because of the power consumption.
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Power/heat wise the GTX780 runs ~ the same as a 7970 so while a GTX780x2 would run hotter than a GTX690 it would probably be on par with a HD7990 power/heat wise.


Kaapstad said:
I don't think NVidia are selling a lot of GTX 690's anyway compared to GTX 780s.
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IIRC the reason they made the GTX780 was because the Titan sold more in its first month or two than the GTX690 had since its release.
 
LtMatt said:
If its on a 256bit bus i doubt that would happen (faster than a 7990), even with slapping 2x770's on a single pcb.

If they put 2x780's on a pcb though, then thats a different matter. :p
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Come on, that 512bit bus is not THAT super important, even though its "AMD exclusive" so far.. Fanboy :p

I doubt they will put 2x 780s, unless the card is like 80cm long. Maybe.. DUAL TITAN POWERRRRR?
 
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