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What happened to the GTX680s

elrasho

elrasho

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Last week I checked and I'm sure OC had stick but now there's nothing on the GTX680 page, I was looking at SLI and a Haswell upgrade next month.
 
Just had a look at some other retailers as well, not a lot of 680s for sale anywhere. It is an old card now.

Not sure if you can use a 770 and flash a 680 bios to SLI since they are a similar card? Would have to do some research.

Otherwise its probably second hand options. I don't have access to the members market.
 
There was a post on here about flashing a 680 to a 770 successfully... Not sure if it'll be all good to sli it with a real 770 tho
 
Hmmmm thing is I'm going to be gaming at 1440P so I want SLI nVidia for the extra resolution. A single GTX 770 isn't going to get my 'minimum of 60fps' gameplay
 
Get one second hand. ~£150 is better than around £250 that the new ones on here probably would have cost when they were still in stock.
 
Yep that's what I'll have to do. I remember buying two 5850s for £100 each from here when they had some left in stock and had to get rid, was hoping they'd do the same for the GTX680s. I'd happily pay around £190 for a new one.
 
If you can flash a 770 to a 680 for SLi then i would suggest that.

Or search the 'bay for a second hand GTX680.
 
Other issue been that if your going to game at 1440p some games will increasingly have higher VRAM requirements. I assume your current 680 is a 2gig model?
Means that you may end up having to run things not at max in SLI as youll hit VRam limits.
Im not sure if a better option might be to sell the current 680 and maybe get a GTX 780 or ati 290 with a view of adding a second later.
Just a thought
 
ndaar said:
Other issue been that if your going to game at 1440p some games will increasingly have higher VRAM requirements. I assume your current 680 is a 2gig model?
Means that you may end up having to run things not at max in SLI as youll hit VRam limits.
Im not sure if a better option might be to sell the current 680 and maybe get a GTX 780 or ati 290 with a view of adding a second later.
Just a thought
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Been thinking of that as my plan B if I can't get another 680. Now that mantle has come to light I'm waiting to see if I should go to the red side.
 
elrasho said:
Been thinking of that as my plan B if I can't get another 680. Now that mantle has come to light I'm waiting to see if I should go to the red side.
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Yeah I have been keeping an eye on the mantle threads in case I decide to go xfire 290s or something in the future. I have had both card makes, just seem to do better on the green team.

Mantle still seems a little bit random at the minute and buggy, some report good improvements others crap. Think it will take a while to settle down to see if it actually delivers.
 
AllBodies said:
No reason to not go with AMD now.

Objectively there's no reason to buy any Nvidia card above the GTX 760 unless you want CUDA/Shadowplay/other Nvidia-only features.

Here's how all the stock cards stack up against each other, with mantle not being taken into account:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_780_Ti/27.html
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Pretty sure thats reference cards only, Non reference makes a big difference on both sides of the fence.
What card wins the fps race also is relative to what game you play
 
AllBodies said:
No reason to not go with AMD now.

Objectively there's no reason to buy any Nvidia card above the GTX 760 unless you want CUDA/Shadowplay/other Nvidia-only features.
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What about cooler temps, lower noise. Solid dual card support? Physx, G-Sync along with the other bits you mention..

Plenty of reasons to choose a card from either camp. Why do people always have to be one or the other? AMD and Nvidia are both very good..
 
elrasho said:
Hmmmm thing is I'm going to be gaming at 1440P so I want SLI nVidia for the extra resolution. A single GTX 770 isn't going to get my 'minimum of 60fps' gameplay
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You maybe better off selling your GTX 680 and buying a GTX 780 as it best to have 3GB vram for gaming at 1440p
 
Boomstick777 said:
What about cooler temps, lower noise. Solid dual card support? Physx, G-Sync along with the other bits you mention..

Plenty of reasons to choose a card from either camp. Why do people always have to be one or the other? AMD and Nvidia are both very good..
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There's no difference in temps and noise if you buy aftermarket cards.

And that's essentially what I was saying, both are good so if you don't want Nvidia-only features like Physx etc. then the AMD R9 290 is better in this price range
 
how about sell your 680 and maybe buy a b grade gtx 690? they are fairly cheap here and if maxwell doesnt arrive soon with something good i might have to get another one!
 
The thread seems to be degenerating into a red v green argument :p which is not the point.

Bottom line is there are pros and cons for each manufacturer end of, one is not "better" than the other. People pick based on different reasons, it could be heat, noise, power usage, budget, existing hardware or raw power or many more........lets just try and stick to the point of the thread and help :)
 
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