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Nvidia to launch GeForce GTX 880 in September

ROPS and the 512 bit bus are the reasons the 290's rule at 4K over 780Ti's/Titans. I'd expect Nvidia's next flagship to have 64 Rops and a 512 bit bus just like the 290's have.
 
LtMatt said:
ROPS and the 512 bit bus are the reasons the 290's rule at 4K over 780Ti's/Titans. I'd expect Nvidia's next flagship to have 64 Rops and a 512 bit bus just like the 290's have.
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Rules might be a very subjective way of putting it.

Titans are 4k king. Not just purely on VRAM.
 
Kaapstad said:
The flaw in your argument is the GTX 690 has more memory bandwidth than a 290X, 780ti or Titan.:D
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How many of these 880's are you getting on launch day Kaap ? 2, 3, 4 ?

*EDIT* I'm really tempted by the 880 for the huge frame buffer as I'm on 4K but I just know when the 780 Ti successor *880 Ti maybe ?* comes out a few months later I'll be selling off the 880 :p
 
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Dicehunter said:
How many of these 880's are you getting on launch day Kaap ? 2, 3, 4 ?

*EDIT* I'm really tempted by the 880 for the huge frame buffer as I'm on 4K but I just know when the 780 Ti successor *880 Ti maybe ?* comes out a few months later I'll be selling off the 880 :p
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None I am saving my money for just after xmas by which time we will know what is really happening with the next gen high end cards and also whether Haswell-E is a hit or miss.
 
Kaapstad said:
None I am saving my money for just after xmas by which time we will know what is really happening with the next gen high end cards and also whether Haswell-E is a hit or miss.
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Good man, I know the 880 isn't really going to be THAT much faster than the 780 Ti but it will still be faster and that's going to be a test for me in patience until the 880 Ti comes out or if it comes out :)
 
TheRealDeal said:
As the 290x has less Bandwidth compared to the 780ti then it must be the Rops on the 290x helping at 4k.
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R9 290X: 64 ROPs - Pixel Fill Rate = 64 GPixl/s
780TI: 48 ROPs - Pixel Fill Rate = 42 GPixl/s

Higher Res = more pixels = higher pixel fill rate comes in.

Yes. The 290X is geared more for 4K than the 780TI because of ROPs.

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Ah I thought the 800 series was going to be delayed quite a bit, was about to pull the trigger on a second 780... got some thinking to do this weekend!
 
Dicehunter said:
Good man, I know the 880 isn't really going to be THAT much faster than the 780 Ti but it will still be faster and that's going to be a test for me in patience until the 880 Ti comes out or if it comes out :)
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be interesting to see what they do with their prices
unless it comes in at 500+ they will need to drop
nvidia have a lot of cards around the same performance right now
 
I think this nicely sums up what Nvidia are going to do with customers and the 800 series :p

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I watched the PCper podcast earlier and basically, it is a rebrand of a rebrand of a rebrand. It could well be more power efficient, it could well be faster, it could well be cheaper but the fact remains, it is a 680 under the hood.

AMD are following suit with Tonga as well. I swear both of them are drinking partners and both say "let's mug them off again" and shake on it :D
 
Gregster said:
I watched the PCper podcast earlier and basically, it is a rebrand of a rebrand of a rebrand. It could well be more power efficient, it could well be faster, it could well be cheaper but the fact remains, it is a 680 under the hood.

AMD are following suit with Tonga as well. I swear both of them are drinking partners and both say "let's mug them off again" and shake on it :D
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If it truly is a 780 under the hood just re-branded then Nvidia can go suck a bag of di**s, Getting really sick of all this re-brand BS.
 
Dicehunter said:
If it truly is a 780 under the hood just re-branded then Nvidia can go suck a bag of di**s, Getting really sick of all this re-brand BS.
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I think he was saying it was a 680 rebrand which is a different animal from the 780. I was really hoping for a 780ti rebrand as I could do with more juice for 2560x1440 gaming. I'm guessing the low bus will really suffer at this res.
 
1kiwi said:
I think he was saying it was a 680 rebrand which is a different animal from the 780. I was really hoping for a 780ti rebrand as I could do with more juice for 2560x1440 gaming. I'm guessing the low bus will really suffer at this res.
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Isn't the bus fine for 1440p?
 
llamadal said:
This can be said for nearly every product/market, very few genuine leaps forward.

Ssd's being the last one coming to mind
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Yep. The last big upgrades I made were Q6600 to I7 920 and GTX280 to 5870.

I want a 4k monitor so my 780 3gb's will have to go but this hasnt left meany options really :(
 
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