Nvidia to launch GeForce GTX 880 in September

[Boomstick777]

Or until a good deal comes along boom
Often we do forget those low end cards are still quite good

Haha very true

This card is ok for medium settings @ 1440P, Crysis 3 laughs at though

Really want a single GPU that can max everything @ 1440P, think we're probably a long way off for that though. Lot's of milking between now and then. Broke atm anyway so it's all good.

Maybe something really good by the time The Witcher 3 launches. Will have the funds then, just hope there are some decent cards that will be worth the money.

 

[Craterloads]

Hope they also release midrange card too, GTX 860 or so.

750 TI is 65w TDP which is pretty good at 1080p, so hoping for something under 120 TDP that will do well in 1080p.

Do they usually do the lower/mid range stuff some time after the high end?

 

[melmac]

Can't wait until more information comes available. I think it's time to replace my 680.

 

[RanxZy]

I would interested in GTX 890 if they release one. Hopefully a more efficient and less vram starved GTX 690 would be a decent card. Let's face it though if the GTX 880 is not at least faster than a 780Ti it will be very disappointing.

 

[Dicehunter]

IF the 880 is 20% faster than a single 780 Ti then and only then will I be interested, If not then guess I'll wait for the 900 series.

 

[flopper]

Really want a single GPU that can max everything @ 1440P, think we're probably a long way off for that though.

2 generations away at least.
20nm wont be enough, even though Mantle/DX12 etc...might elevate it a bit.
still wait for 20nm cards current one really goes a long way with the way I game.

 

[Silent_Scone]

AMD are always suspiciously quiet, The GTX Titan was proclaimed by many as Nvidia's ACE because AMD had nothing to counter it, 6 Moths later the surprise 290X beat it.
You can't develop a new GPU and bring it to market in 6 Months, these things take a lot longer than that, the 290/X was on the Drawing Board a short while after they launched the 7970.

AMD just don't like to show their hand. Them being quiet about what GPU's they may or may not have lined up is just the AMD Norm, it means nothing.

Only half a year later. Bet that stunted Titan sales.

 

[Gregster]

AMD are always suspiciously quiet, The GTX Titan was proclaimed by many as Nvidia's ACE because AMD had nothing to counter it, 6 Moths later the surprise 290X beat it.
You can't develop a new GPU and bring it to market in 6 Months, these things take a lot longer than that, the 290/X was on the Drawing Board a short while after they launched the 7970.

AMD just don't like to show their hand. Them being quiet about what GPU's they may or may not have lined up is just the AMD Norm, it means nothing.

It was 8 and a half months later and it wins some and loses some. Not that matters any in truth but I don't think the 290X was a surprise and AMD had to get something out the door to stem the flood to nVidia. They released the 290X, which IMO is a good card but the sub standard cooler/black screens didn't make it a launch to be lauding. Also as a note, as soon as the 290X was released, nVidia struck with the 780Ti. Price wise at the time it was expensive but for the guys who purely wanted the fastest and didn't mind paying for it, they got a beast of a card.

 

[OLDPHART]

Or until a good deal comes along boom
Often we do forget those low end cards are still quite good

+1, last year got a pair of 670 4GB when OcUK had a great deal on them, gaming at 1440p ultra settings BF4.

Really want a single GPU that can max everything @ 1440P, think we're probably a long way off for that though. Lot's of milking between now and then. Broke atm anyway so it's all
good

+1, also dirt cheap as well.

Being a good boy not spending any money on my PC hopfully The Boss will ok it when it arrive's..

 

[Kaapstad]

It was 8 and a half months later and it wins some and loses some. Not that matters any in truth but I don't think the 290X was a surprise and AMD had to get something out the door to stem the flood to nVidia. They released the 290X, which IMO is a good card but the sub standard cooler/black screens didn't make it a launch to be lauding. Also as a note, as soon as the 290X was released, nVidia struck with the 780Ti. Price wise at the time it was expensive but for the guys who purely wanted the fastest and didn't mind paying for it, they got a beast of a card.

+1

Neither the 290X or 780ti are really anything new, they are just extensions of existing architectures.

When the 290X you can use a calculator and HD 7970 bench figures to work out what it will score at 1080p or 1600p without even running the card that's how close the card is to the older 7 series.

 

[Gregster]

+1

Neither the 290X or 780ti are really anything new, they are just extensions of existing architectures.

When the 290X you can use a calculator and HD 7970 bench figures to work out what it will score at 1080p or 1600p without even running the card that's how close the card is to the older 7 series.

Very true.

 

[humbug]

It was 8 and a half months later and it wins some and loses some. Not that matters any in truth but I don't think the 290X was a surprise and AMD had to get something out the door to stem the flood to nVidia. They released the 290X, which IMO is a good card but the sub standard cooler/black screens didn't make it a launch to be lauding. Also as a note, as soon as the 290X was released, nVidia struck with the 780Ti. Price wise at the time it was expensive but for the guys who purely wanted the fastest and didn't mind paying for it, they got a beast of a card.

You were one of the ones who said AMD would never beat it on 28nm, so don't give me that.

And you still owe me a virtual pint for loosing that bet.

 

[LtMatt]

You were one of the ones who said AMD would never beat it on 28nm, so don't give me that.

And you still owe me a virtual pint for loosing that bet.

Hehe, i remember that one. I think he said he'd buy me a whiskey chaser too, virtual of course.

 

[Gregster]

You were one of the ones who said AMD would never beat it on 28nm, so don't give me that.

And you still owe me a virtual pint for loosing that bet.

Actually I said no single GPU would beat it on 28nm for 2 years and 8.5 months later, the 780Ti proved me wrong

 

[humbug]

Actually I said no single GPU would beat it on 28nm for 2 years and 8.5 months later, the 780Ti proved me wrong

No, the agreement was AMD would not beat the GTX Titan before Christmass 2013, thats what you said. they did, you owe me a pint.

 

[Gregster]

No, the agreement was AMD would not beat the GTX Titan before Christmass 2013, thats what you said. they did, you owe me a pint.

Spoiler

These are the only games I am really interested in at the mo

 

[humbug]

Spoiler

These are the only games I am really interested in at the mo

lol, Moving the goal posts. come on, cough up Greg.

 

[Gregster]

Do you game at 1600P? Do I game at 1600P? No we don't, so here is the 1080P chart that we are both gaming at

Spoiler

I am not going any further and will leave it there.

 

[humbug]

Do you game at 1600P? Do I game at 1600P? No we don't, so here is the 1080P chart that we are both gaming at

Spoiler

I am not going any further and will leave it there.

Ok 1080P then....

 

[melmac]

+1

Neither the 290X or 780ti are really anything new, they are just extensions of existing architectures.

When the 290X you can use a calculator and HD 7970 bench figures to work out what it will score at 1080p or 1600p without even running the card that's how close the card is to the older 7 series.

True, the 290x is GCN and that's still changing, but GCN itself was completely new when released, I mean it was clean break from the previous VLIW cards.

Kepler can be traced further back, it's more of an evolution from right back to the 8800 cards. Major changes for Fermi, but Fermi and Kepler are very similar. Not saying this is a bad thing. It does mean stability I guess, since they haven't made any radical changes in years, they know their product really well.