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Nvidia to launch GeForce GTX 880 in September

melmac said:
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.
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Good points. GCN was certainly a brand new architecture and hence it took them a good while to get it fully optimised and nVidia have generally stuck with the tried and tested method but with the odd change here and there.
 
After owning 6 290x in the time since they launched, IMO it's not so much moving the goal posts as it is just being realistic lol.

Offering a cheaper alternative to meet the same end to an older premium product...best case lol.

The 780Ti launched £100 too dear, though.
 
MjFrosty said:
After owning 6 290x in the time since they launched, IMO it's not so much moving the goal posts as it is just being realistic lol.

Offering a cheaper alternative to meet the same end to an older premium product...best case lol.

The 780Ti launched £100 too dear, though.
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It still is £100 too dear along with the gtx 780
 
Boomstick777 said:
Gregster I thought you was on 4K?
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Orangey said:
My guess is he demands settings to be whacked to full and you can't do that yet @ 4K. :D

So keeping the 1080p panel for proper gaming. ;)
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And happy at 4K.... Til I read the news about a 4K, G-Sync monitor was being released earlier (far earlier) than I had anticipated (and at a very very good price). I wasn't brave enough to tell the wife I needed to get this monitor after only just buying a monitor, so put mine on the MM and it sold the same day :D

September the 5th, I will be back to unrivaled smoothness with the Acer 4k2k XB280HK 28" G-Sync Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor :cool:
 
Gregster said:
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.
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fastest in what Greg? it's certainly not the fastest card in everything but I'd agree, it's a total beast of a card, had much better cooling then the reference 290/X and was quieter too.

but was expensive on release and still is.
 
MjFrosty said:
After owning 6 290x in the time since they launched, IMO it's not so much moving the goal posts as it is just being realistic lol.

Offering a cheaper alternative to meet the same end to an older premium product...best case lol.

The 780Ti launched £100 too dear, though.
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yea you're not kidding....but it's more than 100 quid too much...because some of those 290x are pretty cheap now...

but it looks like next years cards only....
 
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