980 with 8GB ?

[Dicehunter]

Quality

How accurate were all those predictions about the GTX 790?

I'm not going on about predictions though, I'm simply stating what I saw staff member say.

 

[rtho782]

I'm not going on about predictions though, I'm simply stating what I saw staff member say.

Gibbo did say it on the RoG Swift thread...

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nv...o-have-4gb-initally-and-8gb-models-later.html

But I think it was just speculation, that he now knows to be incorrect.

 

[shamus21]

I don't think SLI on your 460W PSU would be a good idea.

Here is my (non overclocked GPU) reading from my PSU during firestrike ultra combined test:

http://imgur.com/hgwiO49

432W out is worryingly close to the 456W on 12V your PSU can put out.

You also won't see an nVidia card working in SLi on x4/x4. The SLi bridge is supposed to provide 1GB/s bandwidth, they don't expose APIs to see exactly what's happening but the leading theory is that the SLi bridge is used for low latency synchronisation data and there is still lots of data pushed over the PCIe bus. For this reason, nVidia will not allow SLi on x4. That's why the z97 boards that support 3 way crossfire (x8x8x4) don't do 3 way SLi.

The only way you get 3/4 way SLi on z97 is with a bridge chip meaning each GPU gets x8 or more.

And a bridge chip brings latency issues which could also produce stuttering problems on multi card set ups.

 

[Quartz]

I don't think SLI on your 460W PSU would be a good idea.

Here is my (non overclocked GPU) reading from my PSU during firestrike ultra combined test:

http://imgur.com/hgwiO49

432W out is worryingly close to the 456W on 12V your PSU can put out.

Don't forget that I'm using a low-power CPU, a 3770S, and I'm not overclocking. I should be fine power-wise.

You also won't see an nVidia card working in SLi on x4/x4. The SLi bridge is supposed to provide 1GB/s bandwidth, they don't expose APIs to see exactly what's happening but the leading theory is that the SLi bridge is used for low latency synchronisation data and there is still lots of data pushed over the PCIe bus. For this reason, nVidia will not allow SLi on x4. That's why the z97 boards that support 3 way crossfire (x8x8x4) don't do 3 way SLi.

I feared this. Oh well.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Gibbo did say it on the RoG Swift thread...

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nv...o-have-4gb-initally-and-8gb-models-later.html

But I think it was just speculation, that he now knows to be incorrect.

There might potentially be some but that time frame is obviously now grossly inaccurate

 

[ubersonic]

Quality

How accurate were all those predictions about the GTX 790?

I'm not going on about predictions though, I'm simply stating what I saw staff member say.

You mean like when a staff member said the GTX790 was going to be here sooner than we think?

 

[nashathedog]

Well I know for a fact there was definitely a staff member who said "4GB and 8GB cards incoming" around the launch of the 900 series, Weather this was a miss type or not I don't know but I know what I read.

Your right, Videocardz even quoted him, then he deleted the posts.

 

[MooMoo444]

Full fat GM please, not just more RAM

 

[Dicehunter]

Your right, Videocardz even quoted him, then he deleted the posts.

Probably under NDA and he let the cat out of the bag

Sneaky deleting posts though.