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Did NVIDIA Originally Intend to Call GTX 680 as GTX 670 Ti?

alexunia is just jer....

another amd fun boy

ok guy there will be no 384 bit

it will be 512


512 bit need 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb

so 4gb will be best

gk110 was taped out in january so its really possible we will see it after tenerifire
 
I have bought a 680 and even if they do release a 780 in August/September it wont bother me. If the card is as good as rumours are sugesting, then I will probably buy one and drop the 680 in my 2nd computer.

I don't like the fact that the 680 was presumably a mid range chip but they found out that it beats the 7970 in most games, so they charged almost the same price as the 7970. If AMD had released the 7970 at the mid range point, then Nvidia would have followed (maybe).
 
Personally I hate the fact Nvidia have released this card as a 680 instead of the 670Ti it should have been. What a stonker of a card it would have been at around £250 and what a message it would have sent out to Amd, ie 'here's what our mid-range card can do' just wait and see what 'big daddy' will do. For me Nvidia had a great opportunity to 'clean up' with this card and do all their loyal fans a huge favour with this monster of a card, it would have sold by the bucket load and remembered as one of the best ever mid-range cards, one for the people. Instead they chose to do what Nvidia do best, take the ****. As for Amd, they did pretty much the same.:( Didn't know 'taking a leak' was a swear word. Big brother is watching.:rolleyes:
 
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bhavv said:
This is better for Nvidia because now they can keep their real GTX 680 postponed until they need it to compete.
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by which time all the fan boys would have bought the 680 because they thought it was top end,

I can see a lot of 680 on the day or release buyers kicking themselves if this really is the mid range card and the real nvidia king is released in next few months :D
 
rolypolyman said:
Personally I hate the fact Nvidia have released this card as a 680 instead of the 670Ti it should have been. What a stonker of a card it would have been at around £250 and what a message it would have sent out to Amd, ie 'here's what our mid-range card can do' just wait and see what 'big daddy' will do. For me Nvidia had a great opportunity to 'clean up' with this card and do all their loyal fans a huge favour with this monster of a card, it would have sold by the bucket load and remembered as one of the best ever mid-range cards, one for the people. Instead they chose to do what Nvidia do best, take the ****. As for Amd, they did pretty much the same.:( Didn't know 'taking a leak' was a swear word. Big brother is watching.:rolleyes:
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What's the most worrying is if AMD can not respond with a clear cut winner. The general consensus and simple way of looking at it is that the 680 is the faster card. This means that in a way they now have another 580 on their hands.

And the 580 came out and remained at the same price for absolutely ages because as much as AMD tried they could not beat it.

TBH ? had the 7970 not beaten the 580 conclusively then Nvidia probably wouldn't have even bothered releasing Kepler until they did.

I just find it completely worrying that there are individuals out there that would like Nvidia to win at everything and become the only GPU manufacturer. The world would be a much darker place if that happened. Firstly we would be sat on the same overpriced hardware for years, and like Microsoft with the 360 they would drip feed us for ages pulling the teets on the cash cow :(
 
rolypolyman said:
Personally I hate the fact Nvidia have released this card as a 680 instead of the 670Ti it should have been. What a stonker of a card it would have been at around £250 and what a message it would have sent out to Amd, ie 'here's what our mid-range card can do' just wait and see what 'big daddy' will do. For me Nvidia had a great opportunity to 'clean up' with this card and do all their loyal fans a huge favour with this monster of a card, it would have sold by the bucket load and remembered as one of the best ever mid-range cards, one for the people. Instead they chose to do what Nvidia do best, take the ****. As for Amd, they did pretty much the same.:( Didn't know 'taking a leak' was a swear word. Big brother is watching.:rolleyes:
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While it would be nice if it was sold at £250 reality is its a £300 card by any previous benchmark... nVidia upped the clocks coz they could and put a £400+ price tag on it :( if it was £300 I'd have probably bought one even tho its a side grade from what I have as I have a bit of spare cash atm but I'm not just gonna throw it away on over the odds prices. That said I think the high end card is going to come sooner than people think and be slightly faster than people think so I'm holding on a bit to see how things shake out before considering changing my GPU setup.
 
I just wish they'd hurry up with the release of the sub 680's. The only new card in my price range right now is the 7870 and it would make no sense whatsoever to upgrade to that from a 6950, especially when the 6950 only cost me £170. I'm itching for an upgrade but there's just nothing there in the ~£250 range right now that would warrant it.

I'm not saying that i think the nvidia cards will fit my budget and needs but a couple of games i play need a GPU upgrade VRAM wise and it'd be nice to know what my options are, if any, when all cards are on the table and prices shift/settle.
 
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