Geforce GTX 780, 770 coming in May

andybird123 · 24 Apr 2013 at 20:30

Jono8 said:
That inst what happened to the GTX 480's that you could pick up for £190 once the 580's were released...(well they did stop being made but they were sold off at amazing prices)

the 480 was a bit of a lemon, too hot and too power hungry
the 580 wasn't much of a performance leap over the 480 but it made massive improvements in these other areas which made the 480 far less desirable (it also goes to show that well over 1 year after the 580 launched, people still had stock of the 480 and had to sell them at ridiculously cheap prices to get rid of them)

I can't see quite the same thing happening to the 680, it might do with 2nd hand ones, but not on new-in-box ones

Kaapstad · 24 Apr 2013 at 20:42

spankingtexan said:
As the GPU's get more powerful at what point do you have to upgrade the CPU to avoid bottlenecking, will an overclocked i5 2500k on a z68 board for instance bottleneck a GTX 780?

No

My CPU can cope with 4 Titans so a single GTX 780 will be no problem for an overclocked i5 2500k.

Akagi · 24 Apr 2013 at 20:45

If the 770 is landing in may, I may as well wait until then to get a 670 at reduced price I guess

Rroff · 24 Apr 2013 at 21:04

It'll probably be more of a paper launch - real availability may not be until well into June/July.

1kiwi · 24 Apr 2013 at 21:45

andybird123 said:
the 480 was a bit of a lemon, too hot and too power hungry

It depends on how you define lemon. The 480 did run hot but for those of us who had decent cooling it was an amazing card that had huge yields for every percentage point overclocked.

I initially slated the 480 but after 6 months or so it just got better with every driver update. I ended up buying two of them (see images in sig).

The 480 was actually a very underrated card.

ToxicTBag · 24 Apr 2013 at 22:08

Awwwww typical :rolleyes:

..... have just spent the last few months trying to decide which way to go gpu wise for a 900d build and thought I had decided on evga gtx 670ftws . Would you good peeps recommend I hold out a bit longer to see what may brings or should I just go for the above ? Thanks

whyscotty · 24 Apr 2013 at 22:10

ToxicTBag said:
Awwwww typical ..... have just spent the last few months trying to decide which way to go gpu wise for a 900d build and thought I had decided on evga gtx 670ftws . Would you good peeps recommend I hold out a bit longer to see what may brings or should I just go for the above ? Thanks

I would wait if you can

ToxicTBag · 24 Apr 2013 at 22:13

Thanks whyscotty , I was literally about to click the buy it now button tonight then I spotted this thread

Jono8 · 25 Apr 2013 at 00:43

ToxicTBag said:
Awwwww typical ..... have just spent the last few months trying to decide which way to go gpu wise for a 900d build and thought I had decided on evga gtx 670ftws . Would you good peeps recommend I hold out a bit longer to see what may brings or should I just go for the above ? Thanks

Definitely wait.

Akagi · 25 Apr 2013 at 00:58

andybird123 said:
the 480 was a bit of a lemon, too hot and too power hungry

My old GTX480 was fine. I only saw it touch 100°C twice.

And my mates were always asking me why I play my videogames from inside a jet.

... I have no idea what they meant :rolleyes:

Jono8 · 25 Apr 2013 at 01:17

andybird123 said:
the 480 was a bit of a lemon, too hot and too power hungry
the 580 wasn't much of a performance leap over the 480 but it made massive improvements in these other areas which made the 480 far less desirable (it also goes to show that well over 1 year after the 580 launched, people still had stock of the 480 and had to sell them at ridiculously cheap prices to get rid of them)

I can't see quite the same thing happening to the 680, it might do with 2nd hand ones, but not on new-in-box ones

Hm...we shall see.

Marine-RX179 · 25 Apr 2013 at 07:42

Rroff said:
It'll probably be more of a paper launch - real availability may not be until well into June/July.

Also even if the suggested retail price was reasonable, we can always count on retailers to smack another £30-£50 on top

Name · 25 Apr 2013 at 08:46

Only just seen this thread, excite

Although wont be able to afford, my 670 should be fine for a while yet

Jono8 · 25 Apr 2013 at 09:55

Name said:
Only just seen this thread, excite

Although wont be able to afford, my 670 should be fine for a while yet

Can't see these cards intersting 670/680 owners to be honest as the performance gains won't be huge.

For 480/580 owners it is exciting news as there is the option of either getting the new 700 series or getting really good prices on 670's/680's.

I must say i do want something quiter and less power hungry than my 480GTX now. Though saying that, it has been a fantastic card for the money i paid and hasnt skipped a beat for the 2 years i have owned it.

AssaTM · 25 Apr 2013 at 10:18

While I dont anticipate a huge jump in performance either, it should be noted that when a lot of people saw the 670/680 specs they also complained/predicted the same thing. Theres a lot more to GPU's than just a few numbers nowadays, so i'm hoping to at least be pleasantly surprised when the benchmarks start rolling out

bru · 25 Apr 2013 at 14:20

Jono8 said:
Can't see these cards intersting 670/680 owners to be honest as the performance gains won't be huge.

For 480/580 owners it is exciting news as there is the option of either getting the new 700 series or getting really good prices on 670's/680's.

I must say i do want something quiter and less power hungry than my 480GTX now. Though saying that, it has been a fantastic card for the money i paid and hasnt skipped a beat for the 2 years i have owned it.

Eactly this, my 470 is hot and very loud. One of these 770's will probably be right up my alley.

Akagi · 25 Apr 2013 at 14:44

Jono8 said:
Can't see these cards intersting 670/680 owners to be honest as the performance gains won't be huge.

For 480/580 owners it is exciting news as there is the option of either getting the new 700 series or getting really good prices on 670's/680's.

I must say i do want something quiter and less power hungry than my 480GTX now. Though saying that, it has been a fantastic card for the money i paid and hasnt skipped a beat for the 2 years i have owned it.

I sold my 480 for £110 on a popular auction site, and bought my 660OC for £150 on sale

Performance is about the same (I ran my 480 overclocked) and it is silent, runs very cool in comparison to my 480, and uses about half the power

LurkingWeasel · 25 Apr 2013 at 14:49

I'm building a new PC in the summer, and had decided on a Titan. But with Maxwell out next year, I think I'll just plump for a 770 or 780 now and switch to Max next year. A 770/80 will still be a huge step up from my 460, and I'll also see a bigger increase when going to Maxwell than I would if I was going from a Titan. If that makes sense!

Akagi · 25 Apr 2013 at 15:44

LurkingWeasel said:
I'm building a new PC in the summer, and had decided on a Titan. But with Maxwell out next year, I think I'll just plump for a 770 or 780 now and switch to Max next year. A 770/80 will still be a huge step up from my 460, and I'll also see a bigger increase when going to Maxwell than I would if I was going from a Titan. If that makes sense!

Makes sense to me

I want to know what NVIDIA do with the GPU names once the 900 series reaches end of life.

Jono8 · 25 Apr 2013 at 15:51

acme15 said:
I sold my 480 for £110 on a popular auction site, and bought my 660OC for £150 on sale

Performance is about the same (I ran my 480 overclocked) and it is silent, runs very cool in comparison to my 480, and uses about half the power

Yes i was looking into doing this as well, but i will wait now.