oh God, you've only had it two days.... face palm !!!!
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GTX 780 GK110
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oh God, you've only had it two days.... face palm !!!!
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Waiting for the GTR 785 myself. 
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Gibbo said not this year. My personal opinion is that we will see it if Nvidia think we need to.. IE see what AMD's next moves are first.
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I just can't get my head round something faster than a gtx 680 or a 7970, these cards do 300mph in a 30mph zone,
a gtx 780 is for light speed interplanetary gaming.
a gtx 780 is for light speed interplanetary gaming.
well you did by a rebadged 670 Ti
That is totally and utterly wrong on every level.
It's a rebadged 660, get it right
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I would have gobbled up that 670Ti at the price it should have been but not in its re-constituted state at £400+
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so if you're going to be an idiot like me and waste your money, then the GTX 690 wins easily.......... because at least this one has got loads of grunt......i cant help myself..... i just want it, it's as simple as that
make sure you get a new PSU then
If there's the potential for anything higher than 20% faster than the 690 then nvidia will cripple the initial release, wait 9-12 months then release the full fat card at a premium to entice the serial upgraders.
I'm sure AMD could have pushed the 79xx series faster or specced them better, but it's in their business interests to only makes them slightly faster than the top end card so they have headroom to reelase a faster product with a higher price point at a later date. I'm sure NVidia could release the 690 or 780 or whatever they want to call it and make it 50% faster than anything available right now if they put their mind to it, but they won't so they can trickle the cards and the updates and make more money.
I'm sure AMD could have pushed the 79xx series faster or specced them better, but it's in their business interests to only makes them slightly faster than the top end card so they have headroom to reelase a faster product with a higher price point at a later date. I'm sure NVidia could release the 690 or 780 or whatever they want to call it and make it 50% faster than anything available right now if they put their mind to it, but they won't so they can trickle the cards and the updates and make more money.
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I get what you mean, though I hope there's more of a difference than there is between a 480 and 580 (5 - 15%).
+100 quid per year addition to your power consumption bill...
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I dont see a 780 this year. A 690 will hopefully dominate everything
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I bet on a 685 GTX using GK110, and a 690GTX dual GPU probably using GK104's.
Why not wait for the gx116 chip. Rumour has it it will compete very favourably against the radeon 18000 series.
Lol, in all seriousness, i dont see the point in waiting for something that is only rumours at the moment. If you need an upgrade, upgrade. If you dont, dont.
Lol, in all seriousness, i dont see the point in waiting for something that is only rumours at the moment. If you need an upgrade, upgrade. If you dont, dont.
I guess you no play 3Dmark or Unigine Heaven.................
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is the '85 card a dual or just a new single GPU flagship?
Did Gibbo get a job at Nvidia HQ..? He needs to shift that new order of 670 ti's hes got coming in so he would say that.
But i doubt nvidia will move again until AMD do which is a sad but true
i myself will wait for GK110 even if these specs we read are rubbish it will still be a bigger upgrade than the 680 brought to the table but i think it will hurt the pockets!
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In his defence, I don't think Gibbo's ever misled anyone intentionally (from what i've seen)
He's a salesman, so things he says will obviousl have to be taken with a pinch of salt, but I have never seen him outright lie just to shift stock!
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ah, sorry, i misunderstood!
Gibbo will obviously know more than us; whatever the scenario
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Although im preparing a war chest of £500 for may, to buy a non reference third party custom cooled graphics card (i assume £500) because well...look at the msi lightning for example..I have huge doubts in wanting to spend that much. Upgrading every 3 years or so, the time has come to max out my system in everyway possible (so to last another 3 years) I'm pretty flabbergasted at how nvidia and ati are allowed to get away in ****ing all over consumers. As for this rumour about the 780 it's not the fact that i might be missing out on a superior gpu months down the line...(performance of current top end is fine for me) it's just that price reduction would most likely be huge...and i'll of gotten badly ripped off. Waiting and Waiting...how the hell is one supposed to make a reasonable decision.