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**NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 4GB ARRIVING NEXT WEEK - PRE-ORDER NOW!!**

Gibbo said:
HI there

It is looking very unlikely we will see any 4GB cards before May now, infact production from NVIDIA looks like 680 will remain in massive constraint throughout May, the yields are proving to be very poor and so far are not improving. This could result in prices going even higher if production does not improve, obviously pre-orders as always will be honored.
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So I guess I should pre-order but I don't want to wait until mid May for delivery. Hopefully a stock update by Friday this week ? a slightly clearer picture on arrival dates for any of the 4GB cards and I'm in as I don't want to pre-order a KFA and then see the Palit/Gainward in stock instead and Vice Versa.
 
Vir said:
So basically they run only Crysis 2 on 2560x1600 and that's it.... not much of a proper review / comparison.
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Exactly, not the usual high-standards I normally looks for and the article look rather rushed - no offence.

For a start there's also Witcher 2 Enhanced, Battlefield 3, Skyrim HD textures to test for comparison. 1600p clearly isn't high enough to draw a conclusion with 4GB framebuffer. What exactly was the framerates low/mid/high, what about testing on a few screens, ideally a couple in 4GB SLI Vs 2GB SLI (if you've got 1600p+ your gonna spend a chunk on 2/3 GPUs).
 
It's a preview to be fair hopefully much more depth in the review.


I can patiently wait for these cards now knowing the rest of my PC has shipped to keep me sane, hope they're in stock (KFA2) by mid to late May. There's only so long someone can wait though so we shall see.
 
Jace007 said:
Intresting look on the 4gb Cards
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26872-gainward-gtx-680-phantom-4gb-previewed

I dont think the extra 2GB of ram is needed for current games unless you have multimonitor setup
Be wise and stick to a 2gb version GTX 680
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That can and will change with one game. Just like it did with BF3, as before that no one needed more than 1gb for 1080p.

£439 is a lot to pay if in a year's time one game comes along and finishes the 2gb one.

Not that I am saying buying a 4gb is worth it because it isn't. At these prices I would not buy the 2gb based on the future, and I wouldn't pay that for a 4gb either as it's robbery.
 
ALXAndy said:
That can and will change with one game. Just like it did with BF3, as before that no one needed more than 1gb for 1080p.

£439 is a lot to pay if in a year's time one game comes along and finishes the 2gb one.

Not that I am saying buying a 4gb is worth it because it isn't. At these prices I would not buy the 2gb based on the future, and I wouldn't pay that for a 4gb either as it's robbery.
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I got the HD5970 for Battlefield:BC2 and was managing great too until BF3, typical. You'll probably wait 18 months before most of the AAA titles are hugging the 2GB framebuffer, until then everyone with a good CPU and displays up to 1200p will be happy enough with 2GB for stutter-free gaming, otherwise start dialling down those settings.

The way I'm looking at it is to get a good but quiet non-reference GTX680 2GB now to last til January 2013 and the full GK110 non-reference after then to replace it as a long-term solution. I'll keep that GTX680 and use it for only PhysX to power the second non-gaming display since current Nvidia GPU isn't powerful enough. It's low power/quiet and will suit that job well - this shows why dedi is better.

See I love Batman:AC and the ambience but it's a very demanding game or "badly coded", even moreso with PhysX. May not be the case for everyone but for those who have played BF3, now play Batman:AC. Even the GTX680 brings up inconsistent results as you may need to disable DX11 or AA to get it playable or stop fps dropping through the floor - let's not mention the tech demo Metro 2033 where memory bandwidth matters!

That's not to say HD7970 is any better for Batman:AK (compare tables) which is why for most of games it's GTX680 all the way despite the expense.

That's sod law for you.
 
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