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**NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 NOW IN STOCK & AVAILABLE!!**

ALXAndy said:
Correct me if I am wrong, but for the past few months Nvidia could have simply sat at a bench running tests and then adjusting the clocks to make sure the 680 won in benchmarks.

IE, could this dynamic overclocking be deliberately driver based to make sure the card clocks up enough to beat the 7970 in tests?
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nVidia took what was previously going to be a mid-range card and optimised it to compete with AMD. It's not fake performance but it was obviously designed to be high enough to beat the 7970 but not too high that it kills their yields. At the end of the day it's faster and apparently can overclock reasonably well, possibly due to the turbo feature preventing the cards from running constantly at the top speeds.
 
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TAC4U said:
nVidia took what was previously going to be a mid-range card and optimised it to compete with AMD. It's not fake performance but it was obviously designed to be high enough to beat the 7970 but not too high that it kills their yields. At the end of the day it's faster and apparently can overclock reasonably well, possibly due to the turbo feature preventing the cards from running constantly at the top speeds.
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But at the end of the day it isn't faster. Not when you overclock them both.

THAT is what people seem to be unable to accept.
 
Very happy with the results from the 680, although I'm hanging off a little while until the aftermarket cooler versions start coming out...Asus DCUII / MSI Lightning / KFA2 Anarchy Edition etc etc.....I have a thing for aftermarket coolers on my GPU's
 
ALXAndy said:
But at the end of the day it isn't faster. Not when you overclock them both.

THAT is what people seem to be unable to accept.
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Has this been proved yet?

From what i have read beyond heaven its still tbc...

Lets also not forget day 1 drivers and limited(?) additional voltage currently limit the 680.

Also does it not depend on the resolution?
 
OCPete said:
Has this been proved yet?

From what i have read beyond heaven its still tbc...

Lets also not forget day 1 drivers and no additional voltage currently limit the 680.

Also does it not depend on the resolution?
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According to Gibbo when both are overclocked fair and square the 7970 has the edge. However, we now have a thread up so I expect the comparisons to come in shortly.

Tom @ OC3D said that both cards were equal.

Edit. As for day 1 drivers? no no, Nvidia have had months. So I'm not buying that.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
In heaven bench lol, that's what he was referring to.. I prefer gaming performance not synthetic benchmarks.
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Well either way we now have a thread in place so hey, we will find out.

But, I strongly suspect it will literally come down to one or two frames between them.

Which doesn't exactly make the 680 better. Let's be honest though. Some will say it is better and refuse to listen because it says NVIDIA on it.
 
The memory bus with is down to 256-bit when compared to the 384-bit of the 580. How much of a distatvantage will that be?
 
Hmm. Appears shortage fears were well founded.

Newegg have none left in stock, we didn't see a pyramid and OCUK have sold out of EVGA cards.

TheRealDeal.

Yes it may be faster at "stock" but it's not stock is it? not when it deliberately overclocks itself to skew results.

Since when has stock been when a product can overclock itself. I ask you.
 
ALXAndy said:
Well either way we now have a thread in place so hey, we will find out.

But, I strongly suspect it will literally come down to one or two frames between them.

Which doesn't exactly make the 680 better. Let's be honest though. Some will say it is better and refuse to listen because it says NVIDIA on it.
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Blimey man are you aware that you appear to be going from Kepler thread to Kepler thread desperately trying to justify your purchase of a 7970? Or trying to defend AMD in a really creepy fashion.

I think we now get it that you believe the 680 isn't so hot and you are stinking up the threads.
 
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