The first "proper" Kepler news Fri 17th Feb?

[ALXAndy]

See?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Why?



edit: Check out the performance of a single 470 vs a single 7970 (click me). As you can see there's a huge gulf in performance...

The 680 appears to be a fair chunk faster than the 7970 at the heaven benchmark, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the 680 gets a higher score than SLI 470s.

The HKEPC results at 1920X1080 and using 8XAA have a very different spread though.

In the HKEPC preview there is around a 10% difference and the newer results indicate around a 30% difference.

Edit!!

HKEPC were also using the latest drivers too.

 

[thezakarum]

So the GK104 is the tessellation MASTER??

With the launch on the 22nd I need to get my final rumours list updated.

This literally made me laugh out loud.

 

[Duff-Man]

The HKEPC results at 1920X1080 and using 8XAA have a very different spread though.

In the HKEPC preview there is around a 10% difference and the newer results indicate around a 30% difference.

... At a different resolution, using different AA settings.

It is to be expected that the gap will close somewhat as the resolution increases - due to higher memory bandwidth on the 7970.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This literally made me laugh out loud.

You haven't seen my final list yet!!

 

[ALXAndy]

You haven't seen my final list yet!!

It had better include that the 680 gives head, tidies and dusts your room and then makes you a nice cup of tea.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

... At a different resolution, using different AA settings.

It is to be expected that the gap will close somewhat as the resolution increases - due to higher memory bandwidth on the 7970.

That is true. However,no one has answered my question about the Batman:Arkham City results. Is the game CPU heavy??

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It had better include that the 680 gives head, tidies and dusts your room and then makes you a nice cup of tea.

Thats all been covered by the following rumour:

"Does some other stuff that I might go WTF at"

 

[ALXAndy]

 

[Rroff]

Either my 470's are broken or somthings fishy with the 680...

Your 470s are broken:

 

[Cleeecooo]

It had better include that the 680 gives head, tidies and dusts your room and then makes you a nice cup of tea.

I feel sorry for the guys handling the RMA...

 

[Dan2kx]

I feel sorry for the guys handling the RMA...

Now that's funny lol

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I feel sorry for the guys handling the RMA...

I heard the GTX680 has a self cleaning function.

 

[thezakarum]

Your 470s are broken:

Now thats where I was expecting mine to be.

Maybe I had to restart my pc or somthing.

Anyway, just did a few benchmarks on Arkham City with different CPU clocks (3.8/4.0/4.4/4.8) and it doesn't seem to be "CPU heavy".

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Now thats where I was expecting mine to be.

Maybe I had to restart my pc or somthing.

Anyway, just did a few benchmarks on Arkham City with different CPU clocks (3.8/4.0/4.4/4.8) and it doesn't seem to be "CPU heavy".

Thanks!

I wonder if someone in this thread who has a Core i7 2600K or 2700K could run the AC benchmark??

So,ATM a 1.3GHZ GTX680 will give you 112FPS with a 3.4GHZ Core i7 2600K and a 1.125GHZ HD7970 will give 98FPS with a 4.4GHZ Core i7 2600K.

I found another HD7970 3GB score from the same website with a 1.235GHZ overclock using the same settings(1920X1080,4XAA,very high settings):

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/powercolor_lcs_hd7970/6.htm

The RAM was running at 1.76GHZ though and the HD7970 scored 111FPS.

The scores look similar but I am wondering how much the 1GHZ overclock is helping the overclocked HD7970 3GB at 1920X1080.

So,the 1.235GHZ HD7970 should be around the same as a 1.3GHZ GTX680 in the Batman:Arkham City benchmark.

 

[thezakarum]

So,the 1.235GHZ HD7970 should be around the same as a 1.3GHZ GTX680 in the Batman:Arkham City benchmark.

But did he have phyx on the GTX680?

Although, then again it is the phyx MASTER so can probably run it without taking too much of a fps hit.

 

[Cleeecooo]

But did he have phyx on the GTX680?

Although, then again it is the phyx MASTER so can probably run it without taking too much of a fps hit.

Isn't te CPU supposed to handle physx as default in Nvidia control panel?

 

[Sin_Chase]

Isn't te CPU supposed to handle physx as default in Nvidia control panel?

IIRC Auto is the default.

 

[thezakarum]

IIRC Auto is the default.

And auto defaults to the graphics card in the first slot.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

But did he have phyx on the GTX680?

No.

Although, then again it is the phyx MASTER so can probably run it without taking too much of a fps hit.

The GTX680 is the MASTER anyway!

Is the HD7970 now Kato to the GTX680 Green Hornet??