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

dave_beast · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:38

Martini1991 said:
Everything about this card screams mid range.

I'll ask again - Source? Or are you in need of standing up before speaking as your voice is being muffled?

Jakus · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:38

You have to say Nvidia has really played the game well this time around

Martini1991 · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:39

dave_beast said:
I'll ask again - Source? Or are you in need of standing up before speaking as your voice is being muffled?

Oh, just do one.
It's people like you that cause the problems of business bending the consumer over.

N19h7m4r3 · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:39

dave_beast said:
Source? Or are YOU just being hilarious as per usual?

It's GK104, wasn't the 104 lable has always been used for mid range cards.

Martini1991 · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:40

N19h7m4r3 said:
It's GK104, wasn't the 104 lable has always been used for mid range cards.

Don't even bother responding to him.

rolypolyman · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:40

256bit for a start.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:41

Full slide set hosted by someone else:

http://imgur.com/a/RCDqK#15

The Slayer_UK · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:41

MichaelM said:
If the 7970 can achieve ~30% performance from overclocking with the reference cooler and if it came out before the 680 so they could clock to whatever it takes to win at stock frequencies and if they price it to compete with the 7970, does anyone give an IF what stock results they give?

We know nothing of how they match up yet I think.

Im just looking at stock to be honest. I have never overclocked a gpu I know there are a lot of people who will overclock gpus which makes your point perfectly valid but from my point of view there are probly quite a few who dont and just keep it at stock

TheRealDeal · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:41

People keep saying the gtx680 is nvidias mid range which is hilarious. Its the best chip they have ready end of story. If it was called gk114 then they would be correct as the gk112 will be the daddy. This is all they have and the best they have so its there highend. Theres already rumours of amd having a faster core available but nobody is saying that tahiti is mid range.

The gtx680 looks like a stripped out pure gaming card v amds fully functional all rounder. So its no surprise its smaller and uses less power to get the job done.

It will be interesting to see what this txaa is all about as it sounds really good and could well give nvidia a nice lead.

Martini1991 · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:42

Some of the results scream out it's mid range too, where it loses out to a GTX580.

Jakus · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:42

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Full slide set hosted by someone else:

http://imgur.com/a/RCDqK#15

Your still on form

cheers

straxusii · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:42

Bobisuruncle54 said:
OK, I think we can all say that unless the 680 comes in at £350 or less and shakes things up a bit, this entire generation sucks.

Amen, worst die shrink release from both companies in living memory.

Martini1991 · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:43

TheRealDeal said:
People keep saying the gtx680 is nvidias mid range which is hilarious. Its the best chip they have ready end of story. If it was called gk114 then they would be correct as the gk112 will be the daddy. This is all they have and the best they have so its there highend. Theres already rumours of amd having a faster core available but nobody is saying that tahiti is mid range.

The gtx680 looks like a stripped out pure gaming card v amds fully functional all rounder. So its no surprise its smaller and uses less power to get the job done.

Not really.
We're supposed to be on 28nm for another gen, refine the GK110 and bang, GTX780.

That's only going to make it easier for Nvidia.

xsistor · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:44

rare said:
Hilarious that nvidia said it was 'dissapointed' in the 7970. At the resolution I use (25600x1440) there's bassicly nothing in it.

Martini1991 said:
Well it's not really hilarious is it, this is Nvidia's mid range card rebranded and it's competing with the 7970, that's hilarious.

yeah.

dave_beast · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:44

N19h7m4r3 said:
It's GK104, wasn't the 104 lable has always been used for mid range cards.

TheRealDeal said:
People keep saying the gtx680 is nvidias mid range which is hilarious. Its the best chip they have ready end of story.

The cynic in me thinks Nvidia had nothing to counter Tahiti in Jan, and have re titled their GK110 that was coming out in Jan to "GK104", overclocked the nuts off it and are releasing now.

Think about it, if people who choose Nvidia think mid range Kepler is this good it keeps their interest right? Folks will think if GK104 is this good, GK110 must be amazing? You follow?

Jakus · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:44

straxusii said:
Amen, worst die shrink release from both companies in living memory.

Maybe a little strong

straxusii · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:44

HeX said:
Rehosted incase they get pulled

Nice one, they got pulled

RavenXXX2 · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:45

N19h7m4r3 said:
It's GK104, wasn't the 104 lable has always been used for mid range cards.

Well it was used for fermi and the 460 cards, and it was GF114 for the 560. I think we have to assume the 680 is a mid-high end core, not simply by it's code name but by its die size as well.

WesleyBurns · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:45

I guess it is all in the benchmarks too see just how "midrange" it will be.

Martini1991 · 20 Mar 2012 at 15:45

dave_beast said:
The cynic in me thinks Nvidia had nothing to counter Tahiti in Jan, and have re titled their GK110 that was coming out in Jan to "GK104", overclocked the nuts off it and are releasing now.

Think about it, if people who choose Nvidia think mid range Kepler is this good it keeps their interest right? Folks will think if GK104 is this good, GK110 must be amazing? You follow?

AMD till the end.