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

[Mojo]

Quite simply, with max settings applied the 680 is faster within most games, both at stock and when overclocked. According to every review so far, the 680 averages 10% faster.

It costs less (but still too bloody expensive), offers more features, requires less power, and even overclocks just as well as the 7970's. NVidia have just beat AMD's top part with their mainstream performance part. Until today people could argue that the 7970 was a good part. GK104 performance and features make the 7970 look very poor indeed. Even the ~1% of gamers who use 3x monitor setups will be happy because NVidia now support up to 4x.

I cannot wait for NVidia's GK110 high-end part as it appears to be GK104 +50%. Maybe someone should start a new thread.

I've only looked at Overclock3d's review on the GTX680, but they both seemed about level pegging, not a 10% performance difference! The 680 edges it in some, the 7970 in others. Where it does do better is power consumption.

According to the roadmap on Techpowerup the GTX680 is their premier single GPU offering until late 2012/early 2013.

To be honest, with two GPUs that are similar in performance/price from two rival companies I'm looking towards the price war, been 2 years since I made any upgrades!

 

[xsistor]

Quite simply, with max settings applied the 680 is faster within most games, both at stock and when overclocked. According to every review so far, the 680 averages 10% faster.

It costs less (but still too bloody expensive), offers more features, requires less power, and even overclocks just as well as the 7970's. NVidia have just beat AMD's top part with their mainstream performance part. Until today people could argue that the 7970 was a good part. GK104 performance and features make the 7970 look very poor indeed. Even the ~1% of gamers who use 3x monitor setups will be happy because NVidia now support up to 4x.

I cannot wait for NVidia's GK110 high-end part as it appears to be GK104 +50%. Maybe someone should start a new thread.

ME too. These look great. Above all, they seem really efficient and offer consistent performance. I will wait probably for the highest-end Kepler and buy it.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I was just skimming over reviews but I don't share the massive enthusiasm that many here have.

It costs the same, performs a little bit better. AMAZING!

After the build up of "4billion percent more performance £600000 less than AMD cards". I expected more. I can't see the UK getting the cards down to decent pricing, imagine AMD will trundle along with their high pricing also.

 

[Boomstick777]

Just watched OC3D's TTL review, the only review without gimped results for the 7970. Conclusion basically both cards perform the same so pick based on which brand you prefer...

In terms of actual frame-rates it's nearly identical to the HD7970 and for the first time in a long while you truly can throw your hat in with whichever company you prefer and know that you aren't compromising anything.

 

[Duff-Man]

Just watched OC3D's TTL review, the only review without gimped results for the 7970. Conclusion basically both cards perform the same so pick based on which brand you prefer...

You would think, however, that he might make the effort to spell the name of the card correctly. The same "Keplar" spelling is everywhere...

Hell, it even comes up as an underlined spelling error in Chrome / Word / everything else

 

[ALXAndy]

Just watched OC3D's TTL review, the only review without gimped results for the 7970. Conclusion basically both cards perform the same so pick based on which brand you prefer...

Yup Tom's a good lad. I'm just glad he wasn't stupid enough to do what some sites have and make outrageous claims. I think egg will be hitting faces soon. Especially when some one like Vortez overclocks the 7970 and shows us just how close it all is

 

[TAC4U]

The 7970 owners who are still crooning about GPGPU and other ******** on a gaming forum make me roll my eyes - green team wins this round, end of. Even the lame TDP argument has been blown out of the water by the GTX 680 - a mid range card that's belted the 7970 out of the park, and very nearly AMD's current dual GPU flagship as well.

The 7970 and 680 perform very similarly and cost about the same, with the 680 offering a slight advantage. Anybody that bought a 7970 isn't going to be hugely disappointed, particularly if they've had them for months - there is no "crooning" over compute or TDP. It's likely we'll see a price drop from AMD, which will level things out.

People need to stop manufacturing outrage. They're both good cards.

 

[Turb3k]

Why has everyone forgotten the 680 just released!? The 79xx cards have been around for what 2-3months? So firstly nvidia had extra time working on there card, secondly its not there mid range card, its there top of the line, (all this bull about them deciding it was better than the 79xx cards so released it as a 680 instead is just a story not hard fact.
Thirdly its there only card atm, amd have how many 7xxx cards out?
Forth amd could well release a 7980 card and beat the 680 (nivida have run out of numbers unless they go for 685) unlikely
And at number five people who have waited around for months and months while the red team have been enjoying months worth of smooth quiet cool high single card fps think they have had the better end of the deal for what 8% better fps and stock!? What!?

 

[Jakus]

I was just skimming over reviews but I don't share the massive enthusiasm that many here have.

It costs the same, performs a little bit better. AMAZING!

After the build up of "4billion percent more performance £600000 less than AMD cards". I expected more. I can't see the UK getting the cards down to decent pricing, imagine AMD will trundle along with their high pricing also.

I Agree, The card is fantastic for a midrange (that it is really) but too weak as a top end !

From what I have seen minimum frame rates are only a few up on GTX580 in some of the stuff I was interested in....Don't have a problem spending the money for the right product, but this would just be a stop gap really @ £299 I would have just got one to play with but it's silly overpriced !

 

[LeJosh]

If the 7870 sees a price drop that would be gravy.

After the huffing and puffing by NV as usual, it's quite underwhelming in my eyes but still a great card, I just expected more but that's because I like to huge jumps in performance.

 

[elrasho]

I Agree, The card is fantastic for a midrange (that it is really) but too weak as a top end !

From what I have seen minimum frame rates are only a few up on GTX580 in some of the stuff I was interested in....Don't have a problem spending the money for the right product, but this would just be a stop gap really @ £299 I would have just got one to play with but it's silly overpriced !

How can you say the GTX680 is a mid range card when it outperforms the 7970?

 

[Meaker]

How can you say the GTX680 is a mid range card when it outperforms the 7970?

Because imagine what the highend chip would have been like

 

[ALXAndy]

How can you say the GTX680 is a mid range card when it outperforms the 7970?

Overclocked it outperforms the 7970.

 

[LeJosh]

If NV released a 500mm2 chip it would've destroyed anything out there but need 4 suns to power it probably.

 

[ALXAndy]

If NV released a 500mm2 chip it would've destroyed anything out there but need 4 suns to power it probably.

Helios 1

 

[kitch9]

+1

The 7970 owners who are still crooning about GPGPU and other ******** on a gaming forum make me roll my eyes - green team wins this round, end of. Even the lame TDP argument has been blown out of the water by the GTX 680 - a mid range card that's belted the 7970 out of the park, and very nearly AMD's current dual GPU flagship as well.

512MB Gddr5 high speed chips use around 10 watt of power, so will a bigger memory bus.

Do the math.

 

[elrasho]

Overclocked it outperforms the 7970.

It outperforms in some areas at stock speeds too so clearly it's not a mid range card. People need to let go of that "Because imagine what the highend chip would have been like" because in reality this is what we have, a card that outperforms the 7970 at stock. I'm not fussed about overclocking for my needs (which is playing at 1080P on a single monitor), for my needs the GTX680 is better than the 7970.

 

[xsistor]

Overclocked it outperforms the 7970.

You don't need to overclock it. At stock it outperforms the 7970.

 

[LeJosh]

So is this forum now called overstockers?

 

[xsistor]

So is this forum now called overstockers?

Sounds like a great idea for a site