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

dave_beast · 7 Mar 2012 at 13:52

Has there been any reports from AMD about problems with 28nm wafers?

dave_beast · 9 Mar 2012 at 23:08

JAKUS said:
wow..and this is the baby GK104, I would think Nvidia are quite happy

Happy with what?! :confused:

dave_beast · 9 Mar 2012 at 23:24

JAKUS said:
Err.. performance, I thought it was supposed to be the mid range chip ?

What performance? There's no specifications out yet, only rumours? :confused:

dave_beast · 11 Mar 2012 at 16:11

Fake, memory bus, transistors and vram don't add up.

dave_beast · 11 Mar 2012 at 22:32

PGdude said:
So it's nearly the 17th of February, then?

When I started this thread, everyone was looking to that date yes. I'll see if I can edit it.....

dave_beast · 12 Mar 2012 at 11:20

555BUK said:
The 7970 on the other hand ..... and possibly 6GB versions.

http://www.techpowerup.com/161879/Sapphire-Toxic-Radeon-HD-7970-with-6GB-Memory-Showcased.html

dave_beast · 12 Mar 2012 at 16:34

spankingtexan said:
Kepler is so powerful it can even search for habitable life on other planets. NASA said so lol.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html

Ahh, that's where it's been

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2012 at 12:38

Lord_ZED said:
Most of my mates will never buy AMD card.

Any of those friends got Xbox's?

Lord_ZED said:
In my opinion AMD products are budget solutions.

Good job your opinion isn't true then.

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2012 at 12:47

Lord_ZED said:
Ok then if complete pc build from AMD and Intel/NV ware same price. You would still buy amd even tho intel/nv will be faster ?? Interesting.

We're talking GPU's here

There's no benefit from going with Nvidia GPU/Intel CPU over AMD GPU/Intel CPU.

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2012 at 12:52

Lord_ZED said:
Post me 1 card amd setup vs Intel/NV where AMD one will win with max ocs on AC or water.

My i7 2600k and AMD 7970 can beat any single Nvidia GPU/Intel CPU. Your point exactly?

Meanwhile, on topic, still no confirmed Kepler GPU news :confused:

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2012 at 13:00

Lord_ZED said:
That you would buy 680 card if it was out same time as AMDs 79xx cards. As you dont look for best bang for buck but for top preformance. And in most generations NV had faster 1 card solution on the market.

I paid £416 for a 7970, had it on the 9th Jan, yes, over 2 months ago and have been enjoying the most powerful single GPU for all that time. There was nothing from Nvidia even close, the 580 is about 30% less powerful. Kepler is a fail card, they're re-badging a 670 to 680 as it will compete with the 7970 at stock, where as the likely case is when overclocked, the 7970 will destroy it due to it's massive oc headroom.

If Kepler turns out to be amazing, and really dicks 7970 at oc as well, then i'll sell my 7970 and buy a GTX680 - I seriously doubt this will happen though.

Boomstick777 said:
Come on Nvidia, do the right thing and charge midrange prices for a midrange card, steal the market!

+1 this

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2012 at 18:47

stulid said:
http://www.techpowerup.com/162305/GeForce-GTX-680-Up-To-40-Faster-Than-Radeon-HD-7970-NVIDIA.html

dave_beast · 14 Mar 2012 at 14:36

So, is it confirmed when are Nvidia announcing Kepler? Otherwise, these are all derps in the rumour ocean.

dave_beast · 15 Mar 2012 at 10:51

NDA on GTX 680 and Kepler family will be lift on 22 March at 6pm PT/9pm UTC/GMT.

http://translate.google.fr/translate...m%2F18768.html

So 1 weeks time

dave_beast · 15 Mar 2012 at 11:12

gregster said:
You want me to come clean your office today Gibbo? I don't mind doing it for free and you can pay me in another way....nudge nudge wink wink say no more.

Eurghhh, I just brought up a little bit of sick

dave_beast · 15 Mar 2012 at 11:42

If the GTX 680 is a rebadged, overclocked 670, wouldn't it be wiser to get on of those and just overclock it? Surely Nvidia have shot themselves in the foot?

Also, GK104 GTX 680 is the top end according to Nvidia, there will be nothing higher?!

dave_beast · 15 Mar 2012 at 12:03

ALXAndy said:
This is the flagship model and Nvidia say Tahiti is underwhelming?

Oh the irony.

This

dave_beast · 15 Mar 2012 at 12:07

rare said:
This is why I'm so keen to see the reviews. It's down on bandwidth, it's clocked slower and has less memory than a 7970. Hmm.

The only thing I can see is Nvidia buying all the games software developers studios, enhancing Kepler performance in all new games, and knobbling AMD hardware to run all new games like a slideshow

dave_beast · 15 Mar 2012 at 21:17

555BUK said:
Why do people think 7970's do 1200mhz with ease. They don't, 1200mhz is ringing the nuts out of the card and very few people would it 24/7. 1100mhz is probably the max safe stable 24/7 clocks.

Have mine running at 1150 24/7, never had any problems with heat or anything, and i'm only using AMD's CCC to overclock it, no aftermarket AB/Trixx or anything

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And yes, it will run 24/7 at 1200mhz, but there is really no need to as there's not a lot it can't do at 1150mhz!