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

dave_beast · 14 Feb 2012 at 16:13

HEADRAT said:
Is your sig supposed to be blurred and intelligible?

What GPU you running?

DamoTourettes · 14 Feb 2012 at 16:14

555BUK said:
The fact that EVGA have working samples to demonstrate should indicate that cards are not far from launch. The sooner we get 7950/70 performance for ~£300 the better.

+1

HEADRAT · 14 Feb 2012 at 16:18

dave_beast said:
What GPU you running?

Kepler, must be all the vapor pouring off it that's making you sig fuzzy

KillBoY_UK · 14 Feb 2012 at 16:38

Voltage said:
just been informed i will have a sample unit before the end of the month

Tried to get my boss to get as one as well, as I do test nifty animation technology that works on the back of PhysX 2 and 3 after all so have a half decent case.

Heck even PhysX updates in Nvidia drivers breaks the code and gives odd results lol

Ghøst · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:18

Sin_Chase said:
Assuming it IS Kepler and not something entirely different? Like...mobile platform stuff?

Don't say things like that...

Sin_Chase · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:20

I know right?

dave_beast · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:21

Ghøst said:
Don't say things like that...

Don't panic, mobile Kepler was shipped in January http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/25747-nvidia-shipping-kepler-to-notebook-manufacturers

Havana_UK · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:31

dave_beast said:
Don't panic, mobile Kepler was shipped in January http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/25747-nvidia-shipping-kepler-to-notebook-manufacturers

...and mobile Kepler is only really a die-shrunk Fermi from 40nm to 28nm anyway. More of a test bench for 28nm production process than anything ground-breaking.

555BUK · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:28

Havana_UK said:
...and mobile Kepler is only really a die-shrunk Fermi from 40nm to 28nm anyway. More of a test bench for 28nm production process than anything ground-breaking.

Well, clock for clock that's all it would take for NVidia to beat the 7970. Rather embarassing for AMD that 2 year old tech could do that.

dave_beast · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:47

555BUK said:
Well, clock for clock that's all it would take for NVidia to beat the 7970. Rather embarassing for AMD that 2 year old tech could do that.

Rather embarassing for Nvidia not having anything in the marketplace that can even come close to the 7970?

panyan · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:03

dave_beast said:
Rather embarassing for Nvidia not having anything in the marketplace that can even come close to the 7970?

not long now...

enjoy your 7970 while its still king

555BUK · 14 Feb 2012 at 22:42

dave_beast said:
Rather embarassing for Nvidia not having anything in the marketplace that can even come close to the 7970?

I am sure that if NVidia were to release an underperfoming and overpriced Kepler part, it would equate pretty well to AMD's effort. It is certainly not behond possibility that NVidia may create an equally uninspiring counterpart to the 7970, but let's hope otherwise.

I certainly do not expect Kepler to come "close" to the 7970 in terms of performance per pound.

se_vietboi · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:06

Nvidia had too much time to develope something beasty..I hope.

DamoTourettes · 15 Feb 2012 at 11:35

Well apparently they're in the wild, so we're probably looking at 6-8 weeks before they're on the shelves.

Haven't seen Gibbo around recently - wonder if he's got early silicon?

Borsch · 15 Feb 2012 at 13:19

It can't be worse than 7970 performance wise, but it can be more expensive. HAvnt they always been more dear than AMD? The only way for overall prices to come down is for Nvidia to blow 7970 out of the water performance wise.

dave_beast · 15 Feb 2012 at 13:36

Borsch said:
It can't be worse than 7970 performance wise, but it can be more expensive. HAvnt they always been more dear than AMD? The only way for overall prices to come down is for Nvidia to blow 7970 out of the water performance wise.

I reckon 5% over 7970 stock clocks, but £500 :eek:

Ghøst · 15 Feb 2012 at 13:40

Remember this card that's about to ne released by NVidia with the GK104 specification is being touted as a mid range kepler product with an expected RRP of $349 - $399 so if it does match the HD7970 at that price point then everyone's a winner.

Borsch · 15 Feb 2012 at 13:41

Nah, I wouldnt be that pessimistic

I recon, Kepler will be +25% performance and plus 15% price. So yes -£500 card. But thats on launch, prices should fall after that - rapidly I hope

dave_beast · 15 Feb 2012 at 13:47

Borsch said:
Nah, I wouldnt be that pessimistic I recon, Kepler will be +25% performance

You think they'll release with a card that's 25% more powerful than 7970? Lol, where is it then?! It hasn't even been announced yet, that was meant to be at CES at the beginning of January. It'll be 5%, and no more than 10% more powerful. By this time I hope AMD release the 7980

Borsch · 15 Feb 2012 at 13:56

I know, you may well be right, but I just hope for all our sake that the new gen makes good progress, 10% on 7970 which in turn was not that much better than 580 is kinda meagre;( And then we'll be stuck with this mediocrity for another two years until another next gen appears...