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

Haha, even when they let us see a pic of the new card we still have no clue what is being released....Damn you Nvidia.
 
ALXAndy said:
TBH that photo of that guy is the most reaching and embarrassing thing I have ever seen Nvidia do.

Seriously. A static bag with mystery contents and a poorly printed piece of card stuck to it?
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Should've been Megan Fox wearing fewer clothes or something
 
LeJosh said:
10% better in BF3, 10% worse in 3DMark11.

Oh how exciting.
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Yea but this line makes things seem even worse.

"The rumored performance is a mixed bag between HD 7870 and HD 7970: 10% faster than Radeon HD 7970 in Battlefield 3, but 10% slower in 3DMark11"

So performance can be as far down as the 7870 which says to me that this card is no monster. I think this round is going to be more about price as performance between the 2 brands should be pretty close. I think amd will still hold the performance crown with the 7970. I also think nvidia will be pretty strict with what they allow the review sites to use in the benchmark suites to make sure its close when in reality the 7970 will be more powerful than the gtx680. I could be well of the mark but all info points to this being the case.
 
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TheRealDeal said:
Yea but this line makes things seem even worse.

The rumored performance is a mixed bag between HD 7870 and HD 7970: 10% faster than Radeon HD 7970 in Battlefield 3, but 10% slower in 3DMark11

So performance can be as far down as the 7870 which says to me that this card is no monster. I think this round is going to be more about price as performance between the 2 brands should be pretty close. I think amd will still hold the performance crown with the 7970. I also think nvidia will be pretty strict with what they allow the review sites to use in the benchmark suites to make sure its close when in reality the 7970 will be more powerful than the gtx680. I could be well of the mark but all info points to this being the case.
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They seem to be mixing up the 660ti/670 and 680 when talking about them - I'm assuming that the performance comment you've quoted is for the upper mid-range part not the high end - otherwise its somewhat underwhelming to say the least.
 
Rroff said:
They seem to be mixing up the 660ti/670 and 680 when talking about them - I'm assuming that the performance comment you've quoted is for the upper mid-range part not the high end - otherwise its somewhat underwhelming to say the least.
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If it is the high end, then it is very very underwhelming. I prey this is the 560TI replacement specs.
 
Seems NVIDIA know they're beaten with regards to top end parts. Apparently the "GTX680" as they're now calling the GK104 which is going to be released imminently is about 10% faster than a 7970 in BF3, and in 3D Mark is 10% slower. GK110 released in Q3/Q4 is going to blow the bloody doors off, but who's going to wait that long eh? Custom 7970 overclocked to 1200Mhz with custom cooling seems to me to be the best single card solution on the market for the forseeable. SCREW YOU NVIDIA! *shakes fist at the sky*
 
this kepler crap can go shove now, given up on it, stick with my ti for a while theres a whole world out there to explore
 
garyfl said:
this kepler crap can go shove now, given up on it, stick with my ti for a while theres a whole world out there to explore
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I feel exactly the same, and I'm not even waiting for it.

The way they have treated their loyal fans is absolutely pathetic. They let a rumour go out once in a while, real info is scant and then they post a pic of a static bag with a poorly printed piece of card on it.

Whilst I understand the philosophy of treat em mean, keep em keen I just think they are taking the ****.

This isn't something they are going to be giving away free or cheap to reward their loyal fans for all this BS so as far as I am concerned they can take a running jump.

I no longer give a crap how good Kepler is. It's surrounded with so much BS that like Fermi when it comes out it's going to be slagged off no matter what happens.
 
And to add to that. I take back every criticism of AMD I have had over the past couple of months. They are clearly showing how it should be done. Start the rumours, within a week show the card, within a couple more get the card out and get it selling.

I no longer care about their pricing, because at least they are doing something.

Not just arrogantly talking a load of old crap and giving away nothing at all.
 
I think you are being unfair on NV... most of the "rumours" have not come from Nvidia directly, but clearly people talking out of turn without the full information or before things have been decided by NV, hence why NV HAVEN'T been dishing out info because the info is not finalised

Nvidia are saying info will be forthcoming on Monday, is that really too long to wait?
 
I bet we never see a 1200MHz factory overclocked 7970. That is far too close to the edge, and RMA numbers would be too much compared to the low margins that OEM's actually make. 7900 silicon will also not get any better, unless a new revision is released. Fab contamination and ageing tends to drive down quality over time, resulting in lower overclocks towards end of life. This is why GPU's from NVidia and AMD, and CPU's from Intel tend to overclock best soon after launch. Running 1200MHz for the odd benchmark is not the same as running 1200MHz 24/7 and retaining 100% stability.
 
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