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

Interesting thought :)

How many are watching this thread ready to drop the best part of £500 on a GFX card ?
or
How many are just watching, Happy with what they have but, if this card comes out with good numbers and a £300-350 price tag, could be very interested ?
or
Waiting for last years high end cards new or second hand to drop to bargain prices ?

Sadly I think we know the good & cheap traditionally don't go together, but I think I would go with no2
 
JAKUS said:
How many are watching this thread ready to drop the best part of £500 on a GFX card ?
or
How many are just watching, Happy with what they have but, if this card comes out with good numbers and a £300-350 price tag, could be very interested ?
or
Waiting for last years high end cards new or second hand to drop to bargain prices ?
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None of the above... I'm just interested in the technology :)

I don't really care how they're priced...
 
I'm still happy with my SLI GTX 260's. I game at 1200p and it plays everything I throw at it around 40fps or greater.

Granted I'm not maxing the games out but I am waiting for the Nvidia 700 series before I upgrade next :)
 
JAKUS said:
Interesting thought :)

How many are watching this thread ready to drop the best part of £500 on a GFX card ?
or
How many are just watching, Happy with what they have but, if this card comes out with good numbers and a £300-350 price tag, could be very interested ?
or
Waiting for last years high end cards new or second hand to drop to bargain prices ?

Sadly I think we know the good & cheap traditionally don't go together, but I think I would go with no2
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If they make a card with effective HT technology and turbo boost, with a competitive price, huge overclocking potential and excellent overall performance. It will interest me.

If it's all done in propriety API like the uninteresting physx and games designed to give unfair workloads to AMD, then I couldn't give a toss.
 
JAKUS said:
Interesting thought :)

How many are watching this thread ready to drop the best part of £500 on a GFX card ?
or
How many are just watching, Happy with what they have but, if this card comes out with good numbers and a £300-350 price tag, could be very interested ?
or
Waiting for last years high end cards new or second hand to drop to bargain prices ?

Sadly I think we know the good & cheap traditionally don't go together, but I think I would go with no2
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I am watching it for your 1st statement but not £500. It would need to be around £400 to get my money and of course be able to warrant it.

I can wait but would rather not.
 
straxusii said:
I guess if 680 is the intended 660 and they charge £300 for it then it's ok, still nothing for people near 580 performance levels to upgrade to though I guess
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Given their price drop on the 580 I say no way, José.

Nvidia have gotten lucky it seems. I would imagine they are quite happy right now, given that 104 was never supposed to be a £400 or so part.

But the evidence is quite stark IMO. The 580 has dropped to £300 so why would they charge the same for a 28nm brand new "surround on one card" GPU?

Now had Tahiti been a screamer (more than it was) then right now they would probably be looking at replacing the 580's price with something called a 670ti.

The very fact that they have the ability to market it as a 680 (with a price tag to match) must make them smile.

If the 580 is to be the card below the 680 you can expect at least 580 launch price which was up near £400. That would be £40 cheaper than the 7970, with performance to match (I am sticking my neck out there, but sod it, fly by the seat of your pants and all that).


gregster said:
I am watching it for your 1st statement but not £500. It would need to be around £400 to get my money and of course be able to warrant it.

I can wait but would rather not.
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OK that's two for £400. Any more takers?
 
MichaelM said:
Would you spend that much if it is officially announced as a mid-range card or if they hint that better cards are on the way?
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I guess it all boils down to raw performance per pound.


straxusii said:
I don't think we will be seeing this card at £300 but bare in mind with the 480 and 580 they were much larger dies with much larger costs.
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That doesn't mean squat man.I could sit here and say that Nvidia are paying out the backside for wafers right now as they claim. Any old excuse..

What matters on pricing is where the card positions itself in the market place. If honesty was to come into this then it's a mid ranged part. That means it should have been labelled as one and sold as one.

But it isn't. Nvidia have got the opportunity to sell it as something it wasn't intended to be and they have taken that opportunity by changing its name to a 680.

And they will charge for the privilege.
 
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MichaelM said:
Would you spend that much if it is officially announced as a mid-range card or if they hint that better cards are on the way?
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I will spend that much money if at stock it beats a 580 by 50% (as per pretty much all previous Nvidia die shrinks have done)

If it trades blows with the 7970 then there is no sensible upgrade path for me and I keep the dough until GK100 is out
 
So, if NVidia lauches Kepler at </=£300 they will be seen as a new champion for price versus perfornance. However, if Kepler launches at ~£400 we can blame AMD for starting an inverse price war by virtue of their overinflated 7000 series prices?
 
555BUK said:
So, if NVidia lauches Kepler at </=£300 they will be seen as a new champion for price versus perfornance. However, if Kepler launches at ~£400 we can blame AMD for starting an inverse price war by virtue of their overinflated 7000 series prices?
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No we can't blame AMD.

Compared to the 3GB 580 the 7970 was a bloody bargain. It was faster, cooler and used less power.

Not that the cool and power part mean much, but it was faster. They got their prices from Nvidia.

Just try and remember that this is a company who charged £450 for a GTX 480 at launch when the 5870 was around £350 and at absolute best about 10% slower.
 
straxusii said:
I will spend that much money if at stock it beats a 580 by 50% (as per pretty much all previous Nvidia die shrinks have done)

If it trades blows with the 7970 then there is no sensible upgrade path for me and I keep the dough until GK100 is out
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Yes, logically the GK110 should be the "Killer" single chip card, reading between the lines GK104 has just worked out better than expected but as is common consensus unlikely Nvidia will pass on their good fortune to customers... because they have already called it 680 !
 
straxusii said:
I will spend that much money if at stock it beats a 580 by 50% (as per pretty much all previous Nvidia die shrinks have done)

If it trades blows with the 7970 then there is no sensible upgrade path for me and I keep the dough until GK100 is out
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What if it beats the 580 by 50% and they call it the 680, then in Q3 they release the real 680 under the name 780 at the same price but it's 70%-80% faster than a 580?
 
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