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

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:12

xsistor said:
Doesn't 78xx follow the old VLIW architecture? It's what I thought. Great shader performance but relatively poor in everything else (AA/geometry/etc)

Its GCN based.

LeJosh · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:14

xsistor said:
Doesn't 78xx follow the old VLIW architecture? It's what I thought. Great shader performance but relatively poor in everything else (AA/geometry/etc)

Nope: it uses GCN.

555BUK · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:15

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.

DamoTourettes · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:23

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.

And therein is where I hope the 680 vs 7970 overclocked comparison takes place. 1200Mhz - pfft.

straxusii · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:28

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.

Probably because AMD shipped cherry picked engineering samples for the reviews that did (much like Nvidia would do given the chance).

Reading the actual results of users with stable 24/7 overclocks it isn't quite as rosy as the reviews had us believe.

Gregster · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:37

straxusii said:
Probably because AMD shipped cherry picked engineering samples for the reviews that did (much like Nvidia would do given the chance).

Reading the actual results of users with stable 24/7 overclocks it isn't quite as rosy as the reviews had us believe.

Very good point.

spankingtexan · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:45

Surveyor said:
** ATI 7970 NOW IN STOCK & AVAILABLE!! **

Scroll down to the OcUK card.

It was £419.99.

Well, didn't see that price at time of launch, but an absolute bargain for such a powerful card, if only i didn't like 3D vision so much.

Shayper · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:46

GTA767 said:
oo my gosh there isnt 1 ghz gpu

there isnt 25+ perfomace over 7970

7 days left

Source?

Source?

True. The only part that is.

Gregster · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:57

spankingtexan said:
Well, didn't see that price at time of launch, but an absolute bargain for such a powerful card, if only i didn't like 3D vision so much.

Me and you both. I am kind of Nvidia tied, but happy to be if that makes sense.

spankingtexan · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:59

gregster said:
Me and you both. I am kind of Nvidia tied, but happy to be if that makes sense.

Perfectly

GTA767 · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:00

Shayper said:
Source?

Source?

True. The only part that is.

sorry but source is my friend

no one has permission to leak anything

none will loose job for some crappy gpu

xsistor · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:04

gregster said:
Me and you both. I am kind of Nvidia tied, but happy to be if that makes sense.

same here

stulid · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:19

I demand information!!!!!

gazzaa · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:32

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.

there my overclocks running 24/7 on stock volts

Shayper · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:33

GTA767 said:
sorry but source is my friend

no one has permission to leak anything

none will loose job for some crappy gpu

Sorry, but until proper news comes out it is just as much bull as any rumour to me

. No offence on you or your mate at all, just how it is

thezakarum · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:37

Shayper said:
Sorry, but until proper news comes out it is just as much bull as any rumour to me . No offence on you or your mate at all, just how it is

+1

chief barker · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:43

spankingtexan said:
And another thing, if that logo is led lit then how is it lit with no power conected?

chief barker said:
No it's powered by rumours. So much energy is wasted on speculation.

Guys you're still powering that logo LED.

GTA767 · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:49

benchmarks wont go live until 22

so just wait

and if someone wants new gpu will advice to wait for keplar

For me USA price is important as i can buy from amazon and it will be delivered in georgia for only 7 pounds to home so if it will cost 499 obama it will cost me 510 obama delivered

its about 330 pounds but as it will be very limited it will cost in uk min 400 pounds

thats just my calculation

555BUK · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:50

gazzaa said:
there my overclocks running 24/7 on stock volts

Do you think yours would run 1200MHz, given any voltage and be safe to run 24/7 inside an average to good case?

Don't get me wrong, 1100MHz+ is a really good overclock but too many people think 1200MHz is the norm and from most user reviews that is not the case. I think very few cards will run such speeds safely without very good cooling and a very nice GPU.

My launchday ASUS 5850 used to do 1GHz stable for benching but I would not run it 24/7 at those speeds, even inside a HAF-X case. It also seems that only the launch GPU's performed this well, because later versions (iincluding my 2nd ASUS 5850) never clocked anywhere near as good. I think AMD launches the cherries to begin with to achieve rave reviews. I am sure NVidia does the same.

Surveyor · 15 Mar 2012 at 20:55

GTA767 said:
For me USA price is important as i can buy from amazon and it will be delivered in georgia for only 7 pounds to home so if it will cost 499 obama it will cost me 510 obama deliveredtion

Don't you have to pay the Georgian 18% VAT on goods shipped from abroad?

In the UK if we ordered one of these cards from the USA we'd have to pay 20% VAT plus any other applicable duties and fees.