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

drunkenmaster · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:21

Quite possibly fake or simply a test pcb where they had traces for different setups possible and different heatsink prototypes. A top end kepler won't possibly work on that PCB, wrong memory chip number(most likely) and wrong bus width, so incompatible tracing. There is no reason for a PCB for a single gpu to have 8pin + 2 6 pins, possible uber overclocking enabled cards to have a 8 and 6 pin.

Hell, there is zero point coming up with whole new connections and stacking to have 2x 6 pins when another 8pin would give the same rating, basically nonsense.

stulid · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:23

Full PCB pictured,

http://www.techpowerup.com/161601/GK104-PCB-Pictured-in-Full.html

LeJosh · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:26

Hmm, interesting.

bru · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:29

Edit: oh i see stulid just posted a link to it. oh well

the guy posting just under this img reckons its just a test board.

That's what we call a test mule. It is an engineering card with localized PCB I/O connectors for diagnostic equipment.

stulid · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:35

d_brennen said:
It's late stulid, you're forgiven Get some sleep mate, there may be some Kepler news in the morning

See above, ta da!!!

d_brennen · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:44

stulid said:
See above, ta da!!!

brb off to buy a Euro lotto ticket

Gregster · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:47

So long as the hungry is warranted with power I don't care.

LeJosh · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:50

Is it just me or is that an excessive amount of thermal paste?

dave_beast · 2 Mar 2012 at 15:54

LeJosh said:
Is it just me or is that an excessive amount of thermal paste?

With the amount of power connectors, it's probably fried egg residue

bru · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:02

dave_beast said:
With the amount of power connectors, it's probably fried egg residue

ah yes 2x 6pin is ever so excessive isn't it :rolleyes:

dave_beast · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:08

bru said:
ah yes 2x 6pin is ever so excessive isn't it

1 x 6, 1 x 8 and tracks for another, what on earth do they have planned?! :confused:

bru · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:16

dave_beast said:
1 x 6, 1 x 8 and tracks for another, what on earth do they have planned?!

looks like 6 pin + 6 pin to me, the shot of the 6 pin + 8 pin connector doesn't look as if it is even mounted to anything.
myself I'll go by what we can actually see rather than the huge amounts of speculation that always accompany all these threads.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 2 Mar 2012 at 17:39

It seems the GTX670 will have 6+6 connectors and the GTX680 will have 6+8 connectors according to Chiphell.

According to Kyle Bennett over on HardOCP he has heard noise that the GK104 is around 45% to 50% faster than a GTX580 in Nvidia benchmarks and has single card surround gaming as standard:

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1038447903&postcount=437

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1038447905&postcount=438

I wonder if AMD will counter with an HD7980??

the_jetsetwilly · 2 Mar 2012 at 18:28

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
and has single card surround gaming as standard

now thats got my attention.

ToxicTBag · 2 Mar 2012 at 18:47

ToxicTBag said:
I think we will have to put up with a lot more rumour and speculation before Kepler lands
..... so i might as well have my 2 penneth worth ....
Kepler will land on the shelves between April 1st and 3rd the gtx670 will be priced at or around £429 for the most pricey version but we might get lucky and see lesser brands willing to forego a huge markup and sell for £379 ...... and i have my fingers crossed for the release of Bioshock Infinite at the same time

Allways wanted to quote myself, i guess now is as good a time as any we know kepler is about to arrive let the speculation on the arrival date begin

Jas1222 · 2 Mar 2012 at 19:38

ASAP hopefully!

TAC4U · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:29

I just hope nVidia doesn't go pricing mad and target their high-end card at £500+. If it costs the same as the 7970 but offers a markable performance increase - say 25% - then I'll be interested, unless AMD can drop their prices enough to counter. But I don't want to wait months.

garyfl · 3 Mar 2012 at 00:08

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/graphi...a_GeForce_Kepler_Graphics_Card_Published.html

first image released of kepler, can any one deduce what performance will be like looking at this pic ?

stulid · 3 Mar 2012 at 00:57

garyfl said:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/graphi...a_GeForce_Kepler_Graphics_Card_Published.html

first image released of kepler, can any one deduce what performance will be like looking at this pic ?

Welcome to post#430+444+452

garyfl · 3 Mar 2012 at 00:59

ooops ive just got in from work, think its bedtime for me haha