NVIDIA GeForce 600-Series 28nm (Kepler) | 690 680 670 660 650 | Discussion

[flu!d]

Pathetic...

Pathetic that Fermi's lasted three generations and still remains competitive with AMD's offerings?!

I actually think it's quite impressive.

[SiriusDragon]

People bash Fermi but fail to realise that until the 7970's came out, my quad 480s were still much faster than anything AMD had available and the 480 is now around what... almost 2 years old?

And an X79 mobo will only make them faster too...

I am very curious though as to how they expect to make up the 30% performance difference between the 580 and a 7970... it can't be just a simple clock speed boost on a 580 core surely.

[mAJORD]

Originally Posted by ruffnex

You guys have AMD to blame for this. Releasing shit after shit in both CPUs and GPUs the competition dosent have to try too hard.

You seem to be confused Re the current GPU situation at least

Originally Posted by SiriusDragon

People bash Fermi but fail to realise that until the 7970's came out, my quad 480s were still much faster than anything AMD had available and the 480 is now around what... almost 2 years old?

People bashed First Iteration of Fermi, because it was late, crippled, and had ppor performane / Watt GF110 was fine.

I am very curious though as to how they expect to make up the 30% performance difference between the 580 and a 7970... it can't be just a simple clock speed boost on a 580 core surely.

It is unlikely, but remains to be seen how much Frequeny headroom 28nm brings without architectural changes (Free lunch), and if it's enough to allow a simple Fermi shrink to compete not just with Reference vs Reference, but Partners OC models too

[ruffnex]

Originally Posted by mAJORD

You seem to be confused Re the current GPU situation at least

You seem to be overly optimistic on the performance of the HD7970. Couple of fps over a GTX580 in BF3 is hardly groundbreaking.

[Frontl1ne]

Originally Posted by ruffnex

You seem to be overly optimistic on the performance of the HD7970. Couple of fps over a GTX580 in BF3 is hardly groundbreaking.

Picking out one benchmark is hardly appropriate...

[mAJORD]

Originally Posted by ruffnex

You seem to be overly optimistic on the performance of the HD7970. Couple of fps over a GTX580 in BF3 is hardly groundbreaking.

One game, and using a few FPS as a metric?

The Data is that on average, HD7970 is ~20 faster at 1080p, and ~30% faster at 1600p.

Nothing groundbreaking still, but how you can suggest Nvidia are slacking off because of a lack of competion, when their current flagship products arebehind AMD is beyond me.

[ruffnex]

Originally Posted by Frontl1ne

Picking out one benchmark is hardly appropriate...

I'm sorry... There are other games out there that matter?

[Jimba86]

So with these cards comming soon would it be better to wait or to buy a proven GTX 580? (3GB if i can find one and a good price on it)

[maxrig]

Originally Posted by Jimba86

So with these cards comming soon would it be better to wait or to buy a proven GTX 580? (3GB if i can find one and a good price on it)

I'll wait if i was you... The Gainward GeForce GTX 580 3GB Phantom cost $560 is pretty good and there's also a water-block available if you choose to w/c...

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=17016

[Sledge]

Do we have a 6 series thread?
A couple more links..
http://www.hardocp.com/news/2012/01/...in_february63/
http://www.chiphell.com/thread-346223-1-1.html

[knowskillz]

I think its the worst time to buy a card at the moment... we are at a time where its so close to next gen release but not close enough for price drops

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by Sledge

Do we have a 6 series thread?
A couple more links..
http://www.hardocp.com/news/2012/01/...in_february63/
http://www.chiphell.com/thread-346223-1-1.html

There is still no confirmation that it will be 600 or 700 series.

[tfroggydawg]

Originally Posted by knowskillz

I think its the worst time to buy a card at the moment... we are at a time where its so close to next gen release but not close enough for price drops

This! Worst time ever to buy a card.

Everything is to expensive considering how close "next gen" is. i.e. Second hand and new 580's are way to high $$$...and 7970's are going for at least $150 more than they will be worth new in a few months.

[Bertross]

This is why retailers still have stocks on the 7970.... $750 is just to damn exp. people will now be like..."and nv 580 is howmuch? $550?" ill have that thanks.

As for the bf3 bench, come on guys we all play it. and if all you play a 580 is the better bargaon right now and quieter.

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Mid-range card?

GeForce Kepler 104 (GK104) Packs 256-bit GDDR5 Memory Bus, 225W TDP

NVIDIA GeForce Kepler (GK104) will be NVIDIA's first high-performance GPU launched, based on its Kepler architecture. New reports suggest that this GPU, which will succeed GF114 (on which the likes of GeForce GTX 560 Ti are based), will continue to have a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. An equally recent report suggests that NVIDIA could give the front-line product based on GK104 as much as 2 GB of memory. We are also getting to hear from the INPAI report that on this product based on the GK104, the GPU will have a TDP of 225W. What's more, NVIDIA is gunning for the performance crown from AMD Radeon HD 7900 series with this chip, so it suggests that NVIDIA is designing the GK104 to have a massive performance improvement over the GF114 that it's succeeding.

http://www.techpowerup.com/159009/Ge...-225W-TDP.html