Zotac gone off the deep end, planning a 2 ghz GTX 680?

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Originally Posted by UrbanSmooth

Overclocking with air cooling is like trying to send a rocket to the moon on diesel fuel.

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Does the job and I'm happy with it.

Good enough for an M-ITX system.

Maybe its just me but I havent seen much difference in stable 24/7 stuff OC wise between air/water on recent cards. My 480's do 850 air my 580 did 920 air ect. Sure with water its a quieter option and will pick up a few Mhz. but for daily stuff I haven't seen the point. This card looks good to me, very well built.

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Originally Posted by El Maño

Good example.
http://www.aircommandrockets.com/
http://www.oflittleinterest.com/cont...section/13/40/

To each his own, and air OCing has lots of fans and i't not a bad option. It's just another way.

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Good example, now find me a link were rocketeers are sending rockets into orbit only powered by the best "Iberian & Pata Negra Ham", cured, but not too salty thanks, LOL

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Originally Posted by kuroikenshi

Good example, now find me a link were rocketeers are sending rockets into orbit only powered by the best "Iberian & Pata Negra Ham", cured, but not too salty thanks, LOL

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A true Pata Negra is never too salty, it's just perfect ;)

has anyone found a download for the zotac firestorm app that works with 680?
they showed it before the 680 launched, and they show it again on this gpu, but theres like no link

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Originally Posted by UrbanSmooth

Overclocking with air cooling is like trying to send a rocket to the moon on diesel fuel.

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Nope

If the point was to fly your rocket as far as possible, you'd want the best fuel.

But if you could get to the moon on diesel and it saved you money, you'd use diesel.

The point of air overclocking is to get free performance while avoiding warranty/maintenance issues. Totally different purpose to LN2 overclocking.

But you probably just wanted to make a joke. It did sound good ;)

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Originally Posted by gumballguy

But you probably just wanted to make a joke. It did sound good ;)

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that's what it's all about :)

Well there are several manufacturers now saying they will release GTX680 2Ghz, I was wondering if it meant that the GTX690 (2 x GTX680 950Mhz) is potentially obsolete ?

Eh? NVIDIA doesn't allow for more than within 2 % of 1,100 MHz, who's announcing 2 GHz cards? I think you're confused :D

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Originally Posted by [XC] Oj101

Eh? NVIDIA doesn't allow for more than within 2 % of 1,100 MHz, who's announcing 2 GHz cards?

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If they dont buy those chips directly from nVidia then they can do what ever they wish.

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Originally Posted by rintamarotta

If they dont buy those chips directly from nVidia then they can do what ever they wish.

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Ask XFX, why they dont produce anymore Nvidia cards.

I think it was because they wanted to build AMD cards too, but tbh I don't really remember.