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

**DilTech** · 03-23-2012 02:37 PM

http://www.legitreviews.com/news/12697/

If they pull that off, it'd definitely be the fastest card on the market for awhile... I personally don't see it as possible, but if they do it, I'm bringing them milk and cookies and apologizing to my parents for telling them that santa wasn't real.

**Hornet331** · 03-23-2012 02:40 PM

so it goes for 2k$ and comes with cascade...

**zalbard** · 03-23-2012 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Hornet331

so it goes for 2k$ and comes with cascade...

They probably built a cloning machine and got a hold of Vince's DNA... Shipping may be expensive! But totally worth it!

**informal** · 03-23-2012 02:53 PM

Let me guess,they will sell it together with custom Zotac 2KW power supply unit ?

**Manicdan** · 03-23-2012 02:54 PM

probably meant 1.2ghz
thats the only thing i can think of

**andressergio** · 03-23-2012 03:23 PM

card pump and a river as res lol

**Lanek** · 03-23-2012 04:12 PM

Do they plan to invert the GPU boost effect ? set it to 2000mhz > running @ 1200mhz?

Joke aside, im with Manicdan on this. should be a typo.

**Dark-Energy** · 03-23-2012 04:43 PM

With an environmental fee of $100 for contributing to global warming.

**zanzabar** · 03-23-2012 04:44 PM

take note that NV changed their naming scheme replacing physical shader count and the scalier unit multiplying the clock speed by 2x to multiplying the shaders by 2 (like amd dose but i think amd is 4x now), so since it zotac had leaked that the card had 768 shaders (half the specs) im betting that they would have a 1ghz card so its not really anythig.

if they want to double the stock clock range of the card that is insane since its already a ~250W card with a 200W gpu.

**The Jesus** · 03-23-2012 04:50 PM

Maybe he meant 2GHz memory?

**labs23** · 03-23-2012 05:09 PM

might be model clocked around 1980+ Mhz that's capable of reaching 2Ghz w/ the help of gpu boost?

**Russian** · 03-23-2012 05:16 PM

Confirmed with Zotac, this is not a typo.

**Klarko** · 03-23-2012 05:24 PM

hmmm I can see a lot of issues with power, heat, noise... Liquid cooled?

**Bobsama** · 03-23-2012 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Klarko

hmmm I can see a lot of issues with power, heat, noise... Liquid cooled?

Toss on a TEC and 4 more PCI-E cables...

**DilTech** · 03-23-2012 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Russian

Confirmed with Zotac, this is not a typo.

Getting my milk and cookies ready just in case they actually pull this one off. You figure with the supposedly "cheap" PCB and 2x6 pins it's capable of 1.3ghz, I can see 1.5 being doable--but 2ghz?

**Manicdan** · 03-23-2012 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by DilTech

Getting my milk and cookies ready just in case they actually pull this one off. You figure with the supposedly "cheap" PCB and 2x6 pins it's capable of 1.3ghz, I can see 1.5 being doable--but 2ghz?

"screenshot or it didnt happen" is my motto until this thing settles.
if they really can launch a 2ghz card, then this is a serious feat for perf/mm2, and that means ill short AMD stock and buy some nvidia.

**CrazyNutz** · 03-23-2012 05:42 PM

Perhaps there is a way to unlink the shaders so they run asynch again. Core @ 1016mhz and shaders @ 2032mhz?

**SKYMTL** · 03-23-2012 05:51 PM

There isn't. They are hard locked.

**tbone8ty** · 03-23-2012 06:06 PM

It will be able to do 2ghz on ln2. If the Evga gtx 680 was able to hit ~1.8ghz then I'm sure it wont be to hard to hit 2ghz

**BeepBeep2** · 03-23-2012 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by DilTech

Getting my milk and cookies ready just in case they actually pull this one off. You figure with the supposedly "cheap" PCB and 2x6 pins it's capable of 1.3ghz, I can see 1.5 being doable--but 2ghz?

Not even 1.5. Maybe 1.4. PCB ain't worth that much...EVGA Untouchables proves that. 30-100 MHz can be done moving from 3/4 phase VRM to 10 phase beefy burrito VRM

I could only think of them trying to use a high qmax (~400w) TEC to cool this thing or something...4x8 pin connectors and junk, power consumption 675w, XD

Originally Posted by tbone8ty

It will be able to do 2ghz on ln2. If the Evga gtx 680 was able to hit ~1.8ghz then I'm sure it wont be to hard to hit 2ghz

Remember to note that all the manufacturers right now run the same NVIDIA reference PCB.

**zanzabar** · 03-23-2012 06:31 PM

if they do put the 2ghz cards out in large numbers i dont see how any1 could complain about no gk100

**GoldenTiger** · 03-23-2012 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Russian

Confirmed with Zotac, this is not a typo.

My brain is having trouble understanding how it could possibly be

! Even if it were a 100-unit special run, just wow... I'd LOVE to get my hands on a pair of these things if they're available in the US.

Even if it's not widely available, I'm wondering if say 1.5ghz or 1.6ghz ones WILL be soon...? I wonder how soon, if so... suddenly really questioning my purchase of 2x reference cards (eVGA 680) since it seems I would be unable to step-up to say an eVGA non-reference model of the same GPU

. Any thoughts, anyone?

**Musho** · 03-23-2012 06:56 PM

April Fools' Day.

Awww, did I spoil the fun?

**LiquidReactor** · 03-23-2012 07:13 PM

Ultra cherry picking. There has to be at least a couple of dies that can do 2 Ghz if liquid cooled.

**BeepBeep2** · 03-23-2012 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by LiquidReactor

Ultra cherry picking. There has to be at least a couple of dies that can do 2 Ghz if liquid cooled.

...
Average 1200-1400 on air/water vs 2000? At the very best that would be a 45% improvement...it would be like average Bulldozer parts doing 4.7 on water, and the ultra cherry picked doing 6.8 XD

I'm not using SB or SB-E because of the multiplier ceiling...but thats kinda ridiculous to expect

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