Kepler Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

[DilTech]

I don't think his backside has internet access.

Congrats... you just made it onto my signature. First post to make it there in years!

Friggin dammit, so it will be ~$550.

I hate waiting, but this will be one of the gen's where I wait it out till I see some prices worth paying for. Not like my 480 isn't doing well, but 900Mhz @ 1.1V = serious wattage and my room = tiny. Oh, also got the hardware itch.

I've had the itch, I don't even have to pay for the card myself, but realistically I am not supporting those prices from EITHER company for a card that doesn't obliterate the last generation by 50% MINIMUM (not best case, I'm talking worst case scenario of 50%).

To be fair, my true hope was for a midrange part at the $200 mark giving GTX 580 performance with gtx 460 heat levels. At that range, I can pick up a new cpu, ram, and mobo to go with it and still be around the same price range total. AMD missed that mark for me (seriously, if the 7870 launched at $200-$250 I'd buy it), so now I'm wanting to see what NVidia will put in that segment.

I'm sure that 300$ GK104 will be available...in 2014.

I'm still willing to wager that this year we'll see GK104 (or a chip that's essentially it with some minor adjustments ala GF104 to GF114) in a mid-range part this year.