Kepler Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

[neliz]

you mean no GK100? I didn't say none. I said the delay could be up to 12 months from now, which could be 8 months after GK104, which is not unusual because if wikipedia is right then GF104 came 3-4 months after GF100, and GF110 came 5 months after that. if they killed the big chip for this generation, then the next big chip for the next generation could be ready in under 12 months from now, as I said.

where did the "NV killed their big chip" rumor come from? Kepler should be fine, no need to conjure mystical delay theories and shunted upgrade paths.

Btw, regarding "february launch": http://www.obr-hardware.com/2012/01/...ia-kepler.html

GeForce GT 680 will be launched in April. The first cards based on Kepler architecture are GeForce 600 not 700! Who's talking about launching in February, is wrong, this info is based on the old roadmap (from July). According to the last one is launch in April. According the old one, launch was supposed for january/february, now is planned for april.

if nvidia thought the first big kepler would suck that much, they could have killed it already. I do not find this an unreasonable rumor.

It would take a lot, I mean a LOT of responsibility to "kill" a chip that has been in development so long and has been a budget drain of a lot of money. NV30, R600 and GF100 all made it to the market despite their shortcomings. A bad product on the market is still better than no product on the market. And in this case, it still doesn't make sense to kill the high end kepler chip in favor of something that isn't faster than Tahiti.