Kepler Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

[Cold Fussion]

no developer making a game for current consoles would anyway
it may seem stupidly high but you should see the difference it makes in skyrim you go from very blocky shadows at 4096 to fairly sharp shadows at 8192

4096 (blur is disabled) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83...9/TESV4096.jpg
8192 http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83...ESV8192-00.jpg
and a few shots of it with a bunch of mods
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83...reenShot11.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83...nshot45140.jpg

That almost doesn't look right. It's not as if 4096 is a small resolution shadow map so I'm surprised to see it so blocky.

[DilTech]

I think it may be partly due to fear that memory prices will rise.

I personally wouldn't want to budget the cost to manufacture a console using current ddr3 prices, that's for sure. I'm not sure what's inside the current gen consoles, but if it's ddr2, that's a LOT more expensive now than it was.

They use 1.4 ghz GDDR3 (as in 700mhz actual).

[snoid_zero]

GTX 580 gets substantial price cut
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26...tial-price-cut

A sign of things to come.

[zerazax]

I'm thinking we might be amazed on both counts, at least I hope so !

"If it's too good to be true, it probably is...." definitely applies here I think. Heck, when was the last time we were surprised on both counts? The 4870 and prior to that, the G92?

Sadly the trend since then has been Nvidia keeping prices where they are, and AMD slowly increasing price again as well to now where they're back in the old price ranges

[R101]

GTX 580 gets substantial price cut
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26...tial-price-cut

I just lost 150 € for seven days of CIV5 and few months of F1 2011.. That's progress for ya.

[Lanek]

I just lost 150 € for seven days of CIV5 and few months of F1 2011.. That's progress for ya.

If you dont buy things when you want them, need them, and allways wait for a price drop, you will never buy anything.

[R101]

If you dont buy things when you want them, need them, and allways wait for a price drop, you will never buy anything.

I know, but I can cry over it a little, can't I?

[GoldenTiger]

If it wasnt for that damn unicorn blood shortage these cards would be on the shelves already.

Damnit!



People are hunting down my unicorns...!! Fluffy, NOOOOOOOO!

[icecpu]

Is it today march 12, what's up , nothing.. nada.. nada. What a big lie

[spicypixel]

It's not a lie if it was a rumour, sadly this doesn't help me.

[GoldenTiger]

It's not a lie if it was a rumour, sadly this doesn't help me.

Yeah, nvidia never promised anything... I really wish we'd get info/launch soon though .

[spicypixel]

Personally my biggest fear is CUDA/GPGPU is nerfed in this chip and it's not until the GK110 we'll see that grunt - buying it as a card for CUDA work and this is a concern.

[LexDiamonds]

I had it in my head that reviews/ paper launch were coming out today as well....

[GoldenTiger]

I had it in my head that reviews/ paper launch were coming out today as well....

Ok, I'm not embarassed to admit I had pretty much convinced myself of that too .

[Lanek]

Ok, I'm not embarassed to admit I had pretty much convinced myself of that too .

Lol..

[GoldenTiger]

Lol..

The power, of wishful thinking !

[Olivon]

As an employee of one big pc retail company i've had a chance to see evga mini presentation of GTX 680 2 days ago. According to evga rep GTX 680 will launch on march 22nd, it packs 1536 cores, 2gb DDR5, it will have two 6-pin pci power connectors and TDP of 190w, MSRP is $550. He also said that gtx 560ti /570 /580 will get price cuts up to $50. And that GTX 570 wont get replaced until late may. The guy was super excited.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1225986/t...#post_16691060

edit :

The price is right. MSRP of $ 549 to be precise - Ailuros 3DCenter

http://translate.google.fr/translate...%23post9205955

[El Mano]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1225986/t...#post_16691060

1536 cores. GTX 580 has what, 512 cores?
Hail GTX 680, unless there's a catch somewhere, it's going to eat 7970's like popcorn.

[LexDiamonds]

$550 would be epic fail... unfortunately not entirely unexpected

[Gunslinger]

$550 would be epic fail... unfortunately not entirely unexpected

How is it epic fail when the flagship AMD/Nvidia card is almost always between $500 and $600 at launch? Seems about average to me.

[Chickenfeed]

A MSRP of $550 would indicate Nvidia have some confidence in Kepler's abilites like the rumours have been suggesting. That said, if this was infact meant to be their mid range part this won't bode well for GK110 in respect to price... 8800 Ultra Redux anyone? *insert over 9000 comment here*

It just better have some balls if thats what they are asking, I paid 'considerablly' less for my 580 at launch...

[LexDiamonds]

I guess I was/am hoping that 2gb. vs. 3gb as well as a smaller 28nm die compared to Tahiti would lead nvidia to price at 400-450 in a effort to drive value even if the 680 outperformed 7970.

[phantomferrari]

A MSRP of $550 would indicate Nvidia have some confidence in Kepler's abilites like the rumours have been suggesting. That said, if this was infact meant to be their mid range part this won't bode well for GK110 in respect to price... 8800 Ultra Redux anyone? *insert over 9000 comment here*

It just better have some balls if thats what they are asking, I paid 'considerablly' less for my 580 at launch...

i completely agree. now im curious if the gk110 is even happening anymore. if the gk104 is indeed $550ish then what would the gk110 be?

[w0mbat]

Well, GTX680 is going to be faster than HD7970, otherwise NV wouldn't set the MSRP to $549 (yes, that's the real one). But how much and what about very high resolutions is the question.

[GoldenTiger]

I'd be happy just knowing a launch date at this point... the rumors go every which way every other second right now. A few common grains are amongst them, but who knows...?