Kepler Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

[minpayne]

If that's true then Nvidia is adorable. I have no problem hanging onto a GTX580 3GB until they release GK110 or GK112 (whichever model number is the high-end single GPU). If the 7970 were a better value (or anything remotely approaching value) I'd have jumped on it already.

Unless GK104 gives significantly better performance than an overclocked GTX580 3GB @ 2560x1600, Nvidia can bugger off. And if they're serious with 2GB VRAM then that'll mean a few games will either be pushing or maxing out its VRAM already, let alone any games that haven't even been released yet. I mean 2GB VRAM on a "top end" card.........in 2012? I sure hope not.

I'm with you. Recall that the S3 ViRGE had 2MB VRAM about 15 years ago. Now we have 2GB VRAM on mainstream cards. It's a 1024-fold increase, which is strictly and strikingly consistent with Moore's Law (doubles every 18 months)!

For an enthusiast dumping serious money into high-end graphics cards (especially for SLI to max out graphics including AA), it doesn't make sense to make a quad-SLI with only 2GB VRAM in Year 2012, not even for 1920x1080.