Kepler Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

[HelixPC]

AMD loves it when Nvidia doesn't show up for the fight.

Really? i remember nVidia showing up every time and winning, maybe late, but they always show up and put on a good show.

5900fx sucked, they came back with 6800gt/ultra, 7800/7900gtx, 8800gtx, gtx280, gtx 580. All winners. And nvidia has far better software and drivers, that in itself is worth a lot.

[AliG]

Really? i remember nVidia showing up every time and winning, maybe late, but they always show up and put on a good show.

5900fx sucked, they came back with 6800gt/ultra, 7800/7900gtx, 8800gtx, gtx280, gtx 580. All winners. And nvidia has far better software and drivers, that in itself is worth a lot.

I don't think your argument is valid. The 6800gt was a winner, but the x1950xtx beat the 7900gtx. The 8800 gtx might just be the great gpu of all time; it's dominance can only be described by the word leng-wait-for-it-i-hope-you're-not-lactose-intolerant-dary. The gtx 280 on the other hand sucked in a lot of ways and frankly was not a very strong performer compared to the 4870x2 at that. The gtx 580 could be described as a winner, but it took the epic fail known as the gtx 480 to get there and still it runs very hot.

I would say the two companies have been trading blows rather well ever since the introduction of the 4870. Winning would imply they actually have a superior product across the board, which frankly I don't think is true with the exception of the 8800gt/gtx and perhaps the gtx 680 generations if the rumors are true.

[solofly]

Really? i remember nVidia showing up every time and winning, maybe late, but they always show up and put on a good show.

5900fx sucked, they came back with 6800gt/ultra, 7800/7900gtx, 8800gtx, gtx280, gtx 580. All winners. And nvidia has far better software and drivers, that in itself is worth a lot.

Let me summarize this for everyone here...

NV = Jaguar
where
AMD = Pinto

Hehehe just having some fun...

[gumballguy]

i remember nVidia showing up every time and winning, maybe late, but they always show up

WTF? If you release your card later, short of screwing something up badly, you SHOULD win.
What a ridiculous thing to say.

And before you ask, I'm waiting for Kepler. Then I'll decide which card to buy. I'm not sitting solely in either camp.

I hear that. Triple GTX 480s under water are just fine right now. I was thinking about waiting until Kepler to upgrade again, however, it's looking more and more like there aren't any games to upgrade for until, maybe Crysis 3?

Looks like a future Maxwell upgrade for the old Smooth as well...

Buy more monitors?
Try 3d?

There are ways! Although I suspect you'll be crippled by vram.

[UrbanSmooth]

Buy more monitors?
Try 3d?

There are ways! Although I suspect you'll be crippled by vram.

Nvidia Surround on triple monitors is enough for me.

Also, as far as 3D goes, I've tried the anaglyph 3D (red/cyan colors) with the cheap cardboard movie glasses, and it looks pretty cool. It got me thinking if the actual Nvidia 3D Vision is any better and how many games have an excellent rating with it.

And on the VRAM topic, yes, 1.5GB of VRAM shared across all three cards is not exactly idea. That is why I am somewhat disappointed in the GTX 680 reference cards being only 2GB. I'll be grabbing three GTX 780s (the ones coming later on) with 4GB+ of VRAM. Oh hallelujah!