All QUadro series have been made like that for ages ... but professional cards are completely different in term of marketing of gamers product. They adapt the price with one thousand of dollars under by disqualify 3-4SM ... not 100$ ...
Nvidia is just able right now to supply enough 670 and 680 cards to their retail partners... and .. if they add too much sku on the GK104.. TSMC will be in the impossibility to supply more GK104 ....... ofc they can release it like that and in the review this will work, and peoples who will buy a 660 will fall in the trap thinking they buy a 660TI based on review ... but TSMC right now, cant multiply by 2x the capacity of the GK104 lines . dont even think to 4x times with a second SKU..
Its physically impossible TSMC is able to supply enough waffer of the GK104 for make a 660 and a 660TI with the 670 -680 cores... Or nvidia stop produce the 670-680 and push all the cores in the 660 lines and even with that, im not even sure with the performance/ price ratio, we can imagine they will be able to follow ...
- a 660TI GK104 with the same amount of SP of the 670 ,, will totally kill the 670 sell as this is the same core, performance can be the same .
- a 660 with 2 SMX disabled and 192SP less of the 670 ,,, is able to reach performance level of the 670 without problem ...
when we know a 670 with a turboboost of 20mhz higher of the 680 is able to kill the 680 in 100% of the game .... i let you imagine the problem ....
Nvidia will Kill his series of gamers cards, just by releasing that... allready today if you make a comparaison with the 600 series released......... some 670 are faster of the 680.. and you can buy them on a retail shop for 50$ less of the 680. If Nvidia want to play the performance crown at all price, i fear it..
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