nVidia 'Kepler' GeForce GTX 680 Reviews

[Monstru]

Here's the full pic, if you really want to draw some conclusions...



And a bonus one...

[Andrew LB]

Bah!!! I just visited Newegg and selected an EVGA GTX 680, added it to my cart, and got all the way through check out to the point where you make that last final click.... and when I did, the card was removed from my cart and since then all GTX680's have been out of stock.

[SKYMTL]

i think Kall is right. when you deal with area, its common for people to be off by the factor of 2

Maybe my calculator was wrong.

[Kallenator]

This is actually how it looks? NOOOOO
This is actually how it looks

Watch out, fanboy who failed at geometry :p <- humorous intent of reply

i think Kall is right. when you deal with area, its common for people to be off by the factor of 2

Thanks ^^

Here's the full pic, if you really want to draw some conclusions...
And a bonus one...

Thanks, but it's a bit hard to see if the intention is to compare between.

It really isn't to draw conclusions or anything like that, I just noticed how far off Skymtl was and given that he uses this in his excellent review I think it's quite sloppy.

[G.Foyle]

319 mm², not 294. Please compare die sizes with or without "service area", not one to the other.

[SKYMTL]

680 looks really nice and given that I might have to RMA my 7950 because of a growing fan bearing issue I might jump over.



That is quite inaccurate man. :/

This is actually how it looks: (521mm^2 365mm^2 294mm^2)
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You are correct it seems. The image has been removed until I can modify it. Thanks!

[G.Foyle]

Take a caliper and measure some dies while you're at it

[Tha Last Meal]

Watch out, fanboy who failed at geometry :p

Take it easy man I'm just kidding with you

[blindbox]

I always thought that AMD had some secret drivers lying around because the shader scaling from 7870 to 7970 is horrible. 60% more shaders for 20% more performance.

Though since it didn't appear with GTX 680's release, sounds unlikely. All hail price drops, though I won't be buying anything this round.

[Kallenator]

You are correct it seems. The image has been removed until I can modify it. Thanks!

Hey, no problem =)

Btw, I wouldn't mind fixing it for you.

Take it easy man I'm just kidding with you

I just tried to be funny back ^^

[Mungri]

Hmmm, so what if the GTX 580s fall in price to £200 like the GTX 480s did?

A single 680 would probably still be better to have than a pair of 580s, not for performance, but for temperatures and power consumption too.

Hurry up price wars!

After reading more reviews my opinion is that 1 GTX 680 >>> 2 GTX 580s. Its only a slight bit behind a GTX 590 in most games, with just a little more power consumption than a single GTX 560 ti, and the temperatures are unbelievable for a high end card.

I must have one.

[Monstru]

Thanks, but it's a bit hard to see if the intention is to compare between.

Just showing that GK104 is the smalles high-end chip since HD 4870

[Tha Last Meal]

I just tried to be funny back ^^

np,

[Gilgamesh]

I like gk104, very good chip, efficient and fast. But I vote for a custom cooled (Twin Frozr, DirectCU) with 4GB.

After gf104 and gf114, Nvidia make a midrange that can really fight with top Amd.
And HD7990 vs GTX690 will don't change anything in this fight until summer.

Nvidia goes for gk110 after summer.

Amd?

[LeoAndrade]

I see that the memory/vrm cooling is separated from the main core heatsink... Universal WB should work fine. Although people should be careful with memory/vrm temperature since they can't me measured on OS like lightning cards

People, i see that this card uses the GK104. The upcoming GK110 will power up something like the "GTX780"? Is there any expected release?

[tenebre]

I always thought that AMD had some secret drivers lying around because the shader scaling from 7870 to 7970 is horrible. 60% more shaders for 20% more performance.

Though since it didn't appear with GTX 680's release, sounds unlikely. All hail price drops, though I won't be buying anything this round.

About 50% more shader power and 50% more bandwith wich translates into 20% more performance. That chip is seriously bottleneck somewhere.

[zalbard]

Another review: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...-new-hope.aspx

[Iconyu]

I like gk104, very good chip, efficient and fast. But I vote for a custom cooled (Twin Frozr, DirectCU) with 4GB.

After gf104 and gf114, Nvidia make a midrange that can really fight with top Amd.
And HD7990 vs GTX690 will don't change anything in this fight until summer.

Nvidia goes for gk110 after summer.

Amd?

I doubt they are releasing it this year, the gk110 will literally be the 780GTX and nvidia don't need release it for a year or maybe if you're reallu lucky November. The next 'on the cards' will be dual gpu's both from AMD and nvidia just like you mentioned.

[Stevethegreat]

Any SLI reviews?
Or there are no drivers for that yet?

[dartaz]

GTX 680 2GB performance with multi-display

[Andrew LB]

I doubt they are releasing it this year, the gk110 will literally be the 780GTX and nvidia don't need release it for a year or maybe if you're reallu lucky November.

AMD averages 14 months between product releases, so I doubt we'll see anything even resembling HD8xxx until Q4 at the very earliest.

nVidia typically operates on a 12 month product cycle, with the notable exception called Fermi.

For both AMD and nVidia, it typically takes them about 9 months go release all products from each cycle. The last two dual-GPU cards nVidia released came only 5-6 months after the first cards in each series or refresh were launched.

Depending on what AMD does though, nVidia has moved forward products quite a bit. GTX580 came only 8 months after GTX480. Also, GK110 taped out in early Feb, 2012... which makes Q3 the earliest possible release time frame if they really needed to rush it out.

The next 'on the cards' will be dual gpu's both from AMD and nvidia just like you mentioned.[/QUOTE]

[Andrew LB]

KIngpIn is at it again!

EVGA GeForce GTX 680 hits 1842 MHz under LN2

[SKYMTL]

KIngpIn is at it again!

EVGA GeForce GTX 680 hits 1842 MHz under LN2

Maybe Vince can clear this up but was the card running at 1800+ MHz in EVERY 3D test in 3DMark11? I ask because GPU Boost fluctuates the clock speeds in 3DM11:



Unfortunately, this will mean that validating clock speeds on the GTX 680 will require a whole new set of rules since a clock offset set in software may not be carried over to all sections of a benchmark.

[tbone8ty]

Skyr benchs is where it really shines! Wow

[[XC] gomeler]

Wow, NVIDIA has a a killer core on their hands. The price, performance and power consumption are all massive improvements. I like this new NVIDIA a lot. Now I can just hope this pushes the HD 7970 prices down to something like $450.