[ExtremeTech] GTX 680 "...will probably cost upwards of $500."

[formulav8]

Oh man I love their little emoticons:

Nvidia is all like:

Balla is all about the faith:

NV Fanboys are all like:

Haha. We need those kind of things here.

I can never understand how anyone could get attached to a company. Even though NVidia doesn't even like the person, there are these people who stand up for them and argue for them and some may even go to the edge for them. Just nuttttty.

 

[blackened23]

lol he could just be a fanboy... but here's another quote from him..



http://bbs.expreview.com/thread-49806-1-1.html

This basically proves that fanboys exist not only in the US/CDN, but in China as well

Whats up with all the douchebag emoticons on chinese forums?

http://bbs.expreview.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=26&page=1

LOL look at all the posts this guy has about nvidia....wow....he would fit in well in some of the US boards

 

[SirPauly]

I can! These products provide joy and entertainment to millions of consumers -- improve the games and provide immersion -- create innovative gaming experiences. So, because of this joy and entertainment, it creates fans and enthusiasm -- defenders that feel their choice is disrespected or enthusiastic fans being truly positive about their choice.

To me; it's all good!

 

[Quantos]

So... do you guys ever play games on your computers? 'cause I don't, I spend all day talking about it :awe:

 

[railven]

So... do you guys ever play games on your computers? 'cause I don't, I spend all day talking about it :awe:

All I do is play games When I'm stuck at work, you guys keep me company

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I'm on a laptop watching the news while my five month old son screams like a girl at his Baby Einstein toys.

 

[railven]

I can! These products provide joy and entertainment to millions of consumers -- improve the games and provide immersion -- create innovative gaming experiences. So, because of this joy and entertainment, it creates fans and enthusiasm -- defenders that feel their choice is disrespected or enthusiastic fans being truly positive about their choice.

To me; it's all good!

"And this is how it feels when worlds collide!"

I agree with this guy. It's always fun to root for a team.

 

[Nintendesert]

Has keeping old gen cards ever looked like such a great idea or am I just being a tight @ss? I can't ever remember old gen cards actually be so competitive and a viable gaming solution.

I'm going to with hold judgement on the Kepler series, but due to pricing I'm already passing on the 7xxx series of cards and my 5870 is looking better and better each day.

 

[lifeblood]

I'm going to with hold judgement on the Kepler series, but due to pricing I'm already passing on the 7xxx series of cards and my 5870 is looking better and better each day.

I wish I could sit it out but my GPU won't allow it.

I think GK104 is their GTX-660, not 680 (assuming they don't change their naming convention from 40nm). It provides excellent performance per watt on a reasonably sized die, and will hold them over until GK110/680. Fermi had problems becsuse it was a new architecture on a new process. Its large size made it highly susceptible to imperfections on the wafer resulting in low yields. Those imperfections were a result of the newness of the 40nm process. Hence, large die is not a problem in of itself, the problem is a large die on a new/error prone process.

So I bet NV is releasing their "middle product" GK104/GTX660 with its much smaller die first, that will give them the time they need to 1.) let 28nm mature and 2.) design/optimize a big chip to decisively take the performance crown. In a way, that makes GK104 the "pipecleaner" product, does a good job carrying the banner, and giving time to produce the real king.

 

[Subyman]

I'll be fine with the 680GTX costing around 500, the 580 did. As long as the lineup isn't shifted upward 100-200 dollars like AMD did, then I will be very happy. The 680 at 500 would put the 670 around 350 and the 660ti in the sweet spot of 250. Rumors had the 660TI at greater performance than the 580, so it should push hard against the 7850.

 

[xAlias]

A guy on expreview, who claims to have a press kit and card in hand, is saying gk104 is now definitively faster than hd7970 in 3dmark11 with the upcoming 300 series drivers and has a TDP of 195 watts.

http://bbs.expreview.com/thread-49805-1-1.html
http://bbs.expreview.com/thread-49799-1-1.html
http://bbs.expreview.com/thread-49802-1-1.html

Not that I really care about 3dmark11, but it's a noticeable mention since last week when Kyle Bennet at [H] said last week that GK104 was behind in 3dmark11 and tessellation benchmarks but that Nvidia was still hard at work on drivers.

Thanks for the links.

Btw, how does obama fit in that thread that too in a chinese forum?

 

[railven]

Thanks for the links.

Btw, how does obama fit in that thread that too in a chinese forum?

He's the first black US president.

This is the first time MSRP boost > Performance Boost.

Change!

Go Premiums.

 

[xAlias]

He's the first black US president.

This is the first time MSRP boost > Performance Boost.

Change!

Go Premiums.

Lol! Good one!

Anyhow, can we get some benchmarks? These rumors have seem to reached a peak now and we yet have yet to see any benchmark leaks!

 

[SHAQ]

At 195 watts I'm skeptical that it will blow away the 580 which I think is 245 watts. I'm thinking it will be at most 50% faster and is less of a jump from prior refreshes. So in that case it better be less than $500 to be in line with prior performance increases. I may still upgrade to them if I can do it for less than $250 after selling the 580's. It should be considerably cooler and quieter than the 580.

 

[lOl_lol_lOl]

The problem with correlating the product name with price point is that it isnt stable every gen. 660 may not equate with $250 this time round. Nvidia could recreate a new naming system for Kepler, maybe like the 2XX series.

But If AMD/Nvidia play this one-up game, where each card that displaces the previous single-gpu flagship gets priced higher...660s for all of us then.

 

[Gloomy]

I sure hope nobody was expecting Nvidia to rock the pricing boat.

AMD bought a yacht, and invited Nvidia aboard for a cruise. They're going to ride these prices into the ground.

 

[thilanliyan]

There's almost no chance NV would price the only "high-end" product they have for the vast majority of this year at $300, that would be throwing money away.

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What are you talking about? JHH is our friend. He wouldn't try to maximize profits.

 

[ocre]

What are you talking about? JHH is our friend. He wouldn't try to maximize profits.

No, JHH is the devil. Nvidia is pure Evil according to the countless smear attempts posted everyday.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I'd like to see you say that to his face!

Grrrr

 

[flopper]

Nvidia made a unbeatable card according to italian sources, the same guys that aligned with the unbeatable german forces back in ww2.
We know the story.

If for example they price this for the performance really high wonder what all those whiners will say then?
Copy paste?

 

[DarkKnightDude]

Nvidia made a unbeatable card according to italian sources, the same guys that aligned with the unbeatable german forces back in ww2.
We know the story.

What does World War 2 have to do with anything?

 

[X98]

Nvidia made a unbeatable card according to italian sources, the same guys that aligned with the unbeatable german forces back in ww2.
We know the story.

If for example they price this for the performance really high wonder what all those whiners will say then?
Copy paste?

lol amd fanboys! XD they are so funny

 

[Madcatatlas]

X98 on a Nvidia promotion tour! yeah!!! Youll get a cookie for this, wait for it! So funny!

 

[X98]

i want chocolat cookie pl0x =D

 

[blackened23]

Typing pl0x should be grounds for internet privileges being revoked

No seriously, I don't think anyone older than 13 types nonsense like this :thumbsup: