Gtx 680. Are you buying one? Why or why not?

[Subyman]

Yes, if you can manage a good enough overclock the 7970 can make up for its price difference, it's at stock or the lower factory overclocks that it's now overpriced by $50-100.

I agree, but I view OCing as a bonus. I generally don't make a purchase looking at the OC data because you never know what you will get. I've had OC beasts and total duds. The only thing you can be absolutely sure of is the stock clock, so its best to mainly make the decision based on that. If it OCes to the moon as well, that's gravy.

 

[iCyborg]

Nope, and I don't plan to for the same reason I didn't buy 7950/7970: I don't play games nearly enough to justify spending that much money on a GPU.
I'm now afraid that while GTX680 will force 7950/7970 prices to drop a bit, the ripple effect on 7870 will be small, and might well be none for 7850. And these are the cards I'll probably buy in some near future. Any news on when gtx 660/670 will be coming out?

 

[lavaheadache]

As an HD 7970 owner, my first my reaction was panic when I saw the stock vs stock results. But after looking at the OC vs OC results on the LinusTechTips YouTube channel, I'm indifferent.

1125MHz HD 7970 vs 1250MHz GTX 680 via boost

Linus did OC the HD 7970 memory to 1575MHz as well, which seems to make up a lot of ground even at the 1080p resolution he tested at. if we think about this objectively for a second, we can assume the GDDR5 chips are capable of around the same max clocks. The difference here is Tahiti achieves the same theoretical bandwidth at lower clocks because of the wider memory bus. This could end up being a slight detriment to the GTX 680 as both core and memory are overclocked to their fullest.

That was a pretty good video review.

7970oc = 680oc performance wise

Each card still has it's own particular strengths

 

[Fire&Blood]

Not buying. I stopped paying more than $300 on GPU's, the initial depreciation is too much for me.

It looks like a great card. Hopefully it will help drive other GPU's down into my price bracket.

 

[Joseph F]

Not buying a 680, can't afford one.

 

[azeem40]

I might buy the GTX 680. Found out that 2GB of RAM is enough for playing BF3 and Skyrim at 5760x1080 and that NVIDIA Surround is now worth getting. Is this all true? If so, is it worth getting the GTX 680 if I plan to run eyefinity after 1 yr and not now?

 

[Destiny]

Yes - I will get one....

Why? - Because I'm getting a 2560x1440 IPS display in a the next few months...

What is a good mobo and CPU that won't bottle neck the GTX 680?

 

[azeem40]

The i5-2500k and ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3 won't bottleneck.

 

[stuup1dmofo]

I will not be getting one because my Crossfire Sapphire 6950's 2gb are still faster than a single gtx680 or hd7970. I only play at 1920x1080 anyway and run BF3 on ultra with constant 60fps with my current setup. Also because it is going to be pretty damn hard to sell both 6950's for a decent price even though I only have had them since September. I gotta admit, sometimes I would give up the extra performance for the ease and reliability of a single fast card.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

If you overclock these single cards on water cooling, they are alone >= 6950 CF without the hassles, microstutter, power draw and far smoother.

 

[stuup1dmofo]

If you overclock these single cards on water cooling, they are alone >= 6950 CF without the hassles, microstutter, power draw and far smoother.

Yeah true, but I also O/C my 6950CF. But you're right about microstutter, some games have it bad, others not at all. Though as summer approaches, I am tempted more and more to go down a single card route, but no water cooling for me. To be honest, CF has some hassles, but most games are fine with it. Power draw isn't that bad. Again, it all boils down to heat and microstutter for me. Biggest problem, selling the 6950s.

 

[MustangSVT]

no, I am happy with current setup.

and I don't pay over $200 for videocard.

 

[lOl_lol_lOl]

I wouldn't buy one until custom cooled cards appear and the dust settles from the price wars. Not to mention the fact that the tantalizing 4GB 680/685 may show itself soon.

The real reason is I have no money.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Expected more. Not a few to several FPS advantage in some games. The hype has been massive.

AMD is still more technologically advanced. No Long Idle state implemented (extremely useful when I leave my pc on without things going on for long hours). 3 months late? only slightly more efficient under load. Expected more, again.

Long story short, 680 isn't the real Nvidia's high-end (w/ 256-bit memory bus, that is, of course obvious). But it should have been priced accordingly, yet Nvidia has chosen to milk their customers with an inferior product instead. AMD is partly to blame here, though. Anyways, people that bought 7970, had made a sound choice :thumbsup:

Can't imagine myself buying one, at least not with 2GB of onboard RAM. A bit more expensive, 7970 is clearly the better pick, imo. Or wait some more

 

[kidsafe]

The scary thing, Magic Carpet, is the 256-bit memory bus rears its ugly head even before we get to 2560x1440 or 2560x1600. Linus's benchmarks were done at 1920x1080 and a 1125MHz/1575MHz HD 7970 was already keeping pace with a 1250MHz/1500MHz GTX 680. That problem only grows with additional resolution and additional overclocking.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Honestly, I am not buying a GTX 680 because:

1. I only buy high end cards one a year

2. But even more importantly,
I have overclocked 1175 1625 and a stock GTX 680 is a downgrade and an overclocked one is a bit faster, sometimes slower, sometimes equal but nearly always within 4-7% of my GPU when both are overclocked. You can't even notice this difference real time and when both companies do equal I prefer ATI

3. No game which my 7970 OC can't manage which the GTX 680 would do. Yes, I would look out for GTX 780 or Radeon 8970, whichever is faster/comes first/both

 

[HurleyBird]

No, my 6970CF setup is still fast enough, but after seeing what it can do I'm pretty sure I'll be buying big Kepler when it's out.

 

[Sylvanas]

Probably will buy one after the initial price hike is over- just out of an appreciation for the engineering and some extra performance and features. I'll keep my 580 though for folding and PhysX though.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Thinking of buying one to replace the GTX480. Perfect for my res.

 

[Don Karnage]

Expected more. Not a few to several FPS advantage in some games. The hype has been massive.

AMD is still more technologically advanced. No Long Idle state implemented (extremely useful when I leave my pc on without things going on for long hours). 3 months late? only slightly more efficient under load. Expected more, again.

Long story short, 680 isn't the real Nvidia's high-end (w/ 256-bit memory bus, that is, of course obvious). But it should have been priced accordingly, yet Nvidia has chosen to milk their customers with an inferior product instead. AMD is partly to blame here, though. Anyways, people that bought 7970, had made a sound choice :thumbsup:

Can't imagine myself buying one, at least not with 2GB of onboard RAM. A bit more expensive, 7970 is clearly the better pick, imo. Or wait some more

Dont cherry pick benchmarks out of multiple reviews :thumbsdown:

 

[lavaheadache]

Dont cherry pick benchmarks out of multiple reviews :thumbsdown:

They're really not cherry picked. It is an oc'ed comparison. Sure, there are games where the 680 is a bit faster but it's when both cards are already throwing down frame rates well into the 100's. His point was that in these 2 tough titles when 5-10fps can make a difference performance is equal when oc'ed.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Dont cherry pick benchmarks out of multiple reviews :thumbsdown:

I am not cherry picking here, Don Karnage. These are the only games I care most about and are reflective of what soon-to-come heavy DX11 games will perform like.

They're really not cherry picked. It is an oc'ed comparison. Sure, there are games where the 680 is a bit faster but it's when both cards are already throwing down frame rates well into the 100's. His point was that in these 2 tough titles when 5-10fps can make a difference performance is equal when oc'ed.

+1. Thanks.

 

[Hallowed_Dragon]

I won't be buying a 680.

My 7970 handles everything perfectly and from what I've seen it wouldn't be an upgrade, just a side step. Because I "love" nVidia, they would have to obliterate my card to even consider them.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Very few reviews compare overclocked to overclocked. That is what we need. And the only place where is genuinely makes a difference is when the FPS dip around the 60 FPS mark or below that, and even then only if the difference in performance is at least 10%.

 

[Lepton87]

Very few reviews compare overclocked to overclocked. That is what we need. And the only place where is genuinely makes a difference is when the FPS dip around the 60 FPS mark or below that, and even then only if the difference in performance is at least 10%.

From the benchmarks we have seen so far it's clear that when both cards are properly OCed 7970 comes out ahead especially at 2560.