As long as its a real high end card and not some mid-range POS (680) I will take it. Assuming I am able to modify voltage and clocks.
35% faster than the GTX580 is very disappointing as "high end". Usually a new generation+shrink provides 60+% performance increase like the 7970 GHz vs 6970.
Seeing that some 7970 (GHz) are voltage locked as well already and that AMD copies much of what Nvidia does, I would say it might not be relevant in the future.
Seeing that some 7970 (GHz) are voltage locked as well already and that (INSERT BIT THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE), I would say it might not be relevant in the future.
Maybe we'll see some new info regarding the 700 series at CES
Anyone know whether it's a permanent move from NVIDIA to prevent users from changing voltages?
I'm thinking of moving to NVIDIA after experiencing the famous Crossfire microstutter, but am less keen if I'll no longer be able to overclock very far
I think it really just depends on how they design their pcb's moving forward. The 6xx boards weren't exactly overbuilt. They work fine within specs butnvidia was obviously nervous about users going too far past specs on them.