Graphic Cards GTX 680 Reviews

muzux2

muzux2

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For the last few generations AMD has always put up a good fight and always managed to spoil NVIDIA in some manner, be it by beating NVIDIA to market by months like we saw with the 5000 series, or significantly undercutting NVIDIA and forcing them into a bloody price war as we saw with the 4000 series. This time AMD once again spoiled NVIDIA by releasing the Radeon HD 7970 nearly 3 months early, but as always, at the end of the day it’s NVIDIA who once again takes the performance crown for the highest performing single-GPU card.

What makes this launch particularly interesting if not amusing though is how we’ve ended up here. Since Cypress and Fermi NVIDIA and AMD have effectively swapped positions. It’s now AMD who has produced a higher TDP video card that is strong in both compute and gaming, while NVIDIA has produced the lower TDP part that is similar to the Radeon HD 5870 right down to the display outputs. In some sense it’s a reaction by both companies to what they think the other did well in the last generation, but it’s also evidence of the fact that AMD and NVIDIA’s architectures are slowly becoming more similar.
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http://www.anandtech...-gtx-680-review

http://techreport.com/articles.x/22653

http://hardocp.com/a...deo_card_review

http://www.guru3d.co...gtx-680-review/

http://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-C...TX-680-2GB-Graphics-Card-Review-Kepler-Motion

http://www.tweaktown...iew/index1.html

http://hexus.net/tec...-graphics-card/

http://www.bit-tech....80-2gb-review/1

http://www.legitrevi...article/1881/1/

http://www.techpower...eForce_GTX_680/

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http://www.overclock...gtx680_review/1
 
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mrcool63

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green power beast... more power draw than a 7970..further a 7970 can run at a much much greater clock speed at stock voltages.. oc results will be more apt
 
ALPHA17

ALPHA17

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A balanced card, so it is finally out.
  • Hot clocks are out, so good power charts.
  • nVidia stock vapour chamber cooler has always been quieter than AMDs' stock design.
  • Compute takes a nose dive, but still gaming numbers are good.

Now what cards will replace the GTX 560Ti I would like to see that and the pricing please!!
 
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Zloyd

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It has LESS power draw than 7970 and still beats it. Techpowerup didnt have the latest drivers when they did their review. Very nice card from nVidia.
 
kartikoli

kartikoli

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ALPHA17 said:
A balanced card, so it is finally out.
  • Hot clocks are out, so good power charts.
  • nVidia stock vapour chamber cooler has always been quieter than AMDs' stock design.
  • Compute takes a nose dive, but still gaming numbers are good.

Now what cards will replace the GTX 560Ti I would like to see that and the pricing please!!
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thats the hot topic
 
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cybermantas

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More importantly, what timing on those cards ? My 7850 purchase has hit a spanner again
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mrcool63

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comp@ddict said:
I must say this, Well Done nVidia!

Check out this :

http://vr-zone.com/a...some/15322.html
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That particular review shows how well the 7970 is really... when oc'd the 680's temps are really high. not only that the 7970 manages to beat it in several games.. the main thing to note here is that the 7970 can reach those clocks without a sweat!

ashis_lakra said:
TDP seems excellent, however pricing is a bit letdown.
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TDP is good for stock.. oc it an you will see how the temps rise.. check the above revie
 
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Chaos

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The chip is really good other than two issues - compute where its totally ripped apart by the 7970 and opengl where it seems to be a lot slower.

All nv geforce cards since the 285 have castrated opengl. With the radeons, it seems you can get very good opengl performance simply by softmodding to a fire gl.
 
asingh

asingh

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Not bad. Tamed the thermals and TDP. I liked the stacked PEG connectors to save on length. Good refresh by Green. Performance is in the decent ball-park too.
 
YoGi-Sama

YoGi-Sama

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My oh my... how the tables have turned. Radeons are computing better while GeForce is getting more power efficient. While these two are trading places and dancing all over the floor, my dilemma is stuck in the same place. Need to get some hands-on with Radeon 7000 series and some GF600 series cards and do some of my own tests, before I plonk down money in the wrong camp.
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Icon_211

Icon_211

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Great card! cant believe this is a GK104 chip and not the mammoth GK110, i wonder how are they gonna perform ?
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kreacher

kreacher

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^ GK110 will probably release as next gen 7xx series if its much faster than 680.

Anyway nice card by Nvidia, hoping for price cuts by both companies when mid range launches.
 
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Chaos

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Icon_211 said:
Great card! cant believe this is a GK104 chip and not the mammoth GK110, i wonder how are they gonna perform ?
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From insider sources, I hear the GK110 doesn't have too many more shaders - it just has more fp64 compatible processing units which means it'll perform much better in GPGPU applications. For gaming, the difference is gonna be more evolutionary than revolutionary.
 
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