Okay, im really really really tired of my 680s lack of vram, and that i cant use proper AA due to it... So despite the fact that i promised myself, that id wait until Maxwell before upgrading, im on the verge of ordering 2x evga 780 6gb sc with acx. Thing is, that i have a present from my parrents in the "backhand" - i made a deal with them, that i didnt get any Christmas present, or birthday present, on the terms that theyd then buy me a new gpu, when the day came. So i could sell my 2x reference 680's for about 3k DKK, get 1x 780 for 4k from my parrents, and then buy one for 4k myself... ind the end costing me 1k DKK (or roughly 170 usd). OR, i could wait for 880, hope that it doesnt come with a sucky 256 bit bus, and get 2x of those (Again 1 from my parrents and buying one myself) - but i probably wont get as much for my 680s in that time, and the 880s will likely be more expensive (5500 DKK like the 780 ti). But im already so annoyed with my current lacking vram, that ill find it very hard to wait almost a year for the Maxwell Cards. Why dont i just get 2x 780 ti's? Because they already have too Little vram to max out games like Watch dogs, and with new games being written for consoles unified ram, that huge vram reqruirement will only continue. So... if you were me, what would you do?
I am in the same boat as u with my 690, if i were u i wait, i am also still waiting. I wait till november if then there is still no gtx 780 ti 6 gb or gtx 880 6 gb, i buy two titan blacks.
Waiting is endless, rumors floating around 880 that it will have 256 bit and 4GB ram. Kepler did well with 256bit, that shouldn't be issue. Anyway who knows when it get launched and what happen, if u want it now then get it now. make sure to oc those 780, those cards are the best. my AMP reaches so high...
Yeah... im just thinking several Things though. 1. atm im not struggling with gpu power at all - even games such as bf4 runs at 60+ fps with ultra preset at 1440p... but once AA is turned on, the stuttering becomes unbearable. So id be fine with 780s only having a "Little" more gpu power - its the much increased vram and memory bandwidth that im interested in. 2. 880 will be like 680 - a 104 "midrange" chip, under the name of a highend chip... which Means the chip will lack a Whole lot of Things, compared to 110 chips... but while it will likely be quite a bit faster than 780 ti in terms of gpu power, it will likely feature a 256 bit bus, and id fell pretty annoyed if i waited for 880, only to find that it has less bandwidth than the 780 Card. And unfortunately, i dont have the Cash to splash on 2x titan Blacks... as you can see in my original post, Cash is a bit of a concern for me atm, which is another reason im reluctant to wait - especially as nvidia seems to be increasing prices with every new gpu.
Well, I went ahead and bought them - im not buying more midrange chips disguised as highend chips... so with these 2x 780 6gb in hand, i should be good until the Maxwell 110 comes, and at that time ill probably go 4k aswell.
*sigh* here comes nvidia fanboy to defend their reputation... The gk104 chip became "highend", because amd didnt have better offerings on the market... but gk104 was designed as a midrange chip, just as all previous 104 chips has been.
Had a decent run I might add... Yeah, the hell with waiting, your new cards should last quite awhile. Sorry... can't agree with that
Please show me undeniable proof of this, I asked this many times and nobody yet has proven this. No anecdotal evidence just facts please.
Well, ALL previous 104 chips has been x60 models or lower. 680 is the first and only x80 model to use a 104 chip - all previous x80 models has used 110 chip.s
500 series - 580 uses 110. Only 560 ti and lower uses the 104 equivelant 114 chip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_500_series 400 series - 480 uses 110. Only 460 and lower uses 104 chip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_400 200 series - they use the older chip codes - 280 uses 200 chip (and its shared in minor variations Down to 260), and 250 uses 92 chip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geforce_200 8000 series - 8800 uses g80 chip (110 equivelant), while 8600 uses g84 (104 equivelant) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geforce_8 And the patern continues. Kepler is the first time where they only use the 104 midrange chip in the first generation (600), and then first launch the highend 110 chip in the 2nd generation (700). Sadly it looks like Nvidia intends to repeat what they did with Kepler, due to AMD's lack of Progress.
Ofc it isnt - just like your own experience Counts as proof, but others doesnt. Youre a ***** who just likes to argue for the sake of arguing - piss out of my thread, thank you.
I asked for proof gk104 was intended to be midrange. Don't get mad at me when you presented nothing of substance. My advise would of been to wait for maxwell with 2 680s. But you pulled the trigger 15 minutes after starting this thread.
Nah - if you look at all the chip information through the generations, it makes perfect sense. But i already have, and ive just made post my 680's on the Danish ebay equivelant dba http://www.dba.dk/annonce/1008628108/kvittering/?ft=eyi
If you cant tell from the various chip information, that a gk104 is a midrange chip (something that Hillbert even says himself in the 680 review linked below), then i wouldnt listen to any advice you have to give regarding gpu's anyways. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_680_review,2.html
Not to bust your balls here but I don't see how it's a conspiracy. GK110 was an absolute monster that is expensive and difficult to manufacture. It doesn't surprise me at all they started with the "mid range" chips because that's all they could produce at the time. Better than releasing nothing at all.
I dont disagree with that at all - its not a conspiracy, simply a matter of better profit margins on nvidia's part. But people who cannot tell from the data, that a 104 chip is obviously designed as a midrange chip... *sigh*
