GeForce GTX 680 review [Guru3D.com]

[alanm]

For those looking to buy, good luck. I hear they're sold out everywhere.

[alanm]

Originally Posted by Redemption80

Doesn’t really matter what it was supposed to be when they started, things clearly improved, as there is no way Nvidia would have sold a card with this sort of performance for $300..

True, but the nature of the GPU business is that todays 'high-end' performance is usually available within 12 months at $300. If cards were released every 3 years, I would have no probs dropping $600 on a card today.

[Redemption80]

Not here, still appears to be lots of stock.

Bad time of the month though, will see how much there is at the beginning of March.

[Penal Stingray]

and Again Ati Got Whoop!

[sava700]

I was impressed with the memory increases and the power consumption but I just paid off my Credit card from my 570 purchase... no way could I make this jump as the price range is around $500 and that is not even Super Clocked like my 570 was...nope.

[Bentez]

As Darren mentioned somewhere those in the UK looking to buy should take a look at Dabs and use promo code spring25, should come to about £415 + p&p

[alanm]

Newegg

[Redemption80]

Originally Posted by Bentez

As Darren mentioned somewhere those in the UK looking to buy should take a look at Dabs and use promo code spring25, should come to about £415 + p&p

Aria has one for £399.99 as well.

Stock gone on Newegg already, where else in the US do people buy hardware?

[Agent-A01]

Originally Posted by RoadKillNL

Good news

Arctic Accelero Xtreme III

Wait whats different between the Plus 2? just more compatibility.

[WhiteLightning]

1 more fan

[Passion Fruit]

Originally Posted by Major Melchett

and as much as i hate the fact they're doing it, it's very good business sence.

Is it? Release both within a close time of eachother, attract AMD's midrange customers with a card that performs better than their high end card, and then the enthusiasts buy the high end even more powerful line up?

Personally i think that makes more sense than releasing a mid range as high end. At least then your catering for both brackets with competitive products simultaneously

[Agent-A01]

Originally Posted by WhiteLightning

1 more fan

No.. the extreme plus ii

[RoadKillNL]

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

Wait whats different between the Plus 2? just more compatibility.

Well heh. Let's say cash in more money. The design is 100% same as the Xtreme Plus and Plus 2.

Probably the mounting holes of the 680 are different from 580, so can't mount the Plus and Plus 2 unless you got the mounting plate which isn't sold sepereratly for the 680.

Currently the Xtreme III does NOT fit on the 680 unless a Non-Stacked PCI-E Connector comes out. Which is my guess, seeing the picture Arctic provided aswell as saying it DOES support the 680.

Matter of time.

[WhiteLightning]

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

No.. the extreme plus ii

oh sorry got the other one in my mind.... does that one fit on a 680gtx ?

[elvizzz]

don't forget this is al so a new a architecture and first driver for NVIDIA.
AMD already aged a bit .
the NVIDIA driver 'll get improved soon the green team is good ad that.

[BlackZero]

Great review as always, Hilbert.

[Major Melchett]

Originally Posted by alanm

For those looking to buy, good luck. I hear they're sold out everywhere.

Still in stock at Scan, Aria, Overclockers etc in the UK (infact most places in the UK have them in stock).

[slickric21]

£399 from Aria, not too bad tbh, infact quite good based on 7970 prices.

I am a bit gutted that I spent £381 on a 7970 (pixmania) less than a month ago.

But the fact its not looking likely that an Accelero Xtreme will fit a reference 680 does give me some solice. (Have to have these coolers i love em) Oh that and the fact ive just played Metro 2033 right through for the first time this week and it was a stunning experience to play it maxed DX11 (except SMAA instead of MSAA) smooth as you like at 1260/6200.

But now its back to BF3 MP for me, and yes im a little Green with envy.... Excuse the pun.

[Redemption80]

Originally Posted by Passion Fruit

Is it? Release both within a close time of eachother, attract AMD's midrange customers with a card that performs better than their high end card, and then the enthusiasts buy the high end even more powerful line up?

Personally i think that makes more sense than releasing a mid range as high end. At least then your catering for both brackets with competitive products simultaneously

Or release all the best GK104 chips at a high end price as the GTX680, the ones that don’t do as well as GTX670, and when you’ve sold lots of those two at a tidy profit, as well as having tweaked GK110 to perfection, release that as the new high end chip.

[RoadKillNL]

Originally Posted by slickric21

£399 from Aria, not too bad tbh, infact quite good based on 7970 prices.

I am a bit gutted that I spent £381 on a 7970 (pixmania) less than a month ago.

But the fact its not looking likely that an Accelero Xtreme will fit a reference 680 does give me some solice. (Have to have these coolers i love em) Oh that and the fact ive just played Metro 2033 right through for the first time this week and it was a stunning experience to play it maxed DX11 (except SMAA instead of MSAA) smooth as you like at 1260/6200.

But now its back to BF3 MP for me, and yes im a little Green with envy.... Excuse the pun.

There will most likely come a 680 without a Stacked PCI-E Connector according to Arctic Cooling. Since they claim the Accelero Xtreme III is compatible with a 680 WITHOUT a stacked connector.

[kapu]

Techpower up says 7% More performance overall . It doest look like it here on guru3d.

Intereseting

[TheSarge]

Why is one of the DVI ports DVI-I while the other is only DVI-D? That seems like a strange decision to me.

Otherwise, it's a kick-ass card. And if I had the money I'd rush out and buy two right now.

[Stukov]

This is their flagship GPU, period. It is designed to be their best GPU performer for the price/performance. If it was midrange they would simply call it 670.

The GK110 is a different GPU, and while it maybe faster, it is supposedly designed for compute, which causes it to be a lot larger, more power hungry, and being expensive. It will be marginally faster, but not likely for the cost. Probably will make good money as a GPGPU though.

At least from everything I've seen that look's like Nvidia's gameplan.

[slickric21]

Originally Posted by RoadKillNL

There will most likely come a 680 without a Stacked PCI-E Connector according to Arctic Cooling. Since they claim the Accelero Xtreme III is compatible with a 680 WITHOUTR a stacked connector.

Why would they release one without a stack pci-e connector ?

If anyone does it will be a non ref custom PCB version... Which the Accelero probably wouldnt fit anyway.

Best bet is hope Arctic just release one for the reference 680, it cant be that hard for them..... Just cut out a section of the fins for the power connectors. Job done.

[Redemption80]

Originally Posted by kapu

Techpower up says 7% More performance overall . It doest look like it here on guru3d.

Intereseting

TPU got roughly the same results as Guru3D, so I don’t know what you’re suggesting.