gtx 690 NDA?

[juke]

Originally Posted by Crash

GTX 690 1000$ card

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...04,3188-2.html

wow

That is overpriced! The projected price is much much cheaper at "just" $999.

[ThEcLiT]

690 is a great card, but What the hell is this for , now ?

http://www.abload.de/img/cbcvcwj.jpg

[MrH]

I just bought a 680, couldn't they have waited at least a week? Bastards.

[Alien_Zero]

We live in a time of a 3d chip chaos all because AMD released a chip that on paper looks awesome but in reality was nothing of that and tagged it with a steep high price.

Nvidia had to follow with a supposedly Mid range card that was labeled high end because of AMD bad 7 series chip.

Now as consumers we either pay a high end price for an impersonator

I am skipping all of this.................... GK110 where r you

[Sanyo]

Waiting on Customs 690's, giviing it a few months...see what EVGA/ASUS(RoG)/Gainward do with the 690 before i sell a kidney to buy one!!

[Rich_Guy]

Got to be kidneying, 690 won't be much faster than your 2x 580's.

[---TK---]

Originally Posted by Rich_Guy

Got to be kidneying, 690 won't be much faster than your 2x 580's.

Around 25% faster at the slightly reduced clocks.

[Sanyo]

Well id really want to wait for the MARSIII...but im hearing thats not going to be out till end of the year....mind you if im lucky enough to get one of those id have to build a complete new system!

[Agent-A01]

Actually it has same clocks as a 680

[sykozis]

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

Actually it has same clocks as a 680

Lower boost clocks. GTX690 will have default boost clocks to 1019 instead of 1058.

[A M D BugBear]

good thing about it, clock speeds are off by a hair, I would love to see overclocking capabilities on this card under water.

690, here I come, sorrie 7990, if you would have come sooner, I would of.

[Redemption80]

Not going to make much of a real difference to the average user, like any person who pays $1k for a GPU is going to use the default clocks.

Considering that is stock speeds, i would say this the first dual GPU to come nearest to matching two actual cards.

[RoadKillNL]

Originally Posted by MrH

I just bought a 680, couldn't they have waited at least a week? Bastards.

Couldn't you watch the Hardware News? Or be more patient

[sykozis]

Originally Posted by RoadKillNL

Couldn't you watch the Hardware News? Or be more patient

Now you're asking an awful lot from members of this forum....

[thefive0]

I love how people with a 680 are all butthurt over this. Stop it. You're not deprived. In fact, you are very lucky.

[Veteran]

People are forgetting the price of a 690 is almost the price of 2x680s so if you really feel hardone by then go by another 680 and you will be on par with the price that you will pay for a 690.

Ive thought about this,i think im just gonna buy one after the guru3d review comes out,when is HH gonna review this anyhow?Hopefully before there in the shops as i want to get one before they go out of stock.

Ocuk are saying stock will exist from May the 3rd,(ill be buying from elsewhere,not ocuk)please get your review out before this HH

[---TK---]

^^^2 680 1000 690 1000 usd ugg

Originally Posted by sykozis

Lower boost clocks. GTX690 will have default boost clocks to 1019 instead of 1058.

yeah thats what I meant

[sykozis]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

^^^2 680 1000 690 1000 usd ugg

yeah thats what I meant

I'd still go with 2x680 instead.... At least that way if by some freak occurance 1 GPU craps out....you're not stuck with a half dead card. Plus you could still use 1 card while RMA'ing the other. Guess there's benefits and drawbacks to each config....

BTW, 560Ti is going back in until I get the time and interest to trouble-shoot some minor issues. Damn GPU can't maintain 100% GPU load while folding. Keeps dropping to 10% every few seconds. Also, got my 2600K down to 65C by turning this POS heatsink sideways....lol.

[---TK---]

I would go with 2 single cards no doubt. if you needed money in an emergency you could sell 1 off or rma 1 like you said. that $1000 690 goes you better have a back up. that problem just in folding? 65c is fine for a SB enjoy

[sykozis]

So, what are the predictions for GTX690 stock? Same, worse or better than GTX680? Be pretty screwed up if it ends up with better stock....

Originally Posted by ---TK---

I would go with 2 single cards no doubt. if you needed money in an emergency you could sell 1 off or rma 1 like you said. that $1000 690 goes you better have a back up. that problem just in folding? 65c is fine for a SB enjoy

Flickering when switching to idle clocks as well. I think it's related to the openCL implementation in the 12.4 drivers, but I don't feel like spending the rest of the night testing to find out. The 560Ti is back in. At least it can clock to 1ghz for gaming. The 7870 runs F@H at 46C....but reaches 68C while gaming. I'll worry about troubleshooting after I manage to makeup at least some of the points I've lost in F@H.

[Veteran]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

^^^2 680 1000 690 1000 usd ugg

Around £800 in the uk which works out at $1300 at todays rate of currency....that will actually be a good price considering the 680's are about £430 in the UK even though its downclocked.
Everything is more expensive here mate.

Ill be grabbing one atleast as long as it gets good reviews and maybe another at a later date.

[sykozis]

Originally Posted by Veteran

Around £800 in the uk which works out at $1300 at todays rate of currency....that will actually be a good price considering the 680's are about £430 in the UK even though its downclocked.
Everything is more expensive here mate.

Ill be grabbing one atleast as long as it gets good reviews and maybe another at a later date.

At $1300 in the US....it'd be more than 2x the price of the GTX680, reducing the number of possible buyers even more. GTX680 is going for $500-580USD from what I've seen..... Not quite as easy as setting a price in 1 country and simply converting to different currencies from there. They need to be priced for the economy of each country.

[Veteran]

Originally Posted by sykozis

At $1300 in the US....it'd be more than 2x the price of the GTX680, reducing the number of possible buyers even more. GTX680 is going for $500-580USD from what I've seen..... Not quite as easy as setting a price in 1 country and simply converting to different currencies from there. They need to be priced for the economy of each country.

Yeah i understand what your saying regarding the USA but in the UK atm with current prices i see the 690 as a very tempting card for myself and i loved my 295's,i had no problems with the single PCB 295's,unlike the dual 295's that i owned,anyhow im just hoping that these 690's deliver,im very excited atm.

[juke]

Originally Posted by Veteran

Around £800 in the uk which works out at $1300 at todays rate of currency....that will actually be a good price considering the 680's are about £430 in the UK even though its downclocked.
Everything is more expensive here mate.

Ill be grabbing one atleast as long as it gets good reviews and maybe another at a later date.

+1
But the region distance also play a big factor considering most of the manufacturers are located in Asia. Plus, the currency rate also plays a big role. Here in the Philippines, GTX 580 were priced more than 30k when it was released. This was back when the Philippine Peso was P48 > US$1. Now that the rate has gone down to US$1 > P43, the GTX 680 is priced at around 25k. Palit reference is even being sold at 23k. I even had my Palit Jetstream at just 23k, which was a real treat considering my card was the first Jetstream bought from the store in the country.

[A M D BugBear]

question IYOHP:

Once the 690 is released, when do you think when the first time the 690 prices are going to be slahsed a bit? after the first month right?

should give me plenty of time to sell my leftovers now, I also have to wait too when I get this card cause of waterblock, wont be out on day one, have to wait a bit.