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Limp Gawd
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No mention of those very low MIN FPS scores on Skyrim? IMO that would make the game unplayable at those settings as 2 FPS is well beyond unplayable and immersion breaking.
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No mention of those very low MIN FPS scores on Skyrim? IMO that would make the game unplayable at those settings as 2 FPS is well beyond unplayable and immersion breaking.
While its disappointing that it couldn't reach the OC levels Nvidia was claiming those power numbers are impressive. Good temps too, though I'd love to see what good waterblocks will do to the temps and overclocking ability. Still $1000...Yikes. Amazing performance, but way way way out of what I'd be willing to pay for a video card unless I win the lottery or something.
3 car payments. If I win the lottery I'm in.
some early microstutter results for anyone interested
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/...dia-geforce-gtx-690/8/#abschnitt_mikroruckler
and their performance averages across all games in the test suite
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/...eforce-gtx-690/4/#abschnitt_leistung_mit_aaaf
[+Duracell-];1038682057 said:Wow! I didn't expect the power utilization to be THAT low! Looks like you definitely get your money's worth if you get this card.
Still way out of my price range, but damn that's pretty awesome.
While its disappointing that it couldn't reach the OC levels Nvidia was claiming those power numbers are impressive. Good temps too, though I'd love to see what good waterblocks will do to the temps and overclocking ability. Still $1000...Yikes. Amazing performance, but way way way out of what I'd be willing to pay for a video card unless I win the lottery or something.
Well, I wasn't fast enough to grab a reference card from EVGA so I submitted a pre-order for the signature series. Meh.. an extra 50 bucks for a t-shirt and mouse pad but at least I don't need to constantly hold down F5 on Newegg or Amazon.
I still don't understand the price complaints. This card puts in a single solution what you would be paying $1000+ for 2x GTX 680s anyway, with lower power usage in many cases, and equal performance if you bump the clocks up to 680 levels.
Seriously why do people keep saying this? The 680 is like 50% faster than the 580 in most tests, and uses way less power, last I checked 50% from one generation to the next at the same price point was a really good bump, and less power to boot? When has that ever happened.I think the price complaint isn't that the 690 is the same price as 2 680's, but that the 680 is overpriced to start with, in the sense that it doesn't offer a substantial increase in performance/price ratio compared to the previous generation.
I got 1310MHz out of my GTX 680.
No mention of those very low MIN FPS scores on Skyrim? IMO that would make the game unplayable at those settings as 2 FPS is well beyond unplayable and immersion breaking.
No mention of those very low MIN FPS scores on Skyrim? IMO that would make the game unplayable at those settings as 2 FPS is well beyond unplayable and immersion breaking.
some early microstutter results for anyone interested
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/...dia-geforce-gtx-690/8/#abschnitt_mikroruckler
Can you please speculate a bit on what the result would be like at 1.6x higher resolution?2GB per GPU limit - As mentioned in past GTX 680 SLI review, and this one, I did not feel 2GB was a limit for me gaming at 5760x1200. I was able to run BF3 single and multiplayer just fine at 5760x1200 with MAX in-game settings, and FXAA, and had a smooth experience as was shown. BF3 is the worse on memory usage, and I didn't get a hiccup from that game. I never got a hiccup from any other game either. Even Batman ran fine at 5760x1200 with max Tessellation and no less than 4X MSAA. Skyrim, also ran with 8X AA+FXAA+4X TR SSAA with no hiccups related to shortage of VRAM. Perhaps there are limits above 5760x1200 resolution. But on my three 24" displays at 5760x1200, 2GB per GPU was fine, as has been previously tested. Future Proof? Well no one knows the future. Some games might demand more memory like BF3, some may not. BF3 seems to be the one exception to high VRAM usage, most other games don't operate like it, and it was fine here.