GTX 680 specs leaked

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Flopper said:
The 680 is unbeatable so yes!
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I expect AMD will release the 7980 which is 20% faster(rumor) than the 7970 if this card is an even match for the GTX 680 then I don't expect any price drops from either party. Other than the 7980 taking the price of the 7970 and the 7970 going down to compete against the 670 card.
 
Brent/Kyle, can you please incluse a test that shows when the CPU will start bottlenecking the card in demanding games, like how much maximum GPU power will be used with a stock Q9550-I7920-I5 2500K (in BF3 64 map for example).

I'll upgrade to SB/IB eventually but I think I'll just grab this card for now.
 
I know basically all the news recently has been for the GTX 680, but I would like one of the lesser cards, like the 660Ti or 670, and for the one big reason of that I run a dual DVI set up, and the current 7 series AMD cards don't have dual DVI connections.
 
firas said:
Brent/Kyle, can you please incluse a test that shows when the CPU will start bottlenecking the card in demanding games, like how much maximum GPU power will be used with a stock Q9550-I7920-I5 2500K (in BF3 64 map for example).

I'll upgrade to SB/IB eventually but I think I'll just grab this card for now.
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+1 on this. I would also be interested and it would help those of us still on this old platform (and there's probably more than a few) gauge how much performance we're giving up by not upgrading to SB/IB.
 
firas said:
Brent/Kyle, can you please incluse a test that shows when the CPU will start bottlenecking the card in demanding games, like how much maximum GPU power will be used with a stock Q9550-I7920-I5 2500K (in BF3 64 map for example).

I'll upgrade to SB/IB eventually but I think I'll just grab this card for now.
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This is something I have wanted Reviewers to do since a long time. You guys tell us what PSU it needs and what kind of cooling it needs why not this?
The buyer has no way to know which CPU is necessary and which one is an overkill. There should be a page which tells us the CPU(and it's clock) beyond which there is no improvement. So we can put the extra cash on the GPU rather than wasting it on a CPU and getting lesser performance than we could have had.
I have an i5 760 at 4GHz and woul like to know if upgrading would really make a difference till Haswell.
PS: CPU benchmarks only have a 600$ cards and GPU benchmarks have 1000$ CPUs which makes it difficult to know about bottlenecks.
 
firas said:
Brent/Kyle, can you please incluse a test that shows when the CPU will start bottlenecking the card in demanding games, like how much maximum GPU power will be used with a stock Q9550-I7920-I5 2500K (in BF3 64 map for example).
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It's already been done. HardOCP occasionally tests CPUs. From the HardOCP 2500K/2600K review:

"Gaming is generally GPU limited but we are seeing some swing the other way as GPUs have gotten so powerful and at the same time some gamers have kept on with their 'smaller' displays. It is my opinion that if you are CPU limited in your games, you need to make sure you next upgrade is your display."

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/01/03/intel_sandy_bridge_2600k_2500k_processors_review/4

From the 3930K review:

"I have no reasons to believe Sandy Bridge E is going to do anything for a gamer that is already using a 2500K or 2600K that has been clocked up."

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/14/intel_core_i73960x_sandy_bridge_e_processor_review/9
 
evilsofa said:
It's already been done. HardOCP occasionally tests CPUs. From the HardOCP 2500K/2600K review:

"Gaming is generally GPU limited but we are seeing some swing the other way as GPUs have gotten so powerful and at the same time some gamers have kept on with their 'smaller' displays. It is my opinion that if you are CPU limited in your games, you need to make sure you next upgrade is your display."
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And then 120hz happened.
 
evilsofa said:
It's already been done. HardOCP occasionally tests CPUs. From the HardOCP 2500K/2600K review:

"Gaming is generally GPU limited but we are seeing some swing the other way as GPUs have gotten so powerful and at the same time some gamers have kept on with their 'smaller' displays. It is my opinion that if you are CPU limited in your games, you need to make sure you next upgrade is your display."

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/01/03/intel_sandy_bridge_2600k_2500k_processors_review/4

From the 3930K review:

"I have no reasons to believe Sandy Bridge E is going to do anything for a gamer that is already using a 2500K or 2600K that has been clocked up."

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/14/intel_core_i73960x_sandy_bridge_e_processor_review/9
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http://www.tested.com/profile/korwin/will-your-cpu-bottleneck-your-new-gpu-purchase/37-760/

I did that a little while ago, it's not perfect... but it's not like I get paid. That should give you an indication as to what kind of throttling your going to see out of a Core2 machine.
 
CPU bottleneck is something I have been wondering about as well. I currently have i7-920 and will upgrade from my current gtx 295 to gtx 680. I assume my i7 920 should not be an issue given that I will playing at 1920x1200 resolution?
 
we need benchmarks :p less power consumption and store pricing.
we need more cupons!!!!
 
imsirovic5 said:
CPU bottleneck is something I have been wondering about as well. I currently have i7-920 and will upgrade from my current gtx 295 to gtx 680. I assume my i7 920 should not be an issue given that I will playing at 1920x1200 resolution?
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You cannot say that, it depends on the specific game. However, I'm sure that at stock clocks the CPU will hold you back quite a bit, overclocked not so much depending on how far you can push it.
Anyway, this is a topic where no general answer exists.
 
WorldExclusive said:
The die size, mem bus, vram amount and pcb says midrange card.
But nVidia will convince many it's a GTX 680. If this cost $500, the GK110 could be $700+.
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Funny I thought performance dictates price point... silly me
 
Leaked yesterday, supposedly. Images below came from Tomshardware site.

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Link: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Kepler-GeForce-GTX680-gpu,15012.html
 
I think those slides have been around for a few days now. Would be nice if the performance figures are true and price is competitive with 7970
 
My bad. Didn't look back to the 13th, where, like mentioned, those slides were posted. Tomshardware is late with the news.. go figure.
 
Something's not right

Battlefield 3 performance is almost similar to MW3, lol
 
WTF is TXAA? Is it a revision of FXAA? Or did some clown mistype? Also lol on some of those slides. They repasted the benchmark resolution/aa where the fps rating should be. This is nice though:
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