nVidia GTX680 Review

[tinytomlogan]

The latest nVidia GPU, Kepler, is upon us. Does it continue the green teams dominance in the graphics market?

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[killablade]

My god, this thing is epic.

 

[Excalabur50]

Nice to see the competition so close for a change adds a nice new perspective to hardware.

 

[Azuka09]

Im gonna get this in my new rig. Now only waiting for the new 1155 Cpus.

 

[trazomfr]

nice review again.

My choice was made anyway, I am a faithful and has less than a huge disappointment, I have not bought anything.

Ordered, delivered tomorrow ... quick, quick, quick!!!

 

[DB006]

I think you've got the 7950oc and 7970oc results back to front mate

 

[Master&Puppet]

Wow that is very close, much closer than the TT review thank god. For me vram is a big issue and I don't want to be getting less than 2.5gb. The TT review was making me a little nervous. Thankfully the 7970 is still holding its own and hopefully a few £ cheaper over the coming days.

 

[Stryker64]

So Nvidia and AMD going toe to toe? I like the sounds of that, because it should lead to lower prices from both sides =D

 

[killablade]

So Nvidia and AMD going toe to toe? I like the sounds of that, because it should lead to lower prices from both sides =D

Eventually it might, but I do not think it will happen anytime soon. In the Netherlands, you can get a reference HIS HD7970 for €450. That's the cheapest 7970 available. The cheapest GTX680 at this moment is €520. I do expect the GTX680 to drop a little seeing as it's only just been released, but the 7970 will probably be a bit cheaper, which is right in line with the performance it offers. Also, NVIDIA haven't released their other GTX6xx cards yet. The moment they do is the moment I expect price drops to occur.

 

[dipzy]

If i weren't going on holiday this year, my rig would get a major update with two these bad boys

 

[VonBlade]

I think you've got the 7950oc and 7970oc results back to front mate

Nope. If you read our 7950 review you'll see that it was right up there and sometimes ahead.

 

[hmmblah]

Looks great! Wonder how it folds though.

Guess I will find out tomorrow...

 

[Aquila]

Great review as always tinytomlogan! I really enjoyed it. I'm planning to sell my GTX 570 to buy a GTX 680. Is my AMD Phenom II X4 945 enough to handle one of these beasts? Or it would be a "not so smart upgrade" to do, and I need to change all my pc before buying a GTX 680?

Thanks in advance

 

[Azurite]

Nice review Tom. I really like how the 680 are doing in BF3, with 11-14 fps more than the 7970 in 1920x1080 ultra mode. Think AMD will cut prizes further now

 

[janiashvili]

I really want to see it's performance benchmark in 3ds max or maya

 

[killablade]

Looks great! Wonder how it folds though.

Guess I will find out tomorrow...

You will find out tomorrow? Nice :')

 

[hmmblah]

You will find out tomorrow? Nice :')

Next day air was $16 more, I caved in my moment of weakness. Newegg is already sold out of all brands.

 

[SnW]

Looks great! Wonder how it folds though.

Guess I will find out tomorrow...

I was hoping i could buy one today , but as always.. my sell of my i7 860 was cancelled, at the last freaking moment

 

[r3uz0r]

Looking forward for a evga gtx680 ^^

 

[Luscious]

1. QuadSLI = I smell a new overkill3D

2. Time for Asus to do a Mars III...

3. All those CUDA cores and no F@H benchies Tom???