Wednesday, April 11th 2012
Gainward Readies GeForce GTX 680 Phantom 4 GB Variant
Towards the end of March, Gainward launched the GeForce GTX 680 Phantom Edition, with a its uniquely-designed cooling assembly that inverts the positions of fans and heatsink, which lends an aesthetic touch. Like most other GeForce GTX 680 graphics cards launched till date, the Gainward GTX 680 Phantom has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory. We're now learning that Gainward is working on a 4 GB variant, and it's more than close to release, as Swedish retailer Komplett.se has already listed it for 5,995 Kronor (US $878.7). Pictured below, the card looks otherwise identical to the original 2 GB model. It's likely that a backplate is used to cool memory chips on the reverse side of the PCB.
17 Comments on Gainward Readies GeForce GTX 680 Phantom 4 GB Variant
i thought only apple charged absurd prices for memory upgrades
Don't comment if you're not aware of how companies price their products for different parts of the world.
It's 20% more than the 2GB Gainward Phantom, now, take that, and then apply it to your local pricing for the 2GB Gainward Phantom, if it is available in your part of the world. That will give you an idea for how much it will cost for YOU to buy it.
:shadedshu
Standard GTX680's run at around £420 - 440.
If you need the extra Vram this card offers then a £140 cheaper HD7970 would be a better option. After all, the extra Vram will only come in handy if the game actually needs it*. If it doesn't then it will perform identically to a 2GB model at the same clock speeds.
*And not just uses it like BF3 seems to.
overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-013-KF
Imo 28nm refresh is gonna look more promising (GK110 and AMD Tenerife), a worthy upgrade from lets say OC'ed 570/580gtx. :)