Thursday, March 8th 2012
GK104 Graphics Card Pictured?
Could this be the very first picture of NVIDIA's GeForce Kepler 104-based graphics card? This Mr. Blurrycam shot has been doing rounds in Chinese forums. While it may not seem convincing at first glance, several features of the card in the picture seem to match the layout of the GK104 reference PCB which was pictured, earlier. To begin with, on the top-right corner you can train your eyes to a deep cutout, for the unusual piggy-backed 6+6 pin PCIe power connectors. The rear panel bracket is a 100% match (in layout and design of exhaust vents), of the one with the true-color image of the GK104 PCB. The only feature that clouds the plausibility of this picture is "GeForce GTX 670 Ti" being etched onto the cooler's shroud. We're hearing more voices refer to the top GK104 part as "GeForce GTX 680" than "GTX 670 Ti". We're also hearing that NVIDIA will adopt a new GeForce logo, so that glaring "GEFORCE" badge on the top of the card looks plausible.
UPDATE: Added less blurry picture.
Source:
RedQuasar BBS
40 Comments on GK104 Graphics Card Pictured?
You can see the real card has a green arc which this mockup doesn't have.
To me it looks more 6 than 5.
You also have to take into account NVIDIA's new "sharp edge" font it's using in the GEFORCE GTX logo.
6 should look like that.
just add more contrast and brightness..
5 or 6 :rolleyes:?
Personally, 670 makes more sense because of certain background information. Since the PCB & rear panel bracket of this card match with the GK104 PCB that came out a few days back. Also, the stacked 6+6 pin connector cutout at the far end of the card seems to match. Then there are the 2 SLI connectors.
Again, as per the comment from 'General Lee', a 'new' photo of Kepler card held by Mark Rein(Epic Games)@ GDC2012, inside anti-static cover does seem to reveal a subtle 'Green arc' behind the nvidia sticker.
So, could the picture of the supposedly 670TI card be an early engineering sample or older photo of GK104?
which is which?.. the reality.. we will know in a few days... All I am hoping for is the GK104 card to be positioned in the 350-400$ range to beat the 7870 & 7950, and at that price GK104 performance 'might' really be unbeatable.. just wishful thinking..
Commonsense also dictates that even if NVIDIA did a GTX 570 Ti, it would simply recycle the board and cooler design that's used on other single-GF110 SKUs (GTX 560 Ti-448, GTX 570, and GTX 580)
I kinda like how the power plug disappears into the heatsink shroud, to be honest.
he is basically saying that they(nvidia ) have fecked it ,like AMD did with the 5xxx series.
by putting stacked DVI ports and power connectors on it ,no mother board i know of AFAIK has the spaceing to allow 4xSLI, an interesting point ,maybe only TRI SLi is possible .
and not even waterblocks are going to help:D
i am a bit further down the grammer road (yeh just a bit) then him, but what he said is decypherable
Im more a maths tech guy, then a grammer nut ,but dont be mistaken, Grammer or lack off it is in no means an indicator of inteligence level ,I was dragged up in a hood ,simples:p
Your english is becoming too stong, Madchester demands slang.
could be protective film,exactly as does:pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp::twitch: