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ZOTAC Working On GeForce GTX 680 with 2 GHz Core Clock Speed

Mar 23rd, 2012 04:42 Discuss (51 Comments)

Speaking at a conference of AIC partners, ZOTAC (China) General Manager Mr. Kwai claimed that his company was working on a "Godly" GeForce GTX 680 non-reference design graphics card, with 2 GHz core clock speed. The card will be designed to demonstrate ZOTAC's engineering potential with non-reference designs. It will be ready by mid-April, 2012. Then again, there could be a catch. ZOTAC China has, in the past, designed certain bleeding-edge graphics cards exclusively for the Chinese market, which never made it to Europe and the US. ZOTAC is an NVIDIA-exclusive brand backed by OEM Goliath PC Partner, which also holds AMD-exclusive brand Sapphire Technology.

Source: QQ

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51 Comments on ZOTAC Working On GeForce GTX 680 with 2 GHz Core Clock Speed

#26

NHKS

HorruxTo me they absolutely need to implement both a peltier and watercooling, to keep those temps down on the hot side. Because those things do get toasty, and no matter how great and cool your GPU remains, what good is it if it fries the rest of your PC? No, the only viable solution is peltier + water..

of course, they will need to liquid cool the hot side of the peltier.. air cooling the peltier 'hot' side wont suffice.. the demo video was just that, a demo.. for actual application peltier+liquid heat exchanger is a must as employed by the DigitalStorm system.. u can see in pic below the liquid-cooled block with entry-exit hoses on the hot side of the peltier module('white' wafer seen sandwiched under pressure between two metal plates)..

how feasible is this type of cooling for a gpu knowing it will have higher TDP than a CPU is unknown.. so lets wait till April for Zotac to release more info

#27

m1dg3t

Zotac is overreaching IMO claiming 2Ghz core speed, maybe they can achive it on a single unit but to be market ready, don't think so :o I would LOVE to see these high Mhz in end user hand's so hope they have something up their sleeve/s :)

WC TEC would prolly be the best choice for cooling but you would need a serious TEC module and the supporting gear to dissipate all that heat and power the TEC module! Swiftech used to make/sell TEC equipped waterblock's but they stopped making them some time ago IIRC :o

#28

Solid State

It'll be the Zotac GTX 680 FTE

(Fish Tank Edition)

#29

Horrux

NHKSof course, they will need to liquid cool the hot side of the peltier.. air cooling the peltier 'hot' side wont suffice.. the demo video was just that, a demo.. for actual application peltier+liquid heat exchanger is a must as employed by the DigitalStorm system.. u can see in pic below the liquid-cooled block with entry-exit hoses on the hot side of the peltier module('white' wafer seen sandwiched under pressure between two metal plates)..
www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cryo-tec02-450x291.jpg

how feasible is this type of cooling for a gpu knowing it will have higher TDP than a CPU is unknown.. so lets wait till April for Zotac to release more info

That actually looks pretty sweet! :)

Then again, for that kind of money, it had better be... www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsub-zero-tec.asp?id=615827

#30

Unregistered

as far as the power requirements are concerned. it uses x2 (two)only -:pimp:6 pins :)
you do all know this has all the "new" tech within the gtx680 and can obviously do what they claim..

being skeptical ,as most are here, is all about being ill informed :)

research............

#31

NHKS

Solid StateIt'll be the Zotac GTX 680 FTE

(Fish Tank Edition)

Guess u meant this one by Fish Tank Edition ?.. :toast:

to see the video of the "Zotac Vapor Phaze Demo System" working u can always check youtube

#32

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

DOMApril Fools :laugh:

What if I told you mid-April is also Radeon HD 7990 launch time-frame?

#33

micropage7

so we need to wait this thing
it would be interesting since only few top of the line products that come in custom layout

#34

acerace

#35

Delta6326

It must come with one of these! Sure don't want to the price!

www.frozencpu.com/products/13091/ex-vap-20/Cooler_Express_2011_Design_Super_Evaporator_CPU_GPU_Cooling_Unit_-_Sockets_AM2_AM3_LGA_1156_LGA1366_CE-48-D-1C-1G.html?tl=g49

Or this

#36

KainXS

1.5Ghz should be possible but beyond 1.6 you need watercooling at least

#37

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

qubitI'd like to see it. Only 1800MHz took LN2 to achieve here, so I can't see a consumer product coming out that can do 2GHz.

at HWbot on LN2 theres one at 1.9GHZ

#38

Mr Verro

this is the the type of monsters i wanna see:toast:

#39

N3M3515

In the remote case they release it, the price is going to be beyond $900

#40

DOM

btarunrWhat if I told you mid-April is also Radeon HD 7990 launch time-frame?

they need that right now not in april cuz when 690 comes out amd is dead :laugh:

#41

Over_Lord

News Editor

april fool's much

#42

BeepBeep2

nvidiaintelftwat HWbot on LN2 theres one at 1.9GHZ

That was with the stock VRM gutted, and EVGA "Untouchables" EPower soldered on and 1.6v+ vGPU (very beefy 12 phase pwm/vrm vs stock 4 phase) :laugh:

So with a great PCB you can do about 1900 on LN2, some manufacturers are now designing/outputting those stronger PCBs.

I think a super cherry picked card with EPower modded and the voltmod can do 2 GHz, but are Zotac just going to sell a bare card with no cooler here or what? :rolleyes:

#43

Solid State

NHKSGuess u meant this one by Fish Tank Edition ?.. :toast:

www.instablogsimages.com/1/2012/01/17/zotac_vapor_phaze_case_mod_wrtwq.jpg

to see the video of the "Zotac Vapor Phaze Demo System" working u can always check youtube

Pretty much. :-) I thought it was kind of a waste to put a 560ti in it.

#44

R_1

Conventional wisdom says : "2 GHz Core Clock Speed"- problematic, even with liquid nitrogen. Maybe that's ZOTAC unintentional mistake, or referring to dual-GPU based graphics card. Who knows. :)

#45

xenocide

With custom designs and extra stuff thrown on I don't think it's impossible. It's very unlikely to say the least. I wonder if they plan on doing a Closed Loop Liquid Cooling Solution.

#46

Raptor_i

is it normal that's no GTX680 is available in amazon nor newegg till now

#47

xenocide

raptoriis it normal that's no GTX680 is available in amazon nor newegg till now

They're all sold out. Give it a week or so.

#48

Solid State

Just keep an eye on this page. I'm waiting to see what the non-reference cards look like personally.

#49

WhoDecidedThat

And who is going to provide the required memory bandwidth to that gpu? Because you ain't gonna hit 9 GHz on the memory to provide it adequate bandwidth. :laugh:

#50

InnocentCriminal

Resident Grammar Amender

I'm expecting this card to not have a true 2GHz core clock speed but the potential or be guaranteed to hit 2GHz under specific conditions (WC/LN2).

I'll be very impressed if they're smart enough to be able to design and then make the card.

Good luck to 'em.

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