Thursday, May 3rd 2012
EVGA Launches its GeForce GTX 690
EVGA kicked off its GeForce GTX 690 lineup with two models: the GTX 690 reference design (04G-P4-2690-KR), and the GTX 690 Signature Edition (04G-P4-2692-KR). Priced at US $999.99, the reference design package has everything necessary including fancy PCI-E power adapters, and case stickers. The card sticks to NVIDIA reference clock speeds of 915/1019/6008 MHz (core base/core boost/memory effective). The Signature Edition, on the other hand, charges a $50 premium for an EVGA-branded T-shirt and mousepad. The reference design is available on EVGA online store, while the Signature Edition is up for pre-order, at US $1,049.
32 Comments on EVGA Launches its GeForce GTX 690
Only places like ebay and amazon, even have any, really..
Nvidia may have taken the performance crown, but if you can't get one it sort of makes the victory a bit shallow.
If AMD drops a 7990 (or whatever) and it's comes close to the 690 (say about 10-15% less performance) at a price of about $699 ... it's going to sell like mad.
When supply catches up to demand (if ever) then the 6xx series cards should get a little more reasonable in price.
Nvidia had mentioned something about limitted availability at May 3rd launch (read: none) and more in the piple line starting about May 7th. We will see now that goes. So many people want these cards that I think we may see shortages and higher prices for a while yet.
So selling the card for 1,000 for the same freaking design is a scam IMO, but yet people are busy buying them.