NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler 2 GB

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Mar 22, 2012

Whats the difference between adaptive vsync and tripple buffering?

brandonwh64 · Mar 22, 2012

Wow this is a beast of a card!

legends84 · Mar 22, 2012

now i felt like want to throw away my 7970

ramcoza · Mar 22, 2012

Nice

Multi monitor (5760x1200) review here..
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/03/22/nvidia_kepler_gpu_geforce_gtx_680_video_card_review/14

Dimi · Mar 22, 2012

Very nice review, i will get me one of these for my next build (hopefully next month with an ivy bridge cpu).

My only gripe with the review is that it wasn't done with the just released 301.10 drivers which could have increased even more fps and make use of the newly implemented technology by nVidia.

Shou Miko · Mar 22, 2012

Great Review W1zzard ^^

too bard it's so expensive >.<

but i guess that's the price so i think i will keep my GTX 570.

W1zzard · Mar 22, 2012

Psychoholic said:
I'd like to see a comparison with 7970 at the same clocks though, should be pretty close clock for clock.

not possible, due to dynamic clocks always changing the clock speed of gtx 680

DarkOCean said:
I would have liked to see 7870 on those graps as well, why isnt there?

because it's too slow to be included in the comparison

Crap Daddy said:
As I understood well, the max OC with this card, from a traditional POV is around 1300MHz (1150 plus offset 150 MHz)?

as mentioned in the review you can't just look at a single clock speed anymore. but yes, base clock would be up by 150 mhz, to 1300

Dimi said:
My only gripe with the review is that it wasn't done with the just released 301.10 drivers

those were released 3 hours ago. i worked a week on the gtx 680 review. can i borrow your time machine?

zargana · Mar 22, 2012

Thanks for the review. Also thanks Nvidia for the price.

If Amd wants his share from the market, he needs to catch train before its too late.

499$ nvidia gpu price -hope- will have have snowball effect on AMD side.

Then i should buy my 7970. :nutkick:

entropy13 · Mar 22, 2012

W1zzard said:
those were released 3 hours ago. i worked a week on the gtx 680 review. can i borrow your time machine?

And the 680 still beats the more expensive 7970 even without the "right" drivers...

BarbaricSoul · Mar 22, 2012

Great reveiw Wizz.

Great card for a high-end mid-level card. I'd love to see what the actual top GK100 could do. Judging from the GK104's performance, I'd say the GK100, at stock settings, could beat the 6990 and take the overall performance crown.

krisna159 · Mar 22, 2012

damn good... nice review like always Wizz..
i hope this card will be available in my country soon... its worthy to upgrade... :toast

Athlon2K15 · Mar 22, 2012

As always the best GPU reviews are right here on tpu. looks like AMD needs to get their shit together or they'll be stuck doing APU's for the years to come

Sihastru · Mar 22, 2012

Review driver: NVIDIA 285.62. I've seen reviews that re-tested with the R300 drivers and there are sizeable performance differences. Will there be a followup? Perhaps for the SLI review?

fullinfusion · Mar 22, 2012

Nice review as always Wizz :toast:

Hows the sli tests going? Almost done? That's going to be interesting to see what sli vs cross fire brings to the table.

imitation · Mar 22, 2012

Way to go, NVIDIA! Now let the price drops begin!

Thanks for the review, W1zz!

W1zzard · Mar 22, 2012

fullinfusion said:
Hows the sli tests going? Almost done? That's going to be interesting to see what sli vs cross fire brings to the table.

no second card for SLI. i got more incoming but they seem to be in transit somewhere

Rowsol · Mar 22, 2012

Nvidia is cheaper than the AMD counterpart. Never thought I'd see the day.

Thanks for the review!

xaira · Mar 22, 2012

best and easiest to understand reviews are always right here on TPU...gr8 job

Dimi · Mar 22, 2012

W1zzard said:
those were released 3 hours ago. i worked a week on the gtx 680 review. can i borrow your time machine?

If i had one, ABSOLUTELY!

This was a great review, didn't mean to nitpick. My apologies!

Do you think you would get more fps when paired with a 3770K? I got a 3+ year old i7 920 but i really want to upgrade, especially to an ivy bridge because they got that quicksync thingy to convert video's really fast. I don't want the sandy bridge with ivy being this close to release.

dj-electric · Mar 22, 2012

These maxoc results does not look good imo

HossHuge · Mar 22, 2012

Another area that has seen improvement is NVIDIA's display output logic, which supports up to four active displays now. This makes it easier than ever before to setup a multi-monitor gaming system, with just one NVIDIA card.

Finally!

I haven't had a Nvidia card since my 8600gts. It might be time for a switcharoo.

Lionheart · Mar 22, 2012

Like pretty much everyone else said, great review Wizz :toast:

and this looks like to be a another beasty card from Nvidia :rockout:

Round of applause for Wizz

CLAP CLAP CLAP FAP FAP FAP :laugh:

Jonap_1st · Mar 22, 2012

poeple : "if your 7970 wont drop to $400 - 450, i will give my wallet to nvidia!"

Capitan Harlock · Mar 22, 2012

legends84 said:
now i felt like want to throw away my 7970

only for just 10 max 15 fps? dont kidding me , are both good cards but i dont think is a pain for little difference in fps is not like compare amd fx and intel

HossHuge · Mar 22, 2012

Jonap_1st said:
poeple : "if your 7970 wont drop to $400 - 450, i will give my wallet to nvidia!"

Prices here have changed already. 7970 is selling at the same price.

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