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[whyhellothere]

$550 eh. *sigh*
and the wait continues

 

[whyhellothere]

$550 eh. *sigh*
and the wait continues

 

[zk1mpls]

Finally got my headset hanger from the anodizer place. One-piece of anodized grey aluminum. Works well with the rig so far.

 

[zk1mpls]

Finally got my headset hanger from the anodizer place. One-piece of anodized grey aluminum. Works well with the rig so far.

 

[zk1mpls]

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[h2]GTX 680 will be hard to get[/h2]Written by Fuad Abazovic

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Expect it to sell out like the new iPad

Many of our industry sources are telling us that Kepler based GTX 680 desktop cards will be hard to get. 

Despite quite high prices, these cards will sell out very quickly simply as they will be a better choice than similarly priced AMD cards. However, at the same time, AMD can mess up Nvidia’s launch by dropping prices and making its cards more attractive, but this is something that might happen close to GTX 600 series Kepler 28nm launch. 

Partners would not be partners if they would not complain about the quantity of Kepler cards that they will get at launch and weeks to come. They all think they deserve and should get more, but they are still convinced that the new cards will sell well. 

If you are after GTX 680, our advice is to look for one at launch day, scheduled for March 23 and immediately buy one. Otherwise you will probably end up waiting. The 28nm process is not at great yield levels but it is still reportedly better than the transition to 40nm a few years ago. Nvidia is also having to use a lot of capacity to service OEM deals in both notebook and desktop segment. That will swallow many of the 28nm Kepler based cards. 

Nvidia lovers have not much to worry about this as notebooks get lower TDP chips, but since the 680 is close to 200W TDP this remains desktop-only card that will only end up in some high-end desktop machines.

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Hype train picking up more speed. 

 

[zk1mpls]

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[h2]GTX 680 will be hard to get[/h2]Written by Fuad Abazovic

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Expect it to sell out like the new iPad

Many of our industry sources are telling us that Kepler based GTX 680 desktop cards will be hard to get. 

Despite quite high prices, these cards will sell out very quickly simply as they will be a better choice than similarly priced AMD cards. However, at the same time, AMD can mess up Nvidia’s launch by dropping prices and making its cards more attractive, but this is something that might happen close to GTX 600 series Kepler 28nm launch. 

Partners would not be partners if they would not complain about the quantity of Kepler cards that they will get at launch and weeks to come. They all think they deserve and should get more, but they are still convinced that the new cards will sell well. 

If you are after GTX 680, our advice is to look for one at launch day, scheduled for March 23 and immediately buy one. Otherwise you will probably end up waiting. The 28nm process is not at great yield levels but it is still reportedly better than the transition to 40nm a few years ago. Nvidia is also having to use a lot of capacity to service OEM deals in both notebook and desktop segment. That will swallow many of the 28nm Kepler based cards. 

Nvidia lovers have not much to worry about this as notebooks get lower TDP chips, but since the 680 is close to 200W TDP this remains desktop-only card that will only end up in some high-end desktop machines.

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Hype train picking up more speed. 

 

[omgitswes]

meh I doubt they'll sell out. Unless Nvidia purposely ships a small amount

 

[omgitswes]

meh I doubt they'll sell out. Unless Nvidia purposely ships a small amount

 

[zk1mpls]

^ Well, they were having troubles with wafer yields lately. Add to that, TSMC stopping their manufacturing of 28nm chips last month... this might be plausible.

Quick question, btw... does Amazon start selling these the midnight of the date of release?

 

[zk1mpls]

^ Well, they were having troubles with wafer yields lately. Add to that, TSMC stopping their manufacturing of 28nm chips last month... this might be plausible.

Quick question, btw... does Amazon start selling these the midnight of the date of release?

 

[whyhellothere]

looks good but i'm still

@ the size of the cosmos.

 

[whyhellothere]

looks good but i'm still

@ the size of the cosmos.

 

[sole vintage]

supposedly the GTX 680 is the card Epic had running the Samaritan demo a single card.

good old Nvidia with their limited quantities. they must have bad yields

 

[sole vintage]

supposedly the GTX 680 is the card Epic had running the Samaritan demo a single card.

good old Nvidia with their limited quantities. they must have bad yields

 

[cwrite78]

you should have put a custom logo instead of the astro logo IMO

 

[cwrite78]

you should have put a custom logo instead of the astro logo IMO

 

[shatterkneesinc]

actually supposedly the new macs was going to be equipped with keplers but apple decided not to because they dont expect nvidia can pump enough out to meet demand
low end cards are usually mass produced and if nvidia cant even do that then dont expect high end cards to yield better production results
so far the rumors are not looking good for nvidia and nvidia doesnt really give a dam about consumer graphics anymore, they are investing their resources into arm development which is where all the growth is


http://www.appleinsider.c...f_next_gen_macbooks.html

 

[shatterkneesinc]

actually supposedly the new macs was going to be equipped with keplers but apple decided not to because they dont expect nvidia can pump enough out to meet demand
low end cards are usually mass produced and if nvidia cant even do that then dont expect high end cards to yield better production results
so far the rumors are not looking good for nvidia and nvidia doesnt really give a dam about consumer graphics anymore, they are investing their resources into arm development which is where all the growth is


http://www.appleinsider.c...f_next_gen_macbooks.html

 

[shatterkneesinc]

actually supposedly the new macs was going to be equipped with keplers but apple decided not to because they dont expect nvidia can pump enough out to meet demand
low end cards are usually mass produced and if nvidia cant even do that then dont expect high end cards to yield better production results
so far the rumors are not looking good for nvidia and nvidia doesnt really give a dam about consumer graphics anymore, they are investing their resources into arm development which is where all the growth is


http://www.appleinsider.c...f_next_gen_macbooks.html

 

[zk1mpls]

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

looks good but i'm still

@ the size of the cosmos.

thanks
the size ain't that bad now. got used to it. My friends' CM Storm Sniper and NZXT Phantom look decent-sized now for me. 

 Thing still weighs a ton, though.
 

Originally Posted by sole vintage

supposedly the GTX 680 is the card Epic had running theSamaritan demo a single card.

good old Nvidia with their limited quantities. they must have bad yields

I've heard that they've used a different method of anti-aliasing this time around with that demo, so the so-called rumors of one Kepler card doing the work of three GTX 580s is overblown. Been hearing that the GTX 680 will be around 20% faster overall over the 7970 -performing 40% better on BF3.

Well, we'll never know until proper reviews and benchmarks are done.

 

[zk1mpls]

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

looks good but i'm still

@ the size of the cosmos.

thanks
the size ain't that bad now. got used to it. My friends' CM Storm Sniper and NZXT Phantom look decent-sized now for me. 

 Thing still weighs a ton, though.
 

Originally Posted by sole vintage

supposedly the GTX 680 is the card Epic had running theSamaritan demo a single card.

good old Nvidia with their limited quantities. they must have bad yields

I've heard that they've used a different method of anti-aliasing this time around with that demo, so the so-called rumors of one Kepler card doing the work of three GTX 580s is overblown. Been hearing that the GTX 680 will be around 20% faster overall over the 7970 -performing 40% better on BF3.

Well, we'll never know until proper reviews and benchmarks are done.

 

[zk1mpls]

Looks like the GTX 580 price drop has started for you guys. Any day now for Kepler...

EVGA Vanilla GTX 580 @ $429.99 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/EVG...P3-1580-AR/dp/B004B8VL64
EVGA GTX 580 SC @ $419.99 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BDOR6U

 

[zk1mpls]

Looks like the GTX 580 price drop has started for you guys. Any day now for Kepler...

EVGA Vanilla GTX 580 @ $429.99 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/EVG...P3-1580-AR/dp/B004B8VL64
EVGA GTX 580 SC @ $419.99 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BDOR6U

 

[zk1mpls]

A whole album full of Kepler images:

New Anti-aliasing method: TXAA? 

another set of benchmarks out:

 

[zk1mpls]

A whole album full of Kepler images:

New Anti-aliasing method: TXAA? 

another set of benchmarks out: