Nvidia reclaims performance crown with GeForce GTX 680

[Guest]

More RAM plz!

Then I'll purchase.

 

[indiangamer]

hahahanoobs said:

indiangamer said:
now thats a card to upgrade my hd 5870 since i was not able to upgrade my card due to restriction of having only 2 6 pin power connector so it costs less, runs cooler, quieter, faster. and is more powerfriendly. Now being a AMD fanboy i am going for nvidia. and its a big think
can anyone tell me if a 500 watt psu is good for this card or not as anandtech load power consuption is only 362 watts and my pc only have phenom 2 x6 (AMD fanboy) at default clocks?????

If you're CPU is not overclocked you'll be fine. I'm sure Anand used an overclocked i7. The only thing holding you back, is your CPU i'm afraid. Phenom II's are not the best gaming CPU's to be matched with high end graphics to get the most out of your hardware. An upgrade to an FX or Core i5 or i7, would give you the best performance... and maybe a jump to a 600w so you have that headroom in case you overclock in the future.

i run my 5870 overclocked which consume same power as 680 so i think i will be fine with a 680 with my 500 watt psu. and phenom 2 x6 performs alomst same as FX in games but i7 will give a big performance boost but i will wait for ivy bridge and now i will use 680 with my current PC

 

[EXCellR8]

Managed to get my order in on an EVGA... was lucky though I'd say under an hour later they were all gone. Time to put it up against my HD7970. The victor of the battle I will keep, the other will be sold off. WAR!!!

 

[dividebyzero]

More RAM plz!
Then I'll purchase.

It's coming. Vendors have to at least sell some reference boards before the factory specials take off ( EVGA GTX 680FTW 4GB....8+6 phase power...tasty)

 

[LNCPapa]

Read this http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/03/22/nvidia_kepler_gpu_geforce_gtx_680_video_card_review/8 and the following pages and see if you still need more RAM before you make a choice.

 

[fpsgamerJR62]

This card would complement a Core i7 3930K nicely plus the shorter length and lower TDP makes it attractive in SLI configurations. If only the price drops a little bit.

 

[amstech]

I love it when people post thier builds in the comment section thinking their impressing others.
Come to overclock.net and see some real builds.

 

[indiangamer]

where is techspot 680 review

 

[dividebyzero]

where is techspot 680 review

Review boards might be in short supply. Seems NL.Hardware has cornered the market...

Associated GTX 680 Quad-SLI video on YouTube >>here<<

 

[Guest]

You have a 7970 and you just orderd a GTX 680. I just got to ask WTF! and WHY?

 

[LNCPapa]

Perhaps a second machine?

 

[indiangamer]

dividebyzero said:

where is techspot 680 review

Review boards might be in short supply. Seems NL.Hardware has cornered the market...

Associated GTX 680 Quad-SLI video on YouTube >>here<<

i will not like play in such a wire mesh lol

 

[Guest]

Nvidia must be laughing all the way to bank,this card was meant to be a GTX 660/70,so i hope AMD have something up their sleeve.

 

[Ultraman1966]

The price must come down, especially as few people can afford +400 quid on just a graphics card. However, it might follow suit like the 580 which commanded 350 quid up till last month... craziness!

 

[captainawesome]

TS, how far is your review? I have read the Anandtech reviews but I prefer yours

 

[LNCPapa]

My 680s have been about 1 hour away from me (driving) for the last 5 hours... so since it's UPS I think I may have them tomorrow

Guess what I just got in!!!!!

 

[LNCPapa]

Okay - just got my setup done (seems my MSI Afterburner in my startup was causing repeated Red Screens of Death) so here are some of my benches. I've included my old Quadfire 5970 benches in for reference. I'll continue adding to this post so you can see the difference.

The new 3.0 version of the Heaven Benchmark.

http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/BeefyArm_unigine_20120308_2209.html
http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/BeefyArm_unigine_20120327_1630.html

Farcry 2 benchmark:

http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/Farcry2/BeefyArm_120308/
http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/Farcry2/BeefyArm_120327/

Very similar results here

Metro 2033 benchmark:

http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/Metro2033/BeefyArm_120309/
http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/Metro2033/BeefyArm_120327/

All I can say is WOW... the difference is huge

AvP benchmark:

http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/BeefyArm_AvP_2012-03-11_23-06-06.txt
http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/files/benchmarks/BeefyArm_AvP_2012-03-27_16-56-23.txt

Slightly slower results

I'll re-run some of my other benches when I get time and compare previous results.

 

[dividebyzero]

Everything at stock (CPU and cards) ?

Thanks for the benches, much appreciated.

 

[LNCPapa]

Yes - everything is at stock except my CPU. The 5970 numbers had stock GPU timings as well. I also changed the link to the 5970 benches of Heaven since I accidentally linked a differently configured run. They should be similar settings now if you refresh.