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[Horse Armour]

Finally arrived from Amazon!


A bit of buyers remorse setting in, I can't think of any hardware demanding PC games coming out in the next year to justify the cost of it :/

Except for Metro Last Light, I'm pretty sure there are zero impressive PC games being released in the next while/years. Looks like we'll have to wait for next gen to push graphics forward.

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Already installed and benching now. Gooood times! Love dat new hardware smell.

And as it runs through 3dmark11, this thing is already smoking fast when OC'd.

 

[Sethos]

Local site finally gets a 4GB up for pre-order and it's that awful 3-slot monstrosity Phantom. Dammit, just want a god damn 2-slot 4GB around here, is it that much to ask! Sick of waiting.

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Benchmark results: +165 core offset/+450 RAM offset, 132% power (never went above 117% lol), 1.175v, max temp 59c

10378 3dmark11's with 4.5 Ghz 2500k.

 

[Fallout-NL]

Finally arrived from Amazon!


A bit of buyers remorse setting in, I can't think of any hardware demanding PC games coming out in the next year to justify the cost of it :/

Try and see if it can run a fully tricked out Crysis 1 at a solid 60 frames per second.

That should at least entertain you for 30 minutes.

 

[Futurevoid]

I hate all of you that have one. I got auto notified that Newegg had the EVGA Super Clocked version in stock yesterday at 5:06pm and it was sold out by the time I was able to get home at 5:20.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

For those of you who are buying from Amazon, how much are you paying? The only options that I have seen are from 3rd parties who are charging $600. Am I missing something?

 

[BoobPhysics101]

For those of you who are buying from Amazon, how much are you paying? The only options that I have seen are from 3rd parties who are charging $600. Am I missing something?

I paid $509 for mine, directly from Amazon.

 

[Sethos]

Well, if you guys want to order from Denmark, go ahead, can find you the first 30-40 cards. One site even claims to have 50+ in stock

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

I paid $509 for mine, directly from Amazon.

When did you buy it? Do you have a link to the option for $509? I've been looking since it was released.

 

[Hazaro]

I fixed that package:

Heh

A bit of buyers remorse setting in, I can't think of any hardware demanding PC games coming out in the next year to justify the cost of it :/

660/670 all the way

 

[Fallout-NL]

660/670 all the way

When though ??

 

[Hazaro]

When though ??

Hopefully this month, but that's just a guess.

 

[marcurius]

Getting my Evga tomorrow, along with a new PC (i7 2700K, 16GB ram etc.). Haven't had a good PC for years, feels good man!

Was a bit of a fickle to get a hold of a card though. Ordered a PNY last week just before easter on a site that said it had two of them in stock, since it was the only store where I could find a GTX 680 at all. Over easter though, that changed to out of stock with my order still marked as not yet processed. So this morning I saw the Evga, for a better price as well, in stock at another store. Cancelled the PNY, which still wasn't processed, and ordered this one instead. And the store I ordered from now went out of stock again within a few hours, heh.

 

[mr stroke]

For those of you who are buying from Amazon, how much are you paying? The only options that I have seen are from 3rd parties who are charging $600. Am I missing something?

$509 on Amazon...

but you have to refresh the Amazon GTX680 search every hour or so and they will pop up in stock.

They had some EVGA's in stock last week when I checked, I went to add them to my cart and they were gone. So you gotta be fast.

 

[Fixed1979]

Up on EVGA...
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=02G-P4-2682-KR EDIT: GONE
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=02G-P4-2684-KR EDIT: GONE

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Wow the GTX 680 is monstrous. Unbelievably fast and it's solved quite a few of my issues that I had with SLI (stuttering in Firefall pre-beta, for example). It's also putting out FAR less heat... it's only hitting 70c at 1.25 Ghz/7 Ghz RAM. Dayum.

Now to get a 2nd one.

 

[isamu]

I hate all of you that have one. I got auto notified that Newegg had the EVGA Super Clocked version

Hi. When you say "Super Clocked" version, does that mean when you buy the card it will come already overclocked and we don't have to do anything further? If so, what is the frequency they overclock it to?

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Hi. When you say "Super Clocked" version, does that mean when you buy the card it will come already overclocked and we don't have to do anything further? If so, what is the frequency they overclock it to?

They add like 50 mhz to it, lol. You can do that yourself in 3 seconds.

 

[nextgeneration]

Wow the GTX 680 is monstrous. Unbelievably fast and it's solved quite a few of my issues that I had with SLI (stuttering in Firefall pre-beta, for example). It's also putting out FAR less heat... it's only hitting 70c at 1.25 Ghz/7 Ghz RAM. Dayum.

Now to get a 2nd one.

I'm considering getting a 2nd one also, but it doesn't look like SLI performance is up to par yet. Maybe once new drivers come out, SLI performance will be improved. I'm most impressed with how damn quiet the card is. Far cry from my loud 6970's.

 

[BoobPhysics101]

I'm considering getting a 2nd one also, but it doesn't like SLI performance is up to par yet. Maybe once new drivers come out, SLI performance will be improved. I'm most impressed with how damn quiet the card is. Far cry from my loud 6970's.

Agreed. It is far, far quieter than my 570's, which were noisy in comparison. Especially both of them going at once... they sounded like little turbos spooling up, lol.

 

[nextgeneration]

Agreed. It is far, far quieter than my 570's, which were noisy and comparison. Especially both of them going at once... they sounded like little turbos spooling up, lol.

Yeah, my 6970's in crossfire were like that, too. Looking forward to see if new drivers increase SLI performance. Other than that, I'm pleased with my gtx 680. I previously owned a 5970 and then two 6970's, and now, I'm trying out Nvidia, which I'm liking very much so far.

 

[Jtrizzy]

So once the rest of this line is released, will the 680 be the successor/equivalent to the 570? When will the 580 equivalent be coming out?

 

[Izayoi]

When will the 580 equivalent be coming out?

Later this year.

 

[nextgeneration]

So once the rest of this line is released, will the 680 be the successor/equivalent to the 570? When will the 580 equivalent be coming out?

Supposedly, the successor to 580 is coming out by end of the year, but we'll see. Those are just rumors.

 

[Futurevoid]

Hi. When you say "Super Clocked" version, does that mean when you buy the card it will come already overclocked and we don't have to do anything further? If so, what is the frequency they overclock it to?

Yeah, it's a very mild OC though as mentioned. I frankly didn't care which version I got notified on. I have them all set to auto notify minus the $530+ ones.

 

[mr stroke]

Try and see if it can run a fully tricked out Crysis 1 at a solid 60 frames per second.

That should at least entertain you for 30 minutes.

LOL if this card can't run Crysis 1 maxed @ 60fps. I wish I had Crysis 1 still around to test.

Agreed. It is far, far quieter than my 570's, which were noisy in comparison. Especially both of them going at once... they sounded like little turbos spooling up, lol.

+1

After playing a couple games I noticed its silent compared to my 6990. Impressed by the noise levels.

 

[BoobPhysics101]

LOL if this card can't run Crysis 1 maxed @ 60fps. I wish I had Crysis 1 still around to test.




+1

After playing a couple games I noticed its silent compared to my 6990. Impressed by the noise levels.

I just tried Crysis Warhead earlier. @ 1080p, 8xQ antialiasing, Enthusiast everything, DX9 64-bit it was averaging over 60 FPS. Very nice.

 

[Smokey]

Wow the GTX 680 is monstrous. Unbelievably fast and it's solved quite a few of my issues that I had with SLI (stuttering in Firefall pre-beta, for example). It's also putting out FAR less heat... it's only hitting 70c at 1.25 Ghz/7 Ghz RAM. Dayum.

Now to get a 2nd one.

woooooo

i live through you guys

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Jesus. Battlefield 3 performance report OC'd:

2560x1440 (downsampled to 1080p)
4x MSAA
Ultra everything
FOV 90
Caspian Border 48 players

Never dropped below 60 FPS. Not even once. Wow. Floored by the performance of this single card.

Card stats: Max fan speed 57%
Max temperature: 61c
Core Mhz speed was 1240 mhz throughout
RAM speed was 3443 Mhz throughout (6.89 Ghz)
Max power % used: 71%

Battlefield 3 isn't even a challenge for this card. Bring out the 8x MSAA and supersampling AA settings, DICE!

 

[nextgeneration]

Jesus. Battlefield 3 performance report OC'd:

2560x1440 (downsampled to 1080p)
4x MSAA
Ultra everything
FOV 90
Caspian Border 48 players

Never dropped below 60 FPS. Not even once. Wow. Floored by the performance of this single card.

Card stats: Max fan speed 57%
Max temperature: 61c
Core Mhz speed was 1240 mhz throughout
RAM speed was 3443 Mhz throughout (6.89 Ghz)
Max power % used: 71%

Battlefield 3 isn't even a challenge for this card. Bring out the 8x MSAA and supersampling AA settings, DICE!

Damn, that's unbelievable. What cpu are you running?

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Damn, that's unbelievable. What cpu are you running?

A 2500k @ 4.5 Ghz. :O

 

[Moaradin]

Jesus. Battlefield 3 performance report OC'd:

2560x1440 (downsampled to 1080p)
4x MSAA
Ultra everything
FOV 90
Caspian Border 48 players

Never dropped below 60 FPS. Not even once. Wow. Floored by the performance of this single card.

Card stats: Max fan speed 57%
Max temperature: 61c
Core Mhz speed was 1240 mhz throughout
RAM speed was 3443 Mhz throughout (6.89 Ghz)
Max power % used: 71%

Battlefield 3 isn't even a challenge for this card. Bring out the 8x MSAA and supersampling AA settings, DICE!

Precision X settings?

 

[nextgeneration]

A 2500k @ 4.5 Ghz. :O

Ah, that's a pretty well overclocked cpu. Amazing performance.

 

[StriKeVillain]

woooooo

i live through you guys

No bullshit - I thought I was doing alright but GAFers are earning!

Spoiler

Also, income tax checks, lol.

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Precision X settings?

I use Afterburner, but I'll translate:

Power limit: 132%
Voltage: 1.175v
Core offset: +143
RAM offset: +436

Give it a shot. I hope somebody unlocks voltage further in the BIOS, I think my card could hit 1.3+ Ghz with just a tiny bit more voltage.

 

[specialguy]

All you guys so super excited do realize that when absolutely overclocked to max for both, from the reviews i've seen, the 7970 equals the 680?

you could have had this stunning, amazing, world changing (apparently) performance months ago, albeit for 50 dollars more.

nvidia really pulled a fast one with boost. The fact is their GPU is now running on average 1058 mhz in reviews, vs 925 for 7970. That's a pretty big clock deficit to overcome.

But overclock the 7970 to 1250 and the 680 to, whatever it's max is under that goofy boost, and they're pretty equal, see, hardocp. The 7970 gets more boost from overclocking because well, it starts out at lot lower clock.

I'm not sure which is better, news the the 680 is seemingly capped at 70c means you can likely push the Radeon a lot farther. But no doubt for having longer bars in stock benchmarks that Joe Six Pack see, Nvidia did well with boost, I fear AMD might have to copy. I think AMD's deterministic overclocking system is better though, which is why I wouldn't welcome it.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Ah, that's a pretty well overclocked cpu. Amazing performance.

and extremely easy to do too. hmm, but I can't justify upgrading yet from 580. not unless the consoles get their acts togheter and come out with their next gen systems. smh... or I can just wait for GK110.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

No bullshit - I thought I was doing alright but GAFers are earning!

Spoiler

Also, income tax checks, lol.

lol, I don't make that much and have bills to pay yet I can still put a top of the class system togheter, pay my bills and not be in the red ( just wait and bide your time and save of course.)

 

[BoobPhysics101]

All you guys so super excited do realize that when absolutely overclocked to max for both, from the reviews i've seen, the 7970 equals the 680?

you could have had this stunning, amazing, world changing (apparently) performance months ago, albeit for 50 dollars more.

nvidia really pulled a fast one with boost. The fact is their GPU is now running on average 1058 mhz in reviews, vs 925 for 7970. That's a pretty big clock deficit to overcome.

But overclock the 7970 to 1250 and the 680 to, whatever it's max is under that goofy boost, and they're pretty equal, see, hardocp. The 7970 gets more boost from overclocking because well, it starts out at lot lower clock.

I'm not sure which is better, news the the 680 is seemingly capped at 70c means you can likely push the Radeon a lot farther. But no doubt for having longer bars in stock benchmarks that Joe Six Pack see, Nvidia did well with boost, I fear AMD might have to copy. I think AMD's deterministic overclocking system is better though, which is why I wouldn't welcome it.

Man, I love how you post this like it's so special. Everyone knows this. ;P

Truth is, I did want a 7950/7970. But you know what? I like Nvidia's drivers more. Even OC vs OC, the 680 is still faster. The 7970 is technically $50 more. And I'll be getting a 2nd 680 for peanuts. Two 7970's would cost me hundreds more than two 680's. Although 7950/7970 ARE superior for 1440p and 1600p gaming, along with multi-monitor gaming.

And yes, Nvidia did pull a fast one with GPU boost. But Nvidia has always been a bunch of shady, tricky, lying little thugs. And unfortunately, they have the drivers and the best cards right now. It's a shame. If AMD had the same amount of features in their drivers as Nvidia does (Ambient Occlusion, SGSSAA, AA compatibility profiles), I'd be rocking a 7950 or two right now, OC'd to 1.2 Ghz.

 

[specialguy]

Truth is, I did want a 7950/7970. But you know what? I like Nvidia's drivers more. Even OC vs OC, the 680 is still faster.

I'm not sure. I havent seen many "max overclock vs max overclock 7970/680" reviews...sadly nobody seems to want to investigate this. If anybody knows of any can you post them?

I saw a detailed one with 7970 clocked to 680's average boost frequency, 1058, 680 still won, but by less, but that only proves it's faster (in the tested games anyway) clock for clock...not the same thing.

[H] did a true max OC vs max OC article...but only tested 4 games, at stock 7970 won 1 lost 3, at max for both, they split 2-2. Limited sample though. But this is what I base "equal" on.

I dont care about all those dumb driver AA modes or whatever and I think their drivers are equal at best (or Nvidias worse from what I've seen).

 

[BoobPhysics101]

.

I dont care about all those dumb driver AA modes or whatever and I think their drivers are equal at best (or Nvidias worse from what I've seen).

Don't be silly. Nvidia's "dumb driver AA modes" enable them to actually HAVE antialiasing in games where it's impossible to get AA with AMD's drivers. That's a fact. AMD still doesn't have sparse grid SSAA, which they need. They also don't have Ambient Occlusion (not a big deal).

Nvidia's drivers definitely have an edge in feature set and SOMETIMES compatibility. If AMD matches their feature set and ups the compatibility of their drivers a bit as well, they'll me (and many others) back. Long live AMD!

 

[specialguy]

Nvidia's "dumb driver AA modes" enable them to actually HAVE antialiasing in games where it's impossible to get AA with AMD's drivers. T

What games are those?

Not real in depth on this but I'm sure there's no difference that matters. And AMD has their own specialized driver crap too (that I also dont know about LOL)

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

I want this instead:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?280111-The-Elusive-VOODOO-5-6000-full-coverage-waterblock!

 

[BoobPhysics101]

What games are those?

Not real in depth on this but I'm sure there's no difference that matters. And AMD has their own specialized driver crap too (that I also dont know about LOL)

You really want me to spend the time and go through the list of games that you can enable AA compatibility with on Nvidia that you can't on AMD?

Let me think...

Crysis 2
Witcher 2
Syndicate
Rochard

And that's what I thought of in 20 seconds. I'm sure I can find many more.

I think it's a difference that matters: having AA/supersampling AA in games vs not having them... hmm... I think I'll take the option.

I want this instead:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?280111-The-Elusive-VOODOO-5-6000-full-coverage-waterblock!

Holy shit. The Voodoo 5 6000... the 'card that killed 3dfx' (lol). Wow. I remember seeing and reading about it 12 years ago. What a monster it would've been.

That custom watercooler is just so sweet. RIP 3dfx.

 

[Hawk269]

Benchmark results: +165 core offset/+450 RAM offset, 132% power (never went above 117% lol), 1.175v, max temp 59c

10378 3dmark11's with 4.5 Ghz 2500k.

WOW Boob that is pretty damn good!!! The temp is really good as well. I guess, you are yet another user that can speak about how well the 680 cooler is even if it is a reference cooler.

 

[Smokey]

Jesus. Battlefield 3 performance report OC'd:

2560x1440 (downsampled to 1080p)
4x MSAA
Ultra everything
FOV 90
Caspian Border 48 players

Never dropped below 60 FPS. Not even once. Wow. Floored by the performance of this single card.

Card stats: Max fan speed 57%
Max temperature: 61c
Core Mhz speed was 1240 mhz throughout
RAM speed was 3443 Mhz throughout (6.89 Ghz)
Max power % used: 71%

Battlefield 3 isn't even a challenge for this card. Bring out the 8x MSAA and supersampling AA settings, DICE!

When they come back in stock I may scoop one up. But really the performance you're reporting is making me that much more excited for the "true" successor to the 580 later this year.

That muthafucker must be a beast

 

[Hawk269]

Wow the GTX 680 is monstrous. Unbelievably fast and it's solved quite a few of my issues that I had with SLI (stuttering in Firefall pre-beta, for example). It's also putting out FAR less heat... it's only hitting 70c at 1.25 Ghz/7 Ghz RAM. Dayum.

Now to get a 2nd one.

You using a custom fan profile yet?

Funny that you are loving it and now want a second one....hahaha

Order yourself a high-flow bracket from Evga, you will be able to shave another 2-3c off your heat with the hfb.

 

[Hawk269]

When they come back in stock I may scoop one up. But really the performance you're reporting is making me that much more excited for the "true" successor to the 580 later this year.

That muthafucker must be a beast

If it is the beast we think it might be, I also think it will come in at a beast of a price. The fact that they priced the 680's at 500.00, I doubt if the big card comes out in say November or so that the price of the 680 is going to go down much. It all depends on what they put into the card, but if the 680 is any indication, I think it will be one hell of a card, but one hell of a price tag.

We then will wonder, if one Super Card is better than 2 680's in SLI and go back to the arguement of price/value etc.

Right now, for me the 680's are just amazing and it is good to see more users getting them here that can speak about them. A little over 2 weeks ago we had people saying that they run too hot, are too loud etc...and now that more of "us" gaffers have them, it seems we all agree that they are pretty amazing, dispense heat very well and are no where as loud as some of the previous cards.

I think the other thing that the reference 680's shows is how well they made it and this leads me to wonder how well a good non-reference card will be like. Evga has always made some great non-reference cards, so looking forward to what they may have to offer in the very near future.

Who knows Smokey, maybe you can buy my 680's when I move to a non-reference card!!! lol

 

[specialguy]

You really want me to spend the time and go through the list of games that you can enable AA compatibility with on Nvidia that you can't on AMD?

Let me think...

Crysis 2
Witcher 2
Syndicate
Rochard

Well Crysis 2 is the biggest name on your list and dont most people think it's the worst game to come out in the last ten years (recent crytek threads say yes).

Not all that compelling, why even list such a terrible game? Syndicate got similarly slammed and I've never heard of "Rochard".