680 Discussion (2gb not enuf Vram - agree or disagree)

[Russell_PC]

The 680s are amazing yes!..
but, I cant accept the 2gb Vram limitation,
yeah I know "2gb is fine and dandy cause no current games ever use more than 1.9gb at 1080p etc etc etc" ...
BUT, 2gb is not enough for future proof reassurance, there's a couple games almost maxing out the 2gb limit as is, and give it 2 years, maybe even 1 year, and games will well undoubtedly breach those 2gbs.

And not to mention SLI future proofing,
I mean if you wanna plug in 2 or even 3 extra 680 into your system down the road sometime for that extra power, well shame, cause the 2gb is gonna bottleneck the additional power due to the graphical demands of the future, and a lot of that extra processing power from 2way, 3way, and especially 4 way SLI will go to waste.

Anyway,
The reason for this Discussion is to vent some of my frustration while I wait for the 4gb cards to be released.
And that's when the 680 will really be amazing! (in terms of future proofing).

What ever you point of view, if disgree or agree, feel free to comment, justify, & discuss bellow

My point of view:
I'm not saying 2gb isn't enough VRAM - for now,
What I am saying is that it wont be for long.

 

[darksalvatore]

1 month ? as i know they will restock in the beginning of may ... but i don't think price will be 500$ ... they saw that people rush and buy all 680s ... so why don't set prices higher .. when people still will buy cards ^^

 

[darksalvatore]

im not crazy ... i just don't have 500$ to throw ... and sitting on gt 520 is a bit hard ... u can play only call of duty ))

 

[sk1939]

OK, daddy mack.

At what point would you surmise that a weaker card would be a better option?

In what instance would you generalize a weaker card being superior to a stronger card on the basis of VRAM alone?

I'm waiting...

I don't know, a 5670 1GB performs about the same as a 9800GT 512MB, despite having a slower GPU. As far as being superior, not likely.

 

[darksalvatore]

okay i trust you .... i will wait a month if gtx 680 will be back to 500$ for sure ...

now back to topic .... gtx 680 it's not a bad deal but again ... 2gb ??? look at that .... how 4x AA killed 680 sli on 3 monitors ....
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/03/28/nvidia_kepler_geforce_gtx_680_sli_video_card_review/5


i will play on 1920x1080 on my tv for years .... then 2gb gtx sli in the future will be enough for me ? i don't need 4gb version on 1920x1080 ya ?

 

[drewgamer]

I don't know, a 5670 1GB performs about the same as a 9800GT 512MB, despite having a slower GPU. As far as being superior, not likely.

I'm still sitting on a pair of 9800GT 512's and they are BEGGING me to put them out of their misery

C'mon 680 stock...where are you?!

I want to pull the trigger on a 7970 so bad, but I've been an Nvidia Fanboy for years

 

[sk1939]

GTX 680 is worth it, although the 780 is practically around the corner.

 

[americanherosandwich]

Seems to depend on the games. This guy has fully overclocked set-ups with watercooling:
http://computerhardwareupgrades.blogspot.com/2012/04/gtx-580-3gb-sli-vs-gtx-680-sli-vs-hd_18.html

... and the GTX 680 2GB SLI at 5760 x 1200 beats the HD 7970 3GB Crossfired in Batman: Arkham City and very close in Dirt 3. Wish there were more benchmarks, but more VRAM is just marketing hype.

 

[PCgamer81]

I don't know, a 5670 1GB performs about the same as a 9800GT 512MB, despite having a slower GPU. As far as being superior, not likely.

Hmm, that's odd.

Here you can clearly see that even the 9800GT 1GB doesn't exactly beat the 5670 512MB by very much at all. So much for your suggestion.

http://www.techspot.com/review/240-ati-radeon-hd-5670/page3.html

 

[PCgamer81]

5670 1GB vs 5670 512MB

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1187/1/

512MB of extra VRAM = insignificant

 

[sk1939]

5670 1GB vs 5670 512MB

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1187/1/

512MB of extra VRAM = insignificant

Meh, that's just what XFX told me. I didn't really care a whole lot since I was still mad at the time that my 9800GT up and died for no apparent reason (started artifacting).

 

[PCgamer81]

Meh, that's just what XFX told me. I didn't really care a whole lot since I was still mad at the time that my 9800GT up and died for no apparent reason (started artifacting).

That sucks. I always thought they were great cards.

How long did you have it before it started giving you issues?

 

[monsta]

FYI

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26872-gainward-gtx-680-phantom-4gb-previewed

 

[PCgamer81]

FYI

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26872-gainward-gtx-680-phantom-4gb-previewed

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OH MY!!! TOO MUCH!!!

 

[sk1939]

That sucks. I always thought they were great cards.

How long did you have it before it started giving you issues?

They are for the most part, although quite dated now. Two, two and a half years or so, but it got almost daily use for long periods of time.

 

[Russell_PC]

FYI

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26872-gainward-gtx-680-phantom-4gb-previewed

they say the 4gb card doesnt perform quite as well as the 2gb and that it may be because the 4gb vram holds it back, but they dont reference the fact that the 2gb phantom is overclocked and the 4gb phantom isnt, i think they may have overlooked that by mistake?..

love the comments down the bottom of the review tho,
they're pretty good haha.