Kepler news and discussion

[Rockdpm]

Yep most likely

 

[Rockdpm]

http://www.geeks3d.com/20120423/nvidia-gk110-the-true-7-billion-transistor-kepler-gpu/

 

[-Fran-]

7 Billion? XD

Holy cow... That thing is going to heat quite a lot.

Cheers!

 

[saint19]

7 Billion? XD

Holy cow... That thing is going to heat quite a lot.

Cheers!

I dont think that...

 

[Rockdpm]

No just cause it has more transistors doesn't mean the Engineered Heat Design for it will "Suck".Hopefully there will be a good cooling

 

[-Fran-]

Oh, let me refrase that:

"It will heat a lot more than the GTX680". The chip quite big as well AFAIK.

Anyway, they dropped the hot clocks, so it will probably be less hot than I think.

Cheers!

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea hopefully its cooler. I won't be buying it but for those that do...

 

[17seconds]

Looks like GK110 should be about as powerful in gaming as the GTX 690 dual GPU. I think I will be glad that I waited it out.

It seems from the article that they have been tinkering with the design these past months. Maybe they are working to improve efficiency, much in the way that they improved upon the efficiency of the 480 when developing the 580, like Kepler Revision 2. If so, and I am just pulling this all out of nowhere, then I would expect them to jump up to the GTX 780 nomenclature.

 

[Maxmatlock13]

It would be nice to know what the sales or production figures actually are. Sure there's a shortage, but it's also the number one most popular/most desirable card.

I hear what your saying. But it just leaves me flabbergasted that a company like nvidia, a multikazillion dollar company, could misjudge something so poorly. To be honest I see this as one of the biggest disappointments since Microsoft dropped vista on us. (obviously not in performance but the general reveal and subsequent release of the product)

Surely they must have read the market well enough to know the demand was going to be astounding? And if they weren't ready why release? Anybody knows this kind of a product is realistically an in elastic product. They were always going to get sales.... So why do something so risky that has definitely backfired?

Learn from this nvidia!

*end rant*

 

[Rockdpm]

Yep and some people are paying anything for one (ebay price gouging)

 

[JesusRoar]

Hey guys look

http://www.provantage.com/zotac-zt-60101-10p~AZOTC0C4.htm

Zotac GTX 680's and they're pretty cheap too...

 

[17seconds]

I hear what your saying. But it just leaves me flabbergasted that a company like nvidia, a multikazillion dollar company, could misjudge something so poorly. To be honest I see this as one of the biggest disappointments since Microsoft dropped vista on us. (obviously not in performance but the general reveal and subsequent release of the product)

Surely they must have read the market well enough to know the demand was going to be astounding? And if they weren't ready why release? Anybody knows this kind of a product is realistically an in elastic product. They were always going to get sales.... So why do something so risky that has definitely backfired?

Learn from this nvidia!

*end rant*

I thought the shortage was due to TSMC completely halting production about a month before the 680 was released.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea it is.... Also NVIDIA is looking for a new company to process 28nm for them. We have already discussed this. Infact Samsung is their latest choice

 

[bruce555]

Yea it is.... Also NVIDIA is looking for a new company to process 28nm for them. We have already discussed this. Infact Samsung is their latest choice

The turn around on the market seeing any benefit to Nvidia finding a new manufacturer is such a long time it just leaves me depressed.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea. If they don't roll out with the rest of Kepler within the next month or so.... Ill be forced to get a GTX 480, 580 or worse... a Radeon...

 

[Anik8]

Yea it is.... Also NVIDIA is looking for a new company to process 28nm for them. We have already discussed this. Infact Samsung is their latest choice

lol i thought they were joining hands with intel in making their own wafers.

 

[Rockdpm]

Intel turned them down with the statement response "Thanks but no thanks" since NVIDIA is in the Mobile market and Intel is trying to get into the mobile market.... That would be competition working with competition and intel didnt want to help their competitor...

 

[esrever]

7 billion transistors is going to take a minimal of a 600mm^2 die.

performance in gaming won't be much better since they have a lot of room to make up for in compute. The gk110 would be lucky to get 30% over the performance of the gk104.

 

[Rockdpm]

Thats what the expectations is. I guess they wanna make GTX series their official gaming only cards. and leave the professional cards for Direct Compute

 

[17seconds]

7 billion transistors is going to take a minimal of a 600mm^2 die.

performance in gaming won't be much better since they have a lot of room to make up for in compute. The gk110 would be lucky to get 30% over the performance of the gk104.

30% more than a GTX 680? I'd take that.

 

[Rockdpm]

Don't hold your breath.... Barry Pepper ... Pvt. Daniel Jackson

 

[EXT64]

I wonder what changes and improvements we will see in GK110. Some of the efficiency improvements of GK104 came from cutting compute features, so when they add them back, how will it perform. I guess there is also the possibility that NVidia never releases the GK110 to consumers and only make it for compute, though that would surprise me a bit.

 

[lostcard]

found some tiny info on the gtx 670 ¨

http://www.techpowerup.com/164955/Gainward-GeForce-GTX-670-Goes-Up-For-Pre-Order-in-The-Philippines.html

 

[Rockdpm]

Oh yea, thats gonna be a sweet card. But my rule of thumb from now on is. TO see some actual benchmarks when it comes to hardware. I know NVIDIA lives up to it's word on performance.... AMD, Not so much

 

[renz496]

for those who are interested with 3 way setup:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/04/25/geforce_gtx_680_3way_sli_radeon_7970_trifire_review