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Yes, I love Final Fantasy. I remember a few years back when I got my first FF game, FF7: Crisis Core for PSP. I played it, and loved it. I became like obsessed with the FF7 storyline. I then proceeded to buy FF7 as a PS1 classic download for PSP and play it, then I get the Advent Children Blu-Ray. Loved that too. I am praying for a remake of FF7. Cmon Square Enix!!!

So, how reliable are these rumors that the 660ti and 670 wont launch until Q3 of this year? If true, that really sucks. I was lucky to get my 680 a few minutes after launch, and I love it, but the current supply situation is kind of ridiculous, although it's pretty much just as much TSMC's fault as NVidia's...
 
Well the rumor is actually like this: GTX 660 ti will be 6 months down the line, using a GK104 chip that didnt meat the cut for a GTX 670. The GTX 670 will use the GK 104's that didn't make a GTX 680. Its been confirmed from TSMC that its NVIDIA's side of the issue on the shortage from GTX 680. TSMC rolls out hundreds of GK 104 wafers constantly, but its NVIDIA problem with Fabrication. We will announce more info on Kepler tomorrow.
 
so now that ive ground myself in to skip kepler. what kind of things can we expect to see in maxwell? will that be a set of refined 28nm architectures?
what can we expect then? (i realise this is a KEPLER forum but one question can't hurt.
 


So the 680's Turbo Boost gains are negligible and the Turbo Boost is basically a marketing gimmick? Disappointing, but not unexpected. I wonder if the fluctuating voltage will have an effect on the card's lifespan.
 

I'm not sure we interpreted the article the same way (while trying to decipher the translation). What I gathered from it was that different chips have different Turbo Boost capabilities, and there is no way of knowing when you buy whether you get one that boosts as well as another. That was how I read the charts, there was a few percentage difference between the two cards based on these different Turbo Boost capabilities. I did not read that Turbo Boost doesn't improve performance, in fact that would just seem to defy logic. In terms of fluctuating voltage, all cards with 2d and 3d clocks do that, so there's nothing new there.
 

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I just got notification that my 680 shipped yesterday, and I might get it on Friday according to the package tracker! :bounce:

Now I just got to wait for my next paycheck to finish ordering the remaining parts for my new build!
 
i'll will benchmark that for you until you get the rest of your build together; it would be no trouble at all.
:lol:
 
I'm sure you would do an excellent job. 😀 Looking at your sig, I was wondering which Kepler you are considering or are you waiting for Maxwell?
 
Not everyone will go to Kepler. So are gonna atempt to wait for Maxwell, but after seeing that two 560 ti's don't give me the amount of vram i need.... 2GB should do the trick, so ill be getting a 670 and once i get there, ill most likely get Haswell and a year later, get Maxwell (GPU)
 
OK, I was on Newegg checking availability of 680's, and of course all are sold out. But I saw the MSI oc'd version - $10 more expensive than the EVGA version and only 1058MHz compared to the EVGA 1084MHz - and noticed at the bottom it said "All Solid Capacitors- 10 years ultra long lifetime (under full load).- Lower temperature and higher efficiency.- Aluminum core without explosion" :pt1cable: So I'm guessing these are solid tantalum caps which are more expensive than regular dielectric paste caps, right?

I know there was a big problem with cheap, exploding caps on a bunch of Foxconn-made mobos a few years back, but is this still an ongoing problem, esp. with video cards??

I'd like to keep the explosions in the game screen and outta my computer 😛, but assuming I can ever find a 680 card in stock, dunno if I'd want to pay more $$ for less performance based on just this feature, seeing as how EVGA has a 3-yr warranty. My last card from them, a GTX8800, lasted over 5 years until the memory went bad..
 
NVIDIA is giving more detail on the 690 today on a hands on interview with NVIDIA's Tom Peterson. While i don't have a official release date i can give you, perhaps he can answer some of your questions, during that live stream.
 

Yea, they talk about the chips but the not which ones exactly. the Gk 104 issue is with NVIDIA not with TSMC. Since NVIDIA has issue with Fab process or making the chip an "Kepler" architecture
 
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