Kepler news and discussion

[CatfishRes]

http://videocardz.com/33010/geforce-gtx-660-to-cost-between-299-and-329

We've got some more rumors on the 660 ti, looks like it's gonna cost more than previously reported. They also claim it's coming "soon" instead of q3.

 

[17seconds]

http://videocardz.com/33010/geforce-gtx-660-to-cost-between-299-and-329

We've got some more rumors on the 660 ti, looks like it's gonna cost more than previously reported. They also claim it's coming "soon" instead of q3.

768 CUDA cores is quite a step down from the 670, almost half.

 

[saint19]

I deleted a lot of post that doesn't have nothing to do with the main thread.

I don't know how to say this in the best way, so, the next time that this goes off topic the deleted WILL NOT BE the post.

 

[bardacuda]

http://videocardz.com/33010/geforce-gtx-660-to-cost-between-299-and-329

We've got some more rumors on the 660 ti, looks like it's gonna cost more than previously reported. They also claim it's coming "soon" instead of q3.

If you read the source article, this is all that it says:

Many people waiting for the GeForce GTX 660, as a cheaper alternative to the HD Radeons 7800. It will be a great card with high performance, but also the high price! If you wait for a cheap card, forget it! The price will be 299-329 USD!

If it does come soon and it is $300 and also based on GK104, I would expect it to have either 960 or 1152 cores, but might have its memory cut to 1.5GB and a 192-bit interface.

 

[Rockdpm]

It won't be on the Gk 104 chip. It will be a GK 106 i believe

 

[bardacuda]

I've heard both. It's really hard to say either way right now.

 

[CatfishRes]

If you read the source article, this is all that it says:

Many people waiting for the GeForce GTX 660, as a cheaper alternative to the HD Radeons 7800. It will be a great card with high performance, but also the high price! If you wait for a cheap card, forget it! The price will be 299-329 USD!

If it does come soon and it is $300 and also based on GK104, I would expect it to have either 960 or 1152 cores, but might have its memory cut to 1.5GB and a 192-bit interface.

My mistake, this article is talking about a gtx 660, not the 660 ti we heard about last week. Nvidia could very well be working on both, the ti gk104 in q3 and this one gk106. If that's so the $300 price tag on this one doesn't make much sense.

Bah, all these rumors are making me confused.

 

[de5_Roy]

i am interested in seeing how much performance nvidia squeezes out of 192-bit memory bus with kepler since they got so much out of 256-bit. i've always looked disliked previous 192 bit cards- gtx 460se, 550ti, 560se..

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?280842-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-670-Reviews&p=5100285&viewfull=1#post5100285
Im hoping this isnt the near norm.
I know theyre pushing these cards

 

[-Jackson]

Even though the 670 here is around $100 more than it should be, the price difference between that and the 680 is nearly $200 😱 So I may as well just get the 670, despite being overpriced. Besides, if I overclock it, I practically have a 680 anyway :lol:

 

[lostcard]

here are some roumors on the gtx 680m

http://videocardz.com/33025/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680m-detailed-and-pictured

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea i was just reading that...

 

[mactronix]

Wow, I see lots of crazy claims about overclockability in here about GTX 680/670... hwbot disagrees and says that people aren't easily getting anywhere near 1300 MHz+ on air.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to seeing what the GTX 660 can bring to the table... though hopefully the rumors about $300 are not true and it can come in a bit under that mark. Consumers would win big time if Nvidia could push 7850 performance to the <= $200 mark.

These cards are the ones a lot of people have been waiting for I would wager. There will b ea killer midrange card from Nvidia I just don't know when and at what price.

Mactronix

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea and yields should be even greater. Cause like with fermi, the Mid range cards were the ones that were OC'ing the easiet

 

[Anik8]

since the hotclocks are gone,even with a difference of 192 cores the 670 is still very close to a 680.Similarly if we try to look towards the 660ti which will also be a gk104 chip and most probably have 192 cores less than the 670,this would still give some massive performance but I hear they're cutting the bandwidth too which will be near 140Gb/s.Now the bandwidth is still decent relatively and I'm sure with these specs the card will definitely be worth $300.The price I read in rumors was $250 though.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea, i mean even the GTX 670 is priced decently. People that say its too much are people that can't afford it or just want everything to be dirt cheap....

 

[saint19]

A very good price for the GTX 670, more, when that GPU will support 4-Way SLI.

 

[Rockdpm]

lol, wait the 670 does 4 way?

 

[jjtober1]

Has anyone seen a comparison between the 670 and 680 at relatively the same clock speeds? Some of the aftermarket 670's that come with a factory boost similar to a 680 stock boost seem to perform almost identical to a 680. I suppose it's impossible to compare since the clocks are all over the place.

 

[Rockdpm]

clock for clock talk is BS. if the card is 100$ less and is only 50 points behind. Idk you tell me, which one would you buy?

 

[saint19]

lol, wait the 670 does 4 way?

Yeah, in few weeks the GPU will be capable of do that with a new driver version.

 

[jjtober1]

I already ordered a 670, I'm just curious, as it seems like the performance difference would be greater.

The review I was looking at was a Palit Jetstream
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Palit/GeForce_GTX_670_Jet_Stream/1.html

If I am looking at it right, the boost clock should be very comparable to a 680, and there is really no performance difference to speak of, just wondering about that is all.

 

[saint19]

Well, the GTX 670 could be the new GTX 275 of the Kepler line.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea i agree. So hopefully NVIDIA will have worked out the issues with the drivers by then when teh 670 does 4 way

 

[davemaster84]

4 Way sli wont matter much since the market for it is merely existant. For a 4 way sli you need a top end mobo, a 1 thousand dollar top end intel cpu (yeah not amd) , a hell of a psu (1200, actually better if 1500 to have some spare) , the hell of a case and of course the cards, that's around a $6000 pc, I love pc's but I rather buy a car!