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Originally Posted by Master Freez 
I have GTX570 SLI & 8800Ultra. 570 have 320-bit bus, 8800Ultra 384-bit bus. Maybe i'm wrong, but nVidia don't producing "crap". So 256 will be enough. If the benchmarks are truly, 680 cards are amazing! Plus there will be 4GB versions of it. Sure, maybe almost reference, maybe not.
I have GTX570 SLI & 8800Ultra. 570 have 320-bit bus, 8800Ultra 384-bit bus. Maybe i'm wrong, but nVidia don't producing "crap". So 256 will be enough. If the benchmarks are truly, 680 cards are amazing! Plus there will be 4GB versions of it. Sure, maybe almost reference, maybe not.
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Originally Posted by HyperMatrix
It means nothing. Best way to describe it is this. If you have a 3 lane highway with with a 60km/h speed limit, you're getting a total of 180 km/h worth of traffic through that highway. Now if your highway only has 2 lanes, but your speed limit is 90km/h instead, that's still a total of 180km/h being travelled.
So yes. The 680 has fewer lanes than the 580. But pushes a lot more data through the lanes it has, and has an identical memory bandwidth as the 580. But with TONS more benefits included...such as the new 28nm production of the new chips.
I should note that all the info I have on this has been leaked on various asian sites. Meaning...there is a possibility that the card is nothing like what we know of it. But from specs and benchmarks we've seen...it is going to be a phenomenal card. But I should also add that Nvidia is expected to bring a much higher end card to the market by the end of 2012 that is the full potential of the new kepler line. So if you can wait...then wait. Because the new ones will be a 512 bit bus, and run on pcie 3. So you'll need to get a new motherboard and cpu (ivy bridge intel) to utilize it. If you can't wait or don't want to rebuilt your entire computer, 680 will likely be your best bet. Just wait for benchmarks and the rumoured march 23rd release.
If your options are between a SINGLE 680, or DUAL 580's....I'd probably go with the 580's. But single card vs. card the 680 is a much better unit.
Also. Thanks for the policy update info. I wish I could have taken that option when they were shipping B model monitors. I have 2 (or is it 3? I can't always see them) bad pixels. And they don't actually interfere and I don't see them unless I look for them. But I can be a tiny bit OCD about that stuff.
I just ordered one of the zero-defect tempered glass + speakers units from Green-sum. I'm a little worried as he had me purchase it and make payment for it outside of eBay.
It means nothing. Best way to describe it is this. If you have a 3 lane highway with with a 60km/h speed limit, you're getting a total of 180 km/h worth of traffic through that highway. Now if your highway only has 2 lanes, but your speed limit is 90km/h instead, that's still a total of 180km/h being travelled.
So yes. The 680 has fewer lanes than the 580. But pushes a lot more data through the lanes it has, and has an identical memory bandwidth as the 580. But with TONS more benefits included...such as the new 28nm production of the new chips.
I should note that all the info I have on this has been leaked on various asian sites. Meaning...there is a possibility that the card is nothing like what we know of it. But from specs and benchmarks we've seen...it is going to be a phenomenal card. But I should also add that Nvidia is expected to bring a much higher end card to the market by the end of 2012 that is the full potential of the new kepler line. So if you can wait...then wait. Because the new ones will be a 512 bit bus, and run on pcie 3. So you'll need to get a new motherboard and cpu (ivy bridge intel) to utilize it. If you can't wait or don't want to rebuilt your entire computer, 680 will likely be your best bet. Just wait for benchmarks and the rumoured march 23rd release.
If your options are between a SINGLE 680, or DUAL 580's....I'd probably go with the 580's. But single card vs. card the 680 is a much better unit.
Also. Thanks for the policy update info. I wish I could have taken that option when they were shipping B model monitors. I have 2 (or is it 3? I can't always see them) bad pixels. And they don't actually interfere and I don't see them unless I look for them. But I can be a tiny bit OCD about that stuff.
I just ordered one of the zero-defect tempered glass + speakers units from Green-sum. I'm a little worried as he had me purchase it and make payment for it outside of eBay.Thank you!
I'm more of a single card solution guy
I know better stuff is always comming, but i have been hanging on my GTX285 for quiet a while now. and I feel like its time to upgrade Also, im quiet happy with my current I7 920 @ 3.6ghz. for my use, it has more then enough power! i won't really benefit from getting more CPU power. (only if i had to do it, to get more GPU power aswell)... but, everything has its price!
I guess ill buy the 680, and if there is any problems (2560x1440 @ 100hz) etc. I'll just return it, and buy one or two 580's
Hopefully my monitors will get shipped today, I just found out that they held everything back, because they were confused what to do with my 3 orders :~(
Don't try to explain and request to much, I guess.
