[Various] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Review: Retaking The Performance Crown

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3/22/12 at 6:24am

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Originally Posted by kfxsti

This. so i can figure out what to buy my wife lol

They're already out there for those that look for them...

Reaches 1246MHz on the main clock that we've seen so far... but that's only from official reviews. Home overclockers I'd dare say could reach higher.

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3/22/12 at 6:25am

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I dont think we have seen the 680 full potential yet need better drivers first,Nvidia has completely regained the title once again. More performance less heat less power consumption and lower price

I don't think better drivers are going to give you less power consumption but more performance per watt. I think they will be pretty solid with that price. Why go any lower if its not being pressured to? the 7970 will probably be presured down to a lower price because of this. whenever the 7990 or the next high performance amd card comes out the prices will lower and vise versa.

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3/22/12 at 6:27am

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Originally Posted by Codycjd

I feel like this is how GPU wars are supposed to be. Trading blows. This review shows that the 7970/680 are very close competitors.

Really because I'm seeing the GTX580 and the HD7970 as close competitors in some tests... the GTX680 is above nearly all of them by around 10FPS. I wouldn't call them close.

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3/22/12 at 6:28am

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Lol now I get why the DP compute power is lower than on the 580, this card is capped at 1/24x vs 1/8x on the GTX 580. The card is crippled 3x as hard while having 3x the shaders.

Also looking at the Guru3D review, this card OC'es better than the 7970 at stock volts (no voltage control available yet) -- 25% on the 680 and 20% on the 7970.

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3/22/12 at 6:29am

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Originally Posted by Codycjd

This is what I am thinking too. I just don't understand how the benchmarks can compare the GPUs when the GTX680 overclocks itself as it is benching and/or playing. They are very close, but I think that the 7970 might have more potential than this new card from Nvidia. They're both really good though, almost beating out last gen's dual GPU cards.

Keep reassuring yourself that

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3/22/12 at 6:30am

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Not only does it outperform the 7970, but it outperforms the GTX 590/HD6990 in some cases as well...

Yeah on high settings they destroy the competition

but on ultra there close to the 7970 and 590

Extremely great for the price hopefully this will force amds card down and we will see this price/performance on the rest of the 6XX cards.

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3/22/12 at 6:31am

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CONSOLIDATE THE GTX680 THREADS, THEY'RE TAKING OVER THE NEWS TICKER!!!!

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I don't think better drivers are going to give you less power consumption but more performance per watt. I think they will be pretty solid with that price. Why go any lower if its not being pressured to? the 7970 will probably be presured down to a lower price because of this. whenever the 7990 or the next high performance amd card comes out the prices will lower and vise versa.

The power consumption is almost the same as my GTX560ti yet vastly better in performance.

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Very interesting but not worth upgrading. I mean give me a GOOD game that needs high gfx power and id consider. Most games still run fine on my HD 5770

This said, if the future of PC gaming looks iffy then this is going to be the last real push by Nvidia and AMD in this market.

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3/22/12 at 6:32am

Codycjd
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Originally Posted by Rubers

Keep reassuring yourself that

There have been no 3 monitor benches. So for me... It has more :s.

Edit: Never mind. Found some. Hmmm..
Edited by Codycjd - 3/22/12 at 6:34am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i7 2600K [4.5Ghz @ 1.32v]	Z68 Extreme4 Gen3	Radeon HD 7970 (Direct CUII)	Corsair Dominator-GT
Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
WD Caviar Black (1TB) + OCZ Vertex 3 (60GB) + O...	EK Supremacy	XSPC RX360	XSPC Dual Bay Res w/ Swiftech MCP655
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
EK Direct CUII 7970 (Acetal + Copper)	Windows 8 Pro	3 x Asus PA238Q (Eyefinity)	Razer Black Widow Ultimate
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
SeaSonic Platinum 860w	Corsair Obsidian 800D	Razer Mamba 2012	Steel Series QCK+ / Mionix Sargas 900
Audio	Audio	Audio	Other
ASUS Xonar Phoebus	Corsair SP 2500	Astro A40	Phobya FanMax 6 Controller
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i7 2600K [4.5Ghz @ 1.32v]	Z68 Extreme4 Gen3	Radeon HD 7970 (Direct CUII)	Corsair Dominator-GT
Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
WD Caviar Black (1TB) + OCZ Vertex 3 (60GB) + O...	EK Supremacy	XSPC RX360	XSPC Dual Bay Res w/ Swiftech MCP655
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
EK Direct CUII 7970 (Acetal + Copper)	Windows 8 Pro	3 x Asus PA238Q (Eyefinity)	Razer Black Widow Ultimate
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
SeaSonic Platinum 860w	Corsair Obsidian 800D	Razer Mamba 2012	Steel Series QCK+ / Mionix Sargas 900
Audio	Audio	Audio	Other
ASUS Xonar Phoebus	Corsair SP 2500	Astro A40	Phobya FanMax 6 Controller
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