Gtx 680. Are you buying one? Why or why not?

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Just curious about what the AT crowd is doing.

Personally I might buy one. Will be at a later date and hopefully for less $$ though.

 

[Stuka87]

My 7950 runs everything I want at the res and FPS that I want.

But thats not to say I wouldn't mind a 680. Just no point in taking a loss on my 7950 just to get a few more FPS. Which in some cases was quite a few, but there is zero point for me in going from 80 to 95fps in a game, as I have a 60Hz display. Anything over 60 is a waste.

But had the 680 came out before the 7K series cards, I would probably own that instead.

 

[Jman13]

Nope. But I'm not the target audience. I refuse to spend more than $200 on a video card. In fact, I think $170 is the most I've ever spent on a video card, and yet I'm always able to play new games at pretty good quality settings. Of course, I'm only gaming with a single monitor at 1680x1050. My 460 runs everything I play with detail turned up to max at good fps....so no reason to go higher for at least a year or two for me. (I am not a heavy PC gamer, though...my machine is primarily used for photo editing).

 

[Aikouka]

When the 7970 came out, I told myself that I would wait patiently for nVidia's offering, and I was a bit surprised to see that they brought out a cheaper card that performs better in what I use my computer for.

I ended up getting an eVGA model off Newegg an hour or so ago, and I'll either shift my 6950 into my old PC (has a 5870), throw it in a box or sell it. I may also wait and eventually build an Ivy Bridge PC. I like having spare PCs rather than spare parts... it's so much easier to just swap towers than swap parts.

 

[LoneNinja]

I won't be, I don't buy high end cards like that, and just got myself a 6770 a few days ago.

 

[DeeJayeS]

Just curious about what the AT crowd is doing.

Personally I might buy one. Will be at a later date and hopefully for less $$ though.

Not buying one, need more games that will make use of 680's performance at 1920x1200 before I could justify the price tag.

I am hoping for better pricing on 7850/7870/NV equivalent tho :biggrin: I will be buying something prior to May 15th (D3 release).

 

[DaveSimmons]

I needed a new card for my 2012 system, and was trying to decide between 7950 or 7970 with custom coolers (to fix noise and heat) or an nvidia card.

Since the stock 680 offers about the same performance as a $570 7970 with mild OC and custom cooler, I decided to buy the 680.

For me the deciding factors were:
- Price / performance beats stock and factory-overclocked 7970. I don't like to do my own overclocking, just a personal preference.
- Good power, heat and noise characteristics, though the Sapphire and MSI custom 7970s are supposed to be better on noise
- Newegg 7950/70 buyers are complaining about the current state of the drivers.

The AMD 6850 in my old system runs great and I can play SWTOR for 5 hours straight so I don't buy the "bad drivers" reputation in general, but it sounds like the 79xx driver support still needs work.

 

[Maximilian]

Are you buying one?
No

Why or why not?
Rip off

I want double the 5850 performance for £200 or no deal!

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Are you buying one?
No

Why or why not?
Rip off

I want double the 5850 performance for £200 or no deal!

-The same, except with a GTX460. When AMD or Nvidia offers me double my performance for $200, I'll sing their praises. Until then the entire 680/7970 debate is purely academic.

 

[Red Storm]

No. Why?

My 5850 still kicks ass.

 

[Zap]

I would want to see the rest of the lineup fleshed out (670? 660? 660 Ti? IDK what they'd be called) before making any decision.

Looks great so far, but my dual GTX 560 Ti are already underutilized by MW3 and LoL, which is what I've been mostly playing in recent months.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Yes, already placed the order (unfortunately it's backordered for a couple weeks). I need a new card, I always buy towards the high-end (they tend to last me for a couple years at least), and the 680 is a better deal than the 7970 right now. My 5870 is having some issues, my rig in general is due for an overhaul, so I figure I'll get a new graphics card along with everything else. Win-win.

 

[Soccerman06]

Bought it, the gk110 isnt out for quite awhile and Ill probably buy it when it does come out assuming there isnt anything better at that point.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

People really need to wait and see how AMD's pricing responds before buying. If they don't at least do that then they are wasting money.

 

[blackened23]

I'm buying 2. Jury is still out on overclocking the 680 and I hope they don't disappoint me in that respect.

 

[Olikan]

no

i just buy very low-end cards...
here in brazil it's cheaper to go to U.S. buy a card and comeback...

 

[Childs]

I bought one (Amazon) to see if I can replace my 570 1.25GB SLi setup. It looks like the performance will be in the same ballpark, but at lower power without the sli hassles.

 

[DaveSimmons]

People really need to wait and see how AMD's pricing responds before buying. If they don't at least do that then they are wasting money.

"Five days? But I'm mad nowww" -- Homer at the gun store

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIpLd0WQKCY

Normally I'd agree with you, but I want to finish building my new PC and get on with my gaming life.

 

[Rvenger]

I bought one today. Called my UPS contact to reroute shipment of the 7870 back to Newegg. I figured if I overpaid for the 7870, then at least I'd feel better overpaying for something with significant improvement over my GTX 480. I expect this card to last me a long time and when they go on sale at the end of the year, I will pick another up to SLI.

 

[ensign_lee]

I've come to the realization that my cards bitcoin mine FAARRRR more than they game, so no.

Though it does pain me to know that I just received my 7970s yesterday, and they are now outdated in gaming performance less than 24 hours later. 12 hours to be exact. Never been outdated that quickly before lol.

1.2 Thash/sec is pretty nice though.

And I got the sapphire dual-X ones. Holy wow they are quiet compared to my old 5870s, even if I crank the fan to 100%.

 

[Via]

No, no reason to upgrade the 5970 in the forseeable future.

 

[Absolute0]

Recently upgraded, so no.

I'm happy with the GTX680. I understand why people are disappointed with the low performance increase in this generation though, especially because that low margin of improvement is partially accomplished by digging into the OC headroom.

But at the same time, putting the card out for 500$, and less power consumption and noise, that's great.

I am happy with my 7970 though. I bought the card to be future proof for the eventual move to Eyefinity and looks like it is well suited to those super high resolutions. Will probably wait around a year or so for 7970 to become cheaper before moving to Crossfire and Eyefinity.

 

[Zebo]

Already bought one. Don't even need it GTX580 runs everything fine at lowly 24" 19x12 for me but I appreciate it's engineering and low profile to run. Now my radiator fans will go from 1100 rpm to about 800 like back with 9800gtx. Inaudible high performance.

 

[formulav8]

way to stinking expensive for me.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

IMO should be a poll.

Yes -- because I love cutting edge tech!