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

[aaksheytalwar]

In skyrim 25x16 8x aa Ad msaa fx aa ultra
7970 oc 1305 1605 > = 6990 oc, 590 oc, 6970 oc cf
And close to a gtx 580 sli or not very far at least

Even at 1150 1575 it will probably trade blows with a 6970 cf or 570 sli approx or about similar fps

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/02/08/gigabyte_radeon_hd_7970_oc_video_card_review/5

 

[HOOfan 1]

i will never buy a video card above 299$. That's my limit, and honestly, past that it's just plain ridiculous from amd and nvidia to ask more for a video card.

How is it ridiculous? Obviously there are people buying it. All brands are already out of stock at newegg. Several people in this thread bought it the day it came out.

If you want to say something is ridiculous, then say the people who spend that much are ridiculous (although I would disagree with that as well).

Point of fact is, it would be ridiculous if nVidia and AMD didn't charge more for cards that people are obvioulsy willing to buy.

Might as well say it is ridiculous for BMW to ask $50K plus for their cars, or for Bugatti to ask $1.8M for their cards, etc. etc.

 

[exar333]

i will never buy a video card above 299$. That's my limit, and honestly, past that it's just plain ridiculous from amd and nvidia to ask more for a video card.

$399 is my realistic limit...

It's sad that CPUs are so affordable these days, but GPUs have just gotten ridiculous. I used to spend $200 on a GPU and $500 on a CPU, now the opposite is pretty much true. SLI isn't $400, it's $1K!

Oh well, can't control the market.

 

[Absolute0]

I used to buy GPU's that were 200-300$ only (when I was 16-22)

Now I'm 25 and I buy whatever the F I want

 

[Childs]

I used to buy GPU's that were 200-300$ only (when I was 16-22)

Now I'm 25 and I buy whatever the F I want

Yeah, life's too short to wait a year or two to save $200.

 

[AVP]

The 680 costs three times as much a 560 ti which came out 15 months ago. It certainly does not offer 3 times the performance. Dud I say.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Once overclocked it is about as fast as a 570 SLI (in games where SLI does a great job, it still trades blows with a 560 TI SLI and there are just a few such games), sometimes close to 580 SLI, and it costs just about 560 TI OC SLI, so I would say it is a winner.

And by your logic every graphic card which isn't mainstream is a dud. Back in the day a 6800GT cost about twice of a 6600GT while being about 30% faster. Was the 6800GT a dud as well?

The 6970 was about 30-50% faster than a 5850 for twice the price, again a dud, right?

And even the 5850 wasn't the same performance/$ as a 4850 at launch. Again, a dud? Right?

 

[railven]

Once overclocked it is about as fast as a 570 SLI (in games where SLI does a great job, it still trades blows with a 560 TI SLI and there are just a few such games), sometimes close to 580 SLI, and it costs just about 560 TI OC SLI, so I would say it is a winner.

And by your logic every graphic card which isn't mainstream is a dud. Back in the day a 6800GT cost about twice of a 6600GT while being about 30% faster. Was the 6800GT a dud as well?

The 6970 was about 30-50% faster than a 5850 for twice the price, again a dud, right?

And even the 5850 wasn't the same performance/$ as a 4850 at launch. Again, a dud? Right?

$250 MSRP vs $370 MSRP != "twice the price"

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Strongly considering one, but I'm honestly not sure I play enough games to justify it. Currently have a Radeon 6870 and I have about $400 in Amazon reward dollars saved up, so it would hopefully be around $100 out-of-pocket for me.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

I am not talking of MSRP but of retail pricing. A 5850 could probably be had around $200 then so still nearly twice the price for a 30-40% performance increase.

Also, when 6900 series launched, 5870 could probably be had for cheaper than the 6950 while at stock there wasn't much of a performance difference, at least not back then.

 

[Barfo]

I won't buy one but I'll recommend the hell out of it.

 

[railven]

I am not talking of MSRP but of retail pricing. A 5850 could probably be had around $200 then so still nearly twice the price for a 30-40% performance increase.

Also, when 6900 series launched, 5870 could probably be had for cheaper than the 6950 while at stock there wasn't much of a performance difference, at least not back then.

I don't recall being able to get HD 5850 for so cheap until waaaaay after HD 6xxx release due to bitminers keeping the resale value high. Hell people were jumping on $150 HD 5830's like they were the best value imaginable.

I was seeing HD 5870's going for $300+. I was actually debating going CFX because in my peanut brain I figured "hey new cards out, old ones will drop in price like crazy!" It wasn't until like Q1 2011 that I remember seeing HD 5870's < $250 - and that was used! You could probably find a random deal if you looked hard enough.

Not that I disagree with your original statement, just I don't agree with your support. Haha.

 

[Nintendesert]

Old cards don't drop in price like that anymore because AMD and Nvidia stop manufacturing well enough in advance of the new cards for supply to fall in accordance with the demand that's left for them. That and bitcoiners do keep the prices higher through keeping the demand for whatever is left higher.

 

[KentState]

i will never buy a video card above 299$. That's my limit, and honestly, past that it's just plain ridiculous from amd and nvidia to ask more for a video card.

That's silly. If they offered an even higher performing card that was $599, there would be a market for it. Typically, the higher cost products lead the way for the lower price mainstream pieces. We all have to decide how far up on diminishing returns we are willing to spend.

 

[Zebo]

680 is best designed card from nv since 8800gtx, of course I bought it. I only buy nv because that's what I'm used to OCing and drivers so of course I'm going to buy their best in a long time. I don't even need it. GTX 580 seems to play everything great at 19x12 but this will be quieter.

 

[gammaray]

How is it ridiculous? Obviously there are people buying it. All brands are already out of stock at newegg. Several people in this thread bought it the day it came out.

If you want to say something is ridiculous, then say the people who spend that much are ridiculous (although I would disagree with that as well).

Point of fact is, it would be ridiculous if nVidia and AMD didn't charge more for cards that people are obvioulsy willing to buy.

Might as well say it is ridiculous for BMW to ask $50K plus for their cars, or for Bugatti to ask $1.8M for their cards, etc. etc.

Exactly my thoughts.

 

[JBT]

I'm holding out a couple weeks to make a decision. I had bought a 7970, that started having issues going into Gaming mode. It first had issues with my second monitor being connected (RAM would stay clocked high.) Then it would either crash or stay at the desktop clock speed when just one monitor was plugged in. So I returned it and Newegg didn't have the same card in stock so they just refunded me. Now I've got a few weeks till my next class is up so I'll see where prices are at that time.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

If you want good stuff out of the box, just go gtx 680

 

[blckgrffn]

I won't buy one but I'll recommend the hell out of it.

Haha, for some reason this just strikes me as wrong and funny.

That said, if I had someone ask me to build them a "really high end gaming PC" I would absolutely do the same.

Of course I would likely steer them towards a 7870 or something as well, under $400... I die a little inside trying to sell things that are priced on the bleeding edge like that...

A year from now I hope these prices for this level of performance looks silly.

So I can buy what I might recommend

 

[bryanW1995]

Yeah I'd like to see what a $200 cheaper card in this lineup can do. How long will I have to wait though? My Geforce 3 Ti 200 isn't cutting it anymore

I have some rat on a stick...

 

[flopper]

rather buy a Ipad3 than those pricey cards.
Thats bad.

 

[wbynum]

I just picked up a 2x480 SLI setup a couple weeks ago for $420 from the hot deal thread. I'm pretty surprised that the 680 basically matches this SLI setup in most games. Still I saved ~$80 over the 680.

I'll probably wait a few months to see how the rest of the 600 line pans out. Then sell the 480's and upgrade.

 

[Grooveriding]

rather buy a Ipad3

 

[AVP]

Once overclocked it is about as fast as a 570 SLI (in games where SLI does a great job, it still trades blows with a 560 TI SLI and there are just a few such games), sometimes close to 580 SLI, and it costs just about 560 TI OC SLI, so I would say it is a winner.

And by your logic every graphic card which isn't mainstream is a dud. Back in the day a 6800GT cost about twice of a 6600GT while being about 30% faster. Was the 6800GT a dud as well?

The 6970 was about 30-50% faster than a 5850 for twice the price, again a dud, right?

And even the 5850 wasn't the same performance/$ as a 4850 at launch. Again, a dud? Right?

Probably why I bought a 6600gt and it was the most popular card in steam surveys for a while.

5850 must have been expensive and not offered new, valuable features as well. :

No but really I don't see how the 680 is worth it at this price, after so long at all. People on this forum just buy stuff to have it and talk about it. It offers nothing special at a price and performance ratio that is worse than the last generation (after a long wait) that many of us skipped because there is no point in upgrading. Dud.

 

[DaveSimmons]

No but really I don't see how the 680 is worth it at this price, after so long at all. People on this forum just buy stuff to have it and talk about it. It offers nothing special at a price and performance ratio that is worse than the last generation (after a long wait) that many of us skipped because there is no point in upgrading. Dud.

It's worth it at this price if you want this level of performance right now, since that is the price that the performance costs. It would only be a dud if it cost more and was slower than its competition the 7970.

A single GTX 560 ti at $200-230 offers more FPS-per-dollar, but so does a $50 CPU over a $230 one. A 6xxx Radeon offers even better price-performance.

That's great if you're happy with the resolutions and graphics detail that they are limited to. 16x10 still does look pretty good.

With CPUs and GPUs you always have paid more than +X% in dollars to add +X% in speed.