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

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Ouch.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1232473/official-nvidia-gtx680-owners-thread/240#post_16791771

Edit: looks like a photoshop
 
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ader098 said:
Thanks.
The whole 680 GTX = 660 Ti has killed a little bit of excitement from me toward the card and something like this would definitely push me over the edge:|
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Don't mind the haters either. While it's a bit offputting, the fact that it's STILL the fastest card out there is what should really matter. Despite what it was meant to be or whatever, it's still better than everything else.
 
ader098 said:
I hope so, because if true and it starts happening to other users I will refuse delivery when my Evga shows up 🙁
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Nvidia has had some questionable engineering practices in the past, but this would be an insane oversight. I can't see it being true; I don't think you have anything to worry about. :thumbsup:
 
MrK6 said:
Nvidia has had some questionable engineering practices in the past, but this would be an insane oversight. I can't see it being true; I don't think you have anything to worry about. :thumbsup:
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If I'm not mistaken, the GTX 590 fried because of a driver problem and the reference GTX 570 fried when overvolted too much. I can't see that post being true, especially since he claims he didn't overvolt it.
 
Cookie Monster said:
A bad attempt at photo shopping. Wonder why some people do this kind of stuff..
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Because he's some little brat who is 14 years old and his mother likely bought his 7970 for him, and he wants to feel good about having an AMD product.

Even if he's 25, he is still acting like a 14 year old, and should be dealt with for misleading consumers.
 
RampantAndroid said:
Because he's some little brat who is 14 years old and his mother likely bought his 7970 for him, and he wants to feel good about having an AMD product.

Even if he's 25, he is still acting like a 14 year old, and should be dealt with for misleading consumers.
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Yes, death. It's the obvious Internet forum choice for punishment.
 
I'm not buying at this moment. Happy so far with my three 7970s. I'm waiting for more information on the nVidia's true high end part, the GK110.
 
AVP said:
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.
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Well, duh. It's a tech forum. People who come here are generally tech junkies. I'm also a member of a pool forum, and people over there spend thousands of dollars on custom cues so they can show them off. To a non-pool player, and even to a casual player, that's insane. But to those guys, it's justified. That's what a hobby is. Our hobby is tech, so we congregate here to discuss the latest tech and spend more money than we probably should on the latest and greatest. Right now, the GTX 680 is it.
 
Zebo said:
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.
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What are you talking about? GTX590 was way better designed than 8800GTX... All those beefy VRMs made for a very compelling enthusiast card.

I'm not buying at this moment. Happy so far with my three 7970s. I'm waiting for more information on the nVidia's true high end part, the GK110.
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In your case it would be a side-grade so why bother. GTX680 doesn't seem to scale as well as 7970 in multi-gpu configurations, hopefully it's just the drivers.
 
AdamK47 said:
I'm not buying at this moment. Happy so far with my three 7970s. I'm waiting for more information on the nVidia's true high end part, the GK110.
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Yeah, i'd say with 7970s to wait. A lot of games scale better on 7970s than with 680 , although i'm sure drivers are involved with that.

As a new purchaser? 680 for sure. But if you have 7970 the 680 is a sidegrade at best, especially if you overclock or crossfire...the 7970 seems to scale better with clocks.
 
AdamK47 said:
I don't understand that. Explain. People with money to spend have always been nVidia's target market.
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Someone who just spent ~$1700 on video cards within the last couple months is not a likely candidate to upgrade again immediately. A far more likely market segment is people who have not yet upgraded but were considering purchasing 7970s or 7950s.
 
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