Nvidia GTX 690 = 2 x Nvidia GTX 680!!

[Don Karnage]

Amd needs to drop pricing of the 7970 to 399.99 and make a killing

 

[DeeJayeS]

well AMD raised their prices at the same or more than they raised their performance. so yes for this round of cards AMD set the bar ridiculously low allowing Nvidia to also do us no real favors. well at least we did get more performance at the same price from Nvidia which is something AMD could not even do as they actually gave less on the 7970 compared to 6970. I will never understand why anybody would defend those ridiculous AMD launch prices when looking at it from the consumers point of view.

NV is responsible for their own pricing, just like AMD is... NV can do what it wants, and its chosen to "go premium"!

 

[RussianSensation]

Yeah and it's clocked so high it's pretty much unfeasible for AMD to beat it with a 7990, unless they do some crazy binning and bring it out clocked considerably higher than a stock 7970.

You don't have to win in performance against a phantom card that's likely going to sell out May 3rd-7th and then be out of stock for 3-4 months or until TSMC's production picks up. If HD7990 is actually available for sale, it might win by default (assuming it's reasonably quiet). If HD7990 is anything like the dustbuster 6990 was, they can keep it. Generally speaking, most of the dual-GPU cards end up being duds. It's much harder to sell them later and they have worse overclocking potential than 2 standalone GPUs. I think they are more suitable for people with smaller cases where 2x GTX680 aren't feasible or guys wanting to go dual 690s. I was hoping GTX660/670 would be revealed but looks like we'll have to wait a bit.

Multi-GPU... bugs, driver issues and incompatibilities, more power/heat/noise.. no thanks. I know some people love them and SLI is less buggy than CF, but still...

I think more people would be interested in a gtx 670 launch today than a gtx 690 launch.

:thumbsup:

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Blame the consumers that bought the 7970 at the $550+ price point. AMD set ridiculous prices but the consumers were willing to pay for it.

Oh well nvidia or amd will not see a dime of mine this gen.

 

[sontin]

The GTX670 is coming. But the GTX690 is huge for nVidia. They have now back the single-GPU and single-card crown. Last time they archived this was 2008 with the 9800GTX and 9800GX2.

 

[Jaydip]

Heh u are still paying 1$ more
2X680=2*499$=998$

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Heh u are still paying 1$ more
2X680=2*499$=998$

You save a little on shipping since the 690 should weigh less.

lol the gpu market has officially gone insane.

Ps4 anyone?

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Dang I was hoping for bigK news. Still impressive though

 

[Jaydip]

Definitely impressive for the pocket

 

[tonyjones]

I got my CC ready comes May 3rd at midnight

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Blame the consumers that bought the 7970 at the $550+ price point. AMD set ridiculous prices but the consumers were willing to pay for it.

Oh well nvidia or amd will not see a dime of mine this gen.

lol Ivy is shaping up to be pretty bad too.

I'm thinking I'll invest in a used NF200 P67 board and ride this awful year out with WC tri SLi.

 

[RussianSensation]

lol the gpu market has officially gone insane.

Don't worry, this generation will be on fire sale prices the minute next generation launches. That's how it used to be in the "old" days when $300-350 mid-range cards and $500-600 flagships were all the rage. GTX480 was also $499 and not even 2 years later it was on sale for $175-250. It just means not having the latest and greatest all the time. Alternatively, it could be specifically related to 28nm generation due to wafer capacity, or it could be that GPUs will simply be more expensive since it's costing a lot more $ to get new fabs running and continuously shrink transistors to even smaller sizes.

Ps4 anyone?

I am getting that through Visa points, hopefully free if I collect enough by the end of 2013-2014.

 

[AdamK47]

Two of these or three GK110... decisions, decisions.

 

[toyota]

Two of these or three GK110... decisions, decisions.

these will be here in 5 days where the gk110 may not be here for 6 more months so how is that a tough decision?

 

[GroktheCube]

A grand? Jeeez. I was hoping for a GTX 670 announcement. I'm not really in the market to drop a grand on a video card. It's certainly sexy looking for those that are, but I imagine that's a pretty small market.

 

[RussianSensation]

Two of these or three GK110... decisions, decisions.

At least we know even $2,000 of GPUs aren't enough to push Metro 2033 at 60 fps.....talk about very poor game engine code optimization!

 

[djnsmith7]

Nvidia has lost their minds...

 

[Grooveriding]

Lol. What a pile of turd. What dumbass will pay $1000 that 680sli costs for less performance in this turd. Also a big laugh at trying to blame AMD for nvidia being the wallet rapists they have always been.

 

[Grooveriding]

Two of these or three GK110... decisions, decisions.

I wouldn't touch tri or quad ski on kepler. Both scale like a dog, wait and see if nvidia fixes their drivers for it.

 

[Lonbjerg]

So...now it's just to await BIG Kepler...now that all the medium GPU stuff has been done.
My life is to short for AFR...

 

[Lonbjerg]

At least we know even $2,000 of GPUs aren't enough to push Metro 2033 at 60 fps.....talk about very poor game engine code optimization!

Pelase tell me that you don't suffer from it MUST be 60 FPS in all games...it's FUD..it's all ENGINE/game dependant...subpar post from you :thumbsdown:

EDIT:
What is sad that people use to enjoy games that pushed their hardware beyond the limit...as it drove progress.

Now people just put up artifical goals and whine over the damge to their e-peen.
I would LOVE more games that pushed the hardware..instead of reatd console DX9 ports.

Sad times ahead indeed...

 

[chimaxi83]

So...now it's just to await BIG Kepler...now that all the medium GPU stuff has been done.
My life is to short for AFR...

Yep, that and Sea Islands.

 

[boxleitnerb]

I wouldn't touch tri or quad ski on kepler. Both scale like a dog, wait and see if nvidia fixes their drivers for it.

They scale quite well if you know what you're doing

And this will probably only apply to the 690, not to 680s in SLI. And it will put the 7990 into a world of hurt:

Improved Frame rate Metering

Kepler introduces hardware based frame rate metering, a technology that helps to minimize stuttering. In SLI mode, two GPUs share the workload by operating on successive frames; one GPU works on the current frame while the other GPU works on the next frame. But because the workload of each frame is different, the two GPUs will complete their frames at different times. Sending the frames to the monitor at varying intervals can result in perceived stuttering.

The GeForce GTX 690 features a metering mechanism (similar to a traffic meter for a freeway entrance) to regulate the flow of frames. By monitoring and smoothing out any disparities in how frames are issued to the monitor, frame rates feel smoother and more consistent.

 

[Mopetar]

I really don't understand all of the people complaining about the price. nVidia is having enough trouble keeping 680s in stock and this is using two GK110 dies. Selling it any cheaper would be leaving money on the table and creating an even bigger shortage.

 

[3DVagabond]

Will anyone be angry if there's availability of the $1000 SKU while the $500 SKU (actually 8 of the 10 gtx 680's listed on Newegg are over $500 ) is nowhere in sight? It wouldn't surprise me. Why not sell them two at a time?