[Semiaccurate] GK104/Kepler/GTX680 Next Week?

[blackened23]

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[tviceman]

at which point via will enter the market with the mega-uber emperor penguin edition card that will make the 690 and 7990 look like watch calculators. :d

bitboys.

 

[tincart]

At which point Via will enter the market with the Mega-Uber Emperor Penguin edition card that will make the 690 and 7990 look like watch calculators.

Or AMD and nVidia will both have cards which offer good performance at certain price points, and consumers will be happy that they have a range of choices when buying discrete graphics cards.

Damn, I'm no fun.

 

[Keysplayr]

Or AMD and nVidia will both have cards which offer good performance at certain price points, and consumers will be happy that they have a range of choices when buying discrete graphics cards.

Damn, I'm no fun.

Nope. Never were.

 

[Soccerman06]

Where the reviews at :|

 

[boxleitnerb]

295mm2 (17.2x17.2):




http://www.expreview.com/18731.html

This thing is getting smaller and smaller. First 340, then 320 and now below 300

 

[AnandThenMan]

The die gets smaller, the performance goes higher. Seems legit.

 

[boxleitnerb]

Well remember that Tahiti XT is not as efficient per mm2 as Pitcairn, because it has quite a bit of HPC stuff inside. If they made compromises there with GK104 I can see it matching Tahiti XT or even be faster. 295/212=140%. IF they could achieve a good perf/mm2 ratio that could put GK104 30-40% faster than the 7870.

 

[blackened23]

Rumor is we are NOT getting reviewds tonight as others have predicted, anyone else heard anything?

 

[AnandThenMan]

Well remember that Tahiti XT is not as efficient per mm2 as Pitcairn, because it has quite a bit of HPC stuff inside.

See here

Rumor is we are NOT getting reviewds tonight as others have predicted, anyone else heard anything?

I've heard nothing until the 23rd of March, so at this point not sure what is going on.

 

[JBT]

Where the reviews at :|

IF they are coming I'd say midnight PST. So another hour.

 

[boxleitnerb]

See here

So? There is more to HPC than pure processing power. DP-performance, ECC, larger caches...what chip will they put in their Firestream products: Tahiti or Pitcairn? I guess Tahiti.
Also Tahiti is probably held back by the lackluster frontend. It's not enough to feed all the units properly. That has always been a problem for AMD as of late. With all the processing and texturing power it should be twice as fast as a GTX580.

 

[Silverforce11]

Boring, no architecture reviews even. Bah.

 

[HurleyBird]

IF they are coming I'd say midnight PST. So another hour.

Looking at the dates on previous reviews on AT, it doesn't look like Nvidia likes midnight releases.

 

[JBT]

Looking at the dates on previous reviews on AT, it doesn't look like Nvidia likes midnight releases.

You're right. It Looks like pretty much all of AT's reviews for Nvidia cards post at 9 AM PST.

 

[Will Robinson]

then the GTX 690 will swallow up the 7990 like a black hole eating a yellow dwarf

oh...you mean like the GTX590 dual core defeated Radeon HD6990?
oh wait....

 

[Pantalaimon]

Overclockers in UK just announced price cuts for GTX580/570/560 448....

 

[X98]

oh...you mean like the GTX590 dual core defeated Radeon HD6990?
oh wait....

yea thats right! GTX 590 with current drivers > 6990 thx 4 proving me!

and my ears wouldn't go deaf while playing Source games

 

[tviceman]

Wow 300mm^2 is incredibly small given it's expected performance! This is making me wonder how GK106 is going to end up (specs, size, and performance). GK104 may overtake Tahiti, but I think Pitcairn will pose a tougher challenge to GK106. Regardless, the die size of GK104 is awesome and that means if prices are inflated at release due to production capacity at TSMC, once capacity picks up there should be plenty of wiggle room for GK104 to get some serious price drops!

 

[Pantalaimon]

He switched to 7970s at release

I believe he usually switches to whatever he thinks is the best at the time. So, he switches around a lot.

 

[Will Robinson]

yea thats right! GTX 590 with current drivers > 6990 thx 4 proving me!

and my ears wouldn't go deaf while playing Source games

Crysis at high res:http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/371?i=515.516.508.550.517.548.509.549.510.518.511.547

Not to mention Metro with max candy:http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/377?i=515.516.508.550.548.509.517.510.518.549.511.547

Radeon HD6990 2
NVDA GTX590 0

Ouch?

 

[railven]

Oh man, I was hoping to have some leaks or info to read through instead it just you guys going over the same old same

WTB leaks! Dammit! I bought her a GTX 560 Ti as a temp card (Best Buy charges $300 beans for these things!? WTF mate, and we're complaining about ~$250 for a FASTER HD 7850!?)

I forgot how much Retail prices SUCK! Glad I can return it no questions asked within 30 days Bring on Kepler!

 

[Quantos]

Oh man, I was hoping to have some leaks or info to read through instead it just you guys going over the same old same

WTB leaks! Dammit! I bought her a GTX 560 Ti as a temp card (Best Buy charges $300 beans for these things!? WTF mate, and we're complaining about ~$250 for a FASTER HD 7850!?)

I forgot how much Retail prices SUCK! Glad I can return it no questions asked within 30 days Bring on Kepler!

Wait, you bought a card knowing it's just temporary until Kepler gets here?

I like the way you troll Bestbuy! :awe:

 

[railven]

Wait, you bought a card knowing it's just temporary until Kepler gets here?

I like the way you troll Bestbuy! :awe:

Haha basically. Since she's getting my old parts (minus HDD/GPU) and I sold off her old PC (minus HDD) to buy her a new GPU, she was going to go without a videocard well until Kepler releases.

So nVidia got 30 days or I'm stuck with a GTX 560 Ti haha.

 

[TestKing123]

Crysis at high res:http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/371?i=515.516.508.550.517.548.509.549.510.518.511.547

Not to mention Metro with max candy:http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/377?i=515.516.508.550.548.509.517.510.518.549.511.547

Radeon HD6990 2
NVDA GTX590 0

Ouch?

What are you a fanboy? I can cherry pick benchmarks too (from that very same suite):

Civilization 5: GTX 590
Starcraft 2: GTX 590

HD6990: 0

Ouch?