[vga.zol]kepler wont see light till april at earliest

[Quantos]

I agree that Intel probably brute forces with money punches through any issues. We can't know for sure just how good the 22nm yield is, but it's probably largely irrelevant to Intel's business, other than a monetary inconvenience. By that I mean that it doesn't affect customers as much as, say, TSMC's yield issues, because TSMC has to produce for others, whereas Intel produces for itself (otherse too, but they probably just /bow at Intel).

 

[Meghan54]

But I regress.

I think you meant to say, "But I digress," or are on a tangent.

 

[Olikan]

Why does TSMC seem to have so many problems in the past few years?

you mean nvidia right?

 

[Lonyo]

you mean nvidia right?

TSMC have problems, AMD just seem more able to overcome them, for which there are various possible explanations, including but not limited to other experiences and design philosophy.
e.g. AMD make smaller GPU dies which means problems are slightly less of an issue at the high end, since defects potentially don't reduce yields by as much.

 

[3DVagabond]

I think you meant to say, "But I digress," or are on a tangent.

So I did. Thanks.

 

[notty22]

Rumor: Nvidia Prepping to Launch Kepler in February Tom's Hardware news.....

Saw members in another forum discussing TH picking up this story.

 

[Skurge]

Rumor: Nvidia Prepping to Launch Kepler in February Tom's Hardware news.....

Saw members in another forum discussing TH picking up this story.

I don't understand this.

Based on the leaked information, the card doesn't look like it will be Nvidia's fastest next-generation GeForce Kepler chip. It sounds more like the GK107 chip with a 128-bit memory bus previously discussed in December.

Are they saying GTX680 will be GK107? That doesn't really make any sense.

 

[96Firebird]

Skurge, I think its saying that the GK107 chip is coming, which is not the fastest next-gen chip.

After reading the article, it does seem to contradict itself.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

The very high-end Kepler cards will be here by June at the very earliest. May or August sounds more plausible.

 

[Arkadrel]

Based on the leaked information, the card doesn't look like it will be Nvidia's fastest next-generation GeForce Kepler chip. It sounds more like the GK107 chip with a 128-bit memory bus previously discussed in December.

sounds like their launching low end cards first.... but their gonna start showing up around feb.

 

[formulav8]

As said above, the 'real, full' kepler will NOT be here anytime soon. There will be low kep or possible fermi shrinks well before the real deal. The one everyone is waiting for is Not going to be here in a month.

I don't even recall NVidia showing working silicon yet? At least in the public sector?

 

[Nintendesert]

I really hope they show something soon. If not I'm going with a 7950. I'm very tired of my 5870 at this point.

 

[Dark Shroud]

I really hope they show something soon. If not I'm going with a 7950. I'm very tired of my 5870 at this point.

At least your 5870 has some resale value thanks to Bitcoin, around $150.

 

[tweakboy]

Its coming out in March guys, maybe later in other countries but here MASS3 is March release .. ..


http://www.hardocp.com/news/2012/01/17/geforce_gtx_680_to_launch_in_february63/

 

[AnandThenMan]

Another recycled rumour. Plus, instead of it coming out in March, it could come in February. Sounds good right? Except the difference could be one day. They also seemed to have changed their minds.

We are still missing a lot of details, but according to the current schedule it looks like GK110, Nvidia’s Kepler high end card, which should up with the Geforce GT 680 brand comes in April.

So who knows at this point, some say June, some say in 6 weeks. ...edit...according to Kyle,

I have not heard anything about February, but I have heard that March/April is now likely. Which is what we heard before the rumors of it possibly slipping to June. I think the 7970 release may have kicked them in the ass a bit.

My prediction is, paper launch Early April, real availability first part of May.

 

[JTsyo]

Thought they were leading with the low end and we would see the high end closer to summer.

 

[Nintendesert]

At least your 5870 has some resale value thanks to Bitcoin, around $150.

That's another reason I want to upgrade now, this way I can still get some good money for my old 5870.

 

[formulav8]

If they were shooting for March/April for the high-end and now not until at least June, AMD may have forced them to do a respin for higher clocks.