zarx said:
JEMC said:
zarx said:
I was hoping that given the focus on effeciency Nvida would do another Kepler launch where the 680 used less power, performed better and launched at the same price as the 580. However it seems like they have bumped up the price and are pricing it against the 780 Ti instead of the 780. Which will probably mean the lower tier cards will follow suite, meaning the 870 will no doubt be pushed way out of my price range.
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Yeah, I was too hoping that power would go down aswell, but given the nº of transistors it will have (according to that rumor, let's not forget that), I see why it is what it is. After all, and using the numbers from the Anandtech's review, the 680 had 3.5B transistors and was rated at 195W, compared to the 3B transistors and 244W of the 580, but that 880 will have 7.9B! That's more than twice.
Given that it has more transistors, it is clocked higher and has more memory that also runs faster than a 780Ti, it is impressive that it uses 20W less power.
As for the 870... well maybe we (I need an upgrade too) will be able to grab a 780/780Ti for cheap as everybody will jump to the newer cards. That or go AMD...
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I am really tempted to pick up a r290 with a non stock cooler, but The Witcher 3, Batman: Arkham Knight and a few others being a Nvidia games (plus DX12 and Nvidia's new driver updates looking to mitigate the advantage of mantle) holds me back. I doubt that many will be dumping 780/780Ti level cards if the rumours of the 880 are accurate TBH. It just doesn't seem to be that big of a leap for most people with those cards to jump. Maybe once Nvidia rolls out the big guns next year. Plus I really would prefer a cooler less power hungry card than those monsters.
From the sound of things yeilds on high performance 20nm wafers will mean Maxwell will be late this year anyway.
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Get none of the above, upgrade to a 1440P/1600P monitor instead. :P
The Witcher 3 won't be out untill 2015, by then we will have a far more accurate gauge on the marketplace and prices will be lower.
I assume you have a very gaming capable card at the moment anyway?
I probably won't be upgrading untill 2016, quad-290's seem to be more than enough for *every* game on my pixel collider at the moment. (Ironically, I *still* play Minecraft more than any other game, go figure.)
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