Kepler is expected out sometime in Feb to March IF I ain't mistaken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Learux
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Kepler is expected out sometime in Feb to March IF I ain't mistaken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Learux
Such a crazy price. I hate how AMD is pricing their next gen cards relative to this gen's performance instead of simply blowing everything away like they've always done.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeysg
You guys should thank your lucky stars that you can get 'em off newegg at that price. In my neck of the woods, a HD7970 cost between 650USD to 680USD......that's what I'd paid for my Sapphire HD7970, 680USD.
Hey mike, I've heard new drivers up the performance a ton. Check it out here and report back to us:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2219817
That's sweet dude. I've finally got a permanent full time job again, so I'm hoping to rebuild my system soon, but I'll be starting from scratch. My old Core 2 Quad is still doing OK at 3.3Ghz, but I'd like to build something more modern.
Congrats on the job!Quote:
Originally Posted by Un4given
great timing with ivy bridge around the corner and the mature z68 chipsetsQuote:
Originally Posted by Un4given
I was looking over the 7970 specs again and noticed it uses ECC memory. I'm wondering why they would use that on these cards? It would be hard to know if you have a stable memory OC.
I think they want a larger focus on non graphics related data processing.Sonethibg nvidia was dominant in with cuda. Ecc should help with that
Strange that they don't offer an option though. ECC memory is quite a premium.Quote:
Originally Posted by kpxgq
Hmmmm, heard some rumors from chiphell, seems Kepler's expected out next month, performance is similar to the HD7970, but this is the GTX660/GTX760? or something like that. Whoa, IF a mid range card is that powerful, I'd love to see how powerful the top-end single GPU (GTX680/780?) would perform. Dang, if this rumor proves true, I might just wait for a pair of top-end Kepler. And yep, you heard right.....;)
Holding off my 79xx purchase, waiting on green team and see if prices come down.
Not hard to hold off when the current cards are costing 550+ dollars lol. Hopefully nvidia comes in at a real next gen price instead of pricing their cards compared to the performance of last gen.
Here's a link, dunno if it's true or not, about nV's Kepler. If it's true, it looks like two high-end Keplers are in my horizon...
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...i_architecture
Rumors, I love them. They're always such imaginative things. We've all heard hype and rumors like these in the past and they tend to stretch the truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeysg
I wouldn't be surprised if these rumors are true. Look how old and how powerful a 580 is. I'll put my money on the fact that the high end Kepler is twice as fast which easily allows the midrange to compete with AMD.
Ya Kepler is going to destroy Tahiti. I mean the 7970 is barely faster than the 580 as is.
Well, with one HD7970 in hand, I can afford to wait and see how the mid range kepler's going to do in Feb. IF I were to be impressed by it, then I'll wait for the high-end Keppler (aka GTX780), and I'd very likely pounced on two!
You need to watercool mikey. That rig is too awesome to be blowing air.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeysg
Heh, will think about it, the H100 is a big step for me as I have never gone WC before it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
Sorry for the late rply, just got back from BangKok on a short shopping spree.....of sort, no hardware, just clothes.:o
Damn,with a little luck, I'd begetting a 2nd Sapphire HD7970 soon, purchasing from a fellow forumer in a local tech forum. It isn't exactly cheap but I just want to finish my rig and not think about it anymore...:)
Edit - Scratch that, the deal fell thru, so I have just saved myself some deniros...:D
Start thinking about watercooling :D
Oh wait, it's still kinda fuzzy, but I take it that you do prefer water cooling, right?:p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
I have seen some pretty nifty water cooled setups in my neck of the wood, but I don't think I have the skill/talent and patience to do it though. But I have to admit, water cooled system can look so damn nice!:)
Edit - Dangit, look at what I plumb did!
http://www.sharkyforums.com/images/i.../2012/02/6.jpg
haha that's awesome mikey! Peer pressure works wonders I suppose ;)
Heh, I just wanted to get my upgrade over and done with. Anyway, I am consulting with some local tech heads about water cooling the cards, may even go for the full monty for my cpu as well, may have to import some parts from the US.....that requires waiting, and that's one thing I suck at.