NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review Feat. EVGA: Bringing GK104 Down To $400
by Ryan Smith on May 10, 2012 9:00 AM ESTOC: Gaming Performance
We’ll keep the running commentary short here, but depending on how shader bottlenecked any individual game is, it’s possible for GTX 670 to beat a stock GTX 680 with just an increase of the power target. Without that pesky 8th SMX drawing power this leaves more power for increasing clockspeeds, which helps games that are more bottlenecked by the ROPs and/or GPCs.
Conversely, if a game is extremely shader bound (such as Portal 2), then only a full overclock can make up for that 8th SMX on GTX 680.
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B-Unit1701 - Saturday, May 12, 2012 - link
So we now price GPUs on an arbitrary 'tier' ranking instead of based on performance? Awesome.CeriseCogburn - Sunday, May 13, 2012 - link
The tier ranking is based upon performance, with the solidness of many months of pricing solidifying those tier placements.Way to go fella, being that stupid shouldn't be a hobby or a habit.
euler007 - Thursday, May 10, 2012 - link
I've been waiting for the 680 to come in stock for weeks.It's pretty sad when you need to snipe newegg and the manufacturer's stores (or pay 10% markups on amazon stores) to buy a product.
Morg. - Thursday, May 10, 2012 - link
The 680 is a lie, it'll reach production quantities in 3 months maybe ;)CeriseCogburn - Friday, May 11, 2012 - link
Just the EVGA 680 has sold more than the 7850 and 7870 combined at newegg.So despite 680 supply constraint, it is doing better than amd's entire 78xx lineup there.
ROFL - now that's sadness for amd fans
SlyNine - Saturday, May 12, 2012 - link
You're basing this on verified buyers on neweggs reviewed cards. Logic doesn't get much more flawed then that.CeriseCogburn - Sunday, May 13, 2012 - link
Logic doesn't get much better than that, nor does accuracy - it's worked for years now, just because you are absolutely clueless does not make it invalid.Crazyeyeskillah - Thursday, May 10, 2012 - link
if you can't afford it, it's your own fault. Every time I see a classless arrogant self entitled poster complaining about the pricing of all these new generations it makes me sick. There is a card in your price range, whatever your budget is. Just because they make expensive hardware doesn't mean it's for you, so why are you screaming about it constantly? I'm not screaming that I can't afford a 7 series BMW so don't embarass yourself. It makes you look foolish at best. People will agree with you because they are also in the throngs of life's underachievers who think they are entitled to a lifestyle they haven't worked for. If you really want it, save for it. I'm happy to pay for an ultra premium product that delivers an experience that I can say is truly enjoyable.THEY NEED TO LOWER THE PRICE OF f-35's NOW CRY CRY
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chizow - Thursday, May 10, 2012 - link
So if you bought a BMW 7 series for the last 15 years, and then BMW tried selling you a 3 series labeled and priced as a 7 series, you'd just buy it at 7 prices no questions asked and be satisfied?If so, you'd certainly be entitled to everything born of ignorance.
RussianSensation - Thursday, May 10, 2012 - link
It's hilarious how people still keep using this argument: "If you can't afford it, don't complain about price." Many of us can afford the card. The main discussion at hand is that NV released a mid-range/upper mid-range line-up of chips that's a replacement for GTX560Ti and priced them at $400-500. Can you imagine if this was happening since GeForce 2 days, how much slower would the current cards be?Even the reviewer noted that this is the least performance improvement from a new architecture + full node shrink in the history of NV. GTX670/680 are still good cards, but it doesn't change the fact that they aren't true flagship replacements for GTX480/580. Otherwise, AMD/NV will just launch 25-30% faster new generations every 18 months and we are supposed to eat it up for $500? Hopefully HD8000 and GTX780 will remedy the situation :)