EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified Review: Pushing GTX 680 To Its Peak

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• Belard - Saturday, July 21, 2012 - link

  Its been a few years... so I was a bit off on the price ;P
  
  I've owned 3DFx, GF2/3/4/5/7 series and ATIs 9800Pro/4670.
  
  I paid $190 for the GF7600GT with the extra large cooler to reduce nice (Exhaust heat out the back)... and I laughed when the reviewers complained about the dual-slot being a "problem"... WTF?! Blowing heat out is better than blowing heat off the GPU and having it stay inside the case.
  
  After than, I spent $85 on the ATI 4670 with the HIS blower... With the way PC gaming is, I don't see the value of spending a dime over $200. And considering its been 3 years since the ATI 5000 series, the 7850 should be a $150 card at the most.
  
  Yes, I'm planning on the PS4 to replace my PC gaming and to rid me of Windows. NO PC games = Why use Windows?

• RussianSensation - Saturday, July 21, 2012 - link

  Console gaming has its appeals. Sitting on a nice couch in front of a 50-60 inch LED/Plasma after a long-day's of work is often more comfortable than gaming on a chair at a desk. However, that PS4 won't be $150, probably more like $400-500.

• Visual - Monday, July 23, 2012 - link

  Eh, what does your screen have to do with the rest of the hardware?
  I've been playing my PC games on a couch 2m away from a 47" TV for the last 5 years, a lot of them with a wireless XBOX360 controller as well, at least when I feel the extra precision of a mouse is not needed, and always at a resolution and details settings much better than the console alternative. I only play exclusives on the actual XBOX360. There is no way in hell I will ever consider console gaming a serious option.

• CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - link

  The same type of brainfart had the guy spewing nVidia has nothing below the $400 gtx670 worth buying.
  
  Thank you for adding a dose of reality.

• CeriseCogburn - Sunday, July 29, 2012 - link

  The 4850 has been below $100 for a long, long time. Brand new it has been $60 for a year.
  
  Now it's $40 with a special aftermarket HS
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-ATI-Radeon-HD-4850-EA...
  
  Whatever, you're all screwy on numbers, as it makes it easy to moan and whine.

• will54 - Saturday, July 21, 2012 - link

  I read somewhere that the GTX 660 will be coming out in August and than they are going to focus on the 700 series. Not positive but I think I read on Toms Hardware.

• shin0bi272 - Sunday, July 22, 2012 - link

  WTF Anand? I post a link as a reply and its instantly marked as spam? that's bull shit.

• poohbear - Friday, July 20, 2012 - link

  why do you benchmark shogun 2 @ 1600p using Ultra Quality and then in 1200p you benchmark it @ very high quality? why did you drop the detail level exactly? makes no sense.

• Ryan Smith - Friday, July 20, 2012 - link

  Because it was utterly unplayable at 5760x1200 at Ultra, even with 2 video cards. I'm all for bogging down a video card, but there has to be a limit.

• poohbear - Friday, July 20, 2012 - link

  no i mean u dropped the quality when u went down to 1980x1200. why did u do that? not many people really pay attention to 5760x1200, most of us are on 1080p (according to Steam hardware survey).