We guess that Nvidia has additional maneuvering room when it comes to price and we just need to wait and see if AMD is going to bite down and head into a new round of price wars. Nvidia has a card with similar performance and better TDP so the US $549 price tag isn't really a surprise. The bad part of the story is that our sources were again spot on with the US $549 price tag. Of course, these are all results that came from Nvidia so we'll hold our judgement until we see some reviews.Р В РІР‚СњР В РІР‚С›s noted before, the card is based on Nvidia 28nm GK104 Kepler chip that is around 300mmР В РІР‚в„ўР В РІР‚В in size. The performance of the GTX 680 is somewhere around Radeon HD 7970 as it wins in some games and benchmarks and loses in others. This is a big win for Nvidia as we aren't used to hearing performance per Watt from Nvidia and now it appears that the tide has turned. When combined with 1536 shader units, 2GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6GHz and, according to what we heard, a very high GPU clock, it comes as no surprise that Nvidia is claiming higher performance per Watt for its upcoming GTX 680. It looks like our sources were spot on yesterday when we heard that the new GTX 680 will feature two 6-pin PCI-Express connectors and have a TDP of around 200W (190W to be precise). With thanks to for providing the fourth card.We already wrote that Nvidia planned to hold a GTX 680 related event yesterday, and it is no wonder that we now have a bit more info regarding the card, while Chiphell has provided a much more clear picture of the actual card. 'Given our benchmark data, power results, a distinguished list of features, and a competitive price tag, the GeForce GTX 680 is easily a better gaming card than Radeon HD 7970.' GameSpot UK 'Judging by our performance charts, it's easy to see what a great performer the GTX 680 is. Let's get started with SLI, Triple SLI, and Quad SLI! We've added an able power supply and a suitable motherboard and CPU. This means that it is very probable that these will be two of the brands that will first appear in (online) stores. Our Benelux readers should be aware that ASUS and Zotac are two of nVidia's preferred partners for the Benelux. The specifications of the ASUS and Zotac cards won't be a surprise to those that read our GTX 680 review: 2 GB GDDR5 RAM, 1006 MHz base clock, 1058 MHz boost clock, 1502 MHz memory clock freqency, 2x DVI, 1x HDMI and 1x DisplayPort 1.2. The card they gave us also comes from ASUS. They were kind enough to make their supply even more limited for our benefit, temporarily at least.

As one of the few chosen shops in the Netherlands, they can pride themselves on having a limited number of GeForce GTX 680 cards available today ( link). We want to express our sincereР В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В thanks to Alternate in Ridderkerk for providing us with the last and fourth card. As an extra bonus, Zotac bundles games from the Assassin's Creed series. The Zotac GeForce GTX 680 2GB is also a reference model with their own print on it. Zotac was also able to quickly deliver one of their first GeForce GTX 680s to our test lab. The ASUS card therefore looks somewhat hipper, with a nice design that flows into the ASUS logo. It's common that, when a new high-end video card is launched, the samples from the different manufacturers are actually reference models adorned with a manufacturer's own print and logo. The first nVidia partner to deliver a GeForce GTX 680 to our offices, they gave us the ASUS GTX680-2GD5. In our race against the clock it was ASUS that came through first. Together with our own reference model, we were ready for someР В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В Quad-SLI GTX 680Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В action! ASUS and Zotac

However, in the end we were able to track down enough of these cards to show you some results. Getting our hands on two of these cards, much less four of them, on the day of the launch, was about as easy as making penguins fly. One question we did not yet answer - what kind of performance can you expect when you combine two of these new cards? Or three? Or maybe even four? Our Dutch readers can click here to read our in-depth review.

Kepler GPU Architecture NVIDIAs Kepler GPU architecture has been designed from the ground up not just for maximum performance in the latest DirectX 11 games, but optimal. Yesterday, nVidia introduced the GeForce GTX 680. Expect more from your graphics card than just state-of-the-art features and technology get a faster, smoother and richer gaming experience with the EVGA GeForce GTX 680. Since we are the first to extensively test a Quad-SLIР В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В configuration of nVidia's brand new GeForce GTX 680, we wanted to make these exciting results available to a wider audience.

Welcome international readers! This is the English version of a Dutch review on Hardware.Info.

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