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Graphics Toms Hardware 680 Review leaked

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Mongoose132, 20 Mar 2012.

  1. Mongoose132

    Mongoose132 Duckmad

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  2. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    But can it.. oh, it can.
     
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  3. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    I think it can do it twice
     
  4. rollo

    rollo Modder

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    its a gamers card

    not a folders card word of warning to anyone expecting good folding scores as they are awful worse than last gen 580s ect

    in games it toasts the 7970 quiet well temps and power look good also expect some price drops on the competition which can only be good for the consumer

    in folding it sucks
     
  5. Action_Parsnip

    Action_Parsnip What's a Dremel?

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    I'm gonna throw my 2p in and say the drivers for the 7000 series are just not there yet.

    Base this on: Crysis 2 DX9 versus DX11 performance, oddly low performance in general at 1920x1080 versus that at 2650x1600.

    Take something silly tough, like the Metro 2033 benchmark results, see where in the 7970 the bandwidth on offer is soo huge that it masks the currently poor resource management in the latest Catalyst drivers.

    The 680 is a very good card, not to be argued with, but Cypress just is not there yet, software wise. It's as new and alien as the 2900xt was in it's day and that took a good 4-6 driver revisions before it was at it's full (all be it meagre) potential (See the Catalyst 7.10 'Shoot 'Em Up' driver). The parallels with the 2900xt end at software immaturity, however. I think there's sufficient reason to believe the gap between the 680 and the 7970 will shrink in time.

    The power consumption discrepancy could largely come down to having a bus 128bits wider and what that does to die area and PCB traces/extra DRAM chips.

    The 7970 and 7950 need a price cut now to look attractive.
     
  6. Action_Parsnip

    Action_Parsnip What's a Dremel?

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    I've heard sniffs that it's not as capable in GPGPU stuff as the gaming performance would suggest, *apparently* this is in regards to double AND single precision floating point workloads.
     
  7. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    Suits me fine.

    I really don't see anyone with a 1080 screen buying one anyway.
     
  8. Mac_Trekkie

    Mac_Trekkie Source Engine's #1 fan!

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    Hmmm, I guess the extra VRam on the 7970 isn't as useful as was fortold. Though Action_Parsnip could quite possibly be right. Is AMD just perpetually a poor driver producer?
     
  9. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    Going on the website stats I see, most people interested in buying high end cards still use 1080p monitors. No other option for 3D Vision folk either.
     
  10. feathers

    feathers Minimodder

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    Yes, and I am a 3d vision folk running 2 x 560Ti 1gb. I can't run BF3 on ultra due to lack of GDDR.

    If I want to run ultra on BF3 at 1080 then I need something with at least 1.5gb GDDR. I wouldn't buy less than 2gb now and would preferably aim for 3 or 4gb to allow for future games.
     
  11. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    feathers Minimodder

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    Nomaipaker What's a Dremel?

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    Nice!! I am so gonna put one in my rig. LOL
     
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    j4mi3 What's a Dremel?

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  15. rollo

    rollo Modder

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    So the excuse for 7970 is immature drivers has it not been out since January lol

    AMD need to sort out there drivers the time for excuses is over
     
  16. feathers

    feathers Minimodder

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  17. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    Interesting.........

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    NDA lift is tomorrow, the wait is almost over. :thumb:


    (i honestly don't see the need for another thread if there's new "leeks" between today and tomorrow)
     
  18. thetrashcanman

    thetrashcanman Angel headed hipsters

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  19. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    WTF is going on there? Driver improvements? Or Tomshardware having absolutely zero credibility as a reliable source of reviews?
     
  20. MjFrosty

    MjFrosty Minimodder

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    lol
     

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