callsignvega

I know he "implied" that voltage will be able to be tweaked, I said if the voltage was locked at 1.175 like regular cards, this particular cards purpose in life would be pointless.

So 4GB memory, custom PCB and all those power phases. The water-cooled version will be $799 I bet for a single GPU card. $3200 in GPU's alone for 4-way SLI. Not that it matter as I see EVGA limits GTX 680 purchases to 1 per household now. It would take months of stock trickling in just to get enough cards. You can't even do regular SLI with the 1-per limit in a reasonable time-frame seeing how limited 680 supplies are. 

DustoMan

DJ_Jasper is not going to be happy.

bhk1004

Curious if they are gonna release a hydrocopper version at the same time.

EVGA_JacobF

bhk1004

Curious if they are gonna release a hydrocopper version at the same time.

Yup.

marbleduck

Andrew_K

edtoo

2 x GTX 690 or 3 x GTX 680 Classified ?

I have ordered 2 x GTX 690 for delivery in beginning of June, no problem changing order to Classified at the store. Should I ?

4 x GTX 680 Classifed is that a little overkill ? Or could I use the excuse:   Futureproof

Then again, are the happening anything else to the GTX 690 then watercooling and probably a little overclock ?

Depending on what you're doing, the 4th gpu will be next to useless. If you're gaming, get as much horsepower out of one, two, or three cards before you add a 4th. 

I wish people would stop spreading ignorance.  At very high resolutions, (7680x1600 and greater), the performance scaling between 3 and 4 way SLi is actually greater than the scaling from 2way to 3way SLi.

Don't believe me?  Check the benchmarks:
shoot, can't post links.  Only have 5 posts lol

overcloc k.net/t/988583/vegas-sli-scaling-thread/0_100 

marbleduck

Johnny_Utah

marbleduck

Andrew_K

edtoo

2 x GTX 690 or 3 x GTX 680 Classified ?

I have ordered 2 x GTX 690 for delivery in beginning of June, no problem changing order to Classified at the store. Should I ?

4 x GTX 680 Classifed is that a little overkill ? Or could I use the excuse:   Futureproof

Then again, are the happening anything else to the GTX 690 then watercooling and probably a little overclock ?

Depending on what you're doing, the 4th gpu will be next to useless. If you're gaming, get as much horsepower out of one, two, or three cards before you add a 4th. 

I wish people would stop spreading ignorance.  At very high resolutions, (7680x1600 and greater), the performance scaling between 3 and 4 way SLi is actually greater than the scaling from 2way to 3way SLi.

Don't believe me?  Check the benchmarks:
shoot, can't post links.  Only have 5 posts lol

overcloc k.net/t/988583/vegas-sli-scaling-thread/0_100 

Who games at GREATER than 7680 x 1600?  LOL   Also, not all games scale that well.  Not many do!



Most game at 5760x 1080 or 1200 for surround.    There is NO way that the jump from 3 to 4 showed more than 2- 3.  All he said is that it increased.  It always has.  Just not by much.  Now, it is certainly getting better but is it worth another 500 bucks?  Only you can decide.

I never said that there aremany people game at 7680x1600 and greater.

Also, I'd like you to read the post again.  There are graphs that show the increase, and he also states the percentage increase from 2-3way and 3-4 way.  I quote:

"
Lost Planet Benchmark B: Quad SLI 77% over dual cards. 

DCS:A-10C "Spring Hill" simulation replay: Quad SLI 88% over dual cards.

AvP Benchmark automatic settings: Quad SLI 93% over dual cards.

Crysis 2 "Single player static entry": Quad SLI 59% over dual cards.

Batman in-game Benchmark: Quad SLI 76% over dual cards.

Metro-2033 "Single player static entry": Quad SLI 100% over dual cards. 

...

Without VRAM restrictions (3GB GPUs) and full 16x PCI-E bandwidth available to all cards, there was not a single instance that Quad-SLI did not garner an appreciable performance advantage over Tri-SLI. In a number of instances, the performance gain transitioning from Tri-SLI to Quad-SLI was actually greater than the transition from SLI to Tri-SLI.

" 

marbleduck

Johnny_Utah

marbleduck

Johnny_Utah

marbleduck

Andrew_K

edtoo

2 x GTX 690 or 3 x GTX 680 Classified ?

I have ordered 2 x GTX 690 for delivery in beginning of June, no problem changing order to Classified at the store. Should I ?

4 x GTX 680 Classifed is that a little overkill ? Or could I use the excuse:   Futureproof

Then again, are the happening anything else to the GTX 690 then watercooling and probably a little overclock ?

Depending on what you're doing, the 4th gpu will be next to useless. If you're gaming, get as much horsepower out of one, two, or three cards before you add a 4th. 

I wish people would stop spreading ignorance.  At very high resolutions, (7680x1600 and greater), the performance scaling between 3 and 4 way SLi is actually greater than the scaling from 2way to 3way SLi.

Don't believe me?  Check the benchmarks:
shoot, can't post links.  Only have 5 posts lol

overcloc k.net/t/988583/vegas-sli-scaling-thread/0_100 

Who games at GREATER than 7680 x 1600?  LOL   Also, not all games scale that well.  Not many do!



Most game at 5760x 1080 or 1200 for surround.    There is NO way that the jump from 3 to 4 showed more than 2- 3.  All he said is that it increased.  It always has.  Just not by much.  Now, it is certainly getting better but is it worth another 500 bucks?  Only you can decide.

I never said that there aremany people game at 7680x1600 and greater.

Also, I'd like you to read the post again.  There are graphs that show the increase, and he also states the percentage increase from 2-3way and 3-4 way.  I quote:

"
Lost Planet Benchmark B: Quad SLI 77% over dual cards. 

DCS:A-10C "Spring Hill" simulation replay: Quad SLI 88% over dual cards.

AvP Benchmark automatic settings: Quad SLI 93% over dual cards.

Crysis 2 "Single player static entry": Quad SLI 59% over dual cards.

Batman in-game Benchmark: Quad SLI 76% over dual cards.

Metro-2033 "Single player static entry": Quad SLI 100% over dual cards. 

...

Without VRAM restrictions (3GB GPUs) and full 16x PCI-E bandwidth available to all cards, there was not a single instance that Quad-SLI did not garner an appreciable performance advantage over Tri-SLI. In a number of instances, the performance gain transitioning from Tri-SLI to Quad-SLI was actually greater than the transition from SLI to Tri-SLI.

" 

I will await some more testing from reputable sources before I make any decisions.  This generation obviously scales better than the last.  Again, it is a MOOT POINT if nobody games at those resolutions!  Based on the findings I have seen, it is still not worth the extra card.  Hey, if those people want to spend an extra 500 bucks, go for it!  I ran 4 580s at a time and couldn't see any benefit.  680's now are a different beast but I am still leery.  3-4 better than 2-3 goes against any type of common sense model of scaling.

Quad SLi actually becomes necessary at those über high resolutions.  Hey, if one spends that much money on a GPU setup, they might as well get a good display setup =P

What resolution were you using when you had your 580s? 

fabbasi

Guys
Why this and not gtx 690?
Obviously money but am I missing something?
Both are 4gb

fabbasi

Thanks for clearing that up.
Why would people pay sooo much for the gtx 690 then?

Syan48306

fabbasi

Thanks for clearing that up.
Why would people pay sooo much for the gtx 690 then?

Its the lights and the aluminum shroud.