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post #1 of 41
1/25/12 at 4:39pm
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I'm running an older Nvidia GTX 275 with a Core i7-920.
Anyone waiting to see what Kepler is going to do? I'm on the fence and would hate to buy ATI 7xxx and see Nvidia destroy it.
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post #2 of 41
1/25/12 at 4:43pm
Waiting so I can replace my tri 5870 cards.
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post #3 of 41
1/25/12 at 5:18pm
I'll be getting 2 of the best Kepler on day 1
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post #4 of 41
1/25/12 at 10:48pm
Early reports from insiders indicate that Nvidia's Kepler will significantly outperform AMD's offerings in each price point.

Apparently, a representative for Nvidia even smack talked AMD. With this, Nvidia better deliver.
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post #5 of 41
1/26/12 at 6:17am
Will you still need to run SLI for triple monitors with NVIDIA Kepler? If I could run it like AMD on a single gpu, I would definitly jump ship again.
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post #6 of 41
1/26/12 at 6:29am
Sounds like its going to cost a pretty penny either way.
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post #7 of 41
1/26/12 at 7:37am
Imagine they will have some mid range cards, which is what I am after. I found out triple monitors can be ran off a single card. I was goin to pickup a radeon hd 6950 to remedy my BF3 eyefinity woes, but now waiting may be a better option.
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post #8 of 41
1/26/12 at 7:46am
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Originally Posted by WiseGuy2k7 View Post

Imagine they will have some mid range cards, which is what I am after. I found out triple monitors can be ran off a single card. I was goin to pickup a radeon hd 6950 to remedy my BF3 eyefinity woes, but now waiting may be a better option.

That's the card I'm running now. I love it. Gets the job done. I want two of em. Two bad my mother board doesn't have another PCI-E slot
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post #9 of 41
1/26/12 at 9:48am
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Originally Posted by WiseGuy2k7 View Post

Will you still need to run SLI for triple monitors with NVIDIA Kepler? If I could run it like AMD on a single gpu, I would definitly jump ship again.

nVidia is losing out on the customers that really, really want triple monitor but don't want (or need) dual video cards. They really need to stop forcing these people to have to buy an extra card. I certainly don't want more than one video card but I also don't want multimonitor. Not until the use of them broadens and the support matures.

That being said, I'd stick with one of these: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/
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post #10 of 41
1/26/12 at 9:53am
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nVidia is losing out on the customers that really, really want triple monitor but don't want (or need) dual video cards. They really need to stop forcing these people to have to buy an extra card. I certainly don't want more than one video card but I also don't want multimonitor. Not until the use of them broadens and the support matures.

That being said, I'd stick with one of these: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

You can do on the cheap using SoftTh. Just one maim vid card and second weaker card of any make is all that is required.
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post #11 of 41
1/26/12 at 10:09am
Oh yeah? That's good to know. Thanks.
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post #12 of 41
1/26/12 at 10:15am
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nVidia is losing out on the customers that really, really want triple monitor but don't want (or need) dual video cards. They really need to stop forcing these people to have to buy an extra card. I certainly don't want more than one video card but I also don't want multimonitor. Not until the use of them broadens and the support matures.

That being said, I'd stick with one of these: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

That's the only reason I didn't buy em.
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post #13 of 41
1/26/12 at 10:28am
I do know nVidia is coming out with a card that does support 3 displays.
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post #14 of 41
1/26/12 at 12:56pm
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Oh yeah? That's good to know. Thanks.

Scott this was the solution I was using SoftTH until I found out it only supports upto DX9. Worked great for ARMA2 and RACE07... but alas I needed my BF games to run eyefinity so I upgraded to a 5850.
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post #15 of 41
1/26/12 at 1:57pm
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While researching vid cards I stumbled on this site: http://pcpartpicker.com/ anyone use it before?

Seems like a cool way to price out a system if you know exactly what parts you want.
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post #16 of 41
1/26/12 at 2:17pm
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Originally Posted by WiseGuy2k7 View Post

Scott this was the solution I was using SoftTH until I found out it only supports upto DX9. Worked great for ARMA2 and RACE07... but alas I needed my BF games to run eyefinity so I upgraded to a 5850.

Yeah. Dan told me about that. Kind of sucks that it only works with DX9 or lower. Guess it's time for new videocard! Yay!
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post #17 of 41
1/26/12 at 8:28pm
I'm waiting for generation-Next myself. My 3 unlocked 6950s should hold me over until then... That is of course unless ATI stops supporting them sooner than later (which they seem not to support Crossfire anyways).
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post #18 of 41
1/26/12 at 9:24pm
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I'm waiting for generation-Next myself. My 3 unlocked 6950s should hold me over until then... That is of course unless ATI stops supporting them sooner than later (which they seem not to support Crossfire anyways).

3!?!?!?!? Wow. Bet it can run anything you put to it with ease.
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post #19 of 41
1/27/12 at 7:48am
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3!?!?!?!? Wow. Bet it can run anything you put to it with ease.

Depends on what you mean. Two 7950s should be much faster. Crossfire support is kind of lacking.
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post #20 of 41
1/27/12 at 10:25am
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Depends on what you mean. Two 7950s should be much faster. Crossfire support is kind of lacking.

I don't know to wait it or just go out and by the GTX 590. That things a beast.

That or buy the GTX 570 just because it much cheaper and can still run BF3 on ultra just fine. Decisions decisions.
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post #21 of 41
1/27/12 at 1:01pm
Waiting for 680.....will buy when reviews come out and sell 580

And the circle of life continues......
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post #22 of 41
1/27/12 at 1:19pm
It is always worth waiting when cards with an architectural change are near.
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post #23 of 41
1/27/12 at 1:36pm
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Waiting for 680.....will buy when reviews come out and sell 580

And the circle of life continues......

I imagine a hefty price tag.
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post #24 of 41
1/27/12 at 2:21pm
I'm betting that the new 780's will be in the $599-$649 rage for sure. I'm ok with that, I'm ready for the best of everything! weeeeeeeeeee! I'm expecting that a whole new rig will be in the 2.5K region as I already have SSD's, ram and blu-ray drives.

IVY and Kelper can't get here fast enough!!!
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post #25 of 41
1/27/12 at 3:19pm
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I'm getting ready as well: SSD's, Blu-ray drive, case and Monitor all set to go!
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post #26 of 41
1/27/12 at 3:30pm
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I'm betting that the new 780's will be in the $599-$649 rage for sure. I'm ok with that, I'm ready for the best of everything! weeeeeeeeeee! I'm expecting that a whole new rig will be in the 2.5K region as I already have SSD's, ram and blu-ray drives.

IVY and Kelper can't get here fast enough!!!

If I were to get a card in that range then I'd have to make sure anything you put on it with ease.
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post #27 of 41
1/28/12 at 8:41am
I guess the bigger question is how long will it take before the highest-end Kepler GPU will be offered? Based on information from SemiAccurate, it sounds like Nvidia's upcoming mid-range offering (GK104) might perform about as well as an AMD 7970 but for hundreds of dollars less than current pricing.

If that will be the case, then I can see the highest-end Kepler GPU performing about twice as well as the GTX 580.
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post #28 of 41
1/28/12 at 8:55am
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Originally Posted by MSmith83 View Post

I guess the bigger question is how long will it take before the highest-end Kepler GPU will be offered? Based on information from SemiAccurate, it sounds like Nvidia's upcoming mid-range offering (GK104) might perform about as well as an AMD 7970 but for hundreds of dollars less than current pricing.

If that will be the case, then I can see the highest-end Kepler GPU performing about twice as well as the GTX 580.

Damn if its possible for a mid range nvidia to be that powerful, I will be waiting. My Radeon 5850 will be do me well till then.
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post #29 of 41
1/28/12 at 2:46pm
I'm not sure Nvidia has the ability to deal that kind of death blow....many times before have we been FAILED by specs before production boards ship only to find this gotcha, or that problem. And Nvidia isn't going to sell a $500 board for $300, they know they don't have to, they'll still sell boards.....brand loyalty runs deep.
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post #30 of 41
1/28/12 at 3:03pm
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I'm not sure Nvidia has the ability to deal that kind of death blow....many times before have we been FAILED by specs before production boards ship only to find this gotcha, or that problem. And Nvidia isn't going to sell a $500 board for $300, they know they don't have to, they'll still sell boards.....brand loyalty runs deep.

Na...driver quality runs deep....
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