GTX 690 announced on Nvidia Stream

[DeltrusDisc]

I think there was a point in shopping out that logo, just to draw peoples' eyes more to what they're really trying to show off, the new GPUs and SLI bridge.

[Powerninja]

This is why I love Nvidia

[Mazaxist]

the cheapest GTX 680 that i could find was 579.99 so
GTX 680 x 2 = 1159.98 compared to GTX 690 x 1 = 999.99

[glo]

the cheapest GTX 680 that i could find was 579.99 so
GTX 680 x 2 = 1159.98 compared to GTX 690 x 1 = 999.99

Not sure where you're shopping, but the 680 retails for $500.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130768

[Defengar]

so if I have a dual card setup with these, will I be able to play Max Payne with no lag?

Also, whats this DDR2 I am hearing about?

Infracted.

[glo]

Quad SLI (two 690s = four 680s) on Z77 boards that could only do normal SLI with 680s because they only have two PCI-E 3.0 slots that are usable for graphics cards isn't a good reason to buy it?

What decent board can't accommodate 3 680s? Further, you only need PCIe 2.0 for them. So two on PCIe 3, and one on PCIe2 would work just fine as long as it's 16x.

[DeltrusDisc]

Not sure where you're shopping, but the 680 retails for $500.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130768

Yeah, a whopping 2 total 680s retail for $500.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tx+680&x=0&y=0

[glo]

Yeah, a whopping 2 total 680s retail for $500.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tx+680&x=0&y=0

Reference 680s cost $500.

What is your point? Do you think non-reference 590s are going to magically cost the same amount as reference designs and not scale the same way? Lol.

[DeltrusDisc]

Maybe you should have told that person "the reference 680" instead of just saying "the 680" because the latter implies any 680. A lot of people prefer not to buy reference and rather would want to get a better cooler on the card or perhaps one that the aftermarket companies have tweaked, which is I believe the type of 460 you have, so please glo, no need to act so smug. Lol.

[glo]

The point is, there's no 680 that I can find on any reputable site for 580 bucks, except the hydro copper. He was trying to say reference 690s (that's all that exists right now) will cost less than 580s.

And I don't know what the hell card I have, it's really weird. I ordered it from geeks.com for $120, been thinking about making a post on the forums with pictures, cause they sent me some really wacky shit.

I wanted the EE cooler version because of how hot it gets during the summer here, and how crammed my mid-tower is. Turns out it was in a Nvidia box, branded by Nvidia, and randomly had 2GB of memory instead of 1. It also only had 1 PCI plug on it (still overclocks to 850Mhz easy peasy), and runs by default on lower voltage than the reference design.

I don't really know what to make of it. It makes 0 sense to me considering Nvidia never had an OEM or reference design with EE.

[DeltrusDisc]

Hmm, I'd be intrigued to see that and I'm sure others would too. ^_^ $120 does not sound too bad, either.

[glo]

I need to install a new fan I got, so I may as well do it now. I'll make a post in 15 minutes or so.

[Voorhees83]

So.. I was just about to pull the trigger on 2x7970 powercolor LCS (ek waterblocks) and then I see this post. So I was really wanting to try to water cool my whole setup, but now I am really debating on trying to grab one of these beasts, or maybe wait and see what the 7990 has to offer.

So I have never had the chance to remotely think about the dual gpu cards before now.
I guess my questions would be...

1. Will they release waterblocks for them?
2. If they sell for $899, I could possibly get 2 of them... would running quad SLI cause major driver/gaming issues? and would they run too hot in SLI on air?
3. Would a 1000w 80+ gold Hale90 be able to run SLI with those and a 3930k (light OC)

[kidsafe]

1. Will they release waterblocks for them?
2. If they sell for $899, I could possibly get 2 of them... would running quad SLI cause major driver/gaming issues? and would they run too hot in SLI on air?
3. Would a 1000w 80+ gold Hale90 be able to run SLI with those and a 3930k (light OC)

1) Of course.
2) It's your money. They shouldn't run too hot if your motherboard allows for a free slot in between and you have adequate case cooling.
3) It will be enough unless you massively OC the 690s.

[Voorhees83]

Not planning to OC alot, im completely new to it. I have the P9x79 WS and it will be in the switch 810, so room should definitely not be an issue. Now to wait till thursday and see what happens. I could forgo watercooling and just use the Havik 120 for my CPU and run non watercooled gpu's. I could get 2x690's for sure if I don't do the water cool setup. Now to weight options more.

Thanks for the reply man.

[Deleted]

The only thing that really bothers me is stating it has 4GB when since it is going to be in an sli form its really only has 2GB to use.

[Voorhees83]

Is that really the case? I never knew when running SLI/Crossfire that it didnt add the memory together?

[kidsafe]

Yes it is. In SLI each card is responsible in entirety for rendering its own frame or portion of a frame. The only data shared between the SLI link is the finished image.

[Deleted]

The only thing that really bothers me is stating it has 4GB when since it is going to be in an sli form its really only has 2GB to use.

Well, to be fair it will have 2x2GB of vRAM, so the claim is "true" in that regard. However, it is as kidsafe says; the two GPUs on the PCB does not "share" this vRAM so effectively the GTX 690 will have 2GB. This will not matter much if you play at 1080p or 1200p, but if you aim to run nVidia surround with 5760x1080 resolution the vRAM might become your primary bottleneck, especially if you are running high-end titles with AA turned up.

[Cyanotical]

Bet you he'll conveniently show up in this thread after every store has sold out.

how about before they are in stock anywhere?


at $1000 a piece, it makes more sense to get 4 680s instead, seems the 690 is only worth while for quad SLI on a non 4 way capable board, the 590 was $300 less, making it a deal over 4 580s, i don't see that happening, i do however think that the 690 will receive the same treatment as the 590, a big dog and pony show at first, then Nvidia will drop all support of it