680 MegaReview preview thread
 

Since I'm spilling some beans here and there I decided to open up a thread here in which I'll be posting some results from the small review that I am preparing for the 680 ( under 120 pages hopefully ).

For the time being I only have completed measurements from a GTX 580 ( MSI Twin Frozr II OC @ 800MHz GPU - 1024MHz MEM ( GDDR5-4096 ) and some from the GTX 680.
I'm testing everything, 1080p, 2048x1536, 5760x1080 ( nV Surround ), etc and I'll add a HD7970 too.

Mind-boggling amount Games & benchmarks incoming :P

STALKER: Call of Pripyat benchmark
1920x1080 4xAA 4xTrSSAA 16xAF
Max game details
Max Image Quality settings @ nVIDIA Driver

http://www.abload.de/img/stalker1080p_580_vs_6g6d4v.png

http://www.benchzone.com/images/hard...eg/stalker.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/drivers61kfa.png

off to an impressive start for the 680 :eek:

DiRT 3 Benchmark:

GTX580@800MHz - 4096MEM = min 64.76fps - avg 76.71fps
GTX680 Stock = min 86.65 - avg 107.02

33.8% higher min fps
39.5% higher avg fps

Cool bro, now lets see what it can do for BF3 .............. :thumbsup:

I'm guessing the relationship will remain pretty much the same. Should be interesting when the Lightning version comes out :thumbsup:

Now :D

Same like the above tests, 1920x1080 4xAA 4xTrSSAA 16xAF
All game settings at Max ( Ultra ) except PostAA which is set to Medium ( high and ultra blurs the image quite a lot due to the nature of FXAA )

GTX 580 @ 800MHz - GDDR5-4096 = min 29fps - avg 43.349fps - max = 66.666fps
GTX 680 @ Stock = min 44.333fps - avg 58.613fps - max = 91fps

52.8% higher minimum FPS
35.2% higher average FPS
36.5% higher max FPS

Such a marked improvement in performance, crazy.

Thanks BZ, so now there is a single card solution for BF3 with eye candy on ..... :thumbsup:

Makes you wonder what the GTX780 will do ......... :clapping:

That's the one I'm gonna wait for :thumbsup:

yea me too, my 580's crush BF3 ...... 780's will be great for some global action as well as a long term retirment plan in the gamer ........... :thumbsup:

With moving and all have to sit out the 680 global battle ......... :ohcrap:

I'm waiting to hit the next big lottery.

Yea I played mega millions ......... I lost ....... :thumbdown:

I lost too :thumbdown:, but then, I didn't buy any tickets, so I made out better than you guys :rofl:

I won, but keep it hush hush :P

Oh so you're that lady that said the tickets wern't a group purchase and is trying to keep the money for herself?


http://now.msn.com/money/0402-mcdona...amillions.aspx

Ok enough trashing this great thread. Sorry BZ.

FSAA ( Full Screen Anti-Aliasing ) Scaling:

GTX 680 @ Stock
2600K @ 4.2GHz
32GB DDR3-1600

DiRT 3 ( 1920x1080, Max Details )
Off = min 105 - avg 124.469 - max 141.5
2xMSAA = min 95 - avg 112.653 - max 130
4xMSAA = min 96 - avg 110.061 - max 125.5
8xMSAA = min 81.5 - avg 95.35 - max 108.5
8xCSAA = min 82.5 - avg 95.355 - max 107.5
8xQCSAA = min 81 - avg 95.242 - max 107.666


NFS: Shift ( 1920x1440, Max Details )
Off = min 85 - avg 95.975 - max 112.5
2xMSAA = min 76 - avg 85.455 - max 99
4xMSAA = min 75 - avg 85.103 - max 99.5
8xMSAA = min 63 - avg 72.033 - max 84
8xMSAA 16xAF = min 62 - avg 70.783 - max 83


BattleField: Bad Company 2 ( Single Player Campaign: Cold War, 1920x1080, Max Details )
Off = min 86 - avg 122.125 - max 168
2xMSAA = min 80 - avg 109.922 - max 157.333
4xMSAA = min 72.333 - avg 102.383 - max 149.666
8xMSAA = min 57 - avg 86.03 - max 127.333

that's pretty cool dude
i wonder how that would go vs. the new red cards

Red cards? We don't need no stinkin Red Cards :rofl:

nvidia fan boys...


YES WE ARE! I know i am

Time to see how the "Ambient Occlusion" feature in the nVIDIA Control Panel affects the performance.

If a game doesn't support Ambient Occlusion by its own, with an nVIDIA graphics card you can force ( enable ) Ambient Occlusion by enabling it at the nVIDIA driver's control panel ( there's a "Performance" oriented setting, and the maximum image quality "quality" setting ).

Let's take a look at 2 games for now:

Ambient Occlusion

NFS Shift ( 1920x1440, 2xAA 16xAF, Max Details )
Off = min 138 - avg 155.617 - max 183
Performance = min 105 - avg 113.608 - max 130
Quality = min 78 - avg 85.533 - max 98

Resident Evil 5 Benchmark - Fixed Benchmark ( 1920x1080, 4xAA 2xTrSSAA 0xAF, Max Details )
Off = min 146 - avg 169.667 - max 220
Performance = min 117 - avg 136.976 - max 189.5
Quality = min 109.5 - avg 129.15 - max 172.5

Have you tryed 3dmark or like heaven ?

I never seen that setting lol

With games I just set everything to max quality

Stock results, benchmark's default settings:

3D Mark11

P = 9271
X = 3304

3D Mark Vantage:
P = 32720
X = 19381

HWbot Heaven Xtreme = 2013.305

The above results taken with the following setup:

i7-2600K @ 4.2GHz
32GB DDR3-1600 10-10-10-24
GTX 680 Stock
Win7x64 SP1
301.10 WHQL Driver

^ Sick ^

Full Screen Anti-Aliasing: Multi-Sampling vs Super-Sampling

Call of Juarez, DirectX 10, Max Details, Ambient Occlusion @ Performance @ nVIDIA Driver

0xAA = min 62.566 - avg 113.533 - max 198
4xMSAA = min 40.266 - avg 98.333 - max 183.5
4xSSAA = min 24.266 - avg 61.7 - max 97.433

holy shit, I'm starting to want one of these :D

How about ~2 hours ( 108 minutes ) of continuous BattleField 3 gameplay ( one map, 1000 tickets haha ) in Caspian Border @ Conquest Mode @ 32 players ?

System specs:
2600K @ 4.2GHz
32GB DDR3-1600
GTX 680 @ 1202MHz ( steady, not moving up or down at all ) GPU Core -- 1778MHz MEM ( GDDR5-7114 )

BattleField 3 Settings:
Everything at max ( Ultra ) EXCEPT: PostAA = Medium
Deferred Anti-Aliasing @ 4x ( MSAA 4x )
Anisotropic Filtering @ 16x
Drivers Set to max quality like shown in a previous post of mine

And the final stats...

Minimum FPS: 46.666 --- Average FPS: 70.426 --- Maximum FPS: 138.444

26 minutes @ Wake Island Conquest Assault Large

1920x1080 2x MSAA 2xTrSSAA 16xAF - All Max except Post AA @ Medium ( HBAO On of course )
4.2GHz 2600K
69GB DDR3-1600 10-10-10-24 1T
GTX 680 @ 1254MHz GPU Core, 1777MHz MEM
301.10 WHQL

http://www.abload.de/img/wake_islandsfukk.png

Here's my short ( yeah right! ) review for the GeForce GTX 680 @ 1080p resolution.

http://www.benchzone.com/page.php?al...gtx_680_review

Contents:

http://www.abload.de/img/1080p_review_summaryrru3h.png

Me too!if it wasn't a paper launch but I do Thank them for bringing down prices of the 7970!!!
I wont buy Team Green brand new again as they gouge the consumers pocket usually for all there worth!!!

Not the green team's fault, nor their demands and purpose.

In Europe and Asia ( where the consumers with the ability to buy GTX 680's are significantly less than in the US ) there's good availability, and decent prices.

In Europe since... the Euro currency got introduced, the pricing of computer HW was nearly on a strict " price in $US = price in Euros" ( $499 GTX 680 = 499 euros ).

You can get a GTX 680 starting at 460 euros ( no extras hidden, sales tax included, all inclusive ).

Some shops ( hint hint NEWEGG shenanigans ) just price gouge when they see the opportunity to make the most out of a small amount of cards.

Checked NewEgg for 7970 Lightnings yesterday... and saw the price and said "Oh Gosh!"... but then again... I did a local search, and at the moment in Greece and the UK ( Amazon ) they're asking 700+ euros for it and thought about the previous "Oh Gosh" a two times :P

Broke down and ordered today :D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121634

LWooo! Kick some ass!!

isnt there going to be like a GTX 685 :laughing:

nope