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: