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GeForce GTX 680 Review
GeForce GTX 680 is a high-end Graphics Card based on the 28nm, Kepler architecture.
The Kepler architecture allows more SPUs but the Fermi SPUs (used on the 400 & 500 Series) are clocked twice as fast as the Kepler architecture. Therefore, don't let the large amount of Pipelines fool you, as the 1536 Pipelines are equivalent to 768 Pipelines, of the Fermi architecture.
GeForce GTX 680 features a 1006Mhz core-clock that can automatically set itself to 1058Mhz using a technology similar to the one used on Intel GPUs. Another huge surprise is the TDP that went from 244 Watts, to just 195 Watts, as two SPUs of the Kepler architecture consume 10% less power. However, the amount was doubled and so the power save is not as high as it could have been.
GeForce GTX 680 was the fastest single GPU of the world until Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition was released.
All games will run on the maximum settings smoothly.
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GeForce GTX 680 Performance Specification
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1006 MHz
Kepler GK104
2048 MB
1502 MHz
256 Bit
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28nm
128
128.768 GTexel/s
32
32.192 GPixel/s
1536
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extreamgamer110
10:39 May-12-2013

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hey plz tell me some cooling solutions for graphic card
mydreamrigmaza90210
16:22 May-12-2013

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thermal past, or a cooler, these guys specialise in graphics card cooling
http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/569/accelero-hybrid.html
or you could water cool, or add more fans to your case, there are a lot of ways
mydreamrigmaza90210
17:30 May-10-2013

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8% now
mydreamrigmaza90210
15:31 May-08-2013

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0%, that's pretty awesome!
mydreamrigmaza90210
13:16 May-04-2013

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sparkh
06:12 Apr-28-2013

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ouch even sli GTX 285 is worse
mydreamrigmaza90210
18:19 Apr-30-2013

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no it isn't, sli 285 is worst. and there's microstuttering
Trollercoaster
06:44 May-06-2013

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Nah, I wouldn't say it's the worst. The GTX 285 is still a quite high-end gpu. Sure, it can't use newer driver versions nor can it use DirectX 11, but still, it can compete with a HD 7770 although it's released in the end of 2008. And in SLI this (maybe a bit much power-consumpting :D) GPU can compete with a HD 7850 or a 650 ti. So I wouldn't say it's a bad card, it's just a bit outdated ;)
mydreamrigmaza90210
18:39 May-06-2013

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by worst i meant worst than the 680, but I haven't really heard of the graphics card anyway
sparkh
10:22 May-10-2013

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dude, it's WORSE not WORST, just saying :)
mydreamrigmaza90210
16:23 May-10-2013

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yeah I just realised, need to fix ma grammar.
mydreamrigmaza90210
12:51 Apr-27-2013

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epic 2% better
xfirex
20:23 Apr-18-2013

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wich card would be best for my NorthQ psu? its 400W with 18A on +12v rail
mydreamrigmaza90210
16:51 Apr-22-2013

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maybe GTX 660, or 650 ti boost, I would recommend a better PSU
luckystrykerr
22:08 Apr-04-2013

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Which of them is the best?
Zilincan
23:45 Apr-04-2013

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With highest clock speeds its galaxy soc edition
diogon
13:39 Apr-01-2013

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i think this is better than the radeon 7970 GHz and heres why:
It Uses much less energy with the same clocks (more 6MHz on the core clock) same memory clocks and for little less performance
steepgnomeking
16:16 Apr-01-2013

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You can not compare an AMD and a Nvidia gpu from their core clocks and stream processors vs cuda cores. They are so very different in the way they work. But yes the power consumption in much less on the 680 which is nice to have if you are trying to save money on a power bill or money on a power supply.
jamesbrooke
05:33 Mar-28-2013

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GTX680 can SLI with GTX670?
steepgnomeking
05:48 Mar-28-2013

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Trollercoaster
11:19 May-03-2013

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Only a few different GFXs can be crossfired. And all of those belong to AMD. :P
mydreamrigmaza90210
16:35 May-03-2013

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yeah, like 7870xt+7950/7970
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