Geforce GTX 680 review

Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/21/2012 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Introduction

GeForce GTX 680

Oh man, it feels like it has been forever since NVIDIA released a product based on a new architecture. And I know you'll have been feeling and sharing the same sentiment as well. It's time for something new alright.

But realistically, the economic times have an effect on the graphics industry as well as a changing market. Next to that the new 28 nm fabrication process technology had to mature a little before becoming a viable commercial product.

And then there's AMD, we honestly think that NVIDIA has been sitting around and waiting to see how their series 7000 would perform. Regardless of all the superlatives and theories you can fire off on it, the time has arrived for Kepler. Kepler my friends is the codename for the architecture behind the GeForce series 600 graphics cards.

Today the GeForce 680 sees the light and has been born, a product that has had many discussions and has seen many rumors. It's time to put an end to that and replace it with facts. The GeForce GTX 680 2 GB is now a fact and selling in the stores as we speak. The all new product has some interesting new features which we'll happily discuss with you -- obviously the GeForce GTX 680 is positioned against AMD's Radeon HD 7970 so we'll pit it against each other 1:1 -- gangsta guru style.

But hey -- have a look at NVIDIA's newest flagship graphics card, and then let's head onwards into the review.

GeForce GTX 680

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