HURRAY: Nvidia 600 series not just Fermi!! (Kepler)

[awakeN]

Chinese resellers of MSI barebones have confirmed these dates for the upcoming top dogs:

AMD HD7970M, May 30th
Nvidia GTX680M, July 2nd

They start shipping out the barebones with the GPUs that date. We are not that far away

what teh fahk may 30th?


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[nissangtr786]

Cloudfire any news on the hd 7750m release date.

Normally top end cards mobile take a long time so only 1 month delay for 7970m is decent.

awaKeN is the laptop in your signature the only one you have.

[PaKii94]

Cloudfire any news on the hd 7750m release date.

Normally top end cards mobile take a long time so only 1 month delay for 7970m is decent.

awaKeN is the laptop in your signature the only one you have.

yeah im wondering about this too along with other lower yet gaming cards lol

[anexanhume]

Those dates aren't surprising. TSMC 28nm issues means GTX 680 will be the only Kepler product for a while.

[awakeN]

awaKeN is the laptop in your signature the only one you have.

sadly, yes

EDIT:

BUT WAIT! pastapvz was able to order a barebone with a 7970M in it from a portugeuese reseller, and the ETA was the end of this month.

idk, perhaps MSI i just slow, because they still haven't updated their barebones to a 675M yet either.

[nissangtr786]

Trust me you should be looking at getting the amd 7750m or 7730m or gt650m or gtx660m. No point getting top end I say as then all it is a more convenient way to take a pc with you. The cost is not justified for top end. I heard the gtx680m laptops will cost incredible amounts of money.

Just get a gt650m or 7750m as they will perform as well as the higher end cards from previous generation while being very portable and being energy friendly.

[Meaker]

While they will be, they will simply lack the brute force to do 1080p well.

Also your version of "reasonable" is not the same to others.

For instance an HD 7870 costs £260, while the 7970 is £396.

[PaKii94]

While they will be, they will simply lack the brute force to do 1080p well.

Also your version of "reasonable" is not the same to others.

For instance an HD 7870 costs £260, while the 7970 is £396.

i thought gtx 560m/570m could handle 1080p relatively well... If thats available in a slim frame with adequate cooling whats not to like ? but i see why people would want the latest and best. some people cant afford that or if your like me u want portability and ur willing to sacrifice some performance for it

[awakeN]

Yeah, my main concern right now is the best bang for the buck. I'm realllly hoping for a $1500 P150EM with a 7970M in it - it would be sweet and would probably last me four years before I have to do another refresh, besides, the 28nm in 7970M really brings incredible OCing opportunities. 680M will probably be atrociously priced compared to the 7970M, just like the 580M was compared to the 6990M/70M.

[TheBluePill]

Yeah, my main concern right now is the best bang for the buck. I'm realllly hoping for a $1500 P150EM with a 7970M in it - it would be sweet and would probably last me four years before I have to do another refresh, besides, the 28nm in 7970M really brings incredible OCing opportunities. 680M will probably be atrociously priced compared to the 7970M, just like the 580M was compared to the 6990M/70M.

That would be a great machine for certain. Even with the 6990M, its a great machine now and kind of the Pinnacle of the Powerful/Portable ratio.