NVIDIA GTX 680 REFERENCE CARD PLUS
NVIDIA GTX 680 REFERENCE CARD SERIES

Reference clocks for GTX 680 cards are at 1006MHz GPU, which is already quite high, but not maxed out. Geforce GTX 680 cards are based on GK104 graphics chip that is part of NvidiaРІР‚в„ўs Kepler architecture. The card comes with a hefty GPU overclock and proprietary design featuring both an improved power supply and triple fan cooling.

NVIDIA GTX 680 REFERENCE CARD SERIES

It's a well known fact that the most popular graphics cards series usually had a few models that stood out and our todayРІР‚в„ўs guest is Point of View/TGTРІР‚в„ўs GTX 680 Ultra Charged.

Considering the 1080 is faster than both of the 980 Ti and Titan X, which pull out 250W, that's an impressive improvement to efficiency.Review: Silent triple fan cooling and OC at 1110MHz There's a single eight-pin power connector at the rear of the 1080, which feeds its TDP of just 180W. Thus, the typically noisier blower design becomes far more appealing. Thanks to the more efficient manufacturing process as well as improvements to the Pascal architecture, the 1080 doesn't need as much power or cooling as previous generation cards.

NVIDIA GTX 680 REFERENCE CARD PLUS

On the plus side, the Founders Edition will be available over the lifetime of the 1080 rather than just at launch, which is a boon for those who prefer the sharp looks and blower-style design of the reference card. But it's something of a burn for longtime fans to charge more for them, even if reference cards have typically been sold under razor-thin margins in the past. Those partners will have reference designs to go at launch, too, so you're not restricted to buying directly from Nvidia. But for theР’В graphics nerds out there, myself included, it's hard not to be just a tiny bit crestfallen byР’В the jump to 16nm. After years of promises, isn't it about time we had a single GPU card capable of playing high-settings games above 30FPS in 4K?Р”Р„s such,Р’В 1080 isР’В the latest in a long line of impressive, if predictable updates from Nvidia.Р’В For many-particularly those still rocking a 680 or a 780-the performance improvements in the 1080Р’В will be more than enough to justify a purchase. This is the sort of price rise that only a company without competition could get away with.Р’В If AMD's Fury range had fared better, perhaps Nvidia might have pushed the 1080 further or been more aggressive on price. US folks get off lightly with a mere $100 price hike. These cardsР’В will be the only ones available at launch on May 27. Nvidia has jacked up the costР’В of the 1080 (and the upcoming 1070) by Р’Р€35/$50 more than the previous generation while also introducing a frankly ludicrous Р’Р€188Р’В premium for its reference cards (now dubbed 'Founders Edition'). The latterР’В didn't even feature a brand new manufacturing process. The 680 was roughly 30 percent faster than the 580, as was the 780 over the 680. Despite this, the 1080's performance gains aren't entirely unheard of. The 1080 is the first graphics card based on Nvidia'sР’В new Pascal architecture, the first with GDDR5X memory from Micron, and the first to be manufactured onР’В a smaller, more efficient TSMC 16nm FinFET manufacturing process. Still, it's hard to shake the feeling that the GTX 1080 could have been so much more. For those that want the very best graphics card right now, the 1080 is it.

Compared to the 980, in fact, it's faster by as much as 62 percent. Yes, the GTX 1080 is the new world's fastest graphics card, and yes, it's faster than the likes of the now-redundant GTX 980 Ti and Titan X by as much as 35 percent in real-world use. Like theР’В Titan before it, this releaseР’В should redefine consumer graphics card performance-and in manyР’В ways, that seems to be the case. The GTX 1080 ( buy here) should be a generational leap. 3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b with support for 4K60 10/12b HEVC DecodeР”Р‡ounders Edition (as reviewed): Р’Р€619, РІвЂљВ¬789, $699 Partner cards priced at $599 (probably Р’Р€450 in the UK)

Nvidia gtx 680 reference card