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    New details regarding upcoming GTX 780M

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Cloudfire, Mar 1, 2013.

  1. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    If I ever hear a random scottish voice passing through the country being all "THIS IS SINGLE GPUUUUUU!!!!" in the middle of the afternoon or something, I'll be like... "Meaker."
     
    D2 Ultima, May 1, 2013
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  2. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    hes actually english, not a scotsman :D

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, May 1, 2013
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  3. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    Oh. His profile thingy said scotland so I just figured he was that XD
     
    D2 Ultima, May 1, 2013
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  4. failwheeldrive

    failwheeldrive Notebook Deity

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    It'd be so much better if he were Scottish. I could imagine him going all braveheart and donning a kilt and blue facepaint while he overclocks the crap out of his laptops lol. It takes a serious dude to push his hardware that far :p
     
    failwheeldrive, May 1, 2013
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  5. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    And imagine if he was a WoW player and on the horde side. He'll be in his getup and he'll be like... "OVERCLOCK MY MINION! FOR THE HORDEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
     
    D2 Ultima, May 1, 2013
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  6. Generalsurgery

    Generalsurgery Newbie

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    Guess this means I'll have to wait before purchasing a new one, ack!
     
    Generalsurgery, May 1, 2013
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  7. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Historically I ran with 2 cards when I worked on desktops......
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 1, 2013
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  8. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I believe that, otherwise he'd be too busy drinking to actually spend time benchmarking and posting. :p
     
    HTWingNut, May 1, 2013
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  9. Prema

    Prema Your Freedom, Your Choice

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    I didn't want to bring it up, glad you did. :D

    De-benched:

    [​IMG]
     
    Prema, May 2, 2013
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  10. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    .. but then came 680m aaaaaaand "THIS IS SINGLE CARD!!!" :D

     
    maxheap, May 2, 2013
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  11. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    lol don't worry Meaker. We only tease because we love you. <3 and stuff.
     
    D2 Ultima, May 2, 2013
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  12. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    I wonder being so much faster and all will it be a lot hotter than the 680M? Hats off to Nvidia if it consumes the same amount of power or less!!
     
    King of Interns, May 2, 2013
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  13. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    We believe it is going to be undervolted a bit and therefore it should provide similar heat even with the better power. I.E. nVidia is actually trying really hard to please its mobile customers this time.
     
    D2 Ultima, May 2, 2013
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  14. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    This is fantastic! I may very well switch to green this time around :)
     
    King of Interns, May 2, 2013
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  15. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Im debating between one or two cards this gen, will depend on the alienware models and screen options.

    Two full gk104 cores (if that's what it is) running at 1.05ghz 24/7 does have a certain appeal.....
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 2, 2013
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    danz2690 Newbie

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    The 780m is looking promising cant wait to get new laptop with 780m SLI. Glad i waited now :). Have nvidia set an exact release date?
     
    danz2690, May 2, 2013
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  17. neoideo

    neoideo Notebook Consultant

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    Is the 780M a GK110 one?
     
    neoideo, May 3, 2013
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  18. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    No, because that would end up being another 480M style disaster.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 3, 2013
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  19. neoideo

    neoideo Notebook Consultant

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    I see, thanks dude.
     
    neoideo, May 3, 2013
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  20. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    I don`t know. I think GK110 would be a better choice than GK104. Better efficiency, give GPGPU people an affordable option. Fitting those extra 2 VRAM chips on the MXM card would be an issue, but if they managed to build one, I`m sure they would have done it.
     
    Cloudfire, May 3, 2013
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  21. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Every GPU has a power performance curve, the further you move away from the intended speed the lower the efficiency gets, considering you would have to hack off the major advantage (rops and extra 128bit memory controller) along with the tanked clocked speeds you would get a VERY sporadic performing chip weak in all the areas nvidia are usually strong in.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 3, 2013
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  22. neoideo

    neoideo Notebook Consultant

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    in my case a not so powerfull GPU with GK110 functionalities, such as dynamic parallelism and hyperq, would have been Great for what i am doing. I guess it is not the time yet.

    Sent from my MI 2 using Tapatalk 2
     
    neoideo, May 3, 2013
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    As meaker mentioned, the additional power GK110 requires with added functions that GK104 doesn't use, along with power constraints etc, it would have require a massive downlclock, undervoltage and generally underperfoming GPU. The result would be that you could have had a much more powerful overclocked 680m than what the ultra castrated titan could muster.
     
    ryzeki, May 3, 2013
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  24. Blacky

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  25. Mr.Koala

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    +1

    If they are worried it's not as fast as the "lower" GeForce, they can make it a Quadro. The same applies to the FirePro line.

    A top-end desktop card underclocked to fit into a notebook with all the functions untouched could even be useful for testing race conditions and stuff like that. It's a very different story when you're running a mid-range chip with only 1/24 FP64.
     
    Mr.Koala, May 6, 2013
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  26. unphoto

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    Don't mind the Dutch text, just look at the pretty pictures and the 30% faster bit :)
     
    unphoto, May 13, 2013
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    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    Blacky, May 31, 2013
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  28. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    well even tho the 8970m is quite the disappointment, i doubt that nvidia claim of holding 99%+ of haswell gaming notebooks will come true :p

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Jun 1, 2013
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