Gtx 790?

[Chalky Emultion]

I discovered some articles on internet which talk about a GeForce GTX 790 with these specs:

Cuda Cores: 2496 (x2)
Memory: 5GB GDDR5 (x2)
Mem Bus: 320 Bit (x2)
Core: GK110 (x2)

Will this card be released or it's only a rumor?

 

[AddRAM]

I wouldn`t beleieve anything until you see it on nvidia`s website.

But post the links of the articles you found.

http://wccftech.com/details-nvidia-geforce-gtx-790-finally-surface-4992-cuda-cores-10-gb-memory-5/

There gonna come out with a 6 GB Ti before that.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-preparing-gtx-780-ti-6gb-edition/

 

[Chalky Emultion]

I wouldn`t beleieve anything until you see it on nvidia`s website.

But post the links of the articles you found.

Details Regarding Nvidia Geforce GTX 790 Finally Surface - 4992 Cuda Cores and 10 GB of Memory

There gonna come out with a 6 GB Ti before that.

Nvidia is Preparing the Much Awaited GTX 780 Ti 6GB Edition for Launch

I found articles like these ones.

I have a GTX 690, which is actually the king of graphics cards since May 3rd 2012, thanks to 2 GK104 chips in one pcb, for a grand total of 3072 CUDA cores @1015 MHz. The problem is that it only has got 2GB of memory per card.

So I can't decide if upgrading now (for the question of the memory) to a GTX 780 Ti 6GB (which is almost at the same performance level of the GTX 690) or to a GTX 790 if it will be released, or wait for Maxwell / DirectX 12 GPUs.

Yes, the GTX 690 is an amazing card, but these 2GB aren't so much for my rig

 

[Solarstarshines]

I can tell you right now most games don't even use 2GB Vram unless your gaming on 2560x1440p

if it's 1920/1080 you have more then enough My most intense game takes only 1.6 GB of ram MAX PAYNE 3 on highest settings now if you got a 2nd card it does help but it doesn't combine ram it just helps distribute the load between the two

but in any case you don't really need 3GB unless your gaming on something bigger then two monitors

 

[Chalky Emultion]

I play at 5050x1200 @Surround 3 monitors Some games suffers of 2 GB...

 

[badger906]

its only a rumor atm. could be an insider thing, trying to see if amd will respond with a dual r9 card first. the 780 would be more than man enough for now though. as I can see the 790 being titan money or more!

 

[AddRAM]

Sell your 690 and get a 4 GB card or 2

 

[Chalky Emultion]

Nah, the GTX 690 looks too cool i think I'll wait for Maxwell

 

[Chalky Emultion]

If I sell my GTX 690 for 700 €, I could get 2 GTX 770 4GB or a single 780 Ti... Maybe the 6GB version If it will be released...

 

[AddRAM]

Nah, the GTX 690 looks too cool i think I'll wait for Maxwell

I agree, I could never sell it either

 

[Chalky Emultion]

It's a really good card, the only thing that makes it a non-optimal card is the VRAM.
I made a mistake 1 year ago buying this instead of 2 GTX 680 4GB in SLI... But the GTX 690 was too much cool and I decided for it, saving around 150 €...

 

[badger906]

id get another 690! work out far cheaper and give you enough ram and horse power to max anything out and may even play some games at 4k happily!

 

[Chalky Emultion]

Do you know how VRAM works for dual GPUs or SLI?

GTX 690 is 4 GB GDDR5, 2x2 GB. The effettive VRAM is 2 GB GDDR5.

If you SLI 4x GTX 680 4 GB, you don't get 4+4+4+4=16 GB, but only 4 GB.

 

[Chalky Emultion]

And call it cheap lol

 

[badger906]

by cheaper I meant than a 790 which will probably be $900+ so the rumours speculate.

im an ATI person but if it were me id get a single gtx 780. a reference version is around £500 so youd get some return if you sold your current card well maybe not sure what € are worth these days.

 

[Chalky Emultion]

GTX 690 costs 999$...

And quad SLI = more microstuttering + non optimized games...

And yes, I'm bottlenecked by VRAM, I'm sure...

 

[AddRAM]

Yep, you only get to use the ram that`s on the top card either in sli or crossfire. So it would fine to put a 4 GB up top in the 1st pci express slot and a 2 GB card in the 2nd pci express slot.

 

[Chalky Emultion]

Yep, you only get to use the ram that`s on the top card either in sli or crossfire. So it would fine to put a 4 GB up top in the 1st pci express slot and a 2 GB card in the 2nd pci express slot.

So teorically can I SLI a GTX 770 4GB and a GTX 770 2GB?

 

[AddRAM]

Yep. As long as it`s the same series card you can sli or crossfire.

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-3778-KR

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-3774-KR

 

[Chalky Emultion]

Awesome! I didn't know that!