NVIDIA 7xx series??

[TedShackley]

if they changed name from 600s to 700s, it would have been for "marketing" since AMD has 7000s, and noobs would goto the PC store and see 600s, or 7000s and say wow 7000 is a big number

[rjbarker]

if they changed name from 600s to 700s, it would have been for "marketing" since AMD has 7000s, and noobs would goto the PC store and see 600s, or 7000s and say wow 7000 is a big number

Uh no.....it would simply be to fill the Mobile Market GPU's with a series name, as in 280's to 480's...remember Series 3xx was dedicated to Mobile GPU's? Has absolutely nothing to do with Marketing....

[belgolas]

Hmm all I want is a new gpu that would be better than my 480 SLI. So far the 6990 is the only one that is close.

[Soultribunal]

Originally Posted by TedShackley

if they changed name from 600s to 700s, it would have been for "marketing" since AMD has 7000s, and noobs would goto the PC store and see 600s, or 7000s and say wow 7000 is a big number

Absolutely nothing to do with it. Otherwise on that logic the 4XX series from nVIdia would have been out when the 4XXX series from ATI was. Not the 5000 series to which it competed. It just doesn't work that way, and the Vast majority of people who buy a Graphics card beyond $100 do some research before shopping.
While most of the cards below $100 are for System builders and OEM's.



@ Belgolas - Well the 6990 might be a powerful card but its very limited production. I would opt for 1 7950 now, and then one in the near future for something really really powerful.
Even if you could still find a 6990, the price for it isn't worth it with a new architecture out in the marketplace.

-ST

[rommelrommel]

Why would you want to replace SLI 480's anyways? If it's just some performance SLI 7970's or 580's will give you that. A 6990 isn't even much of a step up. If you want a single card that's going to beat SLI 480's significantly you're waiting for the 7990 or 690/790/whatever nvidia calls the dual GPU kepler.

[belgolas]

No I don't want to sell my cards. I am just saying it would be nice to see a single GPU beat my dual 480's which is not gonna happen this time around. So I most likely have to wait for the 790(unless this gen from nvidia is 700 so then I have to wait for 890).

I won't be selling my GPU's till I can't run most games on high. So far pretty much everything is maxed including AA so I am completely happy. I just love building computers and its been so long....

[rjbarker]

^^^^ Thats why I got a couple of Ultra 3GB Cards ;)

[GT7R]

So March 23rd? Hope so!
http://en.expreview.com/2012/03/03/n...3rd/21573.html