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    New NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M now available from ORIGIN PC Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Jerry Jackson, Jun 4, 2012.

  1. Jerry Jackson

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    Jerry Jackson, Jun 4, 2012
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  2. extide

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    1344 CUDA cores and 4GB of GDDR5 memory, wow, I was expecting only 768 cores and 2GB memory. This might be a lot faster than I was thinking it would be!
     
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  3. Jerry Jackson

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    I think NVIDIA decided to push things as far as possible with Kepler in order to try and take an even greater percentage of the discrete GPU market.

    It's not just at the high end with the GTX 680M ... NVIDIA wants notebook OEMs to see the value of putting a discrete GPU (even a low-end GPU) inside notebooks and ultrabooks instead of relying on Intel's latest generation of integrated graphics.
     
    Jerry Jackson, Jun 4, 2012
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    Price tag instakilled my excitement...
     
    DaCM, Jun 4, 2012
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    4golife Notebook Guru

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    Yea, same here $524 *whistles*. Will this be a universal price tag for other laptop companies (MSI, Clevo, Asus)?
     
    4golife, Jun 4, 2012
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  6. Jerry Jackson

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    ORIGIN PC tends to charge a premium ... I'll leave it to the forum members to discuss if it's deserved.

    As usual, the top-of-the-line GPU is always more expensive but you'll probably see several notebooks equipped with the GTX 680M for a more modest price tag before Christmas.
     
    Jerry Jackson, Jun 4, 2012
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    Does anyone have an ETA?
     
    Notabrawd, Jun 4, 2012
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    Now all we need is Eurocom to put two GTX680M's along with an 8-core Xeon inside that socket 2011 platform from Clevo...

    Heavy duty suddenly gets a new meaning!
     
    Luscious, Jun 4, 2012
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    The benchmarks below have been provided by Nvidia, so definitely take them with a grain of salt.

    [​IMG]
     
    IKAS V, Jun 4, 2012
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  10. MaXKiLLz

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    What's the point of getting everyone excited saying it's now available when it isn't?
     
    MaXKiLLz, Jun 5, 2012
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  11. Jerry Jackson

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    That's a good question for ORIGIN PC ... the story is based on their press release.
     
    Jerry Jackson, Jun 6, 2012
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    I want a GPUz screenshot! DX I MUST KNOW THE ROP AND TMU COUNT! MUST CALCULATE IN HEAD BEFORE RELEASED! O_O

    GTX 660M has 16 ROPs and 40 TMUs btw. :3
     
    imglidinhere, Jun 6, 2012
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