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@ 2012/03/26In an industry where 6 month product cycles are considered a
norm, the new NVIDIA Kepler architecture took a while to get here. The
last NVIDIA microarchitecture, Fermi was launched about 18 months ago,
or roughly 3 product cycles ago. In the preceding 6 months, NVIDIA had
only launched two new Fermi-based graphics cards - the GeForce GTX 560
Ti Limited Edition (with 448 CUDA cores), and the budget-level GeForce
510. As such, the launch of its latest Kepler architecture is truly a
breath of fresh air.
As is NVIDIA's habit, they mark the launch of a new microarchitecture
with their flagship model of the family. So here we are, with the tech
report on NVIDIA's latest graphics behemoth, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX
680. Let's take a look.
norm, the new NVIDIA Kepler architecture took a while to get here. The
last NVIDIA microarchitecture, Fermi was launched about 18 months ago,
or roughly 3 product cycles ago. In the preceding 6 months, NVIDIA had
only launched two new Fermi-based graphics cards - the GeForce GTX 560
Ti Limited Edition (with 448 CUDA cores), and the budget-level GeForce
510. As such, the launch of its latest Kepler architecture is truly a
breath of fresh air.
As is NVIDIA's habit, they mark the launch of a new microarchitecture
with their flagship model of the family. So here we are, with the tech
report on NVIDIA's latest graphics behemoth, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX
680. Let's take a look.
