Introduction

GeForce GTX 680 Market Segment Analysis GeForce

GTX 580 Radeon

HD 7950 Radeon

HD 7970 GeForce

GTX 680 ZOTAC GTX

680 AMP! Radeon

HD 6990 GeForce

GTX 590 Shader Units 512 1792 2048 1536 1536 2x 1536 2x 512 ROPs 48 32 32 32 32 2x 32 2x 48 Graphics Processor GF110 Tahiti Tahiti GK104 GK104 2x Cayman 2x GF110 Transistors 3000M 4310M 4310M 3500M 3500M 2x 2640M 2x 3000M Memory Size 1536 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB 2x 2048 MB 2x 1536 MB Memory Bus Width 384 bit 384 bit 384 bit 256 bit 256 bit 2x 256 bit 2x 384 bit Core Clock 772 MHz 800 MHz 925 MHz 1006 MHz+ 1111 MHz+ 830 MHz 607 MHz Memory Clock 1002 MHz 1250 MHz 1375 MHz 1502 MHz 1652 MHz 1250 MHz 855 MHz Price $380 $380 $450 $500 $579 $700 $750

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680 was introduced just weeks ago and has taken the enthusiast market by storm. It offers great performance at significantly reduced power consumption. NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking algorithm works well and provides a nice speed boost for the card. We are now seeing the first custom GTX 680 board designs pop up.ZOTAC's GTX 680 AMP! Edition uses the reference design PCB and a custom triple slot cooler. The company also included a huge clock increase to 1111 MHz base clock and 1652 MHz memory. Price-wise the ZOTAC GTX 680 AMP! Edition comes at a hefty price of $579.