14 DAY TRIAL // With just a few hours separating us from the official launch of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 680, Newegg listed online several graphics cards based on this design, from makers such as Asus, Galaxy, Zotac, EVGA, Gigabyte, PNY and MSI.
The listings, which have been removed by now, included detailed specs of the cards, as well as the prices these will be launched at.
Fortunately for us, Legit Reviews managed to catch a glimpse of these listings which confirm that the GK104 graphics processor used for the GTX 680 has a 1,006MHz base clock (2,012MHz shader frequency) and that it contains 1536 CUDA cores.
In Nvidia’s latest creation, this GPU is linked to 2GB of GDDR5 memory running at 1,502MHz (6,008MHz data rate).
Just as we reported yesterday, pricing for the GTX 680 seems to be set at $499 (375 EUR), although some more advanced models retail for as much as $534.99 (roughly 400 EUR).
A few Newegg users were even lucky enough to place orders for the GTX 680 cards listed. One of these customers even posted his receipt as proof of the purchase.
A screenshot of the listings is available here, while the GeForce GTX 680 presentation page can be viewed here.
As we previously reported, Nvidia’s next-generation Kepler graphics core will also feature support for a new technology called GPU Boost.
Apparently, this works similarly to Intel’s Turbo Boost technology to automatically increase the graphics core frequency to a maximum of 1058MHz, when the video card works below its rated TDP.
Speaking of TDP, the GTX 680 is expected to fit inside a 195 Watt thermal envelope, and gets its power from two 6-pin PCI Express connectors that are stacked one on top of the other at the rear of the PCB.
The standard video output configuration includes a pair of dual-link DVI ports, an HDMI port, as well as a DisplayPort 1.2 connector.