14 DAY TRIAL // NVIDIA may not have actually launched the Kepler yet, but listings of the card, or OEM models at least, have begun to crop up, one of them belonging to Zotac.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 680 graphics card, based on the newest and greatest graphics processor form NVIDIA, has appeared on the Dutch online store ComCom.nl.
There, it carries a price of 426.20 Euro when taxes aren't factored in, and 507.18 Euro when taxes are added.
That translates into $561 and $668, respectively, although it is unlikely that the US price will follow exchange rates that closely.
At any rate, the listing can be found above, but prospective buyers should keep in mind that shipments won't start for weeks; between 2 and 5 weeks to be specific.
It is also probable that the prices will decrease once availability is finally reached.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 680 video controller boasts the Kepler GPU working at a clock speed of 1,006 MHz.
The amount of VRAM is 2 GB (GDDR5) and the frequency of that memory is 6,008 MHz.
Unfortunately, the listing doesn't reveal much more than that about the product, although the support for 4-way SLI multi-GPU configurations is assured.
Then again, with just one card supposedly trouncing every other board in existence today, there shouldn't be much need for more than one adapter, unless owners want 3D Vision Surround gaming or the like.
Speaking of which, there are two DVI outputs on the board, plus a DisplayPort and an HDMI connector.
On a related note, people who want a new video card but don't feel like getting the absolute greatest, for whatever reason, may want to check out the Zotac GeForce GTX 560 SE. Its availability date isn't known yet, but the price of $150 (roughly 112 EUR) is definitely much more accessible to the masses.