Why?

[Jogostar]

Hello Folks.

 

Why do people buy the 700 serie of NVIDIA's GPU's, if the Maxwell series will be released this year?

 

Thanks.

[FloRolf]

because the new maxwell series will still be 28nm

[Stefan Becker]

Because they think it is not worth the wait?

[linusforsell]

Because those cards are available now, which Maxwell isn't.

 

It's like asking why people would buy 800-series cards, when obviously, the 900-series will be out eventually.

[Jogostar]

because the new maxwell series will still be 28nm

so? there still will be a performance difference. Or not?

[FloRolf]

so? there still will be a performance difference. Or not?

 

yeah sure, but its not the holy maxwell we've been waiting for. im gonna get a new Maxwell refresh when they come out in early 2015.

[Unhelpful]

so? there still will be a performance difference. Or not?

500 series to 600 wasnt that large. 600 to 700 wasnt that large aside from the top-cards.

 

580 performs about the same as a 670. 680 performs about the same as 770 (for obvious reasons) 

[Nineshadow]

500 series to 600 wasnt that large. 600 to 700 wasnt that large aside from the top-cards.

I'm still using my 560

[Jogostar]

Because those cards are available now, which Maxwell isn't.

 

It's like asking why people would buy 800-series cards, when obviously, the 900-series will be out eventually.

yeah, but we know that the series will be coming the first quartal this year.

 

yeah sure, but its not the holy maxwell we've been waiting for. im gonna get a new Maxwell refresh when they come out in early 2015.

so, woul you recommend waiting a month or two? or go for 700s?

[Excon]

Because If you just say wait until the next series its coming soon you will always be waiting. It's very hard to be constantly updating and being on the bleeding edge of hardware.

[linusforsell]

yeah, but we know that the series will be coming the first quartal this year.

 

Sure, some cards from the 800-series might show up early this year, but I doubt they will start off with the top tier cards. They'll probably introduce the 850/860s or something (or what ever their mid-range cards would be named this time around), as there is no point for them to bring down the competitiveness of their current top tier cards this soon.

[technovore]

there's always gonna be a new series in the near future....

[FloRolf]

500 series to 600 wasnt that large. 600 to 700 wasnt that large aside from the top-cards.

 

580 performs about the same as a 670. 680 performs about the same as 770 (for obvious reasons) 

 

thats not really true. My 780 outperforms the 590 which is dual 580.

 

 

yeah, but we know that the series will be coming the first quartal this year.

 

so, woul you recommend waiting a month or two? or go for 700s?

if you can wait, sure, why not. If you already own a 6 or 7 series card wait for the real maxwell.

[Coombzy]

500 series to 600 wasnt that large. 600 to 700 wasnt that large aside from the top-cards.

 

580 performs about the same as a 670. 680 performs about the same as 770 (for obvious reasons) 

oh really my stock gtx 670 PE performed on par with a stock 680 where are you getting those figures?

[TheRetiredSlave]

Do we have a solid release date set? All I've heard is "1st quarter 2014", which could mean any time between now and the end of March.. I'm not waiting to March..

 

Realistically, the 800 series probably isn't going to be *that* much faster than 700 series, so if you're building now, it seems best to just buy what's available now instead of holding off your build for a while..

[Unhelpful]

oh really my stock gtx 670 PE performed on par with a stock 680 where are you getting those figures?

670 is about 7%-13% faster than the 580 if memory serves. That is a difference, but it isnt monumental.

[Jogostar]

670 is about 7%-13% faster than the 580 if memory serves. That is a difference, but it isnt monumental.

my 660ti is fatser than a 580.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/767?vs=860

[Unhelpful]

my 660ti is fatser than a 580.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/767?vs=860

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/647?vs=517 just about even.

[Jogostar]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/647?vs=517 just about even.

lol wut, my anadtech link show completly differetn results. ^^

[Unhelpful]

lol wut, my anadtech link show completly differetn results. ^^

Yeah I'm not sure lol

[IdeaStormer]

For the same reason people will buy Maxwell when what ever is after that (lets call it N) will be out after that and it will be much better, then the same for buying N when M will be out the year after that. I mean if you need it now you can't buy what isn't available.

[smjpl]

lol wut, my anadtech link show completly differetn results. ^^

 

 

Yeah I'm not sure lol

 

I think the difference is due to driver optimizations. The 580 beats the 660 in 2012 but the 660 beats the 580 in 2013. Over time the 660 matures and slowly starts to edge ahead of the 580.

[geforceftw]

Because people need an upgrade. im using a gtx 465 1gb and its close to upgrading time and im considering a 770 but ill probably wait til 870? maybe?

[Pulsus]

yeah it's all kinda bulking up and money erning, they can relse 2 times stronger things but they just simpli wount, why? coz they want the money it's all in the marketing thing, why do you think nvidia is stronger than amd, coz they dont have that "software" that AMD dose aka mantle, so yeah... you just gota think about it a bit.

[Guest]

I hope Maxwell just comes out by the time I have enough to build my rig (should be March-April, so I'm really hoping for it )

 

Otherwise I'm going for a 780.