ssj92 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Looks like the 680M has something better than it coming out. I just accidently found out about this card while on the 675M nvidia page. Wonder if these cards will work with the M15X if they get out to sites like ebay. tech specs: GeForce GTX 680MX | Specifications | GeForce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted October 24, 2012 Founder Share Posted October 24, 2012 Damn and I just got my 680M SLI kit in today! Looks like nVidia made this part for Apple's new iMac desktop so we might see it in notebooks for this holiday season. Very impressive though, full desktop 680 core, that's unheard of in the mobile world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator BAKED Posted October 24, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2012 Say whaat? I saw the 670mx and 675mx announced on the nvidia site the other day but not the 680mx, I just have to grab one as soon as they're available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sartios Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Damn and I just got my 680M SLI kit in today! Looks like nVidia made this part for Apple's new iMac desktop so we might see it in notebooks for this holiday season. Very impressive though, full desktop 680 core, that's unheard of in the mobile world. They are putting the 675mx in the highest model iMac not the 680mx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Nvidia needs a congratulations as thia is quite an accomplishment in the mobile world. Paranoid Galaxy S3 on Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted October 24, 2012 Founder Share Posted October 24, 2012 They are putting the 675mx in the highest model iMac not the 680mx 680MX will be the top option for the iMac: Apple - iMac - Performance Here's what I think of the 680MX, both specs and when we might be able to get our hands on them: Apple is very demanding as far as inventory, Samsung knows this first hand from their past iPhone/iPad deals, so most likely whatever 680MX TSMC produces between now and December will likely get taken by Apple. What's left might go to Dell/Clevo/MSI but who knows how many that will be. Regardless, it should take over the price bracket that 680M currently occupies. Does this mean 680M will become cheaper? Probably slightly because people will want the latest and greatest but 680M inventory is already low so don't expect a big drop in price. As for performance, I'm expecting about 10-15% gain at stock in some games and synthetic benchmarks. Since this is a desktop chip on the same fabrication, it most likely will run hotter and eat more power so the overclock headroom will become limiting faster than 680M. BUT since it has more CUDA cores + bandwidth, the OC will scale better than 680M. Whether it can outrun the 680M by 20% consistently is questionable but there's no doubt this thing will be the king of the hill. Now we wait and see if other OEM's pick it up and how they manage the thermals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Nvidia needs a slap on their head for their naming scheme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted October 24, 2012 Founder Share Posted October 24, 2012 Nvidia needs a slap on their head for their naming scheme.Yeah in the past MX chips were lower spec ones. Now they reversed it for mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YodaGoneMad Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 It is basically the same as the jump for desktop 670 vs 680 except no clock advantage for the 680mx. Expect about 5% performance increase over the 680m, and if it is runs hotter or eats more power it might not OC as well, making it totally possible for the OC 680m to be faster just like in the desktop space for 670 vs 680. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted October 24, 2012 Founder Share Posted October 24, 2012 Waiting for AMD's reply... probably a 7990?Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonrac Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 and a 780m in june ... one new card every 6 months ... they love our money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 and a 780m in june ... one new card every 6 months ... they love our money ;-) Then 785m or 780mx in October Paranoid Galaxy S3 on Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 It should be 10-15% faster. Surprised though that these cards are going into an iMac. Don't they use desktop processors still in them?If the 680m is 100w, wonder if this one will still be 100w or it will exceed 100w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 The 680m itself can draw over 100watt on its own. I am not sure but likely will also draw more than that. Seems it would be rated at atleast 105-120watt a card with all the added cores and vram increases.Paranoid Galaxy S3 on Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrigamiZor Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Probably exceed the 100w and by that it will be exclusive for iMac and not for laptop's. Or maybe not and this is nvidia response to AMD performance driver, no more room for gains in drivers let's throw some new gpu's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Waiting for AMD's reply... probably a 7990?It is quite certain. Nvidia did not have to show the next strongest cards in one year. Well, unless they want to humiliate AMD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnksss Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Or, this chip is just for the Imac & Apple series computers......speculation of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackness Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Or, this chip is just for the Imac & Apple series computers......speculation of course.Seems like 680MX is coming to MSI laptops as well.GeForce GTX 680MX | Buy Online | GeForce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator BAKED Posted October 25, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2012 Seems like 680MX is coming to MSI laptops as well.GeForce GTX 680MX | Buy Online | GeForceWhy would you say that? Those three have the gtx680m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackness Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Why would you say that? Those three have the gtx680m.Unless the buy online search engine under the page for GTX680MX is using the old GTX680M data it could be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'm pretty sure it should come to other oems as well sooner or later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amunamiak Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I also think it is unlikely that there is going to be a 680MX in a regular notebook any time soon. A 680M already needs 100W, so in order to fit a 680MX in 100W, the 28nm process needs to improve some more, which will probably take more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 I also think it is unlikely that there is going to be a 680MX in a regular notebook any time soon. A 680M already needs 100W, so in order to fit a 680MX in 100W, the 28nm process needs to improve some more, which will probably take more time.Think of it this way. A 675MX uses 100w. A 680M uses 100w. The 680M is faster/has more cores with the same 100w usage as the 675mx, so a 680mx should be able to work within a 100w range too if they improved he fabrication process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amunamiak Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 It's certainly possible, but my guess is it will not happen before February or March 2013.Btw., I wonder if it is possible to unlock all 1536 cores on a 680M using a BIOS flash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 It's certainly possible, but my guess is it will not happen before February or March 2013.Btw., I wonder if it is possible to unlock all 1536 cores on a 680M using a BIOS flash?The cores are most likely laser-cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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