So we haven't looked at any of the entry-level ones as of late RyanSmithAT: We haven't reviewed a FSP PSU in quite a while.The lack of quality on there is embarrassing now This time we wanted to take a look at a lithium-ion based unit, w… RyanSmithAT: Here's the second of our two initial UPS reviews.RyanSmithAT: I worked on the first-generation Xserve back when I worked in IT.Regardless of the reason the GTX 680 has a 10% lead on the 7970 here. In any case 2560 does move away from being CPU limited, but it’s not entirely clear whether the difference we’re seeing here is solely due to GPU performance, or if we’re still CPU limited in some fashion.
#Nvidia gtx 680 performance drivers#
For whatever the reason NVIDIA would appear to have significantly less driver overhead here, or at the very least a CPU limited Skyrim interacts with NVIDIA’s drivers better than it does AMD’s. Seems like Nvidia really wanted to target the 7970 and the price/performance tag this time, by building a souped up, overclocked Gk104 but its not a 7970 killer. At anything less than 2560 we’re CPU limited well before we’re GPU limited, and yet even though we’re CPU limited NVIDIA manages to take a clear lead while the 680 still finds room to push to the top. Skyrim presents us with an interesting scenario. As such, we're now including it in our test suite.
#Nvidia gtx 680 performance Patch#
With the release of the 1.4 patch and the high resolution texture pack this has finally been relieved to the point where GPUs once again matter, particularly when we’re working with high resolutions and less than high-end GPUs. However as any Skyrim player can tell you, Skyrim’s performance is CPU-bound to a ridiculous degree. RyanSmithAT: Unfortunately we're not going to have a Ryzen 7 5800X3D review out for today.Prior to the launch of our new benchmark suite, we wanted to include The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is easily the most popular RPG of 2011.Consequently this is the first sign that the GTX 680 can compete with the GTX 590, which would be quite an accomplishment. NVIDIA’s SLI scaling for Metro isn’t particularly fantastic, but it’s still quite a leap compared to the GTX 580. What’s particularly interesting here though is that the GTX 680 has nearly caught up with the GTX 590. In our experience Metro is very shader heavy, and this would appear to be confirmation of that as the GTX 680 has far greater shader resources than GTX 580. Performance relative to the GTX 580 is far better, with the GTX 680 leading by 34%.
The GTX 680 still trails the 7970 by a few percent at 2560, but it’s now clearly ahead of the 7950. Thankfully for NVIDIA Metro is much, much better than Crysis for the GTX 680. If its sequel due this year is anywhere near as GPU intensive then a single GPU may not be enough to run the game with every quality feature turned up. Metro gives up Crysis’ lush tropics and frozen wastelands for an underground experience, but even underground it can be quite brutal on GPUs, which is why it’s also our new benchmark of choice for looking at power/temperature/noise during a game.
Paired with Crysis as our second behemoth FPS is Metro: 2033.
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