NVidia’s next hardware revision is code-named “Kepler”, but more than that is largely a mystery. One site claims to have gotten a copy of some Kepler specs, and if they’re true it’s pretty impressive.
As the leaked chart shown, die size of GK110 is 550mm², which is not only bigger than 365mm² of Radeon HD 7970, but also 30mm² larger than its GF110. It’s said that GK110-based GeForce GTX 680 will be up to 45% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970. As for the price, GTX 680 is set at US$649, US$100 higher than HD 7970.
Expected to drop in April & May, they’re showing numbers around 45% over Radeons HD7970 for $650. Of course, without public confirmation it’s anybody’s guess.
Hmm, may be part of the road closed for Nvidia? HD 8970 with unlocking of all numbers(2560) of stream processors and full number of new power system (8 phases in to referent board); plus a real 1.25GHz core referent frecuency ahd more for overcloked models; plus new 7GHz(effective) GDDR5. One GPU card increase of computing exceeds the capabilities of dual-chip GTX 690 LoL! Unfortunately the price of a decent high power consumption ….