Journal #7962

Posted 12 years ago2012-09-06 17:48:09 UTC
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
I recorded the unboxing of my new GTX 680 this morning.

A very generous friend gave it to me. I have taken care of his daughter a few times.

14 Comments

Commented 12 years ago2012-09-06 18:06:34 UTC Comment #48277
Does your friend accept some jobs over the internet? :o
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-06 18:26:46 UTC Comment #48278
He just what? what the ** ? how ? In what possible way ?
Lucky bastard
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-06 19:10:32 UTC Comment #48276
Your beastly card is even more beastly than my beastly beast 0.o
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-06 19:21:41 UTC Comment #48280
Since when was 560TI beastly Skals, lol :D

Awesome card, and awesome friend! Do some bench testing :D Cool.
Too bad it ain't Gainward.
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-06 19:36:20 UTC Comment #48270
I don't have any game that can push this card to the limit.

All I have installed now are Half-Life 2, Portal 2, and Dear Esther.

I did increase the graphics setting for these games to the maximum, and the 680 acts as if nothing happened. I also noticed that when I quit a game, I was back at the Windows desktop before I could blink.

It's also incredibly quiet.
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-06 23:15:29 UTC Comment #48274
Not surprising! I've got a 560ti and any Source game pushed max doesn't even faze it. Average about 100 fps on any source game as high as it will go. I even force ambient occlusion soft shadows through the control panel. I guess the engine is beginning to show it's age.

I don't know if you like multiplayer games at all but I'd highly suggest Battlefield 3. A new expansion is about to launch :) If not I highly suggest Max Payne 3 as a single player experience. Your card should smoke it. It's a game for after your son goes to bed, no question at all.

Gratz on the card that looks really nice.
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-07 03:08:16 UTC Comment #48267
Posted this video to reddit.com/r/asmr:
http://www.reddit.com/r/asmr/comments/zhna8/unboxing_of_a_gtx_680_graphics_card/

If you get this sub-reddit / what asmr is, you'll understand. Otherwise I'll probably look crazy.
Fuck it.
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-07 10:03:25 UTC Comment #48268
Just one? I found a table full of them :P
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Commented 12 years ago2012-09-07 10:07:17 UTC Comment #48279
560ti still kicks ass :)
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-07 18:07:38 UTC Comment #48271
Where's that?
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-07 19:56:20 UTC Comment #48275
I also need to know where that room is. For... science.
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-08 03:10:02 UTC Comment #48272
Heaven Benchmark v3.0 (with ASUS GTX 680 DirectCUII TOP)

FPS: 51.4
Scores: 1296

Render: direct3d11
Mode: 2048x1152 8xAA fullscreen
Shaders: high
Textures: high
Filter: trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion: enabled
Refraction: enabled
Tessellation:normal
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-08 10:58:59 UTC Comment #48269
I'm subscribed to Nvidia on Facebook and they randomly post pics to show off. I imagine it was some gameshow.
Commented 12 years ago2012-09-09 19:17:44 UTC Comment #48273
Max graphics setting at the full glory of 2048x1152 resolution.
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