The first tranche of GTX 680 releases were all the standard card with stock cooler, identifiable normally by the stock GPU speed of 1006 Mhz and memory 6008 Mhz. My local hardware store is listing eleven makes of standard card, essentially the same card with a different name sticker on it. This seems to have been a marketing strategy by nVidia to get the GTX 680 to market (and in reviewers hands) sooner than was possible by waiting for the partners versions of the card. So maybe a one off occasion.Mettyx wrote:Can you even get stock cards in normal stores? I don't think I remember ever seeing such thing.
The partner GTX 680cards are now being released and include the Gainward Phantom II, MSI Twin Frozr III, Gigabyte WindForce 3X and Palit JetStream. Apart from different coolers, all the partners are all factory overclocked - the Phantom II and JetStream currently at the extreme for air cooling with a GPU speed of 1084 Mhz and memory 6300 Mhz.