NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition videocard review

GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 3 April 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $599. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 1006 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1058 MHz. Texture fill rate - 135.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1536. Floating-point performance - 3,250 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 195 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 6008 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 192.3 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Kepler
Code name	GK104
Launch date	3 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,250 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	135.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5