
Originally Posted by
Tunnah
The 680 is apparently not the highest end Kepler, so until they release the true high-end chip there won't be a quadro.
Anandtech states that their high end GPUs are normally MUCH bigger, this was tiny (53% smaller!) than the 580 GPU, and they use the highest end chips for quadro (although the size difference might not mean anything as the lower fabrication process reduces density anyway)
But it makes me wonder about the numbering, if this isn't the highest end part why call it the x80 ? Maybe they're doing a 685 or something *shrug*
Anywho there is also the possibility that quadro will be a custom GPU this time round - traditionally they're just the desktop GPUs with custom firmware to enable workstation-specific capabilities, but it seems with kepler they focused more on gaming performance so might have reduced some of it's workstation capabilities...but it's a pretty weak theory as it means they have to manufacture a seperate line of GPUs