I have to admit that I’ve been a little impatient with nVidia. I mean I was in the market about six months ago to get a newer video card but I held off because the video cards offered then were not DirectX 11 compatible. AMD had direct X11 compatible cards that were a little cheaper and faster than nVidia solutions but that meant spending quite a bit more money in order to purchase a new motherboard, memory, and processor so that I could use a AMD graphics card.

Then about three months ago I went ahead and updated my system but decided to keep my current nVidia graphics cards in a bid that nVidia would have the long-awaited direct X11 compatible card just in time for my savings to catch up and order to purchased one.

looks like this card is going to be released tomorrow according to many sources. my savings however runs a little short. This card will be mad expensive so I think I will sit on the sidelines for now and wait for the cards drop about $100

let me list down interesting sources.
1. Geek Smack has a interesting photograph of the GPU next to a coin for size comparison. Click here to take a look and keep in mind there is over 3 billion transistors inside the chip.
2. Gizmodo has a blown up image off the chips die. Click here to take a look.
3. Endgadget has a detailed list of specifications here.

and finally have a look at this video

For the past couple of days I have been battling getting my new PC upgrade working. I had purchased MSI NF980-G65, AMD 965 Phenom II Black edition quad core 125 W, G.Skill DDR 3 2200 7-10-10-28 memory, hec Zephyr 1000 1000W power supply.
I had also purchased a 2nd identical board and processor plus Corsair DDR3 1600 ram for a friend.
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