With GTX 680, Nvidia takes back the graphics crown

Nvidia has launched a new graphics card - GeForce GTX680 - based on its Kepler architecture to take back the performance crown from AMD. The company is claiming that GTX680 is the fastest graphics card for a desktop computer at the moment.

Independent tests conducted by websites such as AnandTech and TechReport confirm that the new card is slightly faster than Radeon HD 7970, the top graphics card sold by AMD.

There are only two companies - Nvidia and AMD - in the world that make high-end graphics cards for computer gamers. They usually bring out new high-end cards once every year. AMD had launched