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Yay or Nay. Alot of people won't post but like to lurk. So here is a chance for all to vote and see what the feeling is on Fermi.
It was what I was expecting, but also not I kinda knew that 50% more transistors wasn't a gaurantee for 50% more performance, but I most definately was expecting more then 15%.
The fact that I think Nvidia dropped the ball a bit, is because of the HD 5970. It outperforms the GTX 480, uses as much if not less power, and actually runs quieter. At a 35% (and sometimes even more) performance, it costs only 20% more. The GTX 480 costs 25% more then the HD 5870 but only outperforms it by 15%. So if you can live with the heat/noise, you might as well save up $100 more and buy a HD 5970...
The ONLY reason to buy Nvidia is if you actually have use for CUDA and/or have a 120Hz-screen and intend to use 3D Vision.
Good points. The only caveat for me is that multi-GPU setups never seem to work out as good as they sound on paper, and game to game can have dramatically different results. So the 480 is probably more predictable in performance, whereas the 5970 may run into oddball situations where it's not much faster than a 5870.
That said, if I had the $ and the desire for a high-end card at this time, it'd be a 5870.