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gtx470 90-95%
hd5870 100%
gtx480 110-115%
Not very exciting without relevant pricing information.
Am i reading all this wrong, a card ATI has out now (5870) is basicly the same speed as the new one NV is putting out, and is 10% slower then the top of line one? Wasnt the GTX295 10% faster then the 5870 already?
Maybe Im jut not getting it, it appears to be a HUGE card so they didnt improve size, does it use less power?
No I'm not being sarcastic here, I'm a few steps away form a new card and want to make the best choice. 10% performance for 2X the price? When NV already has a card that does the same thing?
please point out the big picture, what am I missing or making to simple?
please point out the big picture, what am I missing or making to simple?
This is a whole new architecture, so drivers wouldnt even be near mature yet.
I'd still take anything with a grain.
Am i reading all this wrong, a card ATI has out now (5870) is basicly the same speed as the new one NV is putting out, and is 10% slower then the top of line one? Wasnt the GTX295 10% faster then the 5870 already?
This is a whole new architecture, so drivers wouldnt even be near mature yet.
I'd still take anything with a grain.
This is a whole new architecture, so drivers wouldnt even be near mature yet.
I'd still take anything with a grain.
Card isnt even released and we are already on damage control mode?
I want to see you use the same argument for AMD when this happens
Btw, the troll that everyone loves to bash, Charlie, turned out to be right huh? How unexpected... /roll
Card isnt even released and we are already on damage control mode?
I want to see you use the same argument for AMD when this happens
Btw, the troll that everyone loves to bash, Charlie, turned out to be right huh? How unexpected... /roll
He was vaguely right about it being delayed. That's about it lol. He threw so much other bullshit around it negates being right about that. And it was a good gamble on it being delayed, since it was a new architecture and TSMC was already having troubles.
I havent been following closely so does anyone know if Nvidia is releasing something like the 5970 right out of the gate or is it gonna be several months until a part like that is released.
This is all based on rumors, speculation and rough guesstimate calculations.
Rumors right now put the TDP of the 480 at 280W and the 470 at 225. Double that for a dual GPU card and you're at 560 and 450. In order to sell the card under the PCI-E specification, the total TDP has to be under 300W.
To get to 300W, they'd have to shave at least a third of the current power consumption of a dual 470 board, which roughly translates to 1/3 of each chip on the board. In that case, a dual 470 part would only end up being 4/3s of a single chip (2 chips times 2/3s). Take 95% (the relative performance of the 470 to the 5870 by these benchmarks) times 4/3, you get ~127%. So with two crippled chips, you get a ~12-17% boost over a 480. Notice that the difference between the 5870 and 5970 is ~40%. There's no way people are going to pay the premium for a dual board that only gets a 15% boost over the top end single GPU. That doesn't even take into account what you'd have to do to cool and power the card, which would likely be a nightmare. So, no, they aren't likely to make a dual chip part until they can do a respin of the chips to solve some power issues, which will take several months.
So the GPU pecking order (strictly performance) would seem to be:
5970
GTX480
5870
GTX470
5850
That's pretty much in line with what we've been hearing lately. Now all we need is the most important piece of information, price.