GeForce GTX 480 And 470: From Fermi And GF100 To Actual Cards!

[maydaynomore]

ATI may have won this one, but I bet you anything Nvidia will come out on top in the next Tom's benchmark. Fermi vs a Toaster!

 

[TGA_Gunnman]

One good thing will come of this. Due to competition AMD will drop the price bomb on nVidia like usual and we how waited will get a discount on our new ATI cards. Thanks nVidia!

 

[TGA_Gunnman]

typo "we who waited" sry

 

[maydaynomore]

While ATI engineers celebrate a victory, Kitchenaid calls in an emergency meeting. "We must create a more powerful toaster to beat Fermi." One of the engineers: "The only way to beat Fermi is to go Nuclear!"

 

[idisarmu]

The only thing that I like about the GTX 480 is that it can max out crysis when put in SLI. I haven't seen ANY other GPUs (be it in single, SLI, or crossfire) get over 30 fps in crysis on a 30" monitor with AA turned on.

 

[maydaynomore]

A supercomputer built with Fermis would melt the Polar ice caps!

 

[maydaynomore]

Year 2020. Scientists all over the world agree..... Global warming caused by Fermi.

 

[Guest]

It appears that nvidia needs to hire priests to extort hell out of their new video cards...maybe the temp will become lower after that.

 

[maydaynomore]

The best thing since sliced bread: Fermi SLI! You can finally have it evenly toasted on both sides.

 

[Tomtompiper]

As regards Noise I have checked a few reviews and the range from 7-9db louder than a 5870, Noise runs on a logarithmic scale so 3db is noticeably louder and 10db is twice as loud. the reviews also state the Fermi cards ramp up to full speed earlier and quicker and so the appearance of being a noisy card is enhanced.

 

[Guest]

Used Nvidia since the FX series. Very disappointed. After this GTX 260 goes, its hello ATI .

 

[jeff77789]

Too Expensive. Too much power. Gaming real purpose than Crysis full settings? I'll go with a 5870 anyday or else ill just keep my GTX 275

 

[steiner666]

Boy, i'm sure glad I held off on buying a gtx295 for the past 1-2 years because these cards were going to be SO awesome, they'd blow it away. And I'm SO happy that I HAVE to buy an nvidia GPU to continue using my $1400 3Dvision setup. Nvidia is so awesome. So is sarcasm.

 

[TGA_Gunnman]

[citation][nom]shaun_shaun[/nom]Nevertheless Nvidia took the fastest single GPU crown by beating ATi5870..anyway nvidia will come with dual GPU like 5970 soon..then we can discuss the fastest graphics card winner !!![/citation]

Yeah, and also add a new 1200W psu to the bill to get it and your system running. Heck most people will have to upgrade their psu just for one of these things. I was waiting for the GTX 480 before upgrading, this is a big disappointment. Can you imagine the electric bill cost of running a dual GPU GF100.

 

[hardcore_gamer]

[citation][nom]swiftsword69[/nom]the ati cards have been on the market for over 6 months now. The GPU segment gets an update of the lineup/architecture every 6-9 months. ATI/AMD has been keeping suspiciously quiet and I can only guess that they are sadistically watching on the side while Nvidia fail epically with the realease of the fermi. I reckon any time soon they are going to release some hardcore that will wipeout Fermi accross the board. The current generation from AMD is already doing well enough for Fermi to be chocking on.However, on Nvidia ground, fermi is a drastic shift to a new architecture. Perhaps they will improve this brand new architecture in their next generation of GPUs. Also Nvidia just dont really seem to be that innovative these days. They copy the idea of triple display from AMD which also had gotten the idea from the old Matrox cards.I know Nvidia is pushing hard on CUDA and GPGPU, however, AMD is the only company with the license and practical experience of making both CPU and GPU. In the future I think the key would be fusion for AMD and if Nvidia wants to survive, they should beg intel to buy them out.[/citation]


they should stop suing Intel first ....

 

[kinger1331]

Like i said before this came out it was going to be a joke!

 

[kinger1331]

and now watch the 5000 refresh come and eat up these cards even more! +1 ATI

 

[hardcore_gamer]

[citation][nom]idisarmu[/nom]The only thing that I like about the GTX 480 is that it can max out crysis when put in SLI. I haven't seen ANY other GPUs (be it in single, SLI, or crossfire) get over 30 fps in crysis on a 30" monitor with AA turned on.[/citation]


have you tried 5970 Xfire

 

[hardcore_gamer]

[citation][nom]shaun_shaun[/nom]Nevertheless Nvidia took the fastest single GPU crown by beating ATi5870..anyway nvidia will come with dual GPU like 5970 soon..then we can discuss the fastest graphics card winner !!![/citation]

a dual GPU fermi.... .good luck with that

 

[hardcore_gamer]

dual fermi = molten motherboard

 

[cscott_it]

[citation][nom]kinger1331[/nom]and now watch the 5000 refresh come and eat up these cards even more! +1 ATI[/citation]

Looks like I'm waiting for Fermi2 (or The Revenge of Fermi [or The Refreshening]) or Northern Islands. I was honestly hoping for something that would make me want to switch away from my 5870 CF.

Oh well.

 

[tykus]

I think Nvidia may have been slightly off guard and underestimated what ATI could produce. Maybe that's just my wishful thinking. Not that I'm not so proud of ATI, but as the article said, Nvidia usually has their act pretty well together. Just doesn't seem like them.

 

[boostercorp]

looks like i'll be keeping my 2 gtx 285's for a while longer
don't understand why they didn't put more memory on the gtx 480 though
ive got 2gb on my 285's
if there 'll be a gtx 485 with watercooling i'll be getting one but the way it's looking now ...

 

[xyzionz]

My GTX275 stays until next round
since it still provide good frames for 1920x1080 with 4xaa with recent games

Disappointed with the GTX4xx cards, my room is already hot enough, not anymore

 

[ZEPd3Z]

How Sad.... all my previous GPU's were Nvidia starting with the Fx's looks like Iv'e been holding my breath for nothing, oh well... I'm gonna be seeing red on my next build. maybe AMD will be rolling out the HD6000's before Nvidia get their low range 400's out.... if they plan on making them, or can make them after this blunder.