GF100 (Fermi) previews and discussion

[sabot00]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5870-review-test/25
Granted that is a 5870, but you can OC a 5850 to the same performance.

I'm pretty sure Cyberlink's PowerDirector does support ATI GPU's.
"The first consumer video editing software to be optimized for Intel Core i7, NVIDIA CUDA, and ATI Stream technology"

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector/overview_en_US.html?affid=2581_584_479_2_0_ENU_powerdirector&utm_source=CLHP_FeaturedSoftware&utm_medium=CLHP_FeaturedSoftware_2_powerdirector&utm_campaign=CL_Homepage

 

[mindless728]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5870-review-test/25
Granted that is a 5870, but you can OC a 5850 to the same performance.

I'm pretty sure Cyberlink's PowerDirector does support ATI GPU's.
"The first consumer video editing software to be optimized for Intel Core i7, NVIDIA CUDA, and ATI Stream technology"

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector/overview_en_US.html?affid=2581_584_479_2_0_ENU_powerdirector&utm_source=CLHP_FeaturedSoftware&utm_medium=CLHP_FeaturedSoftware_2_powerdirector&utm_campaign=CL_Homepage

nice find, i am surprised anyone actually developed a lot with stream, though i am waiting for more opencl programs

 

[sabot00]

Not hard to find, anand uses it for their reviews.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Yep quite handy, now just need to update the laptop to take advantage.

Core i7-Q820M with a mobile HD5850 (which is really an HD5750) would be a nice combo.

Just waiting for more DisplayPort support.

 

[witcherx]

http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/events/2010/03/05/cebit-2010-fermi-spider-cases-and-more/1

are they comin out with 2 eight pins and 1 six pins..?
Does tat mean more power hungry?

 

[randomizer]

Certainly not a good sign, although that doesn't necessarily mean more power usage (it just allows more).

 

[jezzarisky]

Did I read that wrong? it sounded as though they were talking about 'what the 5970 should have been' when it comes to the gfx card with two eight pin and one six pin connectors. not fermi.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Did I read that wrong? it sounded as though they were talking about 'what the 5970 should have been' when it comes to the gfx card with two eight pin and one six pin connectors. not fermi.

If you are referring to the Ares card then you read it right, it's a "proper" 5970 or what happens when you tear up the limitations set by the suits and tree huggers.

 

[IzzyCraft]

the ares card i'm sure if you used a tool less case and didn't opt for screw it would break the pcie slot off the mobo. It's a scary card. imo i miss the days when we only had 1 slot cards instead of 2 slot cards as a norm and the ares is what 3 slot now.

 

[sabot00]

Didn't you love the 9700 Pro & 9800 Pro?

 

[DarthPiggie]

What do you guys say to this?

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://vga.zol.com.cn/168/1688097.html

Two different versions of the GTX 480? Who would have forseen this?

 

[sabot00]

I thought they would have called that 512 SP version the GTX 485 or 490.

 

[mindless728]

why wouldn't they make a 460,470,480 for these different cards

i see a lot of people getting the wrong version

 

[sabot00]

I see nVidia making money on this confusion.

 

[mindless728]

not like they haven't before with the naming schemes

especially the mobility parts (GTX260m, GTX280m) that were really G92 parts
or the GTS250 that the uninformed would think is a G200 part

for the mobility AMD did almost the same thing with the mobility 5870 (really a 5770), but at least it is the same architecture

EDIT: and i don't like it because i have to straighten my gaming friends out who are not enthusiasts

 

[Dekasav]

I see only reviewers getting 512SP versions....

 

[rawsteel]

^ +1. Exactly what I was thinking

512 versions will be given to the review sites and 480 versions will be sold to normal buyers. I would have said that this is TOTALY unexpected from nVidia but I WONT SAY it 😉

 

[hallowed_dragon]

^ +1. Exactly what I was thinking

512 versions will be given to the review sites and 480 versions will be sold to normal buyers. I would have said that this is TOTALY unexpected from nVidia but I WONT SAY it 😉

You know what that will mean right? The average Joe will hear his card is the fastest heater in history.

 

[DarthPiggie]

I am sure that they will not go THAT far.....maybe the 480SP one wiil be called GTX 470, and the 512 one will be 480... the 448SP will actually be a part released later on as the 460. Either way, more and more information is hitting the streets....I am just sad the 4800 series are nowhere to be seen, as the GTX 200s are overpriced, and so are the 5800 cards, with the 5850 runnig up at th 320 mark now
:-(
whether Fermi lives up to hype or not, it will introduce needed competition...

 

[Mousemonkey]

So aside from the fact that this is all just speculation and has yet to be confirmed one way or the other, if their cards are slightly different from each other and have different names they get slagged off but if they are slightly different and share the same name they get slagged off for it.

 

[Dekasav]

If they're different and named differently, no one cares.

If they're different and named the same, that's misleading, unethical, and people care.

Hopefully it's not true, though.

 

[Mousemonkey]

If they're different and named differently, no one cares.

If they're different and named the same, that's misleading, unethical, and people care.

Hopefully it's not true, though.

But that has not always been the case though has it? Or rather how different do they have to be to called different?

 

[rawsteel]

if 480 sp part is called 470GTX and 512sp part is called 480GTX then this will not be good for nVidia as by early benchmarks 470GTX seems slower than 5870
and 32 more sp which is about 6-7% will not do much more. I dont believe 480sp part will be 470GTX


May be they will come off with 480GTX and 480GTX+ or 485GTX or something
hopefully, else they cry for class suit action

 

[Mousemonkey]

if 480 sp part is called 470GTX and 512sp part is called 480GTX then this will not be good for nVidia as by early benchmarks 470GTX seems slower than 5870
and 32 more sp which is about 6-7% will not do much more. I dont believe 480sp part will be 470GTX


May be they will come off with 480GTX and 480GTX+ or 485GTX or something
hopefully, else they cry for class suit action

But it's already been proved that some AIB's will take no notice of that and go off and do their own thing, look at the 9800GTX+ the '+' was supposed to denote that the card had a 55nm GPU rather than a 65nm GPU but I've seen quite a posts from people who were asking why their 9800GTX+ has a 65nm GPU and was that because it was the OC'd version.

 

[notty22]

This must be similar to the phenomena that goes on in these forums. Every arm chair expert THINKS, and doles out rhetoric as if the 5850 is as fast as the 5870. Nothing new here , ATI fans have been doing the super size me for months.

hallowed_dragon (bozo) You know what that will mean right? The average Joe will hear his card is the fastest heater in history. :sol