Kepler vs Fermi architecture

[CaptainSolo]

How much of a difference does GPU architecture make?

 

[jessterman21]

How much of a difference does GPU architecture make?

Nghhhhyauughhhh!!!

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Chewie

 

[jessterman21]

But seriously - newer is always better. Well, at least in the case of Nvidia because they handle their hardware with an excellent driver team.

 

[manofchalk]

It makes a lot of difference, look at 600 series release benchmarks and you can plainly see that.

 

[4745454b]

Usually yes. Fermi is better at double precision work (64it FP?) because of how badly Nvidia nerfed Kepler. If you need to do this your best bet on the cheap is still the GTX580.

If all you care about is gaming then yes, Kepler cards will be faster then their Fermi counterparts.