I forecast saaya to come in with some infos shortly :D
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I forecast saaya to come in with some infos shortly :D
gtx480 sli, gtx485... come on man, get a grip :D
have you guys seen this?
http://www.techpowerup.com/117897/Ge...s_Surface.html
the good:Quote:
GeForce GTX 480
shader cores 480
clocks 700/1400/3700
295W TDP
499$
5870+7%
GeForce GTX 470
shader cores 448
clocks 607/1215/3350
225W TDP
349$
5850+7%
low prices
the bad:
high tdp
low 470 clocks
low mem clocks
only 480 cores for gtx480
the ugly:
performance...
i wonder how well these scale on ln2... if they clock well on ln2 they will def break all world records :)
Very very very VERY dissapointing. If it really has 480 shaders then my interest in buying these cards just took a serious nose dive. 3 spins and they cant even get all the shaders to work? Why in the world would I drop $500 for a broken card, the 470 looks better and better now especially if it holds to its $350 price tag.
GTX 480s TDP is 250W many months, that 29xW was total BS! launch date is not postponed! Nordic Hardware is wrong, launch is still 26th.
Seriously, with all the erroneous info floating, I would be hesitant to take any of this as fact.. The Galaxy website showed the GTX 480 having 512sp after all.
And the speculation about the GTX 470/480 only being 5-10% faster than the HD 5850/5870 should be taken with a healthy dose of salt..
Just wait for the launch date.
I think the issue will be heat, not overclockability... And stock volts will have to be pretty low in order to keep the power consumption under control.
Quadfire 5970 is supposed to be A LOT faster.
250W, hm, not so bad I guess, for 3B transistors...
Looking forward to next week!
Haven't decided what to do yet... based on rumours I'm looking at b) or c), but here's hoping they're wrong!
a) Get a GF100 depending on price/perf
b) Get a 58xx if there's a price drop
c) Hang onto my gtx280 and wait until July/Aug for refresh or price drops
Big question - does ATI have a Cypress refresh waiting in ambush?
a 470 at 480 clocks is how much slower than a 480?
shouldnt be much, right?
the 470 doesnt sound bad at all for benching, but on air... 5850s and 5870s clock pretty well on air...
gf100 is not going to make a lot of people switch from ati to nvidia, but for nvidia fans and benchers a 470 should be a very nice card :D
I would agree wholly however what I am concerned by is the long-term rammifactions of these chips. If they are broken now how will their long term reliability going to be 1 year or even 2 years after purchase? People's 285GTXs are dropping left and right for thermal related bump issues and there weren't nearly as many respins required for that silicon to be deemed acceptable. How are we to believe that this given how many respins it took; that this round going to be any better. This chip just feels like all kinds of "half-assed" and Im not sure how comfortable I feel buying either of these cards.
If ATi drops the price of the HD5870 down to the $300-350 I am likely to jump ship; *especially* if Thuban only works on an AMD chipset which by all accounts could happen.
470 should be a good card but its TDP is still way high. For performance lower than 5870 it uses up to 30W more.
MSRP's look good, though.
yeah i dont think the tdp matters for power consumption... tdp only matters indirectly by reducing the clocks...
the 1950pro was a very popular card as well and it had a huge power consumption... but it was priced well and performed well...
You know what's sad? People will still buy these cards even if:
1 - Power consumption is off the charts
2 - There is < 10% performance increase over the 5xxxx series
3 - More expensive than the 5xxxx series
/shrug
Not all users buy cards coz they are the fastest in games or benches...
Some are loyal to one brand, no matter what. Some prefer to stick with a brand coz they personally never had any issues with it. Some do other things with videocards then game on them...