The GT300/Fermi Thread

[Jamesrt2004]

what tech is that? and have you seen it with your own eyes? i saw all the 3d stuff at the display tradeshow here in taipei over half a year ago, CMO CTM and AUO showed their panel tech back then, which samsung sony lg etc used to build displays they now show at CES... and the 3d tech that didnt require glasses was terrible... it was distorted and flickered and low res, and when you moved your head or even just your eyes slightly, the image changes...

was a new company seen it over at avforums, ill find the link when I finish my uni work (javascript stuff ) but the people that seen it said although not as "immersive" as the other "way" of doing it, it's a lot better in thats its just no need for silly glasses

[saaya]

i never got what all the fuss with the glasses was about tbh...
there are very well designed glasses that arent bothersome at all...
FFS, how many people with eye sight issues wear glasses 18 hours a day?

btw, just saw this clip of water tesselation on GF100, looks pretty cool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLu8DyzoVMs

oh and

thermonuclear meltdown!

rofl

[Jamesrt2004]

i never got what all the fuss with the glasses was about tbh...
there are very well designed glasses that arent bothersome at all...
FFS, how many people with eye sight issues wear glasses 18 hours a day?

btw, just saw this clip of water tesselation on GF100, looks pretty cool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLu8DyzoVMs

oh and rofl

its just an inconvenience so its win win really, like i wear my glasses while watching tv and a lot of other people i know do also its a pain wearing 2 glasses

[ajaidev]

i never got what all the fuss with the glasses was about tbh...
there are very well designed glasses that arent bothersome at all...
FFS, how many people with eye sight issues wear glasses 18 hours a day?

btw, just saw this clip of water tesselation on GF100, looks pretty cool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLu8DyzoVMs

oh and rofl

Amm i have a +1/+.75 on my eyes and cant see much without my glasses, so that means in order to play @ 3d i need contact lenses

Oh ya Nvidia may have the tessellated hair but AMD has the tessellated face lol

[Bodkin]

Amm i have a +1/+.75 on my eyes and cant see much without my glasses, so that means in order to play @ 3d i need contact lenses

Oh ya Nvidia may have the tessellated hair but AMD has the tessellated face lol

Thats nothing, try -5/-6

[zalbard]

I wonder if 1.5GB of VRAM is worth it for games. ATI might release 5870-SIX to counter Fermi soon I guess.
Edit: typo fixed.

[neliz]

I wonder if 1.5GB of VRAM is worth it for games. ATI might release 5970-SIX to counter Fermi soon I guess.

There's only a 5870 Six. something to do with windows that we're not seeing 3+ screen CF setups.

[JohnZS]

I wonder if 1.5GB of VRAM is worth it for games. ATI might release 5970-SIX to counter Fermi soon I guess.

It is more than worth it. I have been waiting for a 2GB+ card for ages. 1.5GB might tide me over for a bit, but ideally Fermi would launch their 3GB model. Or Ati their 2GB model.

For me 1GB is barely enough and not enough in 3 games I play....

John

[trinibwoy]

I wonder if 1.5GB of VRAM is worth it for games. ATI might release 5970-SIX to counter Fermi soon I guess.

I'm struggling to understand why support for six monitors is a counter to anything.

[Bodkin]

It is more than worth it. I have been waiting for a 2GB+ card for ages. 1.5GB might tide me over for a bit, but ideally Fermi would launch their 3GB model. Or Ati their 2GB model.

For me 1GB is barely enough and not enough in 3 games I play....

John

What 3 games are they, and at what rez? Just wondering

[zalbard]

I'm struggling to understand why support for six monitors is a counter to anything.

I suggest Googling for 5870-SIX then...

[firas]

It is more than worth it. I have been waiting for a 2GB+ card for ages. 1.5GB might tide me over for a bit, but ideally Fermi would launch their 3GB model. Or Ati their 2GB model.

For me 1GB is barely enough and not enough in 3 games I play....

John

what’s your screen resolutions?

[JohnZS]

What 3 games are they, and at what rez? Just wondering

Grand Theft Auto IV
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Complete 2009 with High resolution Texture mods
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clearsky with mods
Half-Life 2 Cinematic Mod with High Resolution Textures.

Resolution 1920*1200 ideally with at least 4XFSAA too, however I can compromise the FSAA if performance is low.

High resolution textures look really nice, just they tend to choke the VRAM somewhat.

John

[Bodkin]

^good point, I have been struggling with Stalker too

[JohnZS]

It is annoying isn't it Bodkin

Without drifting too far off topic, I am willing to bet your Radeon 5870 is more than capable of handling Stalker... it just needs more VRAM!
I was quite excited when my News Letter said that the GF100 cards will come in 1.5GB and 3GB variants and a 6GB card (presuming dual GPU?) coming in Q3.
However those were all Quadro cards

It looks like consumer based cards might max out at 1.5GB, (maybe 3GB if someone does a MARRS or some special edition like there were a few 2GB GTX 285's).

I would like to see the base model Fermi have more than 1GB and the top end have 3GB.

Not only is it useful for games, but OpenCL and CUDA applications love the extra VRAM too

John

[WeeMaan]

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[Manicdan]

Grand Theft Auto IV
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Complete 2009 with High resolution Texture mods
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clearsky with mods
Half-Life 2 Cinematic Mod with High Resolution Textures.

Resolution 1920*1200 ideally with at least 4XFSAA too, however I can compromise the FSAA if performance is low.

High resolution textures look really nice, just they tend to choke the VRAM somewhat.

John

good list there, i only wish to try them out, but my 512MB card is probably going to set fire if i did. 1GB on the 5870 felt like a slap in the face for those of us who expected to see a new age of textures. i for one do not like multi gpu setups, (too risky for perf increases) i also will not get anything less than 2GB, ive had 512MB since 2007. and weve had 5870s for how many months now? and not one of them has 2GB, such a waste. im almost wondering if third party vendors were not allowed to up the ram so they wouldnt compete with 5870-six or a 5890 if it will come out.

[annihilat0r]

goddammit don't make non-news or non-rumors posts here, whenever I see a new post I immediately jump here thinking it's maybe a new rumor

[BababooeyHTJ]

good list there, i only wish to try them out, but my 512MB card is probably going to set fire if i did. 1GB on the 5870 felt like a slap in the face for those of us who expected to see a new age of textures. i for one do not like multi gpu setups, (too risky for perf increases) i also will not get anything less than 2GB, ive had 512MB since 2007. and weve had 5870s for how many months now? and not one of them has 2GB, such a waste. im almost wondering if third party vendors were not allowed to up the ram so they wouldnt compete with 5870-six or a 5890 if it will come out.

I agree on the multi-gpu setups. Anyways, Saaya posted this review a while back which has the 4870 512 vs 1gb and the 285 1GB vs 2GB and the Asus Mars. It also has the cinematic mod 9.51 as well as FO3 with NMC's high res textures.

I was starting to wonder if I'm the only one here who uses mods since thats where more power comes in really handy.

[saaya]

its just an inconvenience so its win win really, like i wear my glasses while watching tv and a lot of other people i know do also its a pain wearing 2 glasses

if the glasses are designed well they will just sit over your regular glasses... idk... i dont wear glasses, so i dont know how annoying it is...

I was starting to wonder if I'm the only one here who uses mods since thats where more power comes in really handy.

more like thats where the additional power of highend hw is actually used

[zalbard]

I agree on the multi-gpu setups. Anyways, Saaya posted this review a while back which has the 4870 512 vs 1gb and the 285 1GB vs 2GB and the Asus Mars. It also has the cinematic mod 9.51 as well as FO3 with NMC's high res textures.

I was starting to wonder if I'm the only one here who uses mods since thats where more power comes in really handy.

Nasty.

[annihilat0r]

who added the thermonuclear meltdown tag, my monitor is full of saliva because I burst out in laughter

[neliz]

who added the thermonuclear meltdown tag, my monitor is full of saliva because I burst out in laughter

Me.. it's from the latest PM I got and it describes OC'ing of GF100 parts.

[saaya]

Me.. it's from the latest PM I got and it describes OC'ing of GF100 parts.

does GF100 use a ceramic chip package? ^^

[Nightcover]

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