[FUD] GT300 is codenamed Fermi

[Kai Robinson]

I mentioned a 4850....and you came up with a 4890 being noisier than a GTX285....

How also, is a stupidly unrealistic 'benchmark' that bears NO relation to real world usage indicative of 'poor quality'? Go read Anandtech's review, and find out why furmark is a steaming pile of useless doo-doo.

I've never stated that nVidia is the evil company either, nor that AMD is some plucky underdog. I've had cards from both companies over the years, but all i've seen lately out of nVidia, is renaming G92's over and over, the top of the line products being bloated and overpriced, noisy (having HEARD a GTX285, i know it's a card i'd never want to buy for that reason alone). AMD's offerings since the 4800 series was introduced have been far more appealing to me (price v performance being the prime reason), hence my decision to choose the 5870 this time around, and stick with the AMD camp.

All we've heard for ages is how Jen-Hsun Huang is going to 'open a can of whoop-ass', and yet, i've seen no can's being opened, just refreshes of 18-20 month old products with new badges. I know i'm not the only person to be thinking that nVidia has dropped the ball again. They did it with the FX lineup (vs the 9x00 series), and ATi did it with the X1800 and the 2x00 series.

Bodkin - if you bothered to READ any reviews of the 5870 - you'd see that actually there's nothing wrong with the reference design as far as cooling goes. The only criticism i have of my 4850's, is that the heat is dumped back into the case, rather than vented out the back (just like the 8800GT i had before it), but considering i run an open case, it's a moot point. And a 4870X2 WILL be hot - its two GPU's on one PCB ffs. The GTX295, in comparison, isn't going to be magically cooler just because it comes from the nVidia camp.