The GT300/Fermi Thread

[saaya]

the H advice is the worst thing I've ever read: buy a 5870 now, and then sell it when the fermi card comes out, if it turns out to be better.
The thing is, im pretty sure they are about to get alot cheaper.

idk... are you sure? why should they lower the price?

Dam, I want fermi now. The good old nvidia card. But I'm sure ATI will have something to counter the fermi by the time when it will actually be out.

well if the card they showed was a 512core version, then ati already has something to compete with... the 5970...

I like Hardwarecanucks little tidbit here :

If we assume the performance we saw was coming out of the beta, underclocked version of a 512SP GF100 running alpha-stage drivers, this is going to be one hell of a graphics card. On the other hand, if NVIDIA was using 448SP equipped cards for these tests, the true potential of the GF100 is simply mind-boggling. Coupled with the compute power and architecture specifically designed for the rigors of a DX11 environment, it could be a gamer’s wet dream come true.

i think that statement is too optimistic and naive...
come on, its nvidia we are dealing with here...
there is a reason nvidia didnt say how many cores the card has and how many cores the cards will have that they launch... nvidia has shown that they can beat the 5870 and reach 5970 performance... well that was to be expected from such a huge part... they now have to show that they can mass produce it and sell it at a price point that its competitive.

why would nvidia show a slower fermi card losing to a 5970 in far cry2 if they have a faster card that performs the same or beats it?
if nvidia had a SINGLE gpu card that could beat atis fastest DUAL GPU card, you can count on it, they would not only tell you about it, they would tell everybody and you wouldnt be able to turn on the tv or check your mail without knowing about it