The GT300/Fermi Thread

[zerazax]

i knew id bring the positive out of you

fermi vs 5970
512 vs 3200
384bit vs 2x256bit

512 fermi shaders beat 3200 radeon shaders.. just as the actual 384bit mem bandwidth beat 2x256bit actual mem bandwidth and thats even if they stick to 4.2gbps

so much for radeon shaders hyped as "more efficient"

You do realize that the "3200" shaders are just how ATI counts it (marketing speak) right? You've got to divide that by 5 to get the equivalent count for Nvidia... so 640 to 512, and that's not counting the fact that Nvidia has a hot clock meaning the shaders on the Nvidia part are overall more, equivalently

As for your bandwidth talk, that's hilarious seeing as how you once were championing 512-bit as a necessity, when 256-bit + GDDR5 did just fine when it came to the RV770 vs. GTX285

Slow down on the kool-aid thar

lol well my guesstimate is 400-500$

though still keep expectations low/leave room for surprise



spill what.. my glass is empty

I don't see Fermi selling for 400-500$ at all unless it's performance really is under the 5970's by a decent margin. No way has Nvidia EVER sold a top end card without a premium. See: GTX 280 vs. 260 prices at launch.

And I'm pretty sure people have gotten in trouble for claiming to know stuff on this forum without substantiating it