The Fermi Thread - Part 3

[NaMcO]

what $1000 are you guys talking about? GTX 480 will cost $500, not 1000.

Probably talking about TWO 480, not just one

Ok lets do an informal survey.
WHO HERE ACTUALLY HAS AROUND $1000 TO SPEND ON VIDEO CARDS TODAY?

Does it really matter if the almighty GTX480 is 8% or 18% faster?

Look at the GTX470 - its gonna get eaten alive by HD5850 rebate promotions - a price war that would drag nVidia into bankruptcy.

It would matter to me a while back... Rather have a stable and fully compatible video card than one that doesn't give me all candy in games. But things have changed since i tried this 5970 and Catalyst 10.3a... It's so much better than what it used to be. And i am going to add a GT240 for PhysX (as i really enjoy PhysX when it's present), so all my "problems" are solved and right now i don't feel the need for nVidia cards.

Many people will prefer otherwise and die-hard fans in special

As for bankrupcy... ATI would fall first, nVidia has many more sources for the €uros and Dollar$.

If the 512 part makes it in the next 3 months , it would be totally worth waiting for. Current 480 benches being impressive though only then we should know in a few days.

But even with 512PS (or Cuda Cores as they call it now) the difference in performance won't be THAT high and i bet the price will