The Fermi Thread - Part 3

[eric66]

lol 4890 on par with 5870 in dx9/10 dirt2 seems there is something wrong with drivers

[To(V)bo Co(V)bo]

Fermi drivers will save the day, you'll see!!!!.

By that time we all will be playing with are new ati 6 series cards.

Can someone tell me what game a 5850 cant play at 1920 maxed? All this extra heat and power from fermi seems a little excessive, no?

[pentium777]

It's a video review and I never found DH's reviews to be above average, or even average. There's very little talk about anything but performance numbers and then a conclusion which can be completely irrelevant to what they've been showing

Also something from the DH reviewers:

"Our Gigabyte OdinWatt 800W PSU, which is able to run two 5870's in CF, shut down when we were trying to overclock the GTX 480.

To overclock GTX 480, you need a 1000+W PSU."

That's stupid they have to be talking about TWO 480s SLI for this to be true OR they have a bad PSU OR they have 50 HDDs hooked up. It is 250W overclocked what 275-300W and you are telling me that a 800W PSU shutdown? Is it a POS PSU with like 15A on 12V rails?

[Nightcover]

[/B]

I am beginning to think that nVidia provided Uningine or made it a requirement for reviews.....

Yeah, I also think nvidia required they used Windows.. hmm strange, strange indeed.

[dertimaushh]

LOL @ you having a GTX 280 and buying a slightly better 5850

Agree - senseless move.

Man - the live blog is boring. I want live moving pictures. It's 11 p.m. here in Germany.

[eric66]

Official IXBT.com benchmarks.

terrible results for 480 btw there is some kind of problem with dx9 dirt2 performance of 5870 its on par with 4890 ?

[annihilat0r]

IXBT benchmark numbers completely suck for Fermi.

[Loque]

6:03

Ashley McBroom:
We're still waiting to start because the people just keep coming in. There are people piling up in the balcony and the entire main floor is almost full.
Friday March 26, 2010 6:03 Ashley McBroom
6:02

Ashley McBroom:
yes, there will be benchmarks...or at least some perf data
Friday March 26, 2010 6:02 Ashley McBroom
5:59

Ashley McBroom:
t shirts are being thrown out to the crowd
Friday March 26, 2010 5:59 Ashley McBroom
5:58

Ashley McBroom:
the crowd is screaming
Friday March 26, 2010 5:58 Ashley McBroom
5:56

Ashley McBroom:
No livestream guys but we will post some great video clips of this as soon as we can after the event
Friday March 26, 2010 5:56 Ashley McBroom
5:55

Ashley McBroom:
People are streaming in and trying to get the best seats. And they've brought plenty of green thundersticks that we've been giving out in the booth all day so it's going to not just be packed, but it's going to be NOISY
Friday March 26, 2010 5:55 Ashley McBroom
5:53

Ashley McBroom:
There is a huge line outside, the doors have opened and we're letting people in!
Friday March 26, 2010 5:53 Ashley McBroom


The event is now live.
Waiting for writer to provide content...


tss.. no livestream, they better keep them happy with loot, and don't show benchmarks until everyone leaves the stage

[zerazax]

Official IXBT.com benchmarks.

Enjoy

Thanks for the benches

So aside from DiRT2 and Far Cry 2, the 480 is on part with the 5870 at 1920x1200 and 2560x1600, and gets thoroughly stomped by the 5970 in most benches... sometimes even 480 SLI only matches 5970

[96redformula]

Update from PAX EVENT

People are streaming in and trying to get the best seats. And they've brought plenty of green thundersticks that we've been giving out in the booth all day so it's going to not just be packed, but it's going to be NOISY

, they have green thunder sticks...ATI better run for the hills

[Nightcover]

woot, the show is about to begin, and we can see 0% of it, yeah!

[eric66]

update from pax event


, they have green thunder sticks...ati better run for the hills

[zerazax]

woot, the show is about to begin, and we can see 0% of it, yeah!

Hmm.... we've had events the past 6 months and were able to see 0% of it, why not keep it going for another day more!

[Olivon]

Another french review, erenumerique.fr

[To(V)bo Co(V)bo]

Update from PAX EVENT


, they have green thunder sticks...ATI better run for the hills

Yeah, they ran out of cans of whoop A$$ in the first 5 minutes.

[dertimaushh]

Should be live:

http://en.justin.tv/projectleet#r=tpPciV4~

But i don't get a connection yet.

[eric66]

Another french review, erenumerique.fr

wow really bad for fermi i am expecting flop award from Hardocp

[YukonTrooper]

Fermi drivers will save the day, you'll see!!!!.

By that time we all will be playing with are new ati 6 series cards.

Can someone tell me what game a 5850 cant play at 1920 maxed? All this extra heat and power from fermi seems a little excessive, no?

Everyone is different. Many people don't give a rat's ass about extra heat and power consumption and are willing to pay a premium for the 10%-20% increase in performance. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and nobody can tell them they're wrong.

I'm still playing on a GTX 260 216 @ 1920X1200 and I'm doing fine.

[kemo]

Can someone tell me what game a 5850 cant play at 1920 maxed? All this extra heat and power from fermi seems a little excessive, no?

my HD5870 at 1000/1250 cant max Metro 2033 @ 1680X1050

[zerazax]

Another french review, erenumerique.fr

Ty

Can't read French, so this is form the Google Translate of the conclusion:

50% more transistors, 38 watts more at rest, 102 watts more support, the GTX 480 is a single GPU card that uses the standard of consumption, heat and noise of a dual-GPU! With heat pipe that is measured at over 70 ° over a plaque that is approaching 65 ° and also a fan who reached the 3000 rpms past two minutes of testing, all in one box open, the GeForce GTX 480 should be compared on these points with the Radeon HD 5970, and not the HD 5870. And this comparison is very generous, because if you look just the noise level obtained, it is unfortunately the level of a Radeon HD 4870 X2 support.

Yikes, the power consumption was true... forget getting this for folding. Noise was more than the 4870X2? Well I wouldn't know, mine is under water

edit: Going off the French review, the DX11 comparison actually has the GTX480 performance go down compared to 5870... weird!

[Solus Corvus]

Can someone tell me what game a 5850 cant play at 1920 maxed? All this extra heat and power from fermi seems a little excessive, no?

Shattered Horizon.

[dertimaushh]

Yep now it works more or less:

Live moving pictures

http://en.justin.tv/projectleet#r=tpPciV4~

[eric66]

my HD5870 at 1000/1250 cant max Metro 2033 @ 1680X1050

nobody can

[96redformula]

http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php...ode=47cad850de

You just should all watch the live texting going on, might get some good laughs outta it...

[96redformula]

6:18

Ashley McBroom:
"The GeForce GTX 480 is something you're going to be really delighted with"
Friday March 26, 2010 6:18 Ashley McBroom
6:19

Ashley McBroom:
Now he's showing the the actual GPU. "The most complicated GPU we ever built. It has 3 billion transistors in it"
Friday March 26, 2010 6:19 Ashley McBroom
6:19

Ashley McBroom:
which is the same as 4 Intel quad core core i7 CPUs
Friday March 26, 2010 6:19 Ashley McBroom
6:20

Ashley McBroom:
"it has so much compute capabilities in it that it's gonna let you blow some up"
Friday March 26, 2010 6:20 Ashley McBroom
6:20

Ashley McBroom:
We also have the GTX 470. "The 480, top of the line, hands down the fastest GPU we've ever built. The fastest GPU on the planet."

See, the GTX480 will "Blow up", like your power supply