The Fermi Thread - Part 3

[grimREEFER]

did anyone compare 2x5970's to 480 sli?
im starting to think that might be the only concrete nvidia win

imo everything other matchup is so close that you can argue for either, for the most part

[Chickenfeed]

did anyone compare 2x5970's to 480 sli?
im starting to think that might be the only concrete nvidia win

imo everything other matchup is so close that you can argue for either

I'd be more interested in seeing 3x 5870. Quad scaling usually sucks. However it seems that 480 sli is hit in miss right now. In the games with good scaling, the scaling is *really* good. In the games with poor scaling, you may as well turn off your heater and save on natural gas...

[Solus Corvus]

did anyone compare 2x5970's to 480 sli?
im starting to think that might be the only concrete nvidia win

The only one I saw that put 2x 5970s against 2x GTX480 was ixbt. GTX480 SLI loses:

http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html

It'd be nice if more reviews included 480 SLI and 5970 CF results, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[Olivon]

The only one I saw that put 2x 5970s against 2x GTX480 was ixbt. GTX480 SLI loses:

This review is total faily

[Solus Corvus]

This review is total faily

I agree that the review is not very good. But I don't see any others with 2x 5970 numbers for comparison.

[gOJDO]

The only one I saw that put 2x 5970s against 2x GTX480 was ixbt. GTX480 SLI loses:

http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...2560-pcie.html

It'd be nice if more reviews included 480 SLI and 5970 CF results, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

According to the graphs, they are close. But what they are measuring is average FPS, which isn't so important. GTX 480 SLI should deliver much smoother gaming experience due to more stable frame rate.

Further, when better nVidia drivers arrive we can expect 2x480GTX to outperform 5970 CF in min and average FPS, as well as in smoothness.