The Fermi Thread - Part 3

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that would go under the "doesn't matter" category, just proof that Vantage is no way to gauge actual gaming performance.

yeah, the time that "future"mark benchmarks have held some relevance to actual game performance is long passed... still its interesting how much faster fermi is in unigine and how slow it is in the 3dmark series...

its odd how its up to 40% faster than a 5870 in some games too, and in the 3dmark series its about the same...

The only "IDIOT" and "not a real gamer" here is you. Downgrade 30" 2560x1600? You should tell that to people also that have 120"-144" screens for home theater that have 1080P they should downgrade to 50-60" screens so that 1080P looks sharper....

i didnt mean it as an insult, did i forgot to add a smiley to that sentence? its meant as a poke, not an insult...
let me reword it, i find it hard to understand why people would go for those huge resolutions as it limits them to multi gpu which has a ton of draw backs and delivers a worse gaming experience than lower res gaming systems.

Ever think that maybe people with 30" 2560x1600 can afford multi-gpu solutions

its not about money... i wouldnt go for a 30" 2560x1600 gaming system even if i won the lottery... 24" 1920x1200 with a highend single gpu card will be a much better gaming system in my experience...

BTW please explain and show me when 7900 GTX SLI, 8800 GTX SLI, GTX 280 SLI or GTX 480 SLI has "stutter" problems?

lol, did you ever play games on an sli rig at all? and i mean did you play games on it at a res and at settings that actually made sense on an sli rig and not 100+ fps? if you play at 100fps or so you wont notice most of the multi gpu problems, but whats the point of having a second vga to begin with if all it does is render extra frames you dont even notice? crysis, far cr2, mirrors edge are the first that come to mind when i think of games where sli isnt necessarily better than a single card despite higher average fps.

Huge power consumption, I can afford $50 extra a year for power, noise? with home theater sound or headphones people aren't listening to their fans spinning up while gaming.

good for you, but who here cant afford those extra 50$? its still 50$ you might want to spend on something else... and noise is not a problem because people use headphones... maybe... but if thats true, why do people still remember noisy vgas even a decade after they were sold because they were so noisy? why is there a notably third party vga heatsink market for quiet vga solutions? why do so many people watercool their vgas and pcs? most people clearly dont like noisy vgas and pcs...

It is clear you don't have a 30" 2560x1600 display, but calling people idiots or not real gamers really shows a lack of intelligence.

again, my apologies, i didnt mean it as an insult...
and i consider it a waste of money to go for a 30" screen so, yes, i obviously dont have one
in case you care, im on a 23" samsung 1920x1080 display... got it for 125$, brand new about a year ago. a 30" screen costs what, 5-10x more? my 260sli would probably be enough for most games even, but i prefer to play at 1080 with everything maxed out and with one vga disabled if possible...

PS: I find it funny that you actually spend the time to create all those quotes and discuss / refute all these points. Do you get out much?

i enjoy discussing tech, yeah... why else would i have 30k posts on a tech forum?

and why do you even bring this up? your posting a lot in this thread as well?

btw, id rather buy two or three 20" 1680 screens and play in 3d vision soround than buy a single 30" screen. which is another reason i can think of why people would buy a 480 or 470 or even two... thats really something nice and creating a game play environment thats worth the money and multi gpu hassle... and its something ati just cant do. you MIGHT be able to get the same set up, but itll be way more hassle than nvidia and it wont be supported as well on the driver side...

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3204/nvidia_geforce_gtx_470_video_card_overclocked/index.html

hmmm only 680mhz? thats it? thats a pretty lame oc :/
i wonder if 470s have very low volts at stock compared to 480s?
does anybody know?
a 470@480 clocks should be a VERY nice deal... only 7% less sps and one gddr5 channel less...
the performance should be very close to a 480...

@TweakTown review. how does a 10% overclock get 30% performance boost on HAWX?

its tweaktown
dont expect too much from them...
they are an interesting reference point but dont expect solid numbers that are comparable to other reviews or even their own previous reviews and articles
they are good at doing a quick review or article though to get a rough idea where things are at... so i like reading their stuff, but yeah, dont take them too seriously