The Fermi Thread - Part 3

[saaya]

This is Xtreme Systems right? Not "Frugal Systems"

While I think it is great to save money some people are in this hobby like others are into race cars, R/C airplanes etc. This is a hobby and it isn't a cheap one if you want the latest and greatest, SPEED costs $$$$$$ in every single hobby.

So as I'm driving my Z06 today I selected the Coolant Temp guess what? 214'F which is quite a bit hotter than a standard Corvette, Z06 is 505 HP vs 430 HP that's only 75 HP more that's only 17.5% increase and it was 20-25K more... So the Z06 and the ZR1 for that matter run hotter, cost more in fuel, and are more expensive sounds like Fermi right? Yet it isn't easy to find a Z06 or ZR1 in stock, they sell well and they aren't for economy buyers.

Before you say it isn't a good comparison think about it for a minute, some people will spend $250K on a Ferrari is that a good deal? How about people that spend money on water cooling setup when it is not necessary? Or the tons of other custom "Xtreme" parts that go into a fast PC.

I think we are seeing GPU technology being pushed to the limits of current chip design, why else would Nvidia who isn't some no name company have issues getting this to market? They were ambitious and wanted to have something really revolutionary, well they did but at quite a cost.

Yep I'm going with the Fermi (Ferrari) of GPUs and not just 1 but 2 for SLI on my waste of money 30" 3008WFP, will I enjoy my gaming experience? Yep , do I enjoy driving my way too expensive Z06? Yep Fortunately Nvidia IMO priced Fermi properly I don't think they really had too much of a choice TBH but nevertheless it is priced pretty good.

so your points are:
1. im rich!
2. im buying 2 gtx480s cause they are the best cards for 2560x1600
if you really cant find a 5970 then you must be doing something wrong, i can find several offers... even then, most boards nowadays have 2 if not 4 pciE 16x slots... how about getting 3-4 5870s or 5850s? i thought money doesnt matter and you just want the fastest possible? and multi gpu isnt a problem at all, right?

you obviously prefer nvidia... theres nothing wrong with that! i hate ccc and nvidia highend cards are pretty solid, expensive, but solid... but please dont tell us your unbiased and just buy 2 480s cause they are oh so awesome

GTX 480 vs 5870 TOXIC

Very interesting indeed looks like AMD has really no real reason to lower prices...

lol what? 2-3fps over a standard 5870, thats it? i expected a lot more from those beefed up 2gb cards :/

Well add to the fact my board is a 790I

eeeeEEEeeEEEEWWWWwWWWww :S
sorry, but really... 790i... eew...

you can flash the dell XPS 730 H2C bios on your board and enable xfire that way... dell managed to force nvidia to remove their xfire lock on their chipsets... if you dont want to do that, then yeah, 480 sli sounds like the best option indeed... but tbh, if i were you... id rather get a pair of evga 470s with waterblock mounted already... they cost the same as a 480, clock higher, run cooler, and should perform better than 480s on air when comparing 480 sli max oc vs watercooled 470 sli max oc...