The Fermi Thread - Part 3

[tajoh111]

EDIT: that post was way too pissy sounding....

i will buy based on my needs, not what you believe my needs are. thank you.

Additionally from what I have seen Tri SLI seems to be the fastest solution.

IF SLI gtx 480 are sometimes beating a 5970 by 60 percent as in anandtech review(and at the very worst beating it by 15 percent, with an average about 40 percent), tri sli is bound to win even against a pair of 5970 . And they happen to more or less cost the same, although you might need a big power supply(and if was me I would use atleast
1 water block on the center card).

Also for some, 3d gaming might be another reason to go with NV. 3d everything is taking off and AMD doesn't have anything setup in this regard.

[Apokalipse]

Additionally from what I have seen Tri SLI seems to be the fastest solution.

IF SLI gtx 480 are sometimes beating a 5970 by 60 percent as in anandtech review, tri sli is bound to win.

Are you comparing three 480's against one 5970?

Also for some, 3d gaming might be another reason to go with NV. 3d everything is taking off and AMD doesn't have anything setup in this regard.

Actually they are already starting to add 3D support.

But then personally I think it's just a fad that companies are using to sell more useless ****.

[Svnth]

Are you comparing three 480's against one 5970?
Actually they are already starting to add 3D support.

Just FYI

3D through Quad-buffer support requiring the developer to implement it themselves != the tech/scope and game-support of 3D Vision

[tajoh111]

Are you comparing three 480's against one 5970?
Actually they are already starting to add 3D support.

But then personally I think it's just a fad that companies are using to sell more useless ****.

No, 3 gtx 480 vs 2 5970.

If it were a fad, we wouldn't have tonnes of 3d capable monitors coming out. I havent heard anything with AMD 3d initiative.

[Solus Corvus]

IF SLI gtx 480 are sometimes beating a 5970 by 60 percent as in anandtech review(and at the very worst beating it by 15 percent, with an average about 40 percent), tri sli is bound to win even against a pair of 5970

Still, unless you have evidence that is true, then it's just speculation. CF/SLI scaling doesn't always work as expected - especially across more then two GPUs. Which GPUs win would likely be dependent on which game being used.