Nvidia confirms the GTX 580

[Olivon]

Only 22% between HD5870 and HD5970 ?

[SKYMTL]

Only 22% between HD5870 and HD5970 ?

He's using 10.7 drivers for the HD 5000 series cards without the App Profiles that brought MASSIVE CF scaling improvements.

[Olivon]

He's using 10.7 drivers for the HD 5000 series cards without the App Profiles that brought MASSIVE CF scaling improvements.

Not a good review so ...

[Lanek]

He's using 10.7 drivers for the HD 5000 series cards without the App Profiles that brought MASSIVE CF scaling improvements.

NVIDIA: 258.96
GTX 580: 262.99
ATI: Catalyst 10.7
HD 6800: Catalyst 10.10

Sadly you are right.... and 10.6-10.7 are not really where 5970 owners was happy... the worst driver possible... But i understand if he can't re test the cards.

[Katzenschleuder]

So the avarage performance improvement to the GTX 480 is only 13% (1920*1200), even with the difference of much newer drivers not counted out.

This means that Nvidia is still behind in efficiency compared to AMD products which have been released a year ago! Kinda dissapointing.

[hurrdurr]

So the avarage performance improvement to the GTX 480 is only 13% (1920*1200), even with the difference of much newer drivers not counted out.

it's actually 14.9%

you should divide 100 by 87, not the other way around... if performance increased from 100 to 200, it should be a 100% increase, not 50%.

[Vipeax]

So the avarage performance improvement to the GTX 480 is only 13% (1920*1200)

No, the performance of the GTX480 is 87% of the GTX580... that actually comes down to a 15% improvement!

Edit:
I was slow .

[Katzenschleuder]

No, the performance of the GTX480 is 87% of the GTX580... that actually comes down to a 15% improvement!

Edit:
I was slow .

Well THAT makes a difference.

[Vipeax]

Well THAT makes a difference.

It's a lot better than going backwards (8800GTX -> 9800GTX)....

[Carbon_Unit]

Only 22% between HD5870 and HD5970 ?

I thought the average was around 30%, if you factor in games that don't scale with Xfire. Yea that does seem a bit low, but the 5970 is highly dependent on profiles/drivers so it depends on what mix of games are used.

edit - what SKYMTL posted. Speaking of, when can we expect your review?