TouchMyBox
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If he's saying that nvidia has potential production silicon and someone showed him what they had, then I would hope he's talking about real performance. (though maybe cherry picked examples due to drivers not being ready)
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If he's saying that nvidia has potential production silicon and someone showed him what they had, then I would hope he's talking about real performance. (though maybe cherry picked examples due to drivers not being ready)
Pimpbaa
Member
This is factually wrong. AMD had way too many problems with new games in 2011.
wait
Tallshortman
Member
I'm asking because there have certainly be instances in the past with CPUs and GPUs where the silicon looked good on paper but real world performance didn't match. I'm also not saying the Kepler top card isn't possibly going to be the most powerful, it just seemed strange he didn't actually mention seeing it in action running some software before proclaiming how powerful it is going to be.
Call me when nVidia allows Multi Monitor setups to run on one GPU, I drive this with 1*6950 :
Two is multi monitor.....
Rabid Wolverine
Member
I am waiting to see how this turns out.
My 5850 is still giving decent performance, so hopefully when this comes out prices will be cheaper and will choose either Nvidia or AMD.
Would be nice to play Batman AC with Physx on high though.
My 5850 is still giving decent performance, so hopefully when this comes out prices will be cheaper and will choose either Nvidia or AMD.
Would be nice to play Batman AC with Physx on high though.
lol @ the upset people about the spoiler-tagging. Only a few like Dennis got it. 
The "big" news here is that a smaller chip from Nvidia is "handily" winning against AMD's top-end. And Nvidia being known for power-hungry, power hogs, power frying, have come out with a better perf/watt chip than AMD. And if you know a little bit of background about Charlie, he was saying Fermi would lose out to Cypress and it ended up 10-15% faster. If he's saying "handily" wins that means the performance gap is quite significant ..
The "big" news here is that a smaller chip from Nvidia is "handily" winning against AMD's top-end. And Nvidia being known for power-hungry, power hogs, power frying, have come out with a better perf/watt chip than AMD. And if you know a little bit of background about Charlie, he was saying Fermi would lose out to Cypress and it ended up 10-15% faster. If he's saying "handily" wins that means the performance gap is quite significant ..
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Absolutely destroys them, lol.
I need the performance now? Single GTX580 doesn't handle a lot of games adequately at 1600p, HD7970 does.
If the next series from Nvidia destroys an HD7970 I'll definitely sell mine and get one, but I don't expect the price to be reasonable given Nvidia's past history.
Krauser Kat
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Usually buy ATI mid range cards x8xx series but more competition is always welcome. It would be nice to see nvidia back in power/performance game.
I hope you don't mean to say that one 7970 destroys two GTX 580s.
Dr. Acid Avatar
Member
Will buy if there's a $150-199 option.
I though ati was price/performance leaders the last few years?
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Ugh, I just want to upgrade already! I was all set on a 580, then 7970, and now I don't know what to do! I need to upgrade my PC and I don't want to wait until whenever NVidia will release a card comparable to the 7970. Ugh.
Haunted
Member
does not compute
Shai-Tan
Banned
top end is too expensive imo. where's the 6950 and 570 replacements? i hope AMD brings a 7950 at a very competitive price range because 570 is still way too expensive. i never buy the top card always the slightly slower one that was binned. when i see people discuss what they a re buying on forums those cards are what they are considering for "high end" not those overpriced $500 cards. the only reason I went SLI/CF this time is for Battlefield 3 to be smooth
I'm just wondering how much improvement you see from SLI'd 3gb 580's to a 7970.
Shai-Tan
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plan the purchase around the games you will play then it wont be that big a deal. the only reason it's kind of sucky this time is a single card doesn't handle BF3 without slowdown until 7970. but i would have regret the game time I lost if I waited until only a few weeks ago to get a new video card setup
You'd be crazy not to just wait imo.
Also, I keep seeing people say that it's easy to sell used GPU's. I guess I'll be selling my TFII 1.5 580 when this card comes out. Any advice on this or are people just selling them to friends?
nextgeneration
Member
Great news. More competition = better for consumers. Can't wait to see benchmarks.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Would be nice. Better performance AND drivers that aren't complete shit.
Convenient that I'm planning to upgrade when these hit, I suppose.
Convenient that I'm planning to upgrade when these hit, I suppose.
ZombieSupaStar
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In some cases, it comes close. Here is overclocked 7970 [fantastic 30% boost] vs factory overclocked 580.
xemumanic
Member
It's been a while since I posted this tidbit in the other thread, but I just don't get it...........I dunno, something is off beyond the obvious.
But I'm tired of the he says she says, I want to see the real deal. Unfortunately, everything that I've read thus far has said it'll be a little while before its time for that.
But I'm tired of the he says she says, I want to see the real deal. Unfortunately, everything that I've read thus far has said it'll be a little while before its time for that.
In some cases, it comes close. Here is overclocked 7970 [fantastic 30% boost] vs factory overclocked 580.
Heavily overclocked vs. factory overclock is never a fair comparison.
AzureNightmare
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Why is it so taboo to just prefer AMD over Nvidia?
When someone prefers something for no rhyme or reason, they'll get criticized for it.
For me, AMD has been the clear leader in terms of performance/price and multimonitor setups, and NVidia has more flexibility when it comes to custom driver settings for games, as well as better support for older titles and even some newer titles.
No idea. I do have a favouring for AMD just through brand loyalty, but if nVidia comes out with a better graphics card in my price range, I will begrudgingly jump ship. I get what's best for my money.
Why is there only a 30% chance that benchmarks like this will include a Source game. Couldn't give less of a crap about whatever engine an F1 game is on, but every benchmark test seems to go out of their way to include it or crap like itIn some cases, it comes close. Here is overclocked 7970 [fantastic 30% boost] vs factory overclocked 580.
Because the Source engine isn't very demanding any more.
Because the Ego engine is quite a modern engine in comparison, and people want a variety of benchmarks?
Who in the what now?!
And the thread was posted by irfan. Some Twilight Zone shit going on here.
How much did you pay for it?
I've seen plenty of deals on slickdeals. 768MB (which I'm sure you don't have) have been as low as 80 and they've had a 1GB MSI for 100 multiple times.
Just a ton of deals late last year.
Odd because "a variety of benchmarks" feels like what I'm hoping to see
Is there a site that compiles benchmarks from all of these sites into one place? So I can see what kind of card I need to get if I want a specific game or engine to perform at a certain level?
Theonik
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Because source doesn't really stress modern GPUs all that much and as a result it makes for a poor comparison given performance tends to be limited by other factors then.