• Fermi tech specs/whitepapers released
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[IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/mblunk/Private/1263608214xxTstzDnsd_1_1_l.gif[/IMG] [quote]HardOCP recently had the opportunity to sit down with NVIDIA face-to-face and discuss its next generation GPU, codenamed "GF100" which is based on the "Fermi" architecture you have likely heard so much about for the last few months. Currently NVIDIA is not sharing GF100 based video card specifics. This is NOT a product launch! This is a look into the GF100 GPU’s inner workings and how that relates to gaming. The "GF" in "GF100" stands for a "Graphics" solution based on the "Fermi" architecture. The "100" denotes that it is the high-end part of the current GPU family. The GF100 is NVIDIA’s next big investment, and it is yet to be seen if it will pay off for them. The GF100 is more than just a GPU for gaming; we all know that based on the recent information that has been given. However, don’t let this GP-GPU nonsense fool you, NVIDIA made it clear to us...finally…the GF100 is built for gaming.[/quote] [url]http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/01/17/nvidias_fermi_gf100_facts_opinions/[/url] There's too much text/content to post all in this thread, so I'll just go over some highlights: [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/mblunk/Private/1263608214xxTstzDnsd_1_31_l.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/mblunk/Private/1263608214xxTstzDnsd_1_19_l.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/mblunk/Private/1263608214xxTstzDnsd_1_18_l.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/mblunk/Private/1263608214xxTstzDnsd_1_17_l.gif[/IMG] In short: [list]About 2x the performance of GT200b[/list] [list]Significantly increased AA quality[/list] [list]More efficient at DX11 than ATI 5xxx[/list] [editline]03:20AM[/editline] Personally, I think nVidia has done a good job with Fermi, but took way too long to create it, and only the wise waiters will directly benefit from it. I'll just be waiting for ATI's price drops so I can crossfire my 5850.
They took their time. Hopefully they'll be able shake the market up and bit and give ATi some real competition. If Nvidia succeeds here it'll be good for everyone.
That car is fucking ugly. I know that isn't the point of it, but still. Also Fermi sounds nasty, why couldn't they call it Salad Series or something.
Nvidia charts of tests done by nvidia
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;19700193]That car is fucking ugly. I know that isn't the point of it, but still. Also Fermi sounds nasty, why couldn't they call it Salad Series or something.[/QUOTE] I think Fermi sounds cool. Like an exotic sports car (Fermi is Italian).
[QUOTE=Odellus;19700245]I think Fermi sounds cool. Like an exotic sports car (Fermi is Italian).[/QUOTE] I think it sounds like something rotten, and if words could smell like something, I would imagine a rotten christmas tree.
These look kinda fishy.
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;19700256]I think it sounds like something rotten, and if words could smell like something, I would imagine a rotten christmas tree.[/QUOTE] Uh... ok?
When i see Fermi, i'm thinking Ferarri. I like the name.
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19700218]Nvidia charts of tests done by nvidia[/QUOTE] This I agree for everything. Total conflict of interests here. Also, ambivalent charts with minimal labeling.
[quote=HardOCP]If GF100 is beating the Radeon HD 5870 that much in a benchmark that was written for the Radeon HD 5870 in the first place (The Heaven demo), that just spells "awesome" for the kind of geometry performance potentially here.[/quote] I just hope the card costs less than 1000$! :buddy: [b]Edit:[/b] I mean, in Norway. Things tend to be very expensive here.
GTX 380 probably gonna be $500, GTX 360 $400, GT 320 $300 (9800 GT?) then when the GTX 395 comes out, everything drops by $100 and the 395 goes to $600.
I hope this Nvidia card is awesome. Either it will have the features, price, and performance I want or it will drive down the price of competing ATI cards so I can get one of those. By the time March rolls around I should have enough money saved up to choose between the two. :eng101:
[QUOTE=Odellus;19700431]GTX 380 probably gonna be $500, GTX 360 $400, GT 320 $300 (9800 GT?) then when the GTX 395 comes out, everything drops by $100 and the 395 goes to $600.[/QUOTE] Aren't they calling them GF 120, GF 160, GF 180 and GF 195?
Can't wait to sell my 5870 to buy one of these!
[QUOTE=paul simon;19700491]Aren't they calling them GF 120, GF 160, GF 180 and GF 195?[/QUOTE] No idea. [editline]04:09AM[/editline] fuck its 4am
I hate the new naming scheme (AKA no clear pattern at all), they should have continued with the thousands.
[QUOTE=acds;19700627]I hate the new naming scheme (AKA no clear pattern at all), they should have continued with the thousands.[/QUOTE] higher numbers are better shit I got lost at "numbers" how the fuck am I meant to understand this system augh
...yeah those doesn't seem like accurate charts. But, we won't really know anything for sure until people do benchmarks on their own.
but will it make me burritos
[QUOTE=Robbazking;19700344]These nvidia charts looks kinda biased? Why?[/QUOTE] weren't the charts ATi released not long before the 5___ release also incredibly "optimistic" not like that'll stop fanfaggots turning this thread into another shitstorm of idiocy \/ ah fuck you I should have seen it coming
[QUOTE=acds;19700627]I hate the new naming scheme (AKA no clear pattern at all), they should have continued with the thousands.[/QUOTE] 10800 doesn't seem right to me.
Hope it doesn't cost too much.
[QUOTE=GunskiMod;19701032]Hope it doesn't cost too much.[/QUOTE] Sure it will, knowing nvidia they'll keep the cheapest card at around 200 and that thing will probably suck.
nvidia doesn't decide the retailer's prices, and the prices they recommend (or msrp) are usually 2/3 the price retailers decide to charge, if not lower.
I thought this was going to be something about the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), which runs a particle accelerator called the Tevatron. but this is cool too
[QUOTE=Odellus;19700245]I think Fermi sounds cool. Like an exotic sports car (Fermi is Italian).[/QUOTE] welcome to ikea today we have a special on the lorni chairs and the fermi table [editline]09:56PM[/editline] "Take that ATI your cards don't run well on our own Benchmarks"
I just hope that my waiting will end up being rewarding, at the very least it will lower the price of ATI cards.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;19701216]welcome to ikea today we have a special on the lorni chairs and the fermi table [editline]09:56PM[/editline] "Take that ATI your cards don't run well on our own Benchmarks"[/QUOTE] Except Unigine was designed on, developed on and tested on ATI 5xxx series cards alone, as they're the only DX11 cards out.. yet Fermi still runs 1.6x faster on it.
[QUOTE=mblunk;19701441]Except Unigine was designed on, developed on and tested on ATI 5xxx series cards alone, as they're the only DX11 cards out.. yet Fermi still runs 1.6x faster on it.[/QUOTE] Runs 1.6 times faster than the 5870. Try comparing to the 5970, which in all likelihood will be a much better comparison for heat, power, and cost. As an added bonus, we know that it will run at double the speed with the 5970 because the dragon / cobblestone road sequence mostly pushes the tesselator. As another funfact, fermi doesn't have a tesselator per say, it uses instructions on it's shaders, while the 5870 / 5970 has 1 / 2 physical dedicated tesselators respectively.
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