NVIDIA GF100 & Friends speculation

[Lonbjerg]

If you want performance, why you pick single GTX480? Its slower than 5970, and as you say performance is everything

Multi-GPU dosn't kick in in all games...that is why.
Fastest single GPU is my choice.

 

[Alexko]

Multi-GPU dosn't kick in in all games...that is why.
Fastest single GPU is my choice.

It probably does in about 90% of the games that actually require it...

 

[Lonbjerg]

It probably does in about 90% of the games that actually require it...

Dosn't do wonders in ARMA2, where I spend most of my time.
And I won't wait for a "hotfix" to play a game several months after release, no thank you.

 

[Dave Baumann]

Dosn't do wonders in ARMA2, where I spend most of my time.
And I won't wait for a "hotfix" to play a game several months after release, no thank you.

Thats why there are now Crossfire profile updates.

 

[Lonbjerg]

Thats why there are now Crossfire profile updates.

But still no cake in ARMA2 for multi-GPU...so no point for me.

 

[Alexko]

Dosn't do wonders in ARMA2, where I spend most of my time.
And I won't wait for a "hotfix" to play a game several months after release, no thank you.

There seems to be a CPU bottleneck, but the HD 5970 is clearly faster than (or equal to, when the CPU is the bottleneck) the GTX 480 in ArmA 2: http://www.behardware.com/articles/787-11/report-nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-470.html

Even when there's no "hotfix", you can still play, just not with Crossfire. For major games it's usually pretty quick anyway.

 

[karlotta]

But still no cake in ARMA2 for multi-GPU...so no point for me.

CF works fine~ in A2? i use quadfire.

 

[KimB]

If GPUs are being shipped to vendors, nvidia and AMD counts them as "shipped". Sometimes their marketing counts them even as sold (as long as they leave fabs, regardless if they are on the shelves or not).

Yes, but how far out is the GTX 465?

 

[neliz]

Yes, but how far out is the GTX 465?

a few weeks.

 

[Richthofen]

It probably does in about 90% of the games that actually require it...

So what? If he wants a multiple GPU setup he should go with SLI anyway. But as already said he picks the fastest single GPU solution

 

[no-X]

Multi-GPU dosn't kick in in all games...that is why.

Well. Because of this reason, GTX480 is faster in about 5% of games. These 5% are more important than the other 95%?

 

[Alexko]

So what? If he wants a multiple GPU setup he should go with SLI anyway. But as already said he picks the fastest single GPU solution

Sure, a pair of GTX 480s would be faster than a HD 5970, or even a pair of HD 5870s. So if performance is key, that's what Lonbjerg should get, even if, in a few games, it's not all that great.

And just in case someone points out that it would be even better with 3 or 4 cards, I think we can all agree it's not worth it because of the seriously diminishing returns past 2 GPUs.

 

[I.S.T.]

That could have been two misinterpretations of less than 10k cards at launch and less than 10k hotlots.

Those I believe.

 

[Sontin]

Because nVidia doesn't sell the cards to end users and they count the parts shipped.

So they shipped a lot of GTX465 Chips/GPUs but a less of GTX470/GTX480? Why would their partners store all of these cards?
But that would also mean that they shipped all of these GTX470/GTX480 2-3 months ago. Guess who said there will be a limited-to-no availability until BX...

 

[Tchock]

BTW where did Surround 3D Vision go?

I thought there was lots of talk about a mid-April driver update that would bring such functionality over to the 400s...

Maybe it's just the fact that 3 monitors would have the nVidia cards idling at 120+ watts I suppose.

 

[Dave Baumann]

So they shipped a lot of GTX465 Chips/GPUs but a less of GTX470/GTX480? Why would their partners store all of these cards?

If its an ASIC model you'll want to be shipping chips quite some time before the boards launch.

 

[Cookie Monster]

BTW where did Surround 3D Vision go?

I thought there was lots of talk about a mid-April driver update that would bring such functionality over to the 400s...

Maybe it's just the fact that 3 monitors would have the nVidia cards idling at 120+ watts I suppose.

I think the first 3d Vision drivers are coming in July?

The first rel 256 drivers will be released on May24th.

Here is the link

 

[Tamlin]

BTW where did Surround 3D Vision go?

I thought there was lots of talk about a mid-April driver update that would bring such functionality over to the 400s...

Maybe it's just the fact that 3 monitors would have the nVidia cards idling at 120+ watts I suppose.

Its delayed until the end of June:
http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/2010/05/3d-vision-surround-driver-launch-timeline.html

Nvidia probably had a mockup version with softTH at CES in January and needed 6 months to make their own. Its hard to believe that they had a working version in January and then need 6 months to complete it.

 

[Colourless]

Makes me think that Nvidia's driver department is understaffed.

 

[Erinyes]

Makes me think that Nvidia's driver department is understaffed.

Well according to Nvidia, they're a "software company" as they have more software engineers than hardware engineers