R520 info thread #(9!)^9

I would bet a good portion of those are all on watercooled systems, using Maze4 gpu blocks or the like. There's a large following of watercoolers at XtremeSystems that all run GTXs in their loop...

 

I read this in xtreme Systems forums about some numbers:

FROM: hipro5:
"EDIT: ...."our" man from in there: "I just can't give you numbers yet till Wednesday, but I benched a bit with it on the 3D Mark 2005 and I must confess that with the X1800 on a 4000+, I got much more marks than the GTX on a FX57"......."

So my question is : Does anyone know what the average difference in 3DMark05 score is from a 4000+ to a FX57?

Also, he said 'much more marks', so this should give it a bit more as well.

 

Bah, who really cares about 3DMark05 scores? If true, all this basically means is that the R520 has a higher vertex processing rate than the G70, but I think we all expected that.

 

there is almost no difference in default, maybe not even 100 points.

 

Really? Hmmm, I wonder why he'd mention it even then.




9700 marks is pretty impressive though. What do you think Bowen? Is your 7800GTX on eBay yet?

 

Maybe we'll have enuf data points now to figure out if those even exist on 16-ROP cards this side of, oh, Q3 at 8x6!

Edit: I mean, if, as we think we know, ATI is planning to triple shader power in R580 without bumping ROPs, that pretty strongly suggests to me that ROP is just never the constraint in modern situations on 16-ROP cards.

 

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Ding ding ding, we have a winner! Who cares

Ibiza was fun, was good to see a bunch of faces I know from online encounters (watching Fudo and Lars do flamenco was fun, eh Kombatant? ) and these here forums.

Some of us paid attention during the presentations, too....



He shouldn't be allowed to these things, he just browses these forums or sleeps

 

What is "flamenco"?

 

Spanish dance. You've certainly seen it. There is much clapping, stomping, and ruffled clothing/swirling skirts involved.

 

hmmm i live in Portugal - Algarve, i should have been there ... i could get in just saying "i'm a beyond3d forum member" compreendes ?!

 

And they'd respond, "Sorry, only Senior Members and Regulars with Reputation of +10 or higher!".

Kidding! Kidding!!

 

errrrrr then i would say that despite my post number, and register date, i visit beyond3d everyday since the beginning

 

That's adventurous. How about ~530MHz on air without throttling? 600MHz is likely water cooled. Active/LN + VMod + BIOS latency mods for higher clocks. (Not that I have an FM account to check).

As an aside, given G70 multiple clock domains, VS run at a higher clock than core clock (ROP/PS), IIRC. Interesting portents for future parts.

Given current architecture features/balance, I suspect 16 ROPs may not be an issue for some time. (Perhaps SLI/XFire also confirm this to a degree?)

 

Fairly impressive mid-range cards with 4 ROPs would suggest it as well. I don't think we're going to see any 4-1 whupass opened up between top-end and mid-range . . .

 

I really dont give a shit about 3dmark scores. I never have and I never will. I want to see real game benches:

BF2 benches
CoD2 benches
Elderscrolls Oblivion benches
HL2 benches
Quake4 benches
Farcry benches

I also want to see image quality comparisons in various settings and modes.

 

"Ultra-high Image Quality" it says at ati.com when you set your date to 10/5.

That's gotta be more than just AA on HDR. It's gotta. . .

"Live Tinkerbell, live!!"

 

Don't forget avivo.

 

I don't read too much into that. Nvidia could have said the same when they introduced transparency AA. Whenever the word "ultra" sneaks its way into a sentence I stop thinking it is something from engineering and suspect 90% of the "product" was created by marketing. But I suppose one can always hope.

 

All in due time...