http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 Fermi cards launching March 26th http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
But keep fingers crossed that its not again a pathetic 9800 series rehash

I have lost faith in nvidia :(]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/I don't know about you guys, but I am still running some 8800GT in SLI and I can play every game just fine. Why should I spend $$$$$$$$$ on next gen shit if I don't notice a difference.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
I'm guessing you aren't using a large screen.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Heh, I'm still goin' strong on a 6800GS.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
pssh my voodoo 5 plays all my games just fine...this new stuff is total overkill]]>Feb 23rd 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
However, it does have the occasional stutter, is very noisy and runs very hot. Even though my 8800GT has served me well I'll certainly be looking to ATi for my new card, probably a 5850 when they fall in price or when something like a 5790 turns up with good performance:dollar.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
The sentiment is both right and wrong.

It is right, since we do not want competition and innovation to stop.

It is also wrong for the simple reason that screen resolutions have hit a plateau: 1920x1200 and 2560x1600. Both actual GTX2xx and Radeon 5xxx cards are capable of driving the resolutions in pretty much all games.

The ATI wasn't even hiding the fact that Eyefinity was introduced mostly as a mean to justify the excessive performance of 5870 and 5970 cards. Because otherwise there is little to no use for it right now.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
I don't know about how deep your pockets are, but I'm not shelling out $699 for a graphics card, even if it rendered graphics in 7d. If the lower end cards don't compete in price and performance with the Radeons, I'll give up waiting for nVidia to get their act together.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/they won't. The GF100 is a huge chip. they can only make profits from it if they sell it in high-end, expensive cards.

the mid-range and low-end cards will have to be made up entirely of last-gen's architecture, which are cheaper to manufacture. they'll probably rebrand them as the GT3xx series though.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 24th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.nvidia.com/content/PDF/fermi_white_papers/NVIDIA_Fermi_Compute_Architecture_Whitepaper.pdf



Nvidia propaganda, but an interesting read nontheless. ]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
The GTX 480 is about 5% faster than the 5870.

Dual GPU solutions are impossible due to die size, heat, and power consumption.

It will cost far more than the 58xx series due to low yields and the size of the card. (Some people say about $700- other says 400-500)

Oh, the only revolutionary thing here is it has a dedicated hardware tessellation unit.

Nvidia has a bad egg here - Same as their FX series cards. ]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
Ohhh i was reading about the GF100 with like...CUDA cores and stuff so i thought they were putting the high end workstation graphic technology into the gaming cards...

Engadget - Can we have more workstation card news? I'm much more interested in that than gaming graphics. ]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/The performance numbers are just rumors at the moment.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
I agree, the performance and price are rumors, but the large die size, heat, and power consumption are not.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
you're right. anandtech (dot com) has a bunch of good info about that.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/

What they need more than these top-performance cards is midrange ones. ]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
We have midrange cards. They are the highrange cards from last year.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/hahaha it makes no sense, i get it.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 22nd 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
+1

I lost interest after they delayed it for the second time.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
lol or not.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Same old rotten comment system eh.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Isn't that what workstation cards are for? It's not like there are thousands of developers out there writing commercial applications for CUDA. All that stuff is pure business and science. The consumer gets no benefit from all these additions that nVidia took years to make and now they are tossing them in consumer cards and charging $700. Someone over there needs to think about whether this is the best business strategy for them to be pursuing.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/
Yes, since I can split atoms with my mind, I will stick with AMD.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-and-gtx-470-fermi-cards-launching-march-2/Feb 23rd 2010 1:24AM