Nvidia What do you expect

[willywill]

Im guessing Nvidia is nowhere near finished with the fermi based cards. The top of the line single gpu should be the gtx 485 with 512 sp and they should have a dual gpu with 2 gtx 475 (whenever they come out) and have a power draw less than ati's 5970 but more performance. I think the release of there gtx 460 was a success but they are a little late and should be releasing more cards that dont produce as much heat and is more energy efficient. Nvidia needs a lot of work to get put back on top even then i still buy there products
What do you think Nvidia should do at this point?

 

[Mousemonkey]

The next major milestone in the Fermi tale may well be the release of Crysis 2 but whether they will have GPU's with fully enabled cores by then is anybody's guess.

 

[17seconds]

A switch to a smaller die process, should help to lower temperatures, lower power usage, and increase clock speeds.

Also, taking a cue from Intel, a switch to multi-core processors would provide an increase in performance; not just two chips on the same card, but an actual integrated set of multi-cores.

Finally, I think Nvidia should learn some lessons in cooling/card design from companies that produce non-reference custom cards and after-market cooling designs.

I think these are some of the keys to future success for the Fermi family.

 

[willywill]

I agree and they better start soon because they are behind by at lest 8 months

 

[decode]

With the 6xxx series around the corner I expect them to be trailing for another year or so? Hopefully.

 

[Helltech]

I'm sure Nvidia has solutions right now, but they need to sell all of their GF100 before they release more GF104 cards. If they released 475/485 it would kill 470 and 480 sales, just as the 460 did to the 465.

 

[17seconds]

I would expect the ATI 6xxx cards to be in direct competition with the second generation Fermi cards (475, 485, 495) this Christmas/Holiday season. This should coincide with the fall release of some new DirectX 11 games: Lost Planet 2, Medal of Honor, Civilization V, HAWX 2, Primal Carnage (whatever that is), and a few others; more than doubling the number of available DX11 titles.

 

[Oldirty]

I am still hoping they fix the drivers, I am having problems in BFBC2, SC2, and Dragon Age. = / 460's Sli

 

[decode]

I haven't quite finished DA:O(I'm on the last part when you can control the armies)
GTA4 will be awesome on my new 6xxx series...

Will have to get BFBC2 + MW2 + HAWX i reckon...

Is hawx playable with kb+mouse?

~6850.... come-on baby!