PC Makers Announce Fermi Gaming Machines

"dual SLI GTX 480s" so that's 4 gpu's right?
And.....cyberpower is always the first....always xD

Ridiculous power draw, (nVidia please fix this) otherwise it's a nice card with nice features.

they will fix it; in their bi-yearly patch

Got to love that CyberPower had a press release ready to go the moment nVidia's presentation was over stating that they'd have Fermi-equipped PCs for sale - as if there was some fear that these custom shops would be boycotting this new line of GPUs.

If you're building a machine on CyberPowerPC, and want to add a second GPU to a configuration, they'll charge you as much as $899 to put in an HD 5970. Can't wait to see what their price for a GTX 480 will jump to once the cards go on sale, and people have to deal with the reality of the short supply.

owell some one got to sell that over price over rated crap o0

And I thought the hype was over...
I don't remember seeing all these news for ATI 5xxx
I really think this one was uncalled for, it was expected...
What next an article saying that stores will actually sell it!!!
Of course they will

rip offs.. wait a couple days and get a 6 core AMD, with an ATI card for $1000 that'll keep up with those $3000 fermi boxes

Better have LN2 cooling on those things.

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Really even if Fermi fixed the power issues and released a driver that gave it the significant increase over the 5xxx's that where promised I would still hope that we'll be WELL past this tech by 2099! I'm hoping we'll be into holographic tech by 2050 at the latest. Horrible inaccurate advertisement!

Seriously, anyone who buys this for gaming is just a fanboi. too much of a power draw for too little of an improvement at too high of a price. These cards should be used for CUDA only.

Complaining about power draw is like complaining that a Lamborghini gets poor gas mileage....Performance always has its price. Get a bigger power supply...

Fermi is not a Lamborghini... maybe a Toyota

Your missing the point, its a performance/enthusiasts card. Toyota is not a performance/enthusiasts brand.

From the benchmarks I saw the GTX470 is sitting squarely in between the 5850 and the 5870 and the GTX480 is in between the 5870 and the 5970 in terms of both price and performance.

5850 ~ $300
470 ~ $350
5870 ~ $420
480 ~ $500
5970 ~ $700

Not that I'd buy one because of the temps they run at but they seem to fill gaps in AMD's lineup.

You drive a Lamborghini for the brand and the shape of its car, not for its breakpads.

No I think only a fanboy would make a comment like that. The Fermi cards have proved in benchmarks to perform superior to comparable ATI cards with AA enabled. So to someone who cares about AA Fermi is an attractive option. Admit that it does something right and is not just irrelevant. If nothing else it will help you get your ATI card for cheaper. Also if ATI had sold their 5850/5870 for MSRP I would have one in my system by now. But since they wanted to maximize profits they most likely cost themselves my business. What they should have done sold at MSRP to get all these new Nvidia guys on their boat.

And where are they listed in the power requirements?

All my GPUs are integrated by intel. I game on my PS3, which is nvidia. Yeah, I'm such a fanboy.

So where were you going with this comment?



And this one...

"You drive a Lamborghini for the brand and the shape of its car, not for its breakpads."

Depends on what type of person you are. If you're a metro d-bag, then you'll buy it for the name, looks and show factor. If you're an enthusiast, then you're buying it for the 0-60, 60-0, etc. You get the point.

thank you Chrisf2149...thank you sir

Or you could do it right and build an ATI 5970 build you'reself.

[Quote] And where are they listed in the power requirements? [/Quote]

Am I the only one who doesn't care about power requirement?

I don't know how that is relevant. If you are spending upwards of $400 on a GPU chances are you either already a sufficient power supply or you have the $$ to get a power supply. System Assemblers chronically assemble computers with over the top power supplies so I wouldn't be surprised if most "heavy gamers" could just swap one of these things right in there.

5970- Maximum board power: 294 Watts Idle board power: 51 Watts $616.00

480GTX- Maximum board power: 250W $500

470GTX- Maximum board power:215W $350

5870- Maximum board power: 188 Watts Idle board power: 27 Watts $390

5850- Maximum board power: 151 Watts Idle board power: 27 Watts $295

For the ATI prices all I did was google the model # and take the cheapest price I saw in the first screen of results.

The above prices are not acurrate at all the 5970 is currently priced at 699.99 "Diamond" and if you want a HIS or XFX it will cost you another 50 bucks.. So we can say that 699.99 is the average price

616.00$

i dont care about the power it takes i dont care if it takes 5000watts just give me a psu to run it. only thing they could do is take out features and make the chip smaller. but give me the power dont hold back.

What do the 40nm process and the GTX 4XX's have in common? They both suck.

Is there a reason people feel the need to compare a $500 card to a $500,000 car? Seriously. Someone spending $500 on a video card can still be price conscious (Myself included). Those buying a $500,000 car? More than likely, not so much.

So yes, I definitely think that excessive power draw is a legit complaint. The card is more expensive to own over time, not to mention it puts off more heat. Efficiency is always good, even if only for the lower heat.

The reason pricing on HD5XXX series was so high is because everyone was buying them and their 40nm production didn't yield enough. Supply and Demand.

The prices are still higher but not exactly like they could help it, unless they wanted to lose money.