Nvidia to Unleash 'Fermi' GF100 on March 26
Mark your calendars: Fermi on March 26!
Nvidia hit the social networks, drumming up excitement for the release of its next product. What we've been waiting for, apparently, is the announcement of a launch date for the next-generation Nvidia GF100 hardware, codenamed Fermi.
The official word now from Nvidia's Twitter account is:
Apologies for the confusion around our most recent GF100 update. To clarify, launch date for GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 is March 26, 2010
The message was preceded by word that the new GPUs will be at PAX East:
The wait is almost over! The world's fastest PC graphics gaming technology will be unveiled PAX 2010. Visit: www.nvidia.com/paxeast.
Are you waiting for Fermi for your next upgrade?
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The link is broke mate.
Soooooooo.... will prices of their old stuff drop now?
I just bought a 5750 today, damnit.
The link works if you get rid of the period on the end.
Soooooooo.... will prices of their old stuff drop now?
I just bought a 5750 today, damnit.
Doubt it.
Released =! Competitive
Fermi is a really big, really expensive chip.
I highly doubt nVidia will try to undercut ATI as far as price/performance goes...
Guess I'll wait till the GTX 450. =p
Doubt it.Released =! CompetitiveFermi is a really big, really expensive chip.I highly doubt nVidia will try to undercut ATI as far as price/performance goes...
But I, for one, am really hoping that their release will cause for an immediate price reduction from ATI.
sweet, hopefully no delays from now on....
Lately i have been on the ATI bandwagon, but i can't wait to see how the Fermi benchies compare to ATI's current oferings... hope the price/performance ratio is close, only that will drive down the prices.
fermi will be such a hot product that people will be unable to get their hands on one.
I have a feeling ATI has something waiting for when Fermi comes out. It seems like they've been one step ahead of Nvidia everytime for the last year or so.
Either way, color me excited.
Nvidia to Unleash 'Fermi' GF100 (on paper) on March 26*
Fixed.
Guess I'll wait till the GTX 450. =p
You never know you might just get your wish and maybe a good deal thanks to ATI. 320 and 384 shader cards should come out later on in the year so that NVidia can keep cost of the GTX480 and 470 down in order to break even or turn a profit.
Sounds exciting!
Unfortunately word on the street is that nVidia will have 7,000 - 8,000 gpus availible by the end of March.
Compare that to AMD's 5870 release of 100,000+ gpus. And most of us know you can still bearly get your hands on a 5870.
By the time you whitle down the avalible gpus by giving them to the press nVidia will probablly have 1,000 gpus left to sell. Those things are going to be more expensive than Fararis.
I really don't give a damn about fermi anymore.
I already bought a 5870... I'm not about to buy nVidia any time soon.
My 8800GTX crapped out and I was forced to pick up a new grafix card... if nVidia had a DX11 card on the market, I may have gone that route, but I bought the 5870 and haven't looked back. I'm really impressed by it.
BENCH-MARK ... BENCH-MARK... BENCH-MARK... BENCH-MARK !!!!
So what!! It is one graphic card that will probably cost around 300 dollars. I used be excited about this kind of stuff but I grew up and spending money on other stuff. You can get a decent graphic card for around 100 to 130 dollars.
They still do not know how to price cards....heard $500 for the lower one and $670 for the higher one.....ATI it is then...unless they offer unbelievable performance for those prices....
Finally, PAX is in my backyard and i can actually go. Good times. Hope Nvidia's press conference is slightly better than its one at CES -- my vision is still blurry from all the 3D nonsense.
Yeah!!!, the GPU war is coming, let's see who is the new GPUs king. For me, few hours ago i was thinking on buy a 5850, but with that news I will wait 'till March 26, the same day of my daughter's birthday!!!
Yeah!!!, the GPU war is coming, let's see who is the new GPUs king. For me, few hours ago i was thinking on buy a 5850, but with that news I will wait 'till March 26, the same day of my daughter's birthday!!!
Might be best to wait for benchmarks and pricing before making any rash decisions.
Here we go again. Hope the technical reviews and system requirements are available as soon as the card hits the market. We'll get a ton of inquiries about power requirements over in the power supply section of the Tom's Hardware Forum.
Toms will be getting a new toy soon
Yummy, time to build a new rig... soon...
why drum up the excitement when there won't be any stock?
By the end of March I'll have a better idea if I need a GPU upgrade because of my recent monitor upgrade from 1680x1050 to 1920x1080. Fermi won't be on my radar unless 1) it is < $250 (ha!) and 2) nVidia has fixed their drivers so PhysX will run if an ATi card is also present (i.e. cooperate, or die wriggling). Still, hopefully other GPU prices will drop, at least a little.
I'm guessing March 27 will be the day ATI will sell more cards then ever before.
I'll be at PAX East! I heard they will have some cards to sell live. I hope I won't succomb to an impulsive urge to buy.
Come meet me at PAX! I'll be drunk off my ass near the ATI booth babes. You can't miss me.
Yeah I can't wait. Toms will get their cherry picked GTX 480 review sample, praise PhysX, Cuda & a piece of the heaven benchmark until they are blue in the face and proclaim it is the second coming even though it narrowly beats a reference 5870.... Yeah... can't wait...
Here's to a big announcement of a big announcement....
Sounds exciting!Unfortunately word on the street is that nVidia will have 7,000 - 8,000 gpus availible by the end of March.Compare that to AMD's 5870 release of 100,000+ gpus. And most of us know you can still bearly get your hands on a 5870.By the time you whitle down the avalible gpus by giving them to the press nVidia will probablly have 1,000 gpus left to sell. Those things are going to be more expensive than Fararis.
i've had no problems finding the 5870. you can find them at tiger and newegg all day everyday.
Hmmm, if any of you guys has been following semiaccurate, and if all the stories add up, due to all the constraints it - the GTX 480 - should only be around 5% faster than a 5870.
I guess ATI has either a 5% improvment in the graphics driver (remember the 2D fix is still not out, they might be aiming at that date to release it big time with big improvments), or.. since it will have been 6 month's since the release of the 5870, I bet they have the 5890 just waiting to welcome Nvidia hehehe
So Fermi launches March 26, 2010. Sweet, I guess we'll see it in stock around September 26, 2010. And still no benchmarks. Come on.
Personally, the main reason I'm waiting for Fermi is to see what it does to the market for other cards. If ATI really wants to put the pressure on, they'll capitalize on the short supply of Fermi chips by dropping the prices of the 5xxx cards right when Fermi launches (or launch another line entirely - not sure I'd be so excited about that, but we'll see what March 26-27 brings).
Until I see benchmarks and have a better idea of what the full Fermi line is going to look like, I have no reason to consider switching away from ATI.