What AMD Thinks of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 480
You know what we think of Nvidia's new GPUs. Now do you want to know what AMD thinks?
With Nvidia's new generation of GPUs based off of its GF100 architectures at our doorstep, the competition to be top dog in the graphics world is more heated than ever. Both top GPU makers now have DirectX 11 offerings for the next generation of games.
Now that Nvidia has just laid its GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 cards on the table, we wanted to know what AMD thought of the competition. This is what AMD had to say:
Four months after its launch, the ATI Radeon HD 5970 remains the undisputed performance leader. Six months after its launch, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 remains the clear winner at and below its price point. Add to that a top to bottom line-up of DirectX 11 graphics cards as well as cutting-edge features such as the immersive experience of ATI Eyefinity technology, and we are confident ATI Radeon graphics cards will continue to be the favorite choice of customers wanting the most advanced and efficient graphics products.
-Dave Erskine, AMD spokesperson
Check out our full review of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470.
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They are just as unimpressed as everyone else
Amen!
At the time I'm writing this, the review still isn't on the main page... and the link on this article isn't working either... I've just read big chunks from Anandtech.. what happened to yours Tom's ?
We know what Tom's Hardware thinks? Tom's review doesn't appear to be posted yet...
maybe intel and ati should have married instead. love their combo performance.
I am not impressed Nvidia.
Anyone who wants actual benchmarks:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/gefo [...] 480-review
http://www.hardocp.com/article/201 [...] sli_review
I don't care what AMD thinks, I care what Tom's thinks
lol
I can read it already! Just clicked on the link (you meanwhile removed from this article) and it's already up! Thanks!
It's nice of ATI to acknowlege Nvidias efforts.
They probably wont bother next time around.
guru3d is down, all are trying to watch the review...
I wholeheartedly agree, and have my 5850 to back it up.
They are right, the Fermi cards completely underwhelmed in reviews. The AMD 5k series has been delivering a nearly identical experience for 6 months now.
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2585.html
Nvidia FAIL big time
No, we don't know what we think because all we haven't seen any useful information to date.
guru3d is down, all are trying to watch the review...
Slow, but not down.
Edit: ok now it's down.
"the radio has been the number one source of entertainment for a long time, and i don't think this 'TV' thing has a leg to stand on"
I'm kinda disappointed... but just hope that nVidia's drivers improve them over time.
Too bad the power consumption and temperatures won't - you can nearly boil water with the GTX 470 and 480. Although for folding, I'm pretty sure they'd be awesome.
Had a laugh at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZXhR1ibj8
Wow, it seems Nvidia actually went ahead and designed a DX11 card and found out how difficult it is to design. ATI/AMD just slapped a DX11 sticker on their DX10 card and sells it as DX11.
Unimpressed indeed.
wait the reviews that I have read are very impressed with fermi... what is everyone else reading? Fermi tops the charts in 99% of the benchmarks that I saw for a single GPU card. Maybe I am not seeing the full picture, lol
Well just like the GTX280 and original 260 underperformed compared to their ATI counterparts, so do these. In time ATI will be playing catchup again and their fanbois silenced for a season.
wait the reviews that I have read are very impressed with fermi... what is everyone else reading? Fermi tops the charts in 99% of the benchmarks that I saw for a single GPU card. Maybe I am not seeing the full picture, lol
what reviews you talking about willis?
for those who can't wait for tom's review? here you will find this helpful.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/201 [...] i_review/1
I am glad i bought my 5970 in January! Not impressed with Fermi my ass!
wow what happened to tom's review? i was reading it 10 minutes ago and then it disappeared... interesting...
Tom's posted the review but took it down while I was on the second page
Tom's posted the review but took it down while I was on the second page
same
Wow... definitely not as impressive as was expected... I expected ATI to be cutting their prices to make the price>performance ratio larger, but now that these are released, it doesn't seem it'll be necessary for them... And I wanted a cheaper ATI card too
(p.s: wanted to post this on the toms review of the fermi cards, but it disapeared while I was logging on?)
i think they accidentally put the review up early, wasn't it supposed to come out around 8?
Is it me or fermi does "well" only on the nvidia`s hyped games ? with their "optimisations" ? btw the 470 sucks hard against the 5850 from what i see.