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Subject: Geforce GTX 480
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somiah 4.03.10 - 07:31pm
The much-hyped Nvidia Fermi series graphics card probably would outperform the Radeon HD 5870, but would it really be worth the price. I'm sure it would be more expensive, produce more heat and require more power than 5870. Prices for the 5870 should drop in the next few months - and as I already have a 5870, wouldn't it make better sense and be cheaper to get another 5870 and run Crossfire? * +
djtaktix 4.03.10 - 07:38pm
been waiting for the new nvidia cards for an age , lets hope there priced well , end of next month im buying a new card , 5850,5870 or one of the nvidia cards if there released by then . didnt really want an ati card , * +
somiah 4.03.10 - 07:39pm
Performance-wise, two 5870's should outperform a single GTX480 anyway.. Nvidia claim 60 more tesselation perfomance with their new cards, but thats still to be proven. I must say though I am running 2 Direct X 11 games - Aliens vs Predator and Stalker:COP both with tesselation enabled and max IQ settings at 1920x1080 and performance is great (no AA though) * +
djtaktix 4.03.10 - 07:39pm
but want to upgrade my gtx260 , will probrably be my last ever card . pc gaming dying :-( * +
somiah 4.03.10 - 07:40pm
Oops meant 60 percent more * +
somiah 4.03.10 - 07:43pm
But these are early DX 11 games, and tesselation is used for the characters only, not the environment. As can be seen with the Unigine Heaven DX 11 benchmark, that utilizes heavy tesselation and performance drops quite significantly when turned ON. Maybe future games like Crysis 2 will utilize heavy tesselation. But how will performance fare? Interesting. * +
somiah 4.03.10 - 07:45pm
Metro 2033, the upcoming DX 11 FPS recommends a Geforce GTX 480 / 470 class card. Its going to be released on 19th March, so probably the new Nvidia cards are just around the corner. * +
somiah 4.03.10 - 07:50pm
GTX 260 is a good midrange card though. I still got my trusty GTX 275 - I just love that card. The GTX 470 might be around 300 - 400 Euros whereas the GTX 480 might be around 500 - 600 Euros (got that from a website) * +
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