Originally posted by: Avalon
Yeah I'm gonna wager on 75% of the performance of the GTX260 for $100 cheaper. June can't come quicker.
Originally posted by: Kuzi
Originally posted by: Avalon
Yeah I'm gonna wager on 75% of the performance of the GTX260 for $100 cheaper. June can't come quicker.
I'd guess the performance of the 4870 will be very close (90%) to the GTX260. And the 4870x2 (whenever it gets released) will be faster than the GTX280 by a good margin.
Originally posted by: Extelleron
Originally posted by: Kuzi
Originally posted by: Avalon
Yeah I'm gonna wager on 75% of the performance of the GTX260 for $100 cheaper. June can't come quicker.
I'd guess the performance of the 4870 will be very close (90%) to the GTX260. And the 4870x2 (whenever it gets released) will be faster than the GTX280 by a good margin.
I highly doubt that. GTX 280 is 240 stream processors that are supposedly each 50% faster per clock than current G80/G92, and will have 32 ROP / 512-bit / 1GB of memory. Given that it should certainly be 2x+ the speed of the 8800 Ultra.
Originally posted by: Kuzi
Originally posted by: Avalon
Yeah I'm gonna wager on 75% of the performance of the GTX260 for $100 cheaper. June can't come quicker.
I'd guess the performance of the 4870 will be very close (90%) to the GTX260. And the 4870x2 (whenever it gets released) will be faster than the GTX280 by a good margin.
Originally posted by: bryanW1995
even at 55nm it would be VERY difficult for nvidia to do a dual-gpu card. have you seen the size of that monster?? The good news for nvidia is that they'll probably still beat 4870x2, and, if not, well...there's always the ultra 290...
yep..higher clocked 55nm version could be reality..no dual card..Originally posted by: bryanW1995
even at 55nm it would be VERY difficult for nvidia to do a dual-gpu card. have you seen the size of that monster?? The good news for nvidia is that they'll probably still beat 4870x2, and, if not, well...there's always the ultra 290...
I was just about to post the same. At the very least, they will probably go directly to 45nm even if they decide to keep the 512-bit bus.Originally posted by: biostud
I think they will go directly to a 45nm 256-bit DDR5 refresh and skip the 55nm.
Originally posted by: Kuzi
Originally posted by: bryanW1995
even at 55nm it would be VERY difficult for nvidia to do a dual-gpu card. have you seen the size of that monster?? The good news for nvidia is that they'll probably still beat 4870x2, and, if not, well...there's always the ultra 290...
Yeah it's huge, but you know, in my case, I'd rather buy a very fast single GPU card than a dual GPU card. Simply because some games don't benefit from the dual GPU card, and some only gain a little fps (10-20%). I've seen only a few games that gain almost 2x the speed on the 3870x2 compared to a 3870.
If ATI can get almost 1.8-1.9x the speed on their 4870x2, then I'm sure it'll beat the GTX280 in most games. It'll depend a lot on the drivers and the game itself, some games just love Nvidia hardware