GPU Showdown: Fermi Vs. Cypress - Both Overclocked on Air

[Hauk]

I got your point, my post began with 'fermi does scale better'

My point is that, to draw attention to a 480's performance with a 1ghz core is only appropriate in the context of it being for show and not a realistic example of what you can expect to get out of one.

The 480s get really hot, and when I see examples of people ramping voltage to get crazy overclocks on them, they are using good watercooling, an additional $500 investment, or if on air, running the fan at 100%, which is loud enough to hear on a different floor of your house.

Just saying that yes the performance is amazing at that speed, but don't expect to actually get those kind of results if you go out and pick one up. Most of them cannot even get to those clocks, extra voltage or not. It's basically saying look at what -could- be possible, if these cards could deliver this speed in a fashion that was realistic as the norm, rather than the exception.

Makes sense, well said. We can likely break graphic overclockers into two catagories. Those that find optimal clock speed using little to no voltage boosts, and those that will volt and clock to reported limits. Fermi, capable of approaching max operating temp under heavy load at stock settings is not a good candidate for (most) in catagory A to brave catagory B.

 

[tvdang7]

so an oc's 460 beats 5870? damn time to switch camps. 200 compared to 400.

 

[at80eighty]

Man, i like where the 460 is headed - at this rate i just might go for a 460SLI instead of whatever 6xxx ATI puts out so i can play Crysis2 in 3d instead of Eyefinity. hmmm decisions