Fermi tech specs/whitepapers released Options

[heyo-captain-jac...]

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HardOCP recently had the opportunity to sit down with NVIDIA face-to-face and discuss its next generation GPU, codenamed "GF100" which is based on the "Fermi" architecture you have likely heard so much about for the last few months. Currently NVIDIA is not sharing GF100 based video card specifics. This is NOT a product launch! This is a look into the GF100 GPU’s inner workings and how that relates to gaming. The "GF" in "GF100" stands for a "Graphics" solution based on the "Fermi" architecture. The "100" denotes that it is the high-end part of the current GPU family.

The GF100 is NVIDIA’s next big investment, and it is yet to be seen if it will pay off for them. The GF100 is more than just a GPU for gaming; we all know that based on the recent information that has been given. However, don’t let this GP-GPU nonsense fool you, NVIDIA made it clear to us...finally…the GF100 is built for gaming.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/01/17/...facts_opinions/

There's too much text/content to post all in this thread, so I'll just go over some highlights:

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In short:

About 2x the performance of GT200b
Significantly increased AA quality
More efficient at DX11 than ATI 5xxx

I hear it's going to be twice as powerful as the GTX200 series, but the 5970 is about 60% more powerful than a GTX 295. How will the new 395 (or whatever they end up naming the new high end card) compare to the 5970?


Of course, you shouldn't take these charts seriously until a third party does the benchmarks, but this at least gives you some idea of the power of these cards.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

All the big technology boards were on the 1.7% yields, they were all on top of the fake fermi chips a few months ago, they were all on top of the woodscrews used on that end plate.

And to be honest, not many people look into portable graphics chips. Very few people who are serious about gaming will do any gaming on a laptop. And if you're not doing any gaming, Intel's integrated solutions are enough.

In fact, I used to play games on Intel integrated no problem. I never could run them on high, but they were all running low-medium at a solid 30-60 fps, depending on the game.

[Uronacid]

All the big technology boards were on the 1.7% yields, they were all on top of the fake fermi chips a few months ago, they were all on top of the woodscrews used on that end plate.

And to be honest, not many people look into portable graphics chips. Very few people who are serious about gaming will do any gaming on a laptop. And if you're not doing any gaming, Intel's integrated solutions are enough.

In fact, I used to play games on Intel integrated no problem. I never could run them on high, but they were all running low-medium at a solid 30-60 fps, depending on the game.

I'm surprised. I notice a significant increase in preformance when switching between a computer with dedicated and integrated video. NVidia's Tegra GPU in the Zune blows every other portable device out of the water, and I'm extremely impressed with NVidia's ION GPU.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

I'm surprised. I notice a significant increase in preformance when switching between a computer with dedicated and integrated video. NVidia's Tegra GPU in the Zune blows every other portable device out of the water, and I'm extremely impressed with NVidia's ION GPU.

ION is impressive, but outside of media center PCs outputting 1080p video, they're unneeded.

I have no experience with Tegra, so I can't really comment on that.

[Uronacid]

ION is impressive, but outside of media center PCs outputting 1080p video, they're unneeded.

I have no experience with Tegra, so I can't really comment on that.

The ION is also used in Mac MINI's and MacBooks.

The Tegra is NVidia's platform for mobile devices.