Fermi real-world benchmarks surface, and the results may surprise you.

[Subversion]

So an Arab site, arabhardware.net, has released some benchmarks comparing the 5870 and the GTX480 in Dirt 2, and 3 resolutions of Far Cry 2.

If the graphs are accurate, then the GTX480 has opened up a lead much better than the originally rumoured 5-10%, which may be worthy of its inflated price tag (and TDP), at least for the real enthusiasts (who arguably should go for a 5970 in any case).

Check out the graphs here:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=23032

[Ghost02]

So an Arab site, arabhardware.net, has released some benchmarks comparing the 5870 and the GTX480 in Dirt 2, and 3 resolutions of Far Cry 2.

If the graphs are accurate, then the GTX480 has opened up a lead much better than the originally rumoured 5-10%, which may be worthy of its inflated price tag (and TDP), at least for the real enthusiasts (who arguably should go for a 5970 in any case).

Check out the graphs here:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=23032

Problem is there will still be some people going for this because "nVidia is always better", people need to learn to shop for performance and not brand.

[XeroS1x]

Shopping by brand sucks. People get too obsessed over brand. I still dont think the Fermi GPU's will be a raging success.

[Subversion]

Well brand loyalty is inherently illogical. You should always buy whatever gives you the best in terms of value/performance/reliability.

The big problem with Fermi I think is going to be availability - the March 26 launch is pretty much known to be only a paper launch, and Fudzilla is reporting TSMC yields of under 50% for Fermi:

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18172/34/

So even if it IS popular, Nvidia is just not going to have the cards to sell - each one is going to be sold at a loss to the company anyway. Also, expect ATI to push down the prices of their product when it is released, creating competition strong enough that only Nvidia fanboys will be dead-set on a GTX4xx card.

[tpex]

Well brand loyalty is inherently illogical. You should always buy whatever gives you the best in terms of value/performance/reliability.

I do, I don't consider a 71.4% FAIL rate reliable

[jasong]

I hope those benchmarks are true - if so Nvidia can comfortably take top place in the speed wars and give some real competition to ATI. Competition is good.

Actually if they are true it makes the $100 premium for Fermi a bargain.

[Slipperyduck]

let's celebrate mediocraty - yay! woot! honk honk!

[jasong]

???? What you talking about?

[Ibanez777]

Could someone please post me the results of the benchmarks, as I am limited to local cap for the remainder of this month...
Pretty please m'kay...

[jasong]

It's on the frontpage of mygaming.