News - GPU rumour round-up

[HEXUS]

NVIDIA GTX 580 poses for the camera while AMD's HD 6970 could be too hot to handle.

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[TooNice]

Sound like AMD want to have not just the fastest single card around (already have the 5970), but also the fastest GPU as well. Thing is, after the R300, not a whole lot happened for a while: the 9800 and X800 were more like refreshes, and the X1800/X1900 didn't bring enough to bring a decisive win over nVidia's offering. Ironically, something similar happened in the following round. The 8800 crushed the competition, but nVidia sat on that architecture that they didn't have anything that compelling by the AMD finally caught up (38xx series). And the like the X1800, GTX280 series didn't bring enough, after all the time they had, to keep a decisive lead. And now we've done a whole circle. Are we going for another circle?

[OilSheikh]

Slow down ATi and Nvidia, I am still on GTS 250!

[matty-hodgson]

Slow down ATi and Nvidia, I am still on GTS 250!

This!

Cards are "progressing" way too fast atm.. Space out the releases more, and make them more worthwhile. Simple .

[MSIC]

I've said it before and i'll keep bleating 'till the cows come home that for me, all these cards are borderline ridiculous. It doesnt seem to take much engineering skill to deliver something "fast" when there are few limits on thermals, wattage draw, or physical size. Or cost for that matter.

I'm looking for a replacement for my 3870 (even though it still delivers the goods in games like Civ V at 1920x1080), but i want something that is perhaps smaller, uses less wattage, and cooler for my desktop to cope with, as well as giving higher fps.
Something like a 67xx whenever it comes out might be right up my street, and (i suspect) far more than enough for most people's needs.

[Domestic_Ginger]

At the end of this giant roundup, we can draw multiple conclusions. As of the GeForce 8800 GTX, which came out in November 2006, performance levels of high end cards have increased by a factor of 3.1 (2.2 if we don’t include bi-GPU cards). While this may seem pretty impressive at first, it is however disappointing in comparison to the sort of progress that was made in the past.

Between the 6800 Ultra and the 8800 GTX, over a 2 and a half year period, performance levels went up by a factor of 3.7! It is becoming harder and harder for AMD and NVIDIA to make advances: witness AMD's problems with TSMC at 40nm or NVIDIA’s delays on the GF100.

The conclusion of a 89 GOU roundup. The overall performance gains are dipping.

[Funkstar]

I agree ith MSIC, I want a low profile passive card for my desktop.

Oh and if any card manufacturers are reading this (ha! fat chance) a duble wide card in low profile it perfectly acceptable, I have no other cards in my desktop. I can't be the only one that wants a card like this can I?

[BullDogg]

I agree ith MSIC, I want a low profile passive card for my desktop.

Oh and if any card manufacturers are reading this (ha! fat chance) a duble wide card in low profile it perfectly acceptable, I have no other cards in my desktop. I can't be the only one that wants a card like this can I?

I know it's not passive, but PowerColor makes a low-profile double wide HD 5750:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=26031

I get the feeling I've seen some GT 430s or some such that are LP-DW passive too, but I can't remember where.

[dangel]

This!

Cards are "progressing" way too fast atm.. Space out the releases more, and make them more worthwhile. Simple .

Bugger that - faster the better - progress is good and ultimately only results in faster low-mid range cards for us all! You don't have to buy every generation (I don't - i'm still on a 280!) so what's the issue? Simple

[Funkstar]

I know it's not passive, but PowerColor makes a low-profile double wide HD 5750:

Powercolor come up with loads of interesting looking cards, but actually finding them for sale can be... chalenging.