Retailer spills the beans on GTX280

[j.o.s.h.1408]

here are the 280 benchmarks. loooks like nehalem is indeed needed has according to this guy, the quad core qx9770 at stock speeds are bootlenecking this card!

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54223

[FifthFreedom]

Wow... I wish that guy had done it with only a single GTX because so few people will run them in SLi at first, it seems kind of a waste...

Overall though, I'm not to impressed by that.

I was hoping Crysis would finally be playable at Very High @ 1920 x 1200

I hope ****ty drivers are to blame for the poor performance...

[j.o.s.h.1408]

ironicly i heard its the cpu thats the cause of the poor performance and thats a bloody top of the line QUAD CORE!!!!

looks liek nehalem is needed plus SLI at that res dont make much of a difference to a single card

[shaithis]

I would love to believe that the card is being bottlenecked by the CPU but until there are some proper tests that we can cross-reference, I will take that opinion with a rather large pinch of salt.

Should be a few more days hopefully.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

monday i heard the NDA is lifted.

[FifthFreedom]

Not very long to wait then ^^

Does that mean pre-orders will start Monday?

[kalniel]

here are the 280 benchmarks. loooks like nehalem is indeed needed has according to this guy, the quad core qx9770 at stock speeds are bootlenecking this card!

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54223

Only 17k for SLI 280s in 06? I don't think that's reliable.

[Saracen]

Well, we can only speculate based on past history, which has shown us that whenever someone has the fastest item, its priced accordingly. When was the last time you paid less for more on a piece of PC hardware?

If the new ATI cards end up being noticeably cheaper then the new nVidia cards, you can be assured that they won't be performing in the same ballpark.

I doubt anything at all will change, different manufacturers will give better VFM depending on what performance point your looking at.

For a start, it happens when one company has an advance in which a technological advantage allows them to cut costs, under the competition and take market share. AMD did it with the Athlon XPs. And who's behind ATI? Oh yeah.

I'm not saying this will happen. Just that, if the numbers permit, it might.

Don't forget that maximum profit isn't necessarily achieved by highest price. If you can increase volumes significantly at a lower price, then low margin, high volume can be more profitable than high margin, low volume especially if your competitors can't respond.

[Noxvayl]

For a start, it happens when one company has an advance in which a technological advantage allows them to cut costs, under the competition and take market share. AMD did it with the Athlon XPs. And who's behind ATI? Oh yeah.

I'm not saying this will happen. Just that, if the numbers permit, it might.

Don't forget that maximum profit isn't necessarily achieved by highest price. If you can increase volumes significantly at a lower price, then low margin, high volume can be more profitable than high margin, low volume especially if your competitors can't respond.

I am hoping this will happen... fingers crossed, touch wood and all that

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Only 17k for SLI 280s in 06? I don't think that's reliable.

06 is has reliable has a monkeys guess on how well the card runs.

[dangel]

Hmmm cpu limited? Not entirely convinced either tbh! Not at high res anyway.

[Hicks12]

well if i score 14k with a dual core and an 8800GTS, these cards must be completly crap or he is lieing, simple as.

[dangel]

Could be combination of crappy drivers and (gasp) that they really aren't going to be that big of a jump?

Bah.

[SiM]

3d mark is crap for measuring graphics power for today's games. I get less than 9000 marks but I can run CoD4 with setting maxed and Crysis on medium... both at 1920x1200... It has become more of a system benchmark than a gaming benchmark. I am pretty sure a higher scoring 8800gt would struggle more that that resolution than my system.

[FifthFreedom]

I just want them to hurry up and sell me one!

I'm waiting on them so I can build my system and it's driving me crazy...

I've got all the other parts stacked up around me and Im itching to get building...

[j.o.s.h.1408]

more benches

doesnt looke that hot to me. infact it looks like a refresh unless the cpu realy is holding this baby back

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=288666