1st Fermi review

Azza · 26 Mar 2010 at 16:57

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Benchmarks

Test system -

i7 920
Biostar X58A
6Gb DDR3
Seagte 1TB

GTX 480
GTX 470
GTX 285
HD5870
HD5850

Windows 7 (32bit)

197.17 for GTX 4x0
196.21 for GTX285
10.2 for HD58x0

Batman

Crysis Warhead

Dirt 2

Far Cry 2

Azza · 26 Mar 2010 at 16:58

Metro 2033

Need for Speed: Shift

Resident Evil 5

Battlefield Bad Company 2

STALKER: Call of Prypiat

straxusii · 26 Mar 2010 at 16:58

Damn beaten to the drop

Lol what a joke comparing using physx rofl!

Vantage Xtreme preset no physx:

5870 - 8842
480 - 9241

Not using the 10.3 drivers either

I bet Nvidia insisted on benching physx games with physx on with ATI cards

alex24 · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:01

No 5950 and physx tests. Clearly a bit biased, but it seems as though there's not a lot in it anyhow. DiRT 2 is the standout there, lots more frames for the GTX480 over the 5870.

Mr Paul · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:03

They were also using the 10.2 driver set not the extra performance 10.3a's

rpg · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:03

Here's the info straxusii is referring to:

alex24 · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:04

And the newer beta drivers give even better performance for the 5870 as it stands. However, I have absolutely no doubt that the geforce drivers will improve quickly over the year.

eyetrip · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:04

If those are accurate, then color me surprised. around 50% above 5870 in CM2 and FC2?

Of course, probably 50% more expensive too.

Edit: Oh, using 10.2 drivers... never mind the CM2 difference then

Mr Paul · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:05

The 10.3a's give ~20% more on the 5870.....

Rroff · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:05

PhysX is part of the metro2033 experience tho... so I can't see a problem there and apparently according to that review it does well in non-physx in both Dirt2 and FC2.

That said tho - the BIOS string and drivers look wrong for the GTX480, unless they've re-rolled the BIOS versioning.

RichardH754 · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:06

Not bad, Lets wait to see how much more the 480 is!

Mr Paul · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:06

In some games the 5870 is faster than the 480 with the 10.2.

Balb0wa · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:07

quite surprised with the dirt 2 benchmark, not bad

straxusii · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:07

Lol ATI release partner title Dirt2 and the 480 whoops it, still no 10.3 driver so not 100% fair.

alex24 · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:07

Rroff said:
PhysX is part of the metro2033 experience tho... so I can't see a problem there and apparently according to that review it does well in non-physx in both Dirt2 and FC2.

That said tho - the BIOS string and drivers look wrong for the GTX480.

I was going to debate this, but it won't end well. I'll stay OT.

What's wrong with the BIOS string?

mattjd · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:07

Ok this will probably make some of the fan boys shut up now

I am just going to buy the best and it clearly shows the 480 so that is the GPU I am going to buy.

Thank you for posting this

p0rks0da · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:08

CUDA performance looks extremely good, especially in F@H. Almost 200% faster than a GTX 285.

Rroff · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:08

Its an earlier version string than A2 samples, but maybe they've restarted it with a new revision of the card.

reflux · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:09

Yeah, comparing with PhysX on is uberfail

straxusii · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:09

Rroff said:
PhysX is part of the metro2033 experience tho... so I can't see a problem there and apparently according to that review it does well in non-physx in both Dirt2 and FC2.

That said tho - the BIOS string and drivers look wrong for the GTX480, unless they've re-rolled the BIOS versioning.

The problem mate is it doesnt paint a fair picture of how the cards perform apples to apples which personally is what I want to see.

Fair enough any physx game, with physx on, the 480 will whip the 5870.

The problem is to be fair about it any review shouldnt include a physx game as what % of games have physx? Naff all, I have played 3 and I have a physx enabled rig, 4 now counting Metro 2033