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More fermi speculation

Robert said:
Anyone actually bothering to wait for these?
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No, I just got a 5850 which should be fine. If Fermi is that good I'll upgrade later I suppose.

Thing is they'll probably end up with some ridiculous release price anyway
 
this is annoying indeed. i bought a 5850 recently which has been amazing for games but has caused many many problems with CAD packages (namely 3ds max) and isn't too hot at full screen 1080p playback. i'm itching to move back to nvidia soon because their HW and drivers have always been rock solid for CAD, and this is the obvious route to take but no doubt the release prices will be stupidly high so it's going to be many months before it's a feasible upgrade. i'm in the same boat with SSDs too in fact.

i'm thinking about pulling my 5850 out and replacing it with my trust 8800GT which I at least know works in CAD without issues.
 
I heard heard something a bit worst than that

from may finish counterpart


tell ya I hope not :(


basically he was saying fermi is good for folding and stuff gaming err don't go there :p


still wait till the card is released
 
it wouldn't surprise me if nvidia are creating (or moving over to) a new "range" of cards tailored to somewhere in between gaming and high end CAD (i.e. something in between GeForce and Quadro), with a real focus on CUDA and other CAD-based tools.

actually sounds nice for someone like me who works in CAD every day. if the price is right and the performance is worth it over a regular card.

either way to be honest i'll buy whatever card actually WORKS - so sick of ATI's poor driver releases.
 
Robert said:
Anyone actually bothering to wait for these?
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I'm waiting for one of these, purely for CUDA 3.0 and GPGPU-related work.

I won't be pre-ordering one though ;)

I can afford to stick with CUDA 2.x for the remainder of 2010 if they really are as bad as some are making out.

No matter how good it is, Fermi will probably be remembered as one of the most botched releases of all time. NV really need value for their PR dollar after this one.
 
mothermachine said:
this is annoying indeed. i bought a 5850 recently which has been amazing for games but has caused many many problems with CAD packages (namely 3ds max) and isn't too hot at full screen 1080p playback. i'm itching to move back to nvidia soon because their HW and drivers have always been rock solid for CAD, and this is the obvious route to take but no doubt the release prices will be stupidly high so it's going to be many months before it's a feasible upgrade. i'm in the same boat with SSDs too in fact.

i'm thinking about pulling my 5850 out and replacing it with my trust 8800GT which I at least know works in CAD without issues.
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I'm running autocad 2010 x64 on a 5870 fine, what issues are you having?
And 1080p Playback issues WTF! Are you serious or FOS?

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The only way to stop this speculation is when the cards are released and reviewed by a some one whole speak the truth and not suck upto Nviddia!!
 
Will be getting one for the lab to use CUDA, and for some simulation work (ATI cards are banished form any linux boxes around here).
 
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