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260 or 5770

wiak said:
lol @ not fast enught, the thing i heard is that AMD seeded developers with 5770 cards not 5800 cards, so Dirt 2 was tested and optimized for 5700 series
did you try DirectCompute and OpenCL?, they are out and works on ANY GPU
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We are aware of DirectCompute and OpenCL, and in generla we are all much more in favour of an open standard like openCL (we all use linux systems).

The point is that CUDA is far more advanced and far more used and is now the the standard system for HPC used in industry. Nvidia a putting great effort into their TESLA platform which we are very interested in. We have a computer cluster with 200 quad core CPUs, and form some theoretical analysis a Tesla platform (cluster) based on FERMI could render that entire cluster useless.

ATI are just into putting in the effort here. Nvidia have solid CUDA support in linux 32/64bit ATI can't even make workable gfx drivers for linux.

Make no mistake, CUDA has massive potential that is living up the hype. This doesn't mean that OpenCL wont catch up, but the Tesla platform makes a very neat package.
 
head spinning but im considering 260, with the 5770 everyone say's the performance isnt as good but add another later. well me mobo is sli only so thats that and add another is 130£ more.if i had 260£ would it not be better just getting 5850?
for me seems 260 would do for now and see what nvidia has coming in newyear, and the ati prices have to come down then too.
 
I have a 260(216) and mighty happy with it, but I would definitely go for the 5770 if it was my money and buying now.
 
Owenb said:
A GTX260 216 is ~10% faster than a 5770, the 192 version is about 10% slower.
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A GTX260 216 is NOT 20% faster than a 192 version., it's more around 10%.

As for what card to get, get a 5770, a GTX260 is a waste of money currently.
 
so which 5770 should i go for? WHich is the better overclocker? or are they all about the same?
thanks for all the input here ;)
 
D.P. said:
I was in the same situation and chose the 260 for several reasons:

Faster performance Barely and its decreasing all the time

Was much cheaper a month back when I purchased Irrelevant to this argument as no longer the case

Mature stable drivers Same for ATI's, NVidia fanboi's really need to lay off ATIs drivers, there havent been issues for ages and in fact nowadays NVidia have more issues than ATI - from what I see on this/other forums

The 5770 wont be fast enough for true DX11 games. ABSOLUTE GIBBERISH

The difference between DX10 and DX11 is pretty small. AGAIN ABSOLUTE GIBBERISH - DX 11 is reportedly a massive step up from DX 10, as 10 would have been from 9 if NVidia didnt bully the game developers into scaling it back for them - the fact ATI have beaten NVidia to the punch by quite a margin means ATI get to dictate new game development, short story is, expect DX11 to be huge

Usable Linux drivers (If I had purchased an ATI card I would have to purchase a 2nd Nvidia card like a 9400 for linux use). Fair enough, but doubt its relevant to this guy

The 3D glasses is really impressive. Wouldnt know so I'll take your word

I am researching PhysX support for the robotics simulator i'm using for my PhD.
Similarly, I'm researching the use of CUDA to improve some optimization procedures
Furthermore, me and a few colleagues are super excited about CUDA for research in swarm systems, systems biology, cellular automata, evolutionary robotics This is obviously a big thing for you but again irrelevant to the guy asking the question
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5770 all the way
 
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