Eyefinity gets owned by NVIDIA Surround

[RavenXXX2]

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/07/20/nvidia_surround_technology_performance_review/9

Let's hope the refresh turns the tables, don't forget Nvidia came seven months after AMD this generation so expect the AMD refresh to lay the smackdown, nevertheless impressive stuff from 480 SLI beating ATI at their own game.

 

[randal]

Dah HardOCP's site is appalling! Hangs loading graphics and their review methodology is naff. Boo-urns.

Whilst progrss is cool and healthy competition, AMD is still $120 cheaper for the setup and runs cooler - not to mention first to market. Sure NVidia wins on pushing more frames, but I'd hardly call that ownage. On some of those numbers you're talking 4 frames a second difference at 5760x1200. Price/performance I'd still say that AMD are holding all the cards for now.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Nah it got owned, read the whole review, the experience was way smoother with the nvidia setup even with higher IQ settings applied to 480 SLI and that's a big deal IMO.

 

[FrenchTart]

Shame they didn't also compare 460SLI. I'm quite tempted to move from my 5870 to that.

 

[Puppetmaster]

Call me silly, but arent GTX480's better than 5870's?

 

[harryohh]

This isn't ownage at all.
Considering the price difference between the two ATI owns.

ATI were first to the party and despite having months to repsond Nvidia didn't respond by blowing ATI out of the water.

Any company could make a great card if they disregard heat and power consumption.

 

[Phoenixdancer]

Lmao.. Looks someone is on nvidias payroll..

Nothing good was said about ati at all!

The fact you need sli to run it is a major fail boat in my eyes.

Also why no 5970 comparison? Or tri- fire?

My tri fire setup owns 480 sli and tri sli.. Runs cooler and is cheaper then 480 sli....

 

[RavenXXX2]

If you're going to spend big bucks on three monitors then you're going to pay the extra £100 for the best performance on them said monitors.

Nothing good was said about ati at all!

The fact you need sli to run it is a major fail boat in my eyes.

Err, single 5870 can perform at the rez they are running at? don't think so, it makes sense to go dual cards to power three screens for gaming.

 

[coupe69]

The fact you need sli to run it is a major fail boat in my eyes.

Why? Surely you're not suggesting any top end single gpu card would have enough pixel pushing power to run three screens along with adequate framerates on the latest games? You've only got to look at the linked benchmarks to realise that.

Fair enough if you can put up with stuttery framerates or lower game quality settings, but I'd definately be wanting a high end dual card setup to run three screens, hell I'm considering getting another 480 just to run with one monitor!

My tri fire setup owns 480 sli and tri sli....

Really from what I've read 480 SLi and Tri SLi scale considerably better than crossfire and crossfirex.

 

[HW91]

c'mon, anyone who says the 480's don't own the 5870's is kidding them selves,

it's $120 extra for if you read the results properly (HardOCP to max playable settings for each card and the 5870s always use lower settings in this review) a far better deal with the 480's always getting a higher minimum and usually getting a higher avg.

 

[Razor Time]

My tri fire setup owns 480 sli and tri sli.. Runs cooler and is cheaper then 480 sli....

The thing is people who buy 2 or 3 top end cards are mainly interested in things like graphical performance/power, smoothness and high levels of AA. They dont rate how good a setup is by its temperature.

Also Fermi SLI scales better than x-fire.

 

[uv]

what's the point in trying to compare two systems that have a cost difference of £170?
Surely it should have been 2x 480GTX vs 5970 + 5870 Tri-fire, being that these two combinations have a similar purchase cost?

 

[Razor Time]

what's the point in trying to compare two systems that have a cost difference of £170?
Surely it should have been 2x 480GTX vs 5970 + 5870 Tri-fire, being that these two combinations have a similar purchase cost?

Because prices change over time. A review will stand for as long as people still own the cards. Also when your spending so much money on a setup people arent as concerned about saving a few quid but are looking for the best performance for their rig.

 

[Orangey]

Wow, even with the 2GB cards in cfx they still don't put in a very good showing in Crysis. Doesn't seem to make a lick of difference in BC2 either. Clocking them would be interesting, you can get away with air cooling the 5870s but not the 480s.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Increase the fan speed and don't run furmark and you can easily clock high a 480 on air.

 

[jigger]

Single monitor for me. Gaming over multiple screens = leaded window.

 

[Razor Time]

you can get away with air cooling the 5870s but not the 480s.

Clocking a 480 is fine on air. 800-825mhz is very easy to obtain

 

[HW91]

Wow, even with the 2GB cards in cfx they still don't put in a very good showing in Crysis. Doesn't seem to make a lick of difference in BC2 either. Clocking them would be interesting, you can get away with air cooling the 5870s but not the 480s.

why would oc'ing them be interesting from your ATI biased point of view?

oc'ing ati cards gives no where near the scaling of oc'ing fermis, if any change in fps difference occurred it would be increasingly in nvidias favour

plus you can easily get a 15% oc on the 480 on air, or up to a 40% OC on a 470

 

[wolvers]

Single monitor for me. Gaming over multiple screens = leaded window.

^this^

It's like gaming looking through Tudor windows!

 

[Puppetmaster]

What i wrote earlier is true though right, that the GTX 480 is a faster single card vs 5870. If thats correct then i dont see how you can compare directly. Its like saying an M3 can go faster round a track vs a regular 3 series bm, ones faster than the other but it also costs more.