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G80 specs finally confirmed! NOT old news!

Ulfhedjinn said:
That goes without saying because a console doesn't have a proper OS and apps running in the background, and as every console of a particular model (i.e. Xbox 360) has identical specifications it's much easier to optimise code for them.

I disagree with what you said about Oblivion though, I have played the Xbox 360 version and it still suffers from slow-downs even though it has a shorter draw distance, lower quality textures, lower levels of antialiasing, and zero anisotropic filtering. Not a very good track record considering it's so optimised (read: dumbed-down) for the Xbox 360 hardware.

It will be the exact same with Alan Wake, and Crysis if it is released for consoles.
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Hmmmm....I'm not too sure about Oblivion, I know its "dummed" down as you say, fair enough. But have you tried running Oblivion in outdoor areas with 4xAA\8xAF\HDR at 1360x768. It won't be very smooth unless you've got SLI or something.

Considering the 360 version can run at...

1360x768 with 2xAA and HDR, thats not too bad. It might not be that smooth but its not really "jerky" relative to the PC version even on a top setup.

Still yeah, your kinda right, its not really all that ;) :)
 
Slide show ? What res are you playing at. This game is a game that can be comfortably played at 25-30fps no matter what anyone says about having to have 60fps.

Hoping Dark Messiah plays well when it comes out.

I thought you had a 7900GX2 by the way ?
 
Still waiting for UT2007, STALKER and Crysis. When they are finally out next year i'll get whichever DX10 card available at that time is best. This looks very nice but by the time DX10 games like Crysis are out ATi will also have a DX10 card hopefully so we can see which one is better. This is good for people who want to upgrade this year but I don't see the point till Vista and at least 1 DX10 game is out. If Crysis gets delayed beyond March then a refresh card might be ready by May...

Apparently FEAR Extraction Point runs great on my mate's 7900 GT @ 1280x768 full details and 4xAA, 8xAF [went round there yesterday - makes my X850XT jealous...] The first FEAR was a real system hog so i can't see many games this year whupping the high end cards.
 
Flanno said:
Slide show ? What res are you playing at. This game is a game that can be comfortably played at 25-30fps no matter what anyone says about having to have 60fps.

Hoping Dark Messiah plays well when it comes out.

I thought you had a 7900GX2 by the way ?
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Just tested it now with fraps running, walking around the woods I get between 13-18 fps, I'm sorry but my 360 eats that performance for breakfast lol, No AA, 8xAF, HDR, 1280x1024.

So what are peoples predictions on the power of this card compared to the current gen gpu's, I'm hoping for one and half times the power of the GX2, am I being a little over optamistic ?
 
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I think the 360 version has too many compromises.....bad viewing distance, trees and grass popup. It's like everthing is set to about 1/3 on each of the detail sliders if you were to set the pc the same way.
 
lowrider007 said:
Just tested it now with fraps running, walking around the woods I get between 13-18 fps, I'm sorry but my 360 eats that performance for breakfast lol, No AA, 8xAF, HDR, 1280x1024.

So what are peoples predictions on the power of this card compared to the current gen gpu's, I'm hoping for one and half times the power of the GX2, am I being a little over optamistic ?
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I think you are being abit too optimistic, maybe

Only because the GX2 isn't really a single card solution.

To be completely honest, if the performance is higher than a GX2 then thats a hell of a speed boost, for a single card design.

I reckon it'll be 20 percent faster than a GX2 on the whole, and more in some areas where SLI isn't that appropriate, and prolly abit tweaked in games nvidia don't do as well in, like COD2 and FEAR because of the extra shaders.

Not really based on anything, but I just can't see (single cards only here, not referring to GX2) how a single card can jump in power more than this in a year?
 
Yeah but I'm just guessing :o ;)

We'll all know soon enough....take too much power\not much performance....who knows, at the end of the day its a new generation and thats always interesting, only happens once a year (a genuine new one anyway)
 
lowrider007 said:
Just tested it now with fraps running, walking around the woods I get between 13-18 fps, I'm sorry but my 360 eats that performance for breakfast lol, No AA, 8xAF, HDR, 1280x1024.
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Try running it on an ati card. ;)

My old x1800xt 256 would run it at around 30 fps in the hills, never dropping below 20 fps and around 50 fps in the towns all at 1600x1200, no AA, 16xAF, HDR. It looked miles better then the 360 version and ran much faster. That card costs only 130 pounds now.
 
ugly ferret said:
Try running it on an ati card. ;)

My old x1800xt 256 would run it at around 30 fps in the hills, never dropping below 20 fps and around 50 fps in the towns all at 1600x1200, no AA, 16xAF, HDR. It looked miles better then the 360 version and ran much faster. That card costs only 130 pounds now.
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Noooo thats a lie, ive already said my 512mb x1800 XT got between 30-40fps outdoors in 1280x1024 with 2xAA/16xAF and HDR on, but i lied apparently. :p
 
Flanno said:
Here's a question.

Will the g80 need 2 pci-e connectors.
Does anyone know for definite ?
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Anything over 150w needs two connectors. For definite? No, I'd lay money it does need two though. I'm not so sure I want one, not with the Vista one time upgrade limit.
 
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