NVIDIA's 180 driver speeds up GTX 260+ to make it FASTER than 4870

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shadow2get

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This is 'supposedly' the roadmap of both the companies:

2009 Roadmap : Nvidia GT212 vs AMD RV870
*resources.vr-zone.com/image_deposit/up2/1225796361eb79f0cd59.gif

*www.planet3dnow.de/cgi-bin/ne...?id=1225703919
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Nvidia GT212 with 384 SPs in Q2/2009
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It looks like Nvidia's upcomming Next-Generation-Chip, GT212, will launch after RV870 in Q2/2009. GT212 won't support DirectX11 and will have 384 SPs instead of 240 SPs (GT200).
It will be the second Nvidia-40nm-Chip. Before, in Q1/2009, Nvidia will launch the GT216. It is a GT200 @ 40nm.
*www.hardware-infos.com/news.php?news=2495
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freshseasons

freshseasons

King of my own Castle
Theres not much that should be looked in to the drivers things because 4870 was always faster on a hardware basis and to think of the price.Nothing beats it !
 
nvidia

nvidia

-----ATi-----
^^Drivers are important.. The ATi drivers cant utilize the power thats there in the card completely.. Its very important for them to release powerful drivers.. Since nvidia is also moving onto 55nm, they will soon become cheaper.. ATi cant keep the best price-performance ratio forever.
 
comp@ddict

comp@ddict

EXIT: DATA Junkyard
DOn't forget 55nm:
Cheaper
Cooler so higher clocks and memory(a bit in this one)
Better performing thus

Also dual-55nm so waiting for the nxt year eagerly.
 
yesh1683

yesh1683

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Catalyst 8:12 RC3 Beta has been released and already some major improvement

Link
*www.techpowerup.com/77908/ATI_Catalyst_8.12_Beta_Released_ATI_Stream_Now_Available.html
*news.ati-forum.de/index.php/de/news/48-spiele-und-software/145-catalyst-812-beta-download


Features
ATI Stream support:
With the release of ATI Catalyst 8.12 users can unlock the potential of accelerated applications enabling ATI Stream technology for millions of ATI Radeon graphics processors worldwide
ATI Stream harnesses the tremendous processing power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for high-performance, data-intensive computations over a wide range of scientific, business and consumer applications.
ATI Stream enables the hundreds of parallel cores inside AMD graphics processors to accelerate general purpose applications. These capabilities will allow ATI Stream-enabled programs, for a variety of different tasks and from a growing number of software vendors, to operate with optimized performance or with new functionality.
The CAL (Compute Abstraction Layer) is now include in the Catalyst driver package. CAL is the enabling component for ATI Stream

Performance improvements:
Catalyst 8.12 Preliminary Performance Notes
  • Crysis + 2-7%
  • Crysis Warhead + 2-3%
  • Devil May Cry 4 + 1-6%
  • Far Cry 2+ noAA scores are fixed for Crossfire configs; this is worth +20% on slower cards, and as much as 70% on faster ones
    + 5-10% gains when AA is enabled
  • FEAR + 2-6%
  • Left 4 Dead + 2-4%
  • Lost Planet Colonies + 3-10%, mostly in Area 2
  • Prey + 2-5%
  • STALKER Clear Sky + 5-10%, primarily on Crossfire configurations
Download
XP32/64 Bit
*www.ati-forum.de/files/Driver/8.12rc3xp.exe

Vista32/64 Bit
*www.ati-forum.de/files/Driver/8.12rc3vista.exe


Cant wait for the final release:D:D
 
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Vishal Patil

Linux all the way
What about the GTX 280???

Waiting for a better response from AMD. Even then 4870 will be better for the mainstream market, considering the pricing issues.
 
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