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Summer will bring a GPU war

*sigh*

The rumours/reports I'm reading all seem to indicate the new high end cards from Nvidia and ATI are going to turn the room with my computer in it into a sauna. :(
 
Tom's Hardware, NVIDIA, ATI

Tom's Hardware had 2 articles on the 16th. Now, I don't take everything said on that site at face value but it's interesting to read nonetheless.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 260/280 Review

What truly shocked me was the power consumption of the 280 GTX being 126/310 watts (idle/test drive unlimited 25*16). That's better when idle and only 2 degrees when loaded above an 8800 Ultra.

With temperatures the 280 GTX beats the 9800 GTX and 8800 Ultra. Check the article. It's lengthy.

Radeon 4850 Briefly On Sale; Specs
 
DrinkLyeAndDie said:
Tom's Hardware had 2 articles on the 16th. Now, I don't take everything said on that site at face value but it's interesting to read nonetheless.
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Thanks. The noise level appears to be pretty brutal on full load.
 
Nvidia 9800 GTX+?

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9702/nvidia_surprise_with_9800_gtx_graphics_card/index.html

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ takes the highly efficient G92-based GeForce 9800 GTX and offers unbeatable value for value conscious gamers.

Key product points:
• GeForce 9800 GTX+ is the best single card price/performance at $229; the original GeForce 9800 GTX will transition to $199
• Processor clock of 1836MHz and graphics clock of 738MHz
• GeForce PhysX support! World’s only physics API for both the CPU and the GPU!
• Support for CUDA-based applications, including Folding@Home and Badaboom video transcoding applications.
• Support for 2-way and 3-way SLI
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I'd be interested to see the power consumption and heat from that. It's interesting that word of this was quietly released now.
 
DrinkLyeAndDie said:
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9702/nvidia_surprise_with_9800_gtx_graphics_card/index.html



I'd be interested to see the power consumption and heat from that. It's interesting that word of this was quietly released now.
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Yeah, the lack of Directx 10.1 support is still annoying, but that is a nice price point.

Also, while I'm not sure I trust Fudzilla, visit http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8003&Itemid=1

Even the 4850 outperforms the current 9800GTX in Crysis with AA enabled: http://www.hardware.fr/articles/724-7/preview-ati-radeon-hd-4850.html
 
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