I know nobody really knows but is a GTX480 going to be faster then a HD5970 - Page 2

**john19055** · 02-27-10, 03:02 AM

Thank You
Is it two 6pin PCIe or is it one 8pin PCIe and one 6pin PCIe power plug.

Muppet · 02-27-10, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by john19055

Thank You
Is it two 6pin PCIe or is it one 8pin PCIe and one 6pin PCIe power plug.

I'm pretty sure it is 1 6-pin PCI-e and 1 8-pin PCI-e.

Iruwen · 02-27-10, 06:30 AM

I'm pretty sure you can't be pretty sure.

Muppet · 02-27-10, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Iruwen

I'm pretty sure you can't be pretty sure.

When it comes to these Fermi cards, nothing is a given.

shadow001 · 02-27-10, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Muppet

When it comes to these Fermi cards, nothing is a given.

It's sure,at least as far as the cards shown at CES in early january......The pictures of the cards shown working had a 6 + 8 pin PCI-e power connector setup,so the power use of the card is anywhere from 225 to 300 watts with that arrangement.

http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/...0----jpg-.html

This is pretty much the best pictures i could find on short notice(click to make it bigger),but we can notice that the top power plug is an 8 pin one,and the bottom one seems to be a 6 pin one.

Trademark · 02-27-10, 02:19 PM

Of course it's going to be faster...

Enrico_be · 02-27-10, 03:02 PM

* Asus may show Dual GPU Fermi on Compute 2010.

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If what they think it could imply is correct, then yes a single GTX 480 could be faster or at least come close to a HD5970

Trademark · 02-27-10, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Enrico_be

* Asus may show Dual GPU Fermi on Compute 2010.

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If what they think it could imply is correct, then yes a single GTX 480 could be faster or at least come close to a HD5970

Offtopic: You're active on tweakers.net also aren't you?

Enrico_be · 02-27-10, 03:12 PM

Yes, but only since a few weeks

Btw, my previous post there was a bit of an epic fail ^^ (damn you semi-accurate

!)

Trademark · 02-27-10, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Enrico_be

Yes, but only since a few weeks

Btw, my previous post there was a bit of an epic fail ^^ (damn you semi-accurate

!)

Hehe, I haven't seen it, what did you post there? lol

I'm not superactive there, but I like to read the threads there. My nick is wjjkoevoets there. Sometimes I reply to threads, but not very often.

Enrico_be · 02-27-10, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Trademark

Hehe, I haven't seen it, what did you post there? lol

I'm not superactive there, but I like to read the threads there. My nick is wjjkoevoets there. Sometimes I reply to threads, but not very often.

Hehe, the Fermin card

I recently had a debate with some members there because they were claiming semiaccurate.com is a very reliable source ... after some discussion they actually convinced me

Few days later, the Fermin article appeared and I only read some specs and was so euphoric that I immediately copy pasted some stuff en started posting on some fora (like tweakers.net) ... because I like to bring the latest news I made a big mistake not actually reading it ... yea, I thought it was real :x

I won't make that mistake again

The tweaker site is a very good news site and they have a very big dutch community

And same, also not a superactive member

You will find most of my posts in the latest Nvidia thread and a few in the Flight simulator thread

02-27-10, 02:31 AM	#13
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john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: I know nobody really knows but is a GTX480 going to be faster then a HD5970 Thank You Is it two 6pin PCIe or is it one 8pin PCIe and one 6pin PCIe power plug. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

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Iruwen Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 186	Re: I know nobody really knows but is a GTX480 going to be faster then a HD5970 I'm pretty sure you can't be pretty sure.

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Trademark Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Clitoriacetal Posts: 596	Re: I know nobody really knows but is a GTX480 going to be faster then a HD5970 Of course it's going to be faster...

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Enrico_be Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 138	Re: I know nobody really knows but is a GTX480 going to be faster then a HD5970 * Asus may show Dual GPU Fermi on Compute 2010. -- If what they think it could imply is correct, then yes a single GTX 480 could be faster or at least come close to a HD5970

02-27-10, 03:12 PM	#22
Enrico_be Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 138	Re: I know nobody really knows but is a GTX480 going to be faster then a HD5970 Yes, but only since a few weeks Btw, my previous post there was a bit of an epic fail ^^ (damn you semi-accurate !)