GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470

Any particular reason why they would choose to skip the 3xx number scheme?

And why the hell does everyone have to break news on twitter now....
 
Simpson5774 said:
Any particular reason why they would choose to skip the 3xx number scheme?

And why the hell does everyone have to break news on twitter now....
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they didnt skip the 3xx series. they used that for all their rebranded stuff.

they are giving us a lot of info on the gf100, except the release date!!!! fall 2010?
 
There's a good reason they skipped the 3xx names, and it's not because of the mobile 360M GTS moniker. ;)

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So does it seem like the 300 series will be devoted to perhaps the DirectX 10.1 product refreshes and the 400 series then gets to be all DirectX 11 products?
 
Is this also subtle indication that it is so highly scalable that there will be a 410? Not that I'm interested in something that low. I'm just hopeful for good scalability so I could pick up maybe a 440 or 450.
 
Good, but otherwise predictable naming scheme. Here's hoping they deliver.:cool:
 
I really hope we begin to see reviews of these cards within the next few weeks. I am dying to buy one!
 
i'm dying to see numbers!!! even though i'm not buying one.....

i don't upgrade my system after i already have a part in place too cheap to do that:D
 
I just want prices and numbers already for cripes sakes! I want to know if I'm buying a GF 100 or a 5870.

Although, if you need two GF 100's to do nVidia's version of Eyefinity there is no way in fuck I'll be buying two them.

I don't care if Nvidia made a deal with the devil and the GF100 kicks the fuck out of every card from now until the second coming. If i need two of them to play...."nfinity", then Nvidia can be nKissmyassia.
 
realitycheck said:
I just want prices and numbers already for cripes sakes! I want to know if I'm buying a GF 100 or a 5870.

Although, if you need two GF 100's to do nVidia's version of Eyefinity there is no way in fuck I'll be buying two them.

I don't care if Nvidia made a deal with the devil and the GF100 kicks the fuck out of every card from now until the second coming. If i need two of them to play...."nfinity", then Nvidia can be nKissmyassia.
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There are other options, you know...

Nvidia is allowing these new SLI modes on existing cards, so you could get two MUCH CHEAPER Nvidia cards and run Nvidia's triple-monitor solution that way. Getting two cheaper Fermi-based cards will be a possibility at some point in the future as well.

There's also the Matrox TripleHead2Go (and the recently released Mview), which split one DVI or DisplayPort connection into 3. This would allow you to run three monitors with a single GTX470 or 480. This also works on existing Nvidia hardware.

There's also SoftTH, which would let you use a single GTX470 or 480, with a secondary card like an 8400GS, to drive triple-monitor. This also works on existing Nvidia hardware.
 
Unknown-One said:
There are other options, you know...

Nvidia is allowing these new SLI modes on existing cards, so you could get two MUCH CHEAPER Nvidia cards and run Nvidia's triple-monitor solution that way. Getting two cheaper Fermi-based cards will be a possibility at some point in the future as well.

There's also the Matrox TripleHead2Go (and the recently released Mview), which split one DVI or DisplayPort connection into 3. This would allow you to run three monitors with a single GTX470 or 480. This also works on existing Nvidia hardware.

There's also SoftTH, which would let you use a single GTX470 or 480, with a secondary card like an 8400GS, to drive triple-monitor. This also works on existing Nvidia hardware.
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Yes where are the drivers for older hardware? I'd love to hook my third monitor up and see how 3 280s drive 5760x1200.
 
ya, real numbers and prices would be awsome, since i jut sold my gaming rig, i already have the itch to check out new tech, even though i dont plan to buy any power parts for at least 2 months
 
Well what we do know is that it will probably require a beefy psu, cost quite a bit, and run extremely hot. This is basically what Kyle said.
 
Nvidia should have it working on 60HZ lcd's not 120 HZ and problem is so few 120 Hz lcd's. Not sure thats wise decision by Nvidia. Rest of card sounds awesome but still not lauched yet. Gives me time to wait and save up.
 
heatlesssun said:
Yes where are the drivers for older hardware? I'd love to hook my third monitor up and see how 3 280s drive 5760x1200.
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The new drivers to allow triple-monitor on existing cards will, most likely, be out next month.

The TripleHead2Go and SoftTH solutions will work with your existing setup, right now.

Night_Hawk-19 said:
Nvidia should have it working on 60HZ lcd's not 120 HZ and problem is so few 120 Hz lcd's. Not sure thats wise decision by Nvidia. Rest of card sounds awesome but still not lauched yet. Gives me time to wait and save up.
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120Hz LCD's are not required, you can run triple-monitor using Nvidia's solution with normal 60Hz LCD's, you just can't use Nvidia's 3D glasses with 60Hz monitors.
 
Unknown-One said:
There are other options, you know...

Nvidia is allowing these new SLI modes on existing cards, so you could get two MUCH CHEAPER Nvidia cards and run Nvidia's triple-monitor solution that way. Getting two cheaper Fermi-based cards will be a possibility at some point in the future as well.

There's also the Matrox TripleHead2Go (and the recently released Mview), which split one DVI or DisplayPort connection into 3. This would allow you to run three monitors with a single GTX470 or 480. This also works on existing Nvidia hardware.

There's also SoftTH, which would let you use a single GTX470 or 480, with a secondary card like an 8400GS, to drive triple-monitor. This also works on existing Nvidia hardware.
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those are a lot of hoops to be jumping through especially since a much easier system already exists in ATI's 5000 series. Getting two MUCH cheaper nvidia cards to run triple monitor would likely suffer greatly in performance. The only way to accomplish much cheaper would likely be settling with the equivalent of 2 GT 220's in SLI and anyone with knowledge of hardware would find that very foolish.

Point being, no knowledgable person will be willing to sacrifice massive amounts of performance just so they can afford to run a cheap SLI setup for triple monitor play. Triple monitor setups require huge amounts of GPU power and requires enthusiast level cards (5870; 5970; fermi's upcoming high end; ect.), not budget level, to run properly
 
edifyingkarma said:
those are a lot of hoops to be jumping through especially since a much easier system already exists in ATI's 5000 series. Getting two MUCH cheaper nvidia cards to run triple monitor would likely suffer greatly in performance. The only way to accomplish much cheaper would likely be settling with the equivalent of 2 GT 220's in SLI and anyone with knowledge of hardware would find that very foolish.
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Wait, what? You can put together SLI solutions that are both cost effective and perform great.

For example, two GTX260's cost about the same as an HD5850, and perform the same or slightly better. You also don't need a $100 DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter to run three DVI monitors, which cuts costs further.

If you already have one Nvidia card, then the cost of upgrading to a solution that supports triple-monitor is reduced further. I already have a single GTX260, so adding a second one only costs me $185. Getting an HD5850 + a DisplayPort to DVI adapter is $400.

Sure, you don't get DX 11 with the GTX260 SLI, but it's also a hell of a lot cheaper than $400.

drakken said:
120 Hz are required for 3d vision at 60hz.
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120Hz monitors are only required if you intend to use 3D glasses. 60Hz monitors will work just fine for triple-monitor, but you can't use 3D glasses.
 
I'm very interested to see how 2 GTX 2XX's will perform in "nfinity/eyefinity" as I still have both of my 285's and will hang on to for a little longer.
 
Unknown-One said:
Wait, what? You can put together SLI solutions that are both cost effective and perform great.

For example, two GTX260's cost about the same as an HD5850, and perform the same or slightly better. You also don't need a $100 DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter to run three DVI monitors, which cuts costs further.

If you already have one Nvidia card, then the cost of upgrading to a solution that supports triple-monitor is reduced further. I already have a single GTX260, so adding a second one only costs me $185. Getting an HD5850 + a DisplayPort to DVI adapter is $400.

Sure, you don't get DX 11 with the GTX260 SLI, but it's also a hell of a lot cheaper than $400.


120Hz monitors are only required if you intend to use 3D glasses. 60Hz monitors will work just fine for triple-monitor, but you can't use 3D glasses.
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dont forget you also need a motherboard that supports SLI.. so tack that onto the cost if you dont already own one.. and since ive lost all respect for nvidia's pos chipsets that really wont be happening anytime soon..
 
Uh... P55 and X58 chipsets both support SLI and Crossfire... you don't have to buy an Nvidia chipset...

Unless you're an AMD fellar.
 
Ok, NVIDIA's naming schemes are indeed weird, if this is true. First, when they launched their 200 series, they just skipped the 100 number which is stupid. And now they are skipping the 300 number or leave that for rebranded products, WTF?

Just like the codename GF100, and 200 was GT200 which is very confusing. I just don't get NVIDIA these days.
 
There's precedence for skipping numbers, and even already in the latest numbering scheme - the GeForce 100 series were released a full year after the GeForce 200 series. You haven't heard of the 100 series cards because you can't buy them - they are for OEM builders only, based on the 9 series.

Edit upon seeing the next post: aha, you haven't heard about the GeForce 310 because you can't buy them - they are the rebranded GeForce 210.

So GeForce generations are going to be like Star Trek movies - the even ones are the good ones and the odd ones are the crappy ones.
 
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Simpson5774 said:
Any particular reason why they would choose to skip the 3xx number scheme?

And why the hell does everyone have to break news on twitter now....
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They didn't.

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Simpson5774 said:
Any particular reason why they would choose to skip the 3xx number scheme?

And why the hell does everyone have to break news on twitter now....
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Nvidia names their cards based on the YEAR of release. ;)

If Fermi came out last year, it would have been called 3XX etc.


Nvidia have ALWAYS named their cards like this. That's why we had a geforce 4mx that was slower than a Geforce 2.


Why don't people get this by now? :confused:


*EDIT*

Case in point, the post above highlights this. They refreshed the 210 card a year later and so changed the name up by one number to 310.
This shit ain't new!
 
spine said:
Nvidia names their cards based on the YEAR of release. ;)

If Fermi came out last year, it would have been called 3XX etc.


Nvidia have ALWAYS named their cards like this. That's why we had a geforce 4mx that was slower than a Geforce 2.


Why don't people get this by now? :confused:


*EDIT*

Case in point, the post above highlights this. They refreshed the 210 card a year later and so changed the name up by one number to 310.
This shit ain't new!
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So why did they release the 1xx series the year AFTER the 2xx series?
 
Do they think 480 makes it sound even faster than 380?
Like GTX 480 is two gens faster than the GTX 280, for example?

I know they want to use the 300 for rebrands, but come on, are they planning to use "GTX 380" for a rebrand?
Or do they have something useful planned for the 300's?
 
I just want a 420 card :D. Oh well here's to hoping they bring something good to the table, if nothing else than to lower prices :).
 
Twitter?
Jeeze come on guys... there isn't a bucket big enough for the amount of salt with this one.
 
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