"If you'll remember, a year ago NVIDIA launched what was to become its new flagship model, the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra, codenamed NV30. Compared to its rivals, this card failed to impress where 3D gaming performance was concerned and was plagued by heat problems which necessitated an extravagant and very loud cooling solution, earning it the nickname "dustbuster". "
man what a fuckin pussy, they wernt all that loud.
woodchip wrote:May be faster but the ATI9800 visually looks as good if not better.
Read the article, it supports 32-bit precision, the drivers/games just were not up to date to utilize the 3.0 shaders.
The only thing that irks me is the minimum 480W power supply they say it needs. I'm not too up to date on power supplies these days, but that sounds really high.
Topher wrote:The only thing that irks me is the minimum 480W power supply they say it needs. I'm not too up to date on power supplies these days, but that sounds really high.
It's apparently been tested with 350W supplies without any issues. The thing to look out for is a hefty 12V rail but really, noone should be taking the wattage as an indicator of PSU performance as it's the combined total of all four power rails (and thus ridiculously easy to fudge). My guess is that the "480W" requirement is just a minimum nVidia have set to ensure uneducated buyers get a supply that has the right +12V output on it.
Topher wrote:The only thing that irks me is the minimum 480W power supply they say it needs. I'm not too up to date on power supplies these days, but that sounds really high.
It's apparently been tested with 350W supplies without any issues. The thing to look out for is a hefty 12V rail but really, noone should be taking the wattage as an indicator of PSU performance as it's the combined total of all four power rails (and thus ridiculously easy to fudge). My guess is that the "480W" requirement is just a minimum nVidia have set to ensure uneducated buyers get a supply that has the right +12V output on it.
yep, u r right...it's all about the maximum loads on each rail..that's why wattage doesn't matter much, but quality of teh psu does.
Thats why its better to read the label on the PSU and check the individual rails. On my 360 the 5v and 3.3v share 220 watts, and are rated at 35 and 28 amps, the 12v has 17 amps and 204 watts.
well, seeing that ati has already dropped thier planns for thier bottom line 420 cards, i'd say they already know that thier cards are gonna be slower.
They said it in one of the interviews over at rage3d.com, and no they didnt cancel any roadmap plans, only the lower end cards with the hacked down pipelines and clock speed.
Krom wrote:12 Amps! Someone is going to need to standardize a ATX style power supply plug to the video card one of these days.
Or better yet....ship the card with a small power supply with transistors with really high beta values to bump up the current so the card will run on most computers.
Krom wrote:12 Amps! Someone is going to need to standardize a ATX style power supply plug to the video card one of these days.
Or better yet....ship the card with a small power supply with transistors with really high beta values to bump up the current so the card will run on most computers.
ill take MD's suggestion, crank up the voltage on the card itself, Molex plugs are already OOOOGLY enough
Aggressor Prime wrote:I have an Antec True430, can I equipt this with an Athlon XP 3200, 3 PC3200s, and 3 7200RPM Hard Drives.
+ DVD Burner and Floppy?
Oh, I use Shuttle's AN35N Ultra mobo with a case of 5 fans (not Tornados).
Also, will I have extra power for uping the CPU numbers? (OCing is what makes this life worth living.)
