zarx said: |
hehe. Wait until NV pays Crytek $2 million to add invisible tessellated sky and oceans in Crysis 3. We'll need 1 dedicated Titan for Tessellation alone. :)
| CGI-Quality said: If those 790 specs are to be believed, which is plausible, it's going to be an absolute freakin' monster! Of course, it's still missing my most anticipated upgrade: Maxwell, but those 2014 cards supposedly are doing way with dual wrapping. So, it could be a gain for a loss.
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I wasn't aware Maxwell wouldn't have dual-GPU cards. Why wouldn't they? My most anticipated thing are next generation games, not next generation GPUs to max out console ports with slightly higher rez textures/sprinkled DX11 effects. I am sure Rockstar's horrendous PC optimization/porting of GTA V will bring a GTX780Ti to its knees, but I'd be more excited to upgrade if games like Star Wars 1313, Watch Dogs, etc. were launching soon. Sounds like they are ways off though (Q4 2013?). The timing of this $900 Titan card is odd when not a single next generation game is on the horizon for the PC in the next 6 months besides Crysis 3. My point is why buy Titan for $900 to play 2013 console ports, when we should start to see some next gen games in 2014 and by then Maxwell is around the corner?
| drkohler said: Asus 6870, waiting for something similar in 28nm that uses less than 70W (I don't own a console, Amiga 500+ was the last non-PC). (The 30c above do not include Renewal Energy tax which in my case translates to approx. 49c per kWh, so I'm at roughly 80c per kWh) |
The average power draw of an HD6870 is 119W not 70W, with a peak of 128W in Crysis 2 (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_670_FTW_Signature_2/25.html).
HD7870 uses 16W less on average and is 59% faster. HD7950 uses 7W more on average and is 71% faster:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2012/test-vtx3d-hd-7870-black-tahiti-le/4/
I doubt there will be a 70W GPU with HD7870 level of performance in 2013 manufactured on 28nm node. You'll probably need to wait until the move to 20nm for that.
