Soleron on 29 May 2008
| Slimebeast said: Yay!!! Finally some benchmarks. And not the usual 3dmark crap, but Vantage (never heard of it before, but finally Sdmark offers something that reflects REAL game performance). Some comments: * Nvidia increase over last gens core: ~85% (GTX280 compared to 8800GTX or equivalent) * ATI increase over last gen: ~85% (4870 vs 3870) * the test is done with AA on, which usually has been a performance handicap for the ATI cards(HD 2900, 3870) * on the other hand the gap between GTX 280 and 260 seems too small, only 3FPS. Expect game benches to show at least a 20% difference between the two. * Hmm... value. The 78% increase in CF (and in X2) is a best case scenario. I'm afraid that the 280GTX will be neck-and-neck with 4870X2 overall in performance before ATIs drivers for CF have matured. Also last gens X2 was slightly overpriced, so winner even in price-per-performance in the extreme high-end I believe goes to GTX 280. |
It was only slightly overpriced after the price of the 3870 was dropped to less than $150. When it was $229,
Yes, I agree that 1.8x is optimistic. I do expect them to be very close, but it is cheaper to produce one R700 than a GT200 (smaller die size due to 55nm instead of 65nm process), so I think the X2 will offer the best price/performance. Then again, in the extreme high end you're more likely to want the best absolute performance regardless of cost, so who knows? Regardless, there will be more competition this generation compared to the previous.
