I was all excited about being able to spend my hard-earned Christmas-gift-money on a shiny new GTX 280, when they dropped the price to 230 quid. Now everyone has suddenly run out of stock, with no signs of getting more, and the cheapest you can get them for is the best part of 300 quid.
GTX260 216. They're gonna come down low now.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Then get a
GTX 260 Core 216 preferrably the 55nm version. When overclocked it beats the GTX 280
EDIT: yep the 65nm is coming down nicely... even the OC models...
GTX 260 Core 216 preferrably the 55nm version. When overclocked it beats the GTX 280
EDIT: yep the 65nm is coming down nicely... even the OC models...
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Yeah I know, I'd just have liked to be able to have moar power from the start. Oh well.
Hd 4870 Ftw
Never! ATi cards don't have CUDA and therefore they are disqualified in my eyes.CapnNismo wrote:
Hd 4870 Ftw
So because they do not have Nvidia's proprietary tech and you cannot fold as well with ATi cards because they don't have CUDA, that disqualifies them for you?
Tha's what he said.CapnNismo wrote:
So because they do not have Nvidia's proprietary tech and you cannot fold as well with ATi cards because they don't have CUDA, that disqualifies them for you?
Overall ATi seems to have lower minimum fps than its GTX 260 core 216 compatitor. And slightly louder fan. On average fps / money they are quite close together atm and latest GTX 280 price drop is pusinhg both card's prices down even more.CapnNismo wrote:
So because they do not have Nvidia's proprietary tech and you cannot fold as well with ATi cards because they don't have CUDA, that disqualifies them for you?
If u like nvidia = GTX 260 core 216
If u like ATi = HD 4870 1GB
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Wtf is cuda in laymans terms?Sydney wrote:
Never! ATi cards don't have CUDA and therefore they are disqualified in my eyes.CapnNismo wrote:
Hd 4870 Ftw
What makes it possible to fold.Finray wrote:
Wtf is cuda in laymans terms?Sydney wrote:
Never! ATi cards don't have CUDA and therefore they are disqualified in my eyes.CapnNismo wrote:
Hd 4870 Ftw
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Apparantly, overclockers orders for the leadtek 280 went up 1600% on the day they dropped them , the rest went out shortly after.
However! If you are willing to buy from scan.co.uk, they are selling an XFX GTX 280 for £250 last time I checked.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-XFX- … -PCI-E-20-(x16)-2210MHz-GDDR3-GPU-602MHz-240-Cores-2x-DL-DVI-I-HDTV-plus-FarCry2
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fs, stupid links. Just go on scan, and search for the GTX 280, it's right there, £250. Although as said, there are 55nm GTX 260 216s there that you could OC the difference around easily
Martyn
However! If you are willing to buy from scan.co.uk, they are selling an XFX GTX 280 for £250 last time I checked.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-XFX- … -PCI-E-20-(x16)-2210MHz-GDDR3-GPU-602MHz-240-Cores-2x-DL-DVI-I-HDTV-plus-FarCry2
Edit:
fs, stupid links. Just go on scan, and search for the GTX 280, it's right there, £250. Although as said, there are 55nm GTX 260 216s there that you could OC the difference around easily
Martyn
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@Freezer: And a hell of a lot more than that.Freezer7Pro wrote:
What makes it possible to fold.Finray wrote:
Wtf is cuda in laymans terms?Sydney wrote:
Never! ATi cards don't have CUDA and therefore they are disqualified in my eyes.
@Finray: CUDA is an nVidia technology (which I believe they bought up along with the physX card company Aegis) that allows programmers to write programs in way such that those programs will use the GPU on your (nVidia) video card as a kind of specialised CPU. Now, the GPUs on video cards are optimized to do produce graphics using 3D/vector math and, because of that, CUDA hardware is most suitable for heavy math applications (particularly where they involved 3D/vector math) - hence it's great for folding (which is a mathematical way of 'testing' novel arrangements of proteins (which may help in the discovery of new medical treatments)).
If you dont understand whatever he just said you can safely buy an ATi card ... i think ...Scorpion0x17 wrote:
@Freezer: And a hell of a lot more than that.Freezer7Pro wrote:
What makes it possible to fold.Finray wrote:
Wtf is cuda in laymans terms?
@Finray: CUDA is an nVidia technology (which I believe they bought up along with the physX card company Aegis) that allows programmers to write programs in way such that those programs will use the GPU on your (nVidia) video card as a kind of specialised CPU. Now, the GPUs on video cards are optimized to do produce graphics using 3D/vector math and, because of that, CUDA hardware is most suitable for heavy math applications (particularly where they involved 3D/vector math) - hence it's great for folding (which is a mathematical way of 'testing' novel arrangements of proteins (which may help in the discovery of new medical treatments)).
Wait behind the line ..............................................................
I understood it.. kinda.Varegg wrote:
If you dont understand whatever he just said you can safely buy an ATi card ... i think ...Scorpion0x17 wrote:
@Freezer: And a hell of a lot more than that.Freezer7Pro wrote:
What makes it possible to fold.
@Finray: CUDA is an nVidia technology (which I believe they bought up along with the physX card company Aegis) that allows programmers to write programs in way such that those programs will use the GPU on your (nVidia) video card as a kind of specialised CPU. Now, the GPUs on video cards are optimized to do produce graphics using 3D/vector math and, because of that, CUDA hardware is most suitable for heavy math applications (particularly where they involved 3D/vector math) - hence it's great for folding (which is a mathematical way of 'testing' novel arrangements of proteins (which may help in the discovery of new medical treatments)).
I've already got a 4670. Has this got any of the cuda shizz?
As he said, CUDA is nVidia technology, so only nVidia cards use it.Finray wrote:
I understood it.. kinda.Varegg wrote:
If you dont understand whatever he just said you can safely buy an ATi card ... i think ...Scorpion0x17 wrote:
@Freezer: And a hell of a lot more than that.
@Finray: CUDA is an nVidia technology (which I believe they bought up along with the physX card company Aegis) that allows programmers to write programs in way such that those programs will use the GPU on your (nVidia) video card as a kind of specialised CPU. Now, the GPUs on video cards are optimized to do produce graphics using 3D/vector math and, because of that, CUDA hardware is most suitable for heavy math applications (particularly where they involved 3D/vector math) - hence it's great for folding (which is a mathematical way of 'testing' novel arrangements of proteins (which may help in the discovery of new medical treatments)).
I've already got a 4670. Has this got any of the cuda shizz?
ATI 4670?Finray wrote:
I understood it.. kinda.Varegg wrote:
If you dont understand whatever he just said you can safely buy an ATi card ... i think ...Scorpion0x17 wrote:
@Freezer: And a hell of a lot more than that.
@Finray: CUDA is an nVidia technology (which I believe they bought up along with the physX card company Aegis) that allows programmers to write programs in way such that those programs will use the GPU on your (nVidia) video card as a kind of specialised CPU. Now, the GPUs on video cards are optimized to do produce graphics using 3D/vector math and, because of that, CUDA hardware is most suitable for heavy math applications (particularly where they involved 3D/vector math) - hence it's great for folding (which is a mathematical way of 'testing' novel arrangements of proteins (which may help in the discovery of new medical treatments)).
I've already got a 4670. Has this got any of the cuda shizz?
see highlight.
There are rumours that nVidia is working with ATI on getting them to use CUDA... ...but they are just rumours.
I know the truth about this but still can't tell you guys although you know I want to....Scorpion0x17 wrote:
There are rumours that nVidia is working with ATI on getting them to use CUDA... ...but they are just rumours.
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