Parece que fue ayer que regresaba feliz de San Diego con mi 8800
Y ya fue hace más de tres años que ponía todas esas ligas a reviews de la 8800
Y en ésta vida de ciclos, aquí estamos otra vez, sin GPU (gracias Hugo por hacerme el paro al prestarme tu 9800) y pensando en ceder a la tentación del lado verde.
Aunque la mayoría de mis tarjetas han sido nvidia, tengo muy gratos recuerdos de mi breve paso por ATI (antes de la compra por AMD) y la 9600XT y de hecho en mi Wishlist de Amazon la que tengo es una XFX de AMD, que ya sería mía si vendieran a México
Veamos que pasa
Mientras tanto, si, no podía faltar, hay muchas, muchas páginas con análisis, opiniones y lo más importante, pruebas objetivas de ésta tarjeta.
EL primer consenso es que Nvidia llega DEMASIADO tarde a la fiesta de las directX11, y eso es innegable, AMD ha estado diversificando una línea que ya le permite ofrecerle algo a casi todos los precios, y nvidia sólo tiene lo que es prácticamente un paperlaunch de dos modelos high end, pero , si el desempeño está a la altura, ya sabemos que rápido cambia el discurso de los hipsters.
Value for Money - Something that is going to entirely depend on how you use the card. If you're in the group that would rate performance in the 90%+ section and features in the 95%+, then the card carries with it value. If you're in the other section you're not going to find as much value from the product.
The bottom line is we know what the fanbois are going to say.
ATI Fanbois - The card runs too hot, draws too much power and is too loud while offering performance better than the HD 5850 sometimes, while at the same time being more expensive.
NVIDIA Fanbois - AA performance is strong, 1680 x 1050 performance is able to beat even the HD 5970 at times and 1920 x 1200 sees the card ahead of the HD 5850 in most situations. Don't even get me started on the fact that we also have cool features like CUDA, PhysX, Ray Tracing, 3D Vision and more.
That rational people will look at the performance numbers, though; they’ll figure out how they're going to game and if they'll make use of NVIDIA specific technologies. These are the people who will ultimately win out because they'll buy the best product for them and not let fanboism blind them.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480: GF100 Has Landed
- NVIDIA Fermi - GTX 470 - GTX 480 - GTX 480 SLI Review
- GTX 480 Launch Review
So if you are considering whether to go with Nvidia or ATI then, we'd recommend to go with the feature-set that appeals to you more. On the ATI side, most notably you have Eyefinity triple monitor support, and the flexibility of CrossFireX, which allows you to mix-and-match different models of ATi cards in multi-card setup, and lower power usage. On Nvidia's side, you have the option of going 3D, CUDA -- which is a big bonus beyond games -- and PhysX, which adds a few effects for a few games.
Also perhaps to ATI's disadvantage, having a single-GPU video card like the GTX 480 sometimes saves headaches over have a dual-GPU video card, primarly due to driver readiness, though this is admittedly a situation being better focused on since the latest CrossFire enchaments with Catalyst 10.2.
The choice is yours.
Fermi is a capable piece of silicon, and a solid foundation on which to build upon for future Nvidia products. For a single-GPU to beat out the HD 5970 at a few contests, is impressive: certainly the GTX 480 is the quickest single-GPU video card now available.
To sum up this review, we'll say it is great to see Nvidia get back in the game here with the GTX 480. Late to the party perhaps, but nonetheless a welcome addition.
- GeForce GTX 470 & 480 review
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Fermi
- NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470: 6 Months Late, Was It Worth the Wait?
- NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 480 finally unleashed. Reviewed and rated.
- A peek at NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 in SLI - just how fast is it?
- Nvidia GTX-480 (Fermi, GF100)
- Examination of launch-day pricing for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470
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