[J/K] Radeon HD599999990 To Take On NVIDIA's Fermi

Massman · 22nd February 2010, 13:14

It's worthless because it cannot do PhysX

jmke · 22nd February 2010, 13:15

it actually has a GTS 250 chip under the hood, dedicated for PhysX, and ATI will be including a special driver from now on which prevents NVIDIA from disabling PhysX GPU if a none-NVIDIA primary GPU is detected. It's one of the 10.3 Catalyst driver features which is not getting much publicity.

Massman · 22nd February 2010, 13:25

Catalyst sucks because Nvidia's drivers are much better. I'm sure that Nvidia will blow away this card with the GTX680 which will be much cheaper and launched very soon.

jmke · 22nd February 2010, 13:30

I think also they have something up their sleeve; they are supposed to announce something today. Maybe they'll announce they skip releasing retail hardware based on Fermi hardware and go straight with Fermi²

22nd February 2010, 13:49

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Originally Posted by Massman

Catalyst sucks because Nvidia's drivers are much better.

Now there's some logic that's hard to dispute

Massman · 22nd February 2010, 13:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

I think also they have something up their sleeve; they are supposed to announce something today. Maybe they'll announce they skip releasing retail hardware based on Fermi hardware and go straight with Fermi²

"Are you ready? ... because we're not *sadface*"

22nd February 2010, 23:57

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Originally Posted by Massman

"Are you ready? ... because we're not *sadface*"

.

23rd February 2010, 08:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurgan

Now there's some logic that's hard to dispute

Best logic ever and it always works

A Ford Fiesta sucks because an Audi R8 is much better.
EDGE sucks because 3G is much better.
Linux sucks because Windows is much better.
You suck because I'm much better.

22nd February 2010, 13:09	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	[J/K] Radeon HD599999990 To Take On NVIDIA's Fermi __________________

22nd February 2010, 13:14	#2
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	It's worthless because it cannot do PhysX __________________

22nd February 2010, 13:15	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	it actually has a GTS 250 chip under the hood, dedicated for PhysX, and ATI will be including a special driver from now on which prevents NVIDIA from disabling PhysX GPU if a none-NVIDIA primary GPU is detected. It's one of the 10.3 Catalyst driver features which is not getting much publicity. __________________

22nd February 2010, 13:25	#4
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	Catalyst sucks because Nvidia's drivers are much better. I'm sure that Nvidia will blow away this card with the GTX680 which will be much cheaper and launched very soon. __________________

22nd February 2010, 13:30	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I think also they have something up their sleeve; they are supposed to announce something today. Maybe they'll announce they skip releasing retail hardware based on Fermi hardware and go straight with Fermi² __________________

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