NVIDIA Pitches GeForce GTX 300 Series to Clinch Performance Crown
NVIDIA's latest DirectX 11 compliant GPU architecture, codenamed "Fermi," is getting its first consumer graphics (desktop) implementation in the form of the GeForce GTX 300 series. The nomenclature turned from being obvious to clear, with a set of company slides being leaked to the media, carrying the GeForce GTX 300 series names for the two products expected to come out first: GeForce GTX 380, and GeForce GTX 360. The three slides in public domain as of now cover three specific game benchmarks, where the two graphics cards are pitted against AMD's Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5970, being part of the company's internal tests.
Tests include Resident Evil 5 (HQ settings, 1920x1200, 8x AA, DX10), STALKER Clear Sky (Extreme quality, No AA, 1920 x 1200, DX10), and Far Cry 2 (Ultra High Quality, 1920x1200, 8x AA, DX10). Other GPUs include GeForce GTX 295 and GTX 285 for reference, just so you know how NVIDIA is pitting the two against the Radeon HD 5000 GPUs, given that the figures are already out. With all the three tests, GTX 380 emerged on top, with GTX 360 performing close to the HD 5970. A point to note, however, is that the tests were run at 1920 x 1200, and tests have shown that the higher-end HD 5000 series GPUs, particularly the HD 5970, is made for resolutions higher than 1920 x 1200. AA was also disabled in STALKER Clear Sky. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 300 will be out in Q1 2010. 
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OMG The performance is... :shock:
As expected Nvidia just pwns everything when they release a new marchitecture :)
Anyone expecting a GTX395 dual Fermi gpu? Any comments? :o
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Fake Fermi benchmarks circulating
Everyone, including NVIDIA, is on the edge of their seats waiting for the new monster graphics circuit Fermi. We know for a fact that Fermi will be bringing more than 3 billion transistors to the table, we know that the architecture is very good at GPGPU applications, but we can also conclude that Fermi or GF100 if you will, will be very fast for gaming. During the days that have passed benchmarks using two Fermi graphics cards of the GeForce GTX 300 series have started circulating. They don't match our own information and after talking to NVIDIA we can only conclude that they are very much fake. Someone simply took one of NVIDIA's older roadmaps and edited it to present what looks like the two cards GeForce GTX 380 and GTX 360, in competition with Radeon HD 5970 and HD 5870. NVIDIA who usually doesn't comment on product names was reluctant to discuss the identity of the cards , but the benchmarks are not real and are based on templates from old NVIDIA presentations. We won't be linking to any of the possible sources, but will of course return when and if more reliable information surfaces.. Alas, we will have to wait just a little bit longer to see what Fermi has to offer. nordichardware Well, it was too good to be true :(
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