Graphics Card Review: DirectX 11 – ATI vs nVidia [CHIP Editor]

nVidia GeForce GTX 480

Chip ATI nVidia again outperformed the benchmark Crysis (84 versus 79 FPS FPS), PT Boats: Knights of the Sea (53.1 versus 48.7 FPS FPS), and World in Conflict (57 versus 54 FPS FPS). The advantages of ATI nVidia GF100 new Cypress evident on the game Unreal Tournament III (168 FPS versus 121 FPS) in high resolution. Exceptions occur in the benchmark Quake Wars, where the GTX 480 subdued in HD 5870 (117 FPS versus 123 FPS).

Similar results were obtained in the PCMark benchmark graphics tests. GTX 480 reached 28,257 points, while the HD 5870 reached 29 475 points. Referring Raw Computing Power (apart from gaming graphics performance), more powerful HD 5870 2700 GFLOPS (giga floating point operations per second), with double accuracy (vital in scientific calculations) almost reaches 550 GFLOPS. The GTX 480 brings the power of GLFOP 1345 and 672 GFLOPS (at double accuracy).

Another aspect under consideration is power consumption and noise level graphics card. GTX 480 requires 6 and 8 pin connections are not always included in each PSU (Power Supply Unit). GTX 480 can consume 50 watts power only for standard Windows operation. In load mode, consumption is even up to 300 W. ATI HD 5870 is more efficient in terms of this one because it only requires two 6 pin connections with power consumption 20 Watt (Windows Aero) and 190 Watt (load mode). [Read more...]

ATI Radeon HD 5870

[CHIP Editor] In addition to faster, detail drawings and color is even more superior. After a long delay, nVidia graphics card finally comes to seize the throne as king in the high-end Direct X 11.

Competition ATI (AMD) and Nvidia in GPU graphics cards dominate the market has taken place in recent years. Temperature competition between the two re-heating, especially in carrying the best graphics card supporting API (Application Programming Interfaces) latest Microsoft DirectX 11 graphics. Both ATI and nVidia are both optimistic to achieve major gains in the new field of graphics card. So you do not completely swallow “round object” claim both, CHIP try to see objectively what is offered by GPU-based graphics card to their latest high-end, ATI Radeon HD 5870 and nVidia GeForce GTX 480.

As an early start, CHIP technical data comparing two reference card, such as size, transistors, and clock speed. For a long card, plus points awarded on the nVidia GTX 480 (26.7 cm) is shorter (although not much different) than the ATI HD 5870 (28.2 cm). Both are manufactured using 40 nanometer manufacturing technology (nm). ATI graphics chip (Cypress) measuring 334 mm2, while the nVidia (GF100) measuring 530 mm2. Because the size of the chip can be used as an early indication of the relatively high temperature and less economical production costs (resulting product price is more expensive), plus points awarded for ATI with the Radeon HD 5870. [Read more...]