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Complete Nvidia GTX280 Scores Posted

Posted by timothy on from the so-the-plural-is-endees-eh dept.

Groo Wanderer writes "Since boredom is a dangerous thing on the weekends, I decided to alleviate mine by running 233 benchmarks on the new GT280. This includes 28 gaming related tests across up to nine resolutions, and 9800GTX numbers thrown in for good measure. Since there were no NDAs involved in getting you these numbers, we are not bound by the pesky NDA that lifts tomorrow. You can read all of the numbers here; enjoy."

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  1. Re:Slashdot: Keeping your wallet full since 1998. by Fweeky · · Score: 5, Informative
    Read the start:

    WE HAVE BEEN dogging Nvidia's new chip for a while for being too big, too hot, too slow, and unmanufacturable. It is all of that, and you will know why we said that in a few weeks. For example:

    Word has come out of Satan Clara that the yields are laughable. No, make that abysmal, they are 40 per cent. To add insult to injury, that 40 per cent includes both the 280 and the 260 yield salvage parts. With about 100 die candidates per wafer, that means 40 good dice per wafer. Doing the maths, a TSMC 300mm 65nm wafer runs about $5000, so that means each good die costs $125 before packaging, testing and the like. ...

    To add insult to injury, the TDPs of the 260 and 280 are 182W and 236W respectively. This means big copper heatsinks, possibly heatpipes, and high-end fans. ...

    The GT200 is about six months late, blew out their die size estimates and missed clock targets by a lot. ATI didn't. This means that buying a GT260 board will cost about 50 per cent more than an R770 for equivalent performance. The GT280 will be about 25 per cent faster but cost more than twice as much. A month or so after the 770 comes the 700, basically two 770s on a slab. This will crush the GT280 in just about every conceivable benchmark and likely cost less. 236W TDP! I have a 30" display, so good performance at very high resolutions is important to me, but.. I think I'll pass if the GPU alone is going to draw more power than my entire system.
  2. Re:i see one little thing by Quarters · · Score: 4, Informative

    Currently the released nVidia drivers don't support the 2xx series and the beta drivers that do support the 2xx series don't have .inf file entries for anything but the 2xx series. Until unified drivers are released that support and install on the entire nVidia product line it will be problematic to produce comparisons with the same drivers.