Nvidia Posts Photo of Working Fermi Card
Nvidia Posts Photo of Working Fermi Card
Posted 11/18/2009 at 12:50pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Perhaps looking to steal a bit of thunder from AMD's awesome HD 5970 videocard, Nvidia PR guy Brian Burke today posted a picture of the green team's upcoming Fermi-based graphics card. Isn't marketing fun?
On his Twitter account, Burke referred to the Fermi card as a GeForce 100, which he said is the first GeForce GPU based on the new architecture. A screenshot in the background shows the videocard running the Unigine Heaven DirectX 11 benchmark.
That's all that was said (and shown), but the bigger message is the unspoken one that says, "Hey, we're still here, and we're poised to kick AMD's tail." No one from Nvidia actually said that, mind you, but they might as well have if they're going to post a pic of their upcoming graphics card when the talk of the town is centered around AMD's flagship GPU.
Image Credit: Brian Burke, Nvidia
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OhSoCheesy
December 04, 2009 at 6:00pm
They used to make a card with a fan that SOUNDED like a vacuum...now they have a card as BIG as a vacuum! Can you imagine putting two of those things in? How will you find a place to plug anything else in?
Caboose
December 05, 2009 at 1:05pm
You mean a vacuume cleaner... Because as we all know, there is no sound in a vacuume!
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SuperCoffee
November 19, 2009 at 12:35am
It's funny to read the comments on the Nvidias facebook page photo of this. There are some seriously rabid fanboys out there, and they're drinking the Koolaid. And lots of it.
mattman059
November 18, 2009 at 7:09pm
is it just me...or is that card longer than the motherboard. :O!!
Caboose
November 18, 2009 at 8:04pm
For a single nVidia GPU, it'd have to be. What with the way nVidia makes their GPU's and the fact that they use far too much power, and generate enough eat to warm a 2 bedroom apartment. The HSF on the video card would have to be huge. Otherwise you'll melt the thing...
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Caboose
November 19, 2009 at 3:39pm
As does mine. And a table (Cooler Master Cosmos 1000).
But then again, I have 2 3870's in Crossfire, a Blu-Ray burner, Asus Xonar DX PCI-E sound card, a PCI SATA card, 6 HDD's (4 1TB, 1 1.5TB, 1 500GB), and a Phenom II x4 945 BE with a Zalman 9500 AM2 CPU cooler. Cooled by 4 green 120mm case fans.
Lets say that I don't have to have the heat on very much in the winter! =D
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xchrissypoox
November 18, 2009 at 3:07pm
I bet this is fake, they probably have a 5870 hidden which is actually running Unigine Heaven.
(I may be joking somewhat but after the fake fermi sample they showed and lied about I wouldn't be surprised)
LordPyro
November 18, 2009 at 2:19pm
As happy as I am that Nvidia is coming out with a DX 11 card, I know this card is going to be uberexpesive for a long time.... :(
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