PC Makers Announce Fermi Compatible Machines
PC Makers Announce Fermi Compatible Machines
Posted 03/29/2010 at 4:18pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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With Fermi cards now street legal, PC makers are scrambling to convince you to buy a system from them using the new GPUs. Almost immediately after the announcement, CyberPower updated their build options with the Black Pearl, Black Mamba Fang Series and Gamer Xtreme 3D. All of these PCs have the option for Fermi cards. Not to be outdone, Origin PC announced options for the Fermi cards in their line of Genesis desktops.
If you have expensive tastes, Maingear has you covered with their monster $6000 SHIFT desktop with a Tri-SLI configuration of Fermi GPUs. If you only need two massively expensive cards in SLI, Digital Storm has a $5000 rig with two GTX 480s. That’s still nothing the sneeze at.
These are obviously prebuilt systems, and many early adopters prefer the DIY route. Are you planning to buy a Fermi card? If cost is a concern, where would the price point have to be for you to bite?
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Zoomer
March 30, 2010 at 10:44am
We have to wait for a driver update at this point. I've searched many benchmarks so far, most of them differing greatly. Guru3D puts a single GTX 480 against a 5970, and it can very nearly keep up, but HardOCP shows a much different story.
Another point to consider is resolution. I game at 1920x1080, which I just started doing with an MS238 (great monitor), but almost all benchmarks are done at a higher res than that,and I think the 480 might be overkill, but almost nobody has tested the 470s in SLI yet.
Once a driver update rolls out (within a month, I guarantee you), I'm sure they'll get better scores. Also, they will come out with the full 512 shader version, so it may be worth saving for that. :)
thetr00per
March 29, 2010 at 10:09pm
I'm thinking of getting a 470 if I manage to get enough money. It's time to upgrade from my 8800GTX.
noobstix
March 29, 2010 at 8:02pm
I wonder how much it'll cost for someone to recreate these builds themselves. Would the difference in cost be large or small?
TechJunkie
March 29, 2010 at 6:11pm
NO. I do not plan on buying one because I am currently satisfied with my 5870. Price point? Well, it would have to be cheaper than my current card, but nVidia can't seem to get the price to performance ratio in check. Besides, I live in Florida and it's already hot enough. I don't need extra heat filling my house.
Dexter243
March 29, 2010 at 4:36pm
Nutcracklng snack
i spent years chacing the bench mark and i now have a x2 3600 with a single 4650 and it will run every thing i want to play so from now on yall will have to keep ati and nvidia in buisnes
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