Really? That is good news. And DOH! I knew I knew who the name was lol

I dont talk to him on IM so makes it harder to remember I guess.


Well FxFxFx that hte new rev is better for yah...:good:

But he's using the SR2 with 2 cpus. That would help a bit. lol

Shammy's fermi GPU score is 27807, Nick's WR at the bot has a GPU score of only 26070 with a lightning.

The performance is definitely hiding in the 480s, it will be a force in the coming months I bet.

both are at 6c6t so it should be similar to a 980x :)

Kind of ironic the early samples of fermi sucked. Its been said before, but I believe that the 480 will eventually overtake the lightning in Vantage, 06 and 01. I still think the 5870 retains the crown in 03 & 05 simply due to higher frequencies. The driver development on the green team will make the difference.

It would be great if they can turn it into a winner .....

That would put the ball back in ATI's court for a possible 5890/485 gun fight :thumbsup:

We all win

Indeed.... their battle will bring savings to everyone.... . unless it's like a WWE kinda battle, where it is staged and we pay just to see it.... then we lose

My second lightning was a total failure ... even worse than the first one I had.

Back to newegg it goes, along with all those juicy global points I was going to get this weekend.

That sucks bro .... They seem really hit or miss ... efen worse than betting on a CPU

Matrix or the SOC is what I am waiting for .... Hopefully they will be ready for prime time

MAybe some non reference 480 will hit the streets as well

Once I get back up in June I am preping for an all out assult ... seven cards sitting here plus what ever is the global slut as of then .......... :thumbsup:

What sucked about it?

Tried any mods?