comp@ddict
Skilled
I'll kick off the discussion with AMD's HD6000 and nVidia's GTX500 series comparision. I'll be comparing the HD6900 and GTX570/580 cards only, as they are the true champs in powering through every game thrown at them, and also, champions at DX11 implementations such as tessellation etc. too.
HD6970
- 1536 SPs
- 2.6 billion transistors
- 389 mm^2 die size
- 256-bit memory
GTX570
- 320 CUDA cores
- 3 billion transistors
- 520 mm^2 die size
- 320-bit memory
Going by the tech specs, it all seems merry for GTX570 and HD6970 seems to be a big under-dog right?
Well, we all have been proved wrong, because when it comes to games, DX9 or 10/11, HD6970 has shined brilliantly everywhere, even in nVidia sponsored TWIMTBP titles!
And today, I will be comparing the two of them using another TWIMTBP title, a BIG one, surely you must have heard if it!
And hence, nVidia cards not only perform better, but have better scaling under SLi too than CFx. Sad, really because I never saw an AMD sponsored title having nVidia card issues (DA:II exception, got fixed with driver update).
But, now we go on a HEAD-TO-HEAD comparision, of the PERFORMANCE DROP from going DX9 to DX11 renderer mode under "ULTRA SETTINGS".
Shall we?
Lets compare:
CARD DX9 DX11 % Drop:
HD6970 37.1 32.6 12.13
GTX570 50.2 38.8 22.71
Well, what do we have here? nVidia's card beaten in it's own game? Nearly a DOUBLE HIT in PERFORMANCE upon enabling DX11 render mode!
I think you guys also are coming to the same conclusion, despite having disadvantages, AMD's card came through, and I feel with a proper driver release, the CFx scaling can be ironed out. It just feels off-late AMD has been focused on Llano (well of course! DUH!) and have been releasing drivers and hotfixes for it only. Can't blame them, it's a big thing.
Well, don't mean to start wars, just trying to draw a conclusion. Thank you for reading.
HD6970
- 1536 SPs
- 2.6 billion transistors
- 389 mm^2 die size
- 256-bit memory
GTX570
- 320 CUDA cores
- 3 billion transistors
- 520 mm^2 die size
- 320-bit memory
Going by the tech specs, it all seems merry for GTX570 and HD6970 seems to be a big under-dog right?
Well, we all have been proved wrong, because when it comes to games, DX9 or 10/11, HD6970 has shined brilliantly everywhere, even in nVidia sponsored TWIMTBP titles!
And today, I will be comparing the two of them using another TWIMTBP title, a BIG one, surely you must have heard if it!
CRYSIS 2
And hence, nVidia cards not only perform better, but have better scaling under SLi too than CFx. Sad, really because I never saw an AMD sponsored title having nVidia card issues (DA:II exception, got fixed with driver update).
But, now we go on a HEAD-TO-HEAD comparision, of the PERFORMANCE DROP from going DX9 to DX11 renderer mode under "ULTRA SETTINGS".
Shall we?
Lets compare:
HD6970 37.1 32.6 12.13
GTX570 50.2 38.8 22.71
Well, what do we have here? nVidia's card beaten in it's own game? Nearly a DOUBLE HIT in PERFORMANCE upon enabling DX11 render mode!
I think you guys also are coming to the same conclusion, despite having disadvantages, AMD's card came through, and I feel with a proper driver release, the CFx scaling can be ironed out. It just feels off-late AMD has been focused on Llano (well of course! DUH!) and have been releasing drivers and hotfixes for it only. Can't blame them, it's a big thing.
Well, don't mean to start wars, just trying to draw a conclusion. Thank you for reading.