Comparing gen vs gen?

[LokiFire]

Comparing cards that match each other gen to gen or perform similarly.

4870x2

5870 OC DX11

6870 OC superior DX11 performance

7770 " " Smaller memory bus

GTX 295

GTX 480 DX11

GTX 570 weaker memory performance

GTX 660 weaker GPGPU

[Stardar1]

ok.

 

and the R9 2xx performs similarly to the R9 3xx

 

whats the point?

[dizmo]

Do you see the trend?
I think it's pretty apparent to most of us, but I'm curious if you see it as well.

Was there a question with this post or just some information?
Also @LokiFire follow your posts.

[LokiFire]

ok.

and the R9 2xx performs similarly to the R9 3xx

whats the point?

Both companies went different routes.

NVIDIA brute forced their first gen DX11 cards, AMD simply doubled the 4870 and strapped tesselation units to it.

Each gen after AMD made their cards stronger, and Nvidia knocked something off to compensate.

[stealth80]

i think maybe he's aiming for a full thread of card comparisons

 

970GTX = 780 TI (ish)

7970 GHZ = 280X

[manikyath]

i'm unsure why this is a thread...

 

your newest comparison on the nvidia side is 2 generations behind what's soon to be last gen. (3 generations if you count 800)

 

on the nvidia side a rough, "dont actually use this metric" metric is that for every time you go a generation newer you drop one card in the series, and you'll get roughly the same performance. (i believe they actually do this in the GT cards)

[LokiFire]

Do you see the trend?

I think it's pretty apparent to most of us, but I'm curious if you see it as well.

Was there a question with this post or just some information?

Also @LokiFire follow your posts.

Just looking where AMD and Nvidia went from their first gen on a level performance level.

[dizmo]

Just looking where AMD and Nvidia went from their first gen on a level performance level.

You're comparing GPU's that are lower tier though. Of course the 570 is the same as a 480. That's how it works.

This years 980 will be as powerful as next years 1070, etc.

[harrynowl]

Nvidia dropped a lot of their raw compute power in favor of a more efficient pipeline.

[arvark]

GTX 480

GTX 570 very slightly weaker

GTX 660 "          "         "

GTX 750 Ti " "    "

 

HD 5870

HD 6870

HD 7770

R7 250X

 

GTX 680

GTX 770

GTX 960 (Weaker, but most comparable card)

 

GTX 670 / 660 Ti

GTX 760 (Slightly weaker against 670 and stronger against 660 Ti)

GTX 950

 

HD 7970

R9 280X

R9 380X

 

HD 7870

R9 270X

R7 370X

 

HD 7950

R9 280 / 285

R9 380

 

I also suggest to do it brand wise. For example

 

GTX 680                         HD 7970

GTX 770                         R9 280X

GTX 960                         R9 380X