14 DAY TRIAL // Following a long and difficult waiting period, which has already lasted for months, NVIDIA seems to have finally broken the silence. After it kept quiet about its upcoming cards' performance even at CeBIT, end-users had most likely resigned themselves to waiting for the official launch before finding out anything specific.
Now, however, the GPU maker has finally released the first real video demonstration of one of its upcoming GF100-based Fermi graphics adapter, with the not so little bonus of revealing triple-display 3D.
A video starring Tom Peterson, NVIDIA's Director of technical Marketing, shows the first real Unigine benchmark test being run on the GTX 480. Peterson explains tessellation rendering and practically teases watchers with its up close shots of the crystal clear and realistic graphics that the card is capable of. Not only that but he even shows a comparison between the GTX 480 results at those of the ATI Radeon HD 5870. According to the chart, the Fermi card was above its rival in most respects, sometimes even by a significant deal.
The Unigine benchmark, however, is only half of what NVIDIA seems to have in store for its customers. The other feature it has been working on is 3D Surround gaming. Basically, this is NVIDIA's own version of Eyefinity, only, in this case, the three monitors are in 3D and an SLI configuration is needed. Basically, NVIDIA enables triple 3D display scenarios, for an unprecedented level of immersion.
Unfortunately, NVIDIA's video only briefly shows the three-display setup at the end, without any tests or demonstrations being performed. Still, all is not lost, because the folks over at Engadget managed to shoot their own video of the 3D Surround at CeBIT. Unfortunately, setting up such a scenario will be financially difficult, because it takes not only a pair of top-end GTX 480 in SLI, but also three identical 3D monitors.
NVIDIA will officially launch its card at PAX 2010, on March 26 or 27.