Nvidia feels the pinch

[Zulash]

I'm no fanboi. I usually go for who ever has the best product at the time When the 8800 first came out i grabbed that as it pewnd any ATi card but now ATi pewns nVidia so I got me an ATi card

*edit* just read the previous post by thewusman. what the h? lol my mind is bleeding

 

[thewusman]

I'm no fanboi. I usually go for who ever has the best product at the time When the 8800 first came out i grabbed that as it pewnd any ATi card but now ATi pewns nVidia so I got me an ATi card

*edit* just read the previous post by thewusman. what the h? lol my mind is bleeding

Just having some fun. I've decided not to upgrade my d!ck to SLI. There will be too many driver related problems later on ...

Jokes aside - I think RoosTa got it right. This doesn't need to be yet another mine is bigger than yours thread.

I think ATI worked wonders with their new cards. They've made Nvidia wake up and up their game.

I'm extremely happy with my GTX 280, which I did get at a huge discount it must be said. If it weren't for that - the 4870x2 would have been better value.

Having said that - the benefits of CUDA technology are starting to turn the humble GFX card into a processing powerhouse. That's where the future lies - in value added GPU computing, not just crunching out maximum FPS. Althought that's still where the fun lies.

 

[Keeper]

Just having some fun. I've decided not to upgrade my d!ck to SLI. There will be too many driver related problems later on ...

Jokes aside - I think RoosTa got it right. This doesn't need to be yet another mine is bigger than yours thread.

I think ATI worked wonders with their new cards. They've made Nvidia wake up and up their game.

I'm extremely happy with my GTX 280, which I did get at a huge discount it must be said. If it weren't for that - the 4870x2 would have been better value.

Having said that - the benefits of CUDA technology are starting to turn the humble GFX card into a processing powerhouse. That's where the future lies - in value added GPU computing, not just crunching out maximum FPS. Althought that's still where the fun lies.

agree 100% to your post.

I was just giving the nVidia fan boys a hard time, with them screaming "no, no - you're lying! ATI can't EVER be better, no ways!" no matter what you say....

i'm seriously not an ATI fanboi - this is my first ATI card, and Ive used nVidia since the days of The Riva TNT ('bout 4 or 5 cards were nVidia). The guys still hanging onto the GTX280, when faced with an X2, are fanbois. you're only a fanboi if your still supporting the losing team - i'm ashamed to admit I run after the team with the best bang for your buck...

It will always be a back and forth tennis game over who has the crown, I just think the 4870X2 was more of a boost over the GTX280, than nVidia's 295 over an X2.

 

[HBee]

I think the reason that nVidia are in a pickle is that there is no more headroom left in their current architecture. I must however confess that I am more than impressed with the way they were able to reduce powe usage on the 295.

Personally I want a 4870 as soon as the retailers stop trying to shaft me. Something about a 1 teraflop device that makes me want it badly.

 

[Tns]

Seriously - it's amazing watching the GPU crunch a DivX movie into a multitude of formats in next to no time. Makes the added value proposition excellent.

the cpu took like 60 plus minutes to convert a dvd to divx and the gpu did it in under 20 minutes!

 

[Keeper]

the cpu took like 60 plus minutes to convert a dvd to divx and the gpu did it in under 20 minutes!

the pirates can get nVidia then, i'll stick with ATi for now.

 

[RoosTa]

Just having some fun. I've decided not to upgrade my d!ck to SLI. There will be too many driver related problems later on ...

Jokes aside - I think RoosTa got it right. This doesn't need to be yet another mine is bigger than yours thread.

I think ATI worked wonders with their new cards. They've made Nvidia wake up and up their game.

I'm extremely happy with my GTX 280, which I did get at a huge discount it must be said. If it weren't for that - the 4870x2 would have been better value.

Having said that - the benefits of CUDA technology are starting to turn the humble GFX card into a processing powerhouse. That's where the future lies - in value added GPU computing, not just crunching out maximum FPS. Althought that's still where the fun lies.

+1

Its what you make of it. If you like CUDA, go Nvidia if you like Stream go ATI. Both the cards have their + and - so stick to what you like the most. In games it hardly matters if you're getting +5 fps higher in one game and -5 fps in another. Some games are optimised for NV and others AMD/ATI. Thats the way its always been.