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| Thread ID: 110243 | 2010-06-09 05:17:00 | Which graphics card? | VendettaSteel (15813) | Press F1 |
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| 1108357 | 2010-06-13 02:29:00 | LOL, yes, 9800XT was great.....that was 7 years ago!....Do I have to goggle the period since for YOU?... ATi have always been playing catch up, shader model 3, multi-gpu, driver updates and stability....I have no problem favouring nV over ATi.... The Nividia 6800 series didnt come out till about mid 2004. Nvidia lead from here all the way up till the moment where ATI released the 5000 series where they lost the lead for around 6 months, surely undisputed. Fermi was then released. The current generation is interesting. For the first time in PC gaming the high end single GPU's are clearly well ahead of high end gaming requirements, except in a few games. Those games at 2560x1600 and high AA etc that 5% Fermi advantage really doesn't help in tangible way. Fermi has a small performance lead but at a huge cost to power/heat/noise and even $$. I and most others Rate ATI now ahead as the small lead in single GPU performance is now largely worthless. The "pros" of the ATI 5000 series heavily outweigh the small speed advantage of Fermi. SLI vs CF Nvidia have the "definite" performance advantage, however ATI Infinity is having a large impact and once again Fermi power consumption and heat are a consideration. I am not a ATI or NVidia fanboy owned both over the years, if we are going to argue history lets get it right :P |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1108358 | 2010-06-13 03:52:00 | The Nividia 6800 series didnt come out till about mid 2004. Nvidia lead from here all the way up till the moment where ATI released the 5000 series where they lost the lead for around 6 months, surely undisputed. Fermi was then released. The current generation is interesting. For the first time in PC gaming the high end single GPU's are clearly well ahead of high end gaming requirements, except in a few games. Those games at 2560x1600 and high AA etc that 5% Fermi advantage really doesn't help in tangible way. Fermi has a small performance lead but at a huge cost to power/heat/noise and even $$. I and most others Rate ATI now ahead as the small lead in single GPU performance is now largely worthless. The "pros" of the ATI 5000 series heavily outweigh the small speed advantage of Fermi. SLI vs CF Nvidia have the "definite" performance advantage, however ATI Infinity is having a large impact and once again Fermi power consumption and heat are a consideration. I am not a ATI or NVidia fanboy owned both over the years, if we are going to argue history lets get it right :P Oh 2004, sorry, out by about 18 months..LOL. (We will forget the 3 out of 4 years before hand) The 5xxx is a great cards, I've never disputed that....however your % difference to Fermi is incorrect. It was 15% on release, the latest drivers have increased that....The best thing about Fermi is the linear performance or overclocking if you can control the heat and noise. At any rate, with only a 16x10 res, i wont ever be getting either. I've got to stop over reacting to blatant crap posting.....<shakes head> |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1108359 | 2010-06-13 04:56:00 | Oh 2004, sorry, out by about 18 months..LOL. (We will forget the 3 out of 4 years before hand) The 5xxx is a great cards, I've never disputed that....however your % difference to Fermi is incorrect. It was 15% on release, the latest drivers have increased that....The best thing about Fermi is the linear performance or overclocking if you can control the heat and noise. At any rate, with only a 16x10 res, i wont ever be getting either. I've got to stop over reacting to blatant crap posting.....<shakes head> What do you want to do give Nvidia a medal or something? I have not posted ATI is "Better" or anything, I just set the record straight on history. Seems people are voting with there wallets atm, and more are voting ATi in the upper segment, so yours or my opinion really doesn't matter ah :) You can be a Nividia Fan boy if you like, as you may be able to tell from my sig my main rig has a Nvidia GPU in it. The "current" ATI generation is the better buy and thats the way ill go if I get the upgrade itch any time soon. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1108360 | 2010-06-13 05:23:00 | Sigh. Has anyone noticed that the OP has not been back to this thread recently for some reason? I wonder why that is. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1108361 | 2010-06-13 05:31:00 | Sigh. Has anyone noticed that the OP has not been back to this thread recently for some reason? I wonder why that is. Go fark yourself Sweep.....I already commented on the hijack, without your 2c, and I wasnt the troll, just the catch! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1108362 | 2010-06-13 07:00:00 | Oh 2004, sorry, out by about 18 months..LOL. (We will forget the 3 out of 4 years before hand) The 5xxx is a great cards, I've never disputed that....however your % difference to Fermi is incorrect. It was 15% on release, the latest drivers have increased that....The best thing about Fermi is the linear performance or overclocking if you can control the heat and noise. At any rate, with only a 16x10 res, i wont ever be getting either. I've got to stop over reacting to blatant crap posting.....<shakes head> You're a dumb **** oh i mean an nvidiot (which is worse) |
Ollie (794) | ||
| 1108363 | 2010-06-13 07:32:00 | You're a dumb **** oh i mean an nvidiot (which is worse) bedtime.....off you go! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1108364 | 2010-06-14 05:44:00 | Where's a Moderator when you need one? This argument is moot. Graphics purchase depends most heavily upon your criteria in the first place. My first criteria is price. I'm happy to sacrifice some eye candy if I can save some dough. ATI currently wins there, which is why I bought a 5770. My old card was a 9800GTX, which I also liked. (I didn't upgrade it, BTW. It died) If my values fell elsewhere, this might not be the case. Everyone has different criteria = nobody here is definitively right = stop fighting and think of the children. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 1108365 | 2010-06-14 06:14:00 | everyone knows ATI is better | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1108366 | 2010-06-14 06:52:00 | Just stop. Seriously. ATI isn't necessarily better, nor is Nvidia. Both have their edge in certain applications. Considering how many graphics cards have been released, it is simply not possible to claim one company's dominance over the other, particularly not when they are always releasing updated drivers and new cards. The only REAL way to argue is between one or more cards from each manufacturer and determining which is better for a possible scenario as it arises. Returning to the initial bloody post, which has already been answered time and time again, he asked which of two given cards would be better for his purposes. We determined that in this case, the 5770 would be an economical option with a decent graphics performance for most of his purposes. If he wanted to, he could look into a 5800 series card for a boost in performance if he liked the look of ATI, or look for an equivalent Nvidia card. THREAD ANSWERED, THREAD CLOSED. (Of course, we know it won't be this simple but we can hope :)) |
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