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Thread ID: 95849 2008-12-18 21:33:00 NV paper launch of new GPU sandwiche SolMiester (139) PC World Chat
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730738 2008-12-18 21:33:00 What I thought interesting was Dereks comments on ATi CF...LOL

We like hard launches. This isn't one. While that's disappointing, we do really want to get our hands on this hardware. The GTX 295 definitely looks like it will best the Radeon HD 4870 X2 in terms of raw power. Beyond that, it is clear that AMD hasn't taken driver development seriously enough and CrossFire just isn't as robust as SLI. Relying on a CrossFire based solution for their highest end part means it is necessary to provide reliable performance and stability across all games, new and old, and on all platforms. Making user defined profiles that allow the forcing of different CrossFire modes on certain games would go a long way to helping, but the real relief will come when AMD decides to fix their broken driver development model.

As it stands, SLI is a better solution than CrossFire and the GPUs on the GTX 295 will really put the screws to RV770. We will very likely see NVIDIA take back the crown in terms single card performance.

Article here (anandtech.com)
SolMiester (139)
730739 2008-12-19 04:40:00 I'll believe it when I see the benchmarks! qazwsxokmijn (102)
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