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Lt.JD · 12-06-07

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Originally Posted by HrnyGoat

Never said it was a bad card, I'm just disappointed that ATI still hasn't bothered taking the crown from nVidia. Its not the old ATI anymore, AMD has changed them

Yea the 7900vs1800/1900 was a battle I mean Nvidia was selling the Ultra for what 800 dollars at a point, that tells you how the well the competitors where doing I find that the 3870 is competitive with the 8800GTS and the 8800GT because its cheaper.

GDDR5 isnt needed for a while GDDR3 is fine for maybe 6-12 more months.

Licht · 12-06-07

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Originally Posted by HrnyGoat

Never said it was a bad card, I'm just disappointed that ATI still hasn't bothered taking the crown from nVidia. Its not the old ATI anymore, AMD has changed them

I think it is for the better, i mean really. Now driver updates are monthly, always increase performance and they just don't plain old SUCK like they used to. The marketing strategy is better and they are taking in the "less power consumption and heat output while increasing performance" view point from the CPU market.

Brutuz · 12-06-07

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Originally Posted by HrnyGoat

It wouldn't work. The memory controller isn't compatible.

Looks like we got ourselves an upset ATI/AMD fanboy here. Face it, ATI screwed up with the 2900. None of ATI's cards can touch the 8800GTX, let alone the Ultra.

Its roughly the same if its CF vs SLI, but almost no-one is going to do that.

And the new 3870 with 4 in CF will kick two GTX's around the block, or two GT's, or it should anyway.

HrnyGoat · 12-06-07

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Originally Posted by Licht

I think it is for the better, i mean really. Now driver updates are monthly, always increase performance and they just don't plain old SUCK like they used to. The marketing strategy is better and they are taking in the "less power consumption and heat output while increasing performance" view point from the CPU market.

Driver updates have always been monthly, and have always increased performance. And they never sucked for cards like the X1900XT (I know because I own one) or the X1950XTX. They did suck for the X1950XT until recently, as well as for the 2900XT. The 2900XT can end up close to 8800GTX or as slow as half the speed due to driver issues with certain games. So no, there really hasn't been much improvement with the drivers, and the 2900's case, actually went downhill.

ATI also had better strategies before AMD bought them. When nVidia took the lead from the 9700, ATI was quick to respond with the 9800. When ATI had problems with the X800XT yields, they quickly came out with the X850XT. And when the X1800XT launched, the X1900XT and XTX were right behind it. This time, ATI had no contingency plan for the 2900.

Licht · 12-06-07

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Originally Posted by Brutuz

Its roughly the same if its CF vs SLI, but almost no-one is going to do that.

And the new 3870 with 4 in CF will kick two GTX's around the block, or two GT's, or it should anyway.

AMD estimated Quadfire's scalability as being the power of *3.2 1 cards power.

LoGGi! · 12-07-07

That will still kick them around the block

btw. I think gDDR5 can't hit the enthusiast market too soon, my GPU is getting badly outdated

Licht · 12-07-07

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Originally Posted by LoGGi!

That will still kick them around the block

btw. I think gDDR5 can't hit the enthusiast market too soon, my GPU is getting badly outdated

Better then mine, if i get my 3870 though watch out!

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