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Not to mention Nvidia boards have a 50-100$ premium on them over other similiar X48 boards. But as long as their GPU's are the best, people will still buy their boards.
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Possible ATI 4870 vs 9800GX2@Legit Reviews
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To be honest, I'd trade 10% performance loss for stability any day. So long as a 4870X2 is significantly faster than a 9800GX2 (+30%) I'm going for it, couldn't care less about the GT200, not expecting performance from Nvidia's new chip to be fantastic for some reason.
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I have exactly the same feeling.
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can anyone PROVE a 256bitybus is a limiting factor? i would love to see the tests and why people are so upset a 512 isnt in it, the 38 line didnt need a 512 to beat out the 29 series did it...
and how did ATI let anyone down they never said themselves they would use, or even need a 512bit
then i could see if they did use a 512, people would then complain about price being so high...
Remember, overclockers are a barely noticeble market share for ATI day to day sales.. you think they would take "out of the box performence sales" vs "overclockers sales", how many people who will buy these cards do yuou think overclock vs the amount who dont even know what overclocking is and got the card in their latest dell system
not to mention other things like corrupting data, killing ram sticks and other issues with the "i" lines.
and how did ATI let anyone down they never said themselves they would use, or even need a 512bit
then i could see if they did use a 512, people would then complain about price being so high...
Remember, overclockers are a barely noticeble market share for ATI day to day sales.. you think they would take "out of the box performence sales" vs "overclockers sales", how many people who will buy these cards do yuou think overclock vs the amount who dont even know what overclocking is and got the card in their latest dell system
not to mention other things like corrupting data, killing ram sticks and other issues with the "i" lines.
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A 512bit interface won't be necessary with GDDR5 Ram which is far superior not only much faster than DDR3/DDR4.
There are overclocking options for computer parts in the first place because overclockers don't take up a large chunk of the market share, but they are the most knowledgeable and influential force for the rest of the market. Based upon their recommendations other consumers will buy a certain product. In marketing, Informers (overclockers) are targetted more than Non-Informers (normal consumers) because no amount of advertising can beat word of mouth.
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if it werent for overclocking i wouldn't be getting laid...overclockin has brought me tons of love from the females... =)
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"Oh Chrome your processors so fast and powerful" lol just had to throw it in there.
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nevertheless a market still exists, and I think if ATi were to take advantage they'd reap some strong profit. The 9x00 series from ATi was the ****, out-of-the-box and overclocked.
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what are you talking about bro? everyone knows the 3870x2 is a great bencher what makes u think the 4800z wont be better??? another
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He is just trolling, and knows that since this is in the ATI section, people will stick up for his 'misguided' point of view since ATI cards lose a bunch of performance with AA enabled at higher resolutions.. Sigh.. With they would do away with the segregation in the GPU sections
no trolling my dood heres another link
I've had to remove the link - there may be malware involved, see my post below. -- David
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Well if those benchmarks are only 10% out I'm getting 2 of those. It's all very well saying "Nvidia GPUs run better with AA on than ATI cards" but it becomes irrelevant when the 780i chipset is the worst chipset I have ever come across. Then there's the display driver crashes.
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what are you talking about bro? everyone knows the 3870x2 is a great bencher what makes u think the 4800z wont be better??? another
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i feel i've wasted atleast 2-3 posts explaining that to him lol.
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That link contains a virus, you might want to check your system if your security isn't up to snuff. Ditto to anyone else who clicked it.
It also shows the tests being run at lower resolutions with no AA enabled. How does that even support your point?
ATI guys, stop calling people Nvidia 'fanboys' just because they don't agree with you. I, and many others, are not fans of EITHER company, we just buy whatever is the fastest at the moment. ATI-tinted goggles lead you to call people fanboys, and that's just juvenile.
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Sndm3mny,
Better than HD3870X2?
Better than HD3870X2?
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what? whats better than the HD3870x2?
