Graphic Cards

[Jager]

wow akaru. wee bit peeved that nvidia doesnt currently hold the fastest card?

 

whether nvidia or ati are currently faster doesnt matter ATI fired a shot across the bow of nvidia that is good for all of us. a monster flagship card that destroys the competition which is what we see every 6-12 months. what we dont see is a 400 dollar or less pricetag. ATI might just be bringing the flagship cards inline with their actual worth, hopefully nvidia will respond with price cuts and we all win in the long run.

 

I am very tired of seeing the "best" card with 200 bucks of parts and labor being sold for 600+ dollars.

 

bout time this crap got reasonable.

[Akaru]

wow akaru. wee bit peeved that nvidia doesnt currently hold the fastest card?

 

whether nvidia or ati are currently faster doesnt matter ATI fired a shot across the bow of nvidia that is good for all of us. a monster flagship card that destroys the competition which is what we see every 6-12 months. what we dont see is a 400 dollar or less pricetag. ATI might just be bringing the flagship cards inline with their actual worth, hopefully nvidia will respond with price cuts and we all win in the long run.

 

I am very tired of seeing the "best" card with 200 bucks of parts and labor being sold for 600+ dollars.

 

bout time this crap got reasonable.

 

I'm not saying ATI sucks. I'm just saying that no matter what, ReGIONALS will recommend a 5750 or something from the 5XXX series. It doesn't matter if the dude's budget is 50 dollars, he will say some dumb stuff like "save 100 dollars more and get a 5750." Only reason their budget is 50 dollars is because the person isn't able to get that extra money or has no reason for such a fast card.

 

In fact, I actually recommend a 5770. I recently helped my friend build a computer and popped in a 5770. I may be a Nvidia fanboy, but I don't give biased answers. I based my answers on reviews and my own experience.

 

And I'm definitely not peeved because ATI's flagship beats Nvidia's flagship. I understand that ATI's flagship destroys Nvidia's flagship. That's only because ATI is one generation above Nvidia. It's like comparing a 2009 Honda CR-V to a 2004 Toyota RAV4. That's a very inaccurate comparison. Both cars target the same area of people, but they are 5 years apart (but since technology evolves so fast, this 5 years of cars is equivalent to 1 year for graphics cards). In fact, the flagship doesn't concern me because I will never be able to afford one.

 

Another reason I love ATI for releasing such a beastly card is because all other cards have dropped in price. A GTS 250 dropped about 50 dollars since ATI's flagship release. Love it. I'm looking at a GTS 250 right now.

[PotshotPolka]

FYI, it looks like newegg is starting to phase out its DX10 cards. More and more are either deactivated, sold out, or on auto-notify.

[ReGIONALS]

I'm not saying ATI sucks. I'm just saying that no matter what, ReGIONALS will recommend a 5750 or something from the 5XXX series. It doesn't matter if the dude's budget is 50 dollars, he will say some dumb stuff like "save 100 dollars more and get a 5750." Only reason their budget is 50 dollars is because the person isn't able to get that extra money or has no reason for such a fast card.

 

In fact, I actually recommend a 5770. I recently helped my friend build a computer and popped in a 5770. I may be a Nvidia fanboy, but I don't give biased answers. I based my answers on reviews and my own experience.

 

And I'm definitely not peeved because ATI's flagship beats Nvidia's flagship. I understand that ATI's flagship destroys Nvidia's flagship. That's only because ATI is one generation above Nvidia. It's like comparing a 2009 Honda CR-V to a 2004 Toyota RAV4. That's a very inaccurate comparison. Both cars target the same area of people, but they are 5 years apart (but since technology evolves so fast, this 5 years of cars is equivalent to 1 year for graphics cards). In fact, the flagship doesn't concern me because I will never be able to afford one.

 

Another reason I love ATI for releasing such a beastly card is because all other cards have dropped in price. A GTS 250 dropped about 50 dollars since ATI's flagship release. Love it. I'm looking at a GTS 250 right now.

 

actually i never say to save up another 50$

if its saving like 5-10$ to get a card with a 20$ rebate then yea im gonna tell them to do that instead.