Originally posted by: munky
Originally posted by: McCartney
I'll believe a 1gb XTX when I see it, and PLUS< it will not be an MSRP of an 8800GTX
Think about it, you didn't think Nvidia saw ATI with the spanking new 512mb RADEON X1800? Didn't it barely TIE the 256mb 7800 GTX?
What do you think the XTX is going to do for ATI when 1gb is pratically useless? We can't even use 512 let alone 768 or gb.
You're swaying like a typical consumer who thinks higher ram = better FPS, it actually doesn't brother, sorry.
DT has never been reliable, I swear they were the ones that said the x1800 outright spanked the 256mb 7800 GTX when Anand showed a TIE!
ATI feeds trolls like DT to make susceptible people infected, whom in turn infect others. DT is as worthy/trusty a news source as Star Magazine.
AT= Wall street Journal, = New york times, DT= Star Magazine.
I'm done with trolls who believe the XTX is the answer to the GTX, clockspeed and MHz will win the race, and that's why they didn't even pit a XTX against a GTX because it would still , at this point, LOSE.
Think people, think.
First, most people here are not idiots, and we well know more memory does not automatically mean better performance. However, cards like the x1800xt and higher
did benefit from the 512MB of memory, as shown in
this article.
Moreover, I've personally monitored my video mem usage, and in certain games like Stalker and Oblivion with maxed settings, even at 1280 resolution all 512MB of my available video mem get used up.
Secondly, if you think AT video reviews are of high quality, then you'd be really surprised when you see a
real quality review by sites like
behardware,
firingsquad, and
computerbase. Even
xbitlabs has improved their review methods to the point where they are better than AT. And when you compare the x1800xt to the 7-series using something other than shimmerfest settings, the x1800xt not only outperformed the 7800gtx, but was often on par with the ridiculously overpriced 7800gtx-512.