6970-250w>6950-220W>580=6970>570>6950
Aha! No-one said anything like that did they. Do I get a cookie?
Aha! No-one said anything like that did they. Do I get a cookie?
6970-250w>6950-220W>580=6970>570>6950
My predictions:
1) nVidia fanboys will point out that the GTX580 is faster than the 6970 in the majority of tests, ignoring the price difference between the two cards.
2) AMD fanboys will point to the 1 test that shows the 6970 is marginally faster than the GTX580 and champion it as proof that they've "won". Also, they will have shed their tree hugging ways no longer care about TDP.
3) "Someone" will post another thread detailing the slight IQ difference in 4 year old games that you can only see on a 40" monitor with the game paused and zoomed in 120%.
4) Idontcare will give me a warning for #3 because he considers it a personal attack.
5) About 6 posters will account for 85% of the posts in the review thread.
6) A "Why the 6950 was right for me!" thread will appear within 2 weeks, followed 2 weeks later by a "Why the GTX560 was right me!".
7) HAWX 2 will still suck.
My predictions: 1) nVidia fanboys will point out that the GTX580 is faster than the 6970 in the majority of tests, ignoring the price difference between the two cards. 2) AMD fanboys will point to the 1 test that shows the 6970 is marginally faster than the GTX580 and champion it as proof that they've "won". Also, they will have shed their tree hugging ways no longer care about TDP. 3) "Someone" will post another thread detailing the slight IQ difference in 4 year old games that you can only see on a 40" monitor with the game paused and zoomed in 120%. 4) Idontcare will give me a warning for #3 because he considers it a personal attack. 5) About 6 posters will account for 85% of the posts in the review thread. 6) A "Why the 6950 was right for me!" thread will appear within 2 weeks, followed 2 weeks later by a "Why the GTX560 was right me!". 7) HAWX 2 will still suck.
Charlie has new information at SA.
Its so off the wall, its crazy even for him. Whats sad, is MANY don't even get he is being beyond sarcastic. They just have latched on to hating one gpu maker and loving another ?
http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/12/13/secret-amd-6900s-second-switch/
What did you expect?
With AMD's focus so much om "performance per watt" and cutting out stuff from their GPU's...it has to show up somewhere.
You know like starting to reducing I.Q at same settings, performing less or passing o a lackluster AF solution.
This is the path AMD has taken...should come as no surprise...if you are a realist.
My predictions:
1) nVidia fanboys will point out that the GTX580 is faster than the 6970 in the majority of tests, ignoring the price difference between the two cards.
2) AMD fanboys will point to the 1 test that shows the 6970 is marginally faster than the GTX580 and champion it as proof that they've "won". Also, they will have shed their tree hugging ways no longer care about TDP.
3) "Someone" will post another thread detailing the slight IQ difference in 4 year old games that you can only see on a 40" monitor with the game paused and zoomed in 120%.
4) Idontcare will give me a warning for #3 because he considers it a personal attack.
5) About 6 posters will account for 85% of the posts in the review thread.
6) A "Why the 6950 was right for me!" thread will appear within 2 weeks, followed 2 weeks later by a "Why the GTX560 was right me!".
7) HAWX 2 will still suck.
I hope you don't mind. I will likely remove it after a week or so, since I never keep quotes for any period of time in my sig.
my predictions:
1) nvidia fanboys will point out that the gtx580 is faster than the 6970 in the majority of tests, ignoring the price difference between the two cards.
2) amd fanboys will point to the 1 test that shows the 6970 is marginally faster than the gtx580 and champion it as proof that they've "won". Also, they will have shed their tree hugging ways no longer care about tdp.
3) "someone" will post another thread detailing the slight iq difference in 4 year old games that you can only see on a 40" monitor with the game paused and zoomed in 120%.
4) idontcare will give me a warning for #3 because he considers it a personal attack.
5) about 6 posters will account for 85% of the posts in the review thread.
6) a "why the 6950 was right for me!" thread will appear within 2 weeks, followed 2 weeks later by a "why the gtx560 was right me!".
7) hawx 2 will still suck.
My predictions:
1) nVidia fanboys will point out that the GTX580 is faster than the 6970 in the majority of tests, ignoring the price difference between the two cards.
2) AMD fanboys will point to the 1 test that shows the 6970 is marginally faster than the GTX580 and champion it as proof that they've "won". Also, they will have shed their tree hugging ways no longer care about TDP.
3) "Someone" will post another thread detailing the slight IQ difference in 4 year old games that you can only see on a 40" monitor with the game paused and zoomed in 120%.
4) Idontcare will give me a warning for #3 because he considers it a personal attack.
5) About 6 posters will account for 85% of the posts in the review thread.
6) A "Why the 6950 was right for me!" thread will appear within 2 weeks, followed 2 weeks later by a "Why the GTX560 was right me!".
7) HAWX 2 will still suck.
My predictions:
1) nVidia fanboys will point out that the GTX580 is faster than the 6970 in the majority of tests, ignoring the price difference between the two cards.
2) AMD fanboys will point to the 1 test that shows the 6970 is marginally faster than the GTX580 and champion it as proof that they've "won". Also, they will have shed their tree hugging ways no longer care about TDP.
3) "Someone" will post another thread detailing the slight IQ difference in 4 year old games that you can only see on a 40" monitor with the game paused and zoomed in 120%.
4) Idontcare will give me a warning for #3 because he considers it a personal attack.
5) About 6 posters will account for 85% of the posts in the review thread.
6) A "Why the 6950 was right for me!" thread will appear within 2 weeks, followed 2 weeks later by a "Why the GTX560 was right me!".
7) HAWX 2 will still suck.
I think it's safe to say that AMD goes for absolute performance as well, but they go about it different than Nvidia. Wasn't the 5970 considered to be the faster part than the GTX480?
You same AMD has cut things out of their GPU, what woudl that be?
1) Crossfire isn't a sure hit...neither is its FPS fluxtuations.
2) You do some reading up, there was a nice piece on Anand that included cutting stuff out...sideport was one of the things, sacrifcied on the tree-hugger mentality...
8. Kim Kardashian will come out of the anandtech forum ad (ala weird science) and we will do it...then she will complain that the 6970 was disappointing and not a good fit for her mITX rig. I, of course, will get a glowing "review."
1) Crossfire isn't a sure hit...neither is its FPS fluxtuations.
2) You do some reading up, there was a nice piece on Anand that included cutting stuff out...sideport was one of the things, sacrifcied on the tree-hugger mentality...
Honestly if the "new gen" AMD card cant beat the previous-gen nV card, (its just a fixed 480, right?), it is a sad day in the history of GPU launches.
The performance roll they were one with 4890 and 5870 would appear to be over.
I don't think Kim's rig is mITX!