Most spectacular failure in video card history

[nRollo]

So? What do you think?

 

[Corporate Thug]

i havent been around computer hardware enough to remember savage or vodoo so i have to say the 5800

 

[Powermoloch]

ATI Crossfire by itself is not consider as a video card, it is a combination of using 2 vid cards simultaneously. Bleh....blabber all you want, it's all good

5800 Ultra :thumbsup:

 

[5150Joker]

5800 U was pretty bad but at this point I'd say Crossfire takes the cake.

 

[lavaheadache]

at it again I see, why break the streak? I'm not even going to vote.


*edit.. I voted, couldn't resist. BTW, where is the disclaimer for this thread? It should read: Caution known troll lurking within

 

[EightySix Four]

Voodoo 5

 

[Pabster]

Given the choices, CrossFire by a landslide.

 

[nRollo]

BTW, my reasons for candidates:

V5- late, feature-less compared to GF2 and Radeon VIVO, strange SLI on a board card

5800 Ultra - couldn't be produced profitably, loudest OEM fan made it notorious

S3 Savage 2000- Supposed to compete with GF1, but when T&L enabled, fps went down. Not to mention texture irregularities and desktop issues. (e.g. areas of wallpaper "missing")

ATI Crossfire- high end solution launched with 16X12 at 60Hz limitation, master/slave cards, dongle

 

[SolMiester]

I would say Voodoo 5 also, didnt that have like 3 gpu's, was longer than the width of then m/b and was pants!

 

[Wreckage]

I would have said voodoo because 3DFX died just after that, however crossfire has been a HUGE disappointment.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
i havent been around computer hardware enough to remember savage or vodoo so i have to say the 5800

The Savage was one hilarious piece of hardware. Imagine booting your computer and having 1" black squares missing all over the screen. Or having the side of a building start flashing in a game, or a strange jagged pattern along the seam of a vehicle. Being told by S3 "The T&L engine is there, just not activated by the drivers". Then when it is, fps dive.

The V5 was a "good" card, but the swansong of a great company. A last ditch effort to sell their original idea for the fourth time.

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: Rollo
BTW, my reasons for candidates:

V5- late, feature-less compared to GF2 and Radeon VIVO, strange SLI on a board card

5800 Ultra - couldn't be produced profitably, loudest OEM fan made it notorious and got pwned by the competion

S3 Savage 2000- Supposed to compete with GF1, but when T&L enabled, fps went down. Not to mention texture irregularities and desktop issues. (e.g. areas of wallpaper "missing")

ATI Crossfire- high end solution launched with 16X12 at 60Hz limitation, master/slave cards, dongle

fixed for accuracy

 

[SolMiester]

I dont think many here were around for the savage / voodoo days so are picking the 5800U.....LOL

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: Rollo

The V5 was a "good" card, but the swansong of a great company. A last ditch effort to sell their original idea for the fourth time.

Kinda reminds me of the R520 aka R300 + SM 3.0 at this point. :laugh:

 

[SolMiester]

Cuse me, but I believe every generation of Nvidia card was a step up thank-you, more than can be said about ATI! The 5800U wasnt the best Nvidia produced, however the next generation has still to be bettered by ATI let alone Nvidia's current generation.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Originally posted by: Rollo

The V5 was a "good" card, but the swansong of a great company. A last ditch effort to sell their original idea for the fourth time.

Kinda reminds me of the R520 aka R300 + SM 3.0 at this point. :laugh:

Ouch, if that's true, bad times at ATI this Christmas.

 

[Munky]

My vote goes to the 5800U - the reason I joined the Red Side.

 

[imported_g33k]

I voted 5800ultra. If you waited 10 more days you might be able to add R520 to the list.

 

Originally posted by: crazySOB297
Voodoo 5

bad drivers and then they stopped supporting it pretty quick, bummer really.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: SolMiester
Cuse me, but I believe every generation of Nvidia card was a step up thank-you, more than can be said about ATI! The 5800U wasnt the best Nvidia produced, however the next generation has still to be bettered by ATI let alone Nvidia's current generation.

I didn't add 5800U because it was a bad card, I added it because it was only released in very limited numbers, gained a lot of notoriety for noise, and nV probably lost money on them. (they built all cards and distributed them to OEMS, and cards were a 3lb brick sh*thouse of high quality components)

I loved my 5800U. It was a big failure though, mostly due to the noise. I think people would have got over the second place performance if not for the fan noise.

 

[SolMiester]

All I remember about the 5800u was the damn price....ouch!! Insane

 

[M0RPH]

I'd say that you're poll is flawed. You specifically say "video card" history and then you list 3 video cards alongside a solution for running dual video cards in tandem. Now if you would have asked for the most spectacular failure in the history of the video industry, I would say 3dfx as a company. They had so much in their hands and then totally dropped the ball.

 

[Kalessian]

I always thought of Xfire as a feature myself.

 

[Greenman]

You forgot the nv80 in the list of choices. Without doubt the worst desaster in video history. nVidia should just cancel the thing now and save all that R&D money.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Kalessian
I always thought of Xfire as a feature myself.

Xfire is a chat program