SLI totally blew away ATI...

[gururu]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

71% is still pretty darn good I agree. But the point is to be accurate and avoid exaggeration right?

 

[Mrvile]

Right, but is 71% worth the extra money? Too lazy to do the math.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Right, but is 71% worth the extra money? Too lazy to do the math.

ask that to someone who can afford it.

 

[Mrvile]

Ok, 700 bucks for video, 150 for motherboard, 170 bucks for CPU (3000+ 939). That's 1000+ for mainframe alone, not including 150 bucks for RAM, 100 bucks for hard drive, 100 bucks for case/fans, 100 bucks for both optical drives, about 150 bucks for everything else. That's like what, 1600? I might be able to manage

 

[surge84]

Sure, you may only have the cash to buy one card right now, but in a year when ATI releases their next new thing are you going to spend *another* $400 for the next new card, or are you going to buy the now "Budget" 6800 and get almost as good performance?

 

[Mrvile]

I hate waiting. I wanna buy upfront. Arg.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
I hate waiting. I wanna buy upfront. Arg.

that's what sucks about technology, lol. nothing ever comes out when you want it or when you need it.

 

[Mrvile]

Exactly. By the time I'm able to get another 6800GT, we'll have like Geforce 10 series and ATI SLI with dual freakin X1200XTPELESEOCs. I hate waiting. Arg.

 

[Acanthus]

Im debating dropping cash for dual 6800GTs so much money though.

Still its not like buying an EE or FX for a whopping 10% gain. At least its a substancial gain across the board.

 

[Mrvile]

Yeah it is a lot of money but if you downgrade a lot of your other non important things (like optical drives, hard drives, etc) you can still build a dual 6800GT for less than 2k bucks, maybe even less than 1.8k. Definately more gain per dollar than a higher processor, but if you get an FX you won't need to upgrade for the next 12 or 14 years

 

[Apotherix]

Who in their right mind pays 500+ bucks for a freaking video card when it will be half that price in a month?

 

[gururu]

no $700 pain
no 70% gain

 

[Mrvile]

Well Apo, how long till games start straining the power of twin 6800GTs? As long as they are able to live and play well for another 5 years (I'm sure they will), its well worth the price.

 

[Pixle]

1+1=2

But really...good job Nvidia. I'm a big fan of Ati, but Nvidia has their solution out first and it seems to be working great.

Hopefully Ati can keep up.

 

[Mrvile]

I have been an ATI fan myself also, but I usually choose logic over belief and this time nVidia won. Can't wait for ATI SLI, but I hear it's not comin, bummer.

 

[SonicIce]

How long untill NV50 or R500?

 

[XBoxLPU]

What a bunch of idiots

You are compairing two cards to just one card...

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Well Apo, how long till games start straining the power of twin 6800GTs? As long as they are able to live and play well for another 5 years (I'm sure they will), its well worth the price.

they will not be able to handle games well for another 5 yrs. it's been about a yr since the 9800xt and that's already showing it's strain on newer games. that's why videocards 2x its performance is already out.

 

[XBoxLPU]

if you read the AT article, games are not straining the power of twin 6800GTs...... it is the CPU

 

[FishTankX]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
What a bunch of idiots

You are compairing two cards to just one card...

It's not stupid.

SLi is a matter of the speed crown. You're comparing the fastest price performer of one camp to the other. If you invest in a dual 6800GT setup now, you could probably skip the next 3 or 4 generations, which saves you money too.

I wouldn't say it's a waste. Plus, it's very rarley that the increase in performance directly scales with the increase in cost. Take the 9800 pro to 9800 XT story.

 

[IamTHEsnake]

I think ATi may have an Ace up their sleave.... I heard a couple weeks ago that they have developed a technology that allows PCI-Express cards to use system memory and cut back on GDDR size. The amount of ram on a Vidcard is responsible for a big chunk of the price, get rid of that and the price will also be less. So performance may be the same or near the same for less than say an equally powerful vidcard without the HypepMemory Tech. However, i still think ATi should create something to the idea of SLi.

 

[FishTankX]

Originally posted by: IamTHEsnake
I think ATi may have an Ace up their sleave.... I heard a couple weeks ago that they have developed a technology that allows PCI-Express cards to use system memory and cut back on GDDR size. The amount of ram on a Vidcard is responsible for a big chunk of the price, get rid of that and the price will also be less. So performance may be the same or near the same for less than say an equally powerful vidcard without the HypepMemory Tech. However, i still think ATi should create something to the idea of SLi.

System memory runs at something like 6.4GB/s and is shared with the CPU, versus the 35+GB/s of dedicated GDDR3 memory.

Plus, I assume videocards are already allocated system memory as a swap space on modern PCIE systems.

 

[FishTankX]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
if you read the AT article, games are not straining the power of twin 6800GTs...... it is the CPU

Not in 1600X1200 w/4xaa/16x AF.

Some people want to be able to see games in their full glory and are willing to shell out for it. And to those people, I say 'Do as you wish'. Not as expensive as buying a better car, by any means.