Absolutely agree - why bother with Nvidia? Sure, they have the single fastest card overall but that same card is on average only a bit faster than something $250 cheaper (and in some cases slower).
To quote Anand: "A pair of Radeon HD 4850s can come close to the performance of a GeForce GTX 280, and a pair of Radeon HD 4870s are faster across the board - not to mention that they should be $50 less than the GTX 280 and will work on motherboards with Intel-chipsets. Quite possibly more important than the fact that AMD's multi-GPU strategy has potential is the fact that it may not even be necessary for the majority of gamers - a single Radeon HD 4850 or Radeon HD 4870 is easily enough to run anything out today." His review: http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341 And another roundup that reaches the same conclusions: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/07/11/summer-2008-graphics-performance-roundup/1 ---- Brian On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And add to mix the 8800 Ultra, which still has higher theoretical specs in > certain areas (it is still the fastest card period for Flight Simulator X > and few other older games). > > All in all, the GTX280's have the most upside. > > Frankly for the price, the Radeon 4870 mops the floor with everybody. Is > 5fps worth $300 more in Crysis? > > > Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:54:38 -0400 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: [H] Fastest Nvidia Card??? > > > > Been searching the web on this, but it's beginning to get rather > > confusing...which Nvidia chipset/card is the fastest...for gaming? > > You've got the 9800GX2 versions and the GTX 280 which run about the > > same price. The hardware on the GTX series seems to have more of > > everything, yet, the GX2 seems to be faster in certain cases. Then > > this is made more complex as the drivers have evolved, so benchmarks > > seem to vary from month to month. Anything definitive out there? > > > > Thanks....Steve > > _________________________________________________________________ > Making the world a better place one message at a time. > http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_BetterPlace
