Some benchmarks on the 295: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3498
--------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > Sorry that I took your earlier email wrong. > > Thanks, > Bobby > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:21 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? > > Time out! My bad for being so quick with a OPINION expressed in bad prose, > sorry! > > You're not being lambasted nor am I insisting you need to do ATI was > implying in a 2 > horse race you were really limiting your options based what sounds like > arbitrary > reasons about old issues that may/may not have bearing on today. If I was > to > go on > past experiences I'd never buy a Intel, AMD, a Sleazgate HDD or HP > anything! > ;) > > The response was supposed to be laced with *sarcasm* in response to your > being so > (seemingly) staunchly tied to a brand rather than good choices despite > brand. I am > not saying ATI is best of 2 nor was I trashing NV video cards. Trashing > drivers & BS > corporate policies yes, hardware no. Note I was looking at NV last year, so > I am not > saying they're shit by any means, though in fairness both companies have a > lot of > work to do IMHO. > > As you say, building with X58 so SLI issue is moot yet there's still a bit > chill in > the air from NV's dissing pre-X58 users. Were I do X58 I'd be sizing up > BOTH > the NV > 2x0 series at this point vs. ATI HD48x0 X2 series. > > Good luck on the build! > > > Bobby Heid wrote: > > I was not being flip. I just had no desire to go with ATI (after many > > issues with ATI many years ago). So ATI was not a valid choice as I had > > already chosen Nvidia. Instead of having people waste their time going > > through the trouble of writing a reply that was in favor of ATI, when I > > wasn't interested in ATI, I was trying to steer the thread where I wanted > to > > go. And that was with Nvidia. I have weighed all of the options many > times > > and still decide to choose Nvidia. > > > > What bothers me though is that my email was just a request for opinions > > about what I asked for. I did not expect to be lambasted for not > choosing > > ATI. I did not trash ATI or say that Nvidia was the ultimate brand over > all > > brands. If I had asked for opinions about the different Ford Mustang > models > > I would not expect to hear about Chevrolet or Toyota. > > > > BTW, I am building an X58 system. So the SLI issue is moot here. > > > > Bobby > > > > >
