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What do you think was the most influential card in the last few years.

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Don't mistake price gouging as retail pricing, the 680 was £10 cheaper than a 7970.

The Ghz was released to take back the 'out the box' performance crown(that was soo important then:rolleyes::p).

Most influential card of recent times was the £300 290 that made a mockery of Nvidia's overinflated pricing that caused a direct price slash by Nvidia.
 
tommybhoy said:
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Don't mistake price gouging as retail pricing, the 680 was £10 cheaper than a 7970.

The Ghz was released to take back the 'out the box' performance crown(that was soo important then:rolleyes::p).

Most influential card of recent times was the £300 290 that made a mockery of Nvidia's overinflated pricing that caused a direct price slash by Nvidia.
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Same as what 4870 did to the GTX260/280 then? :p
 
tommybhoy said:
Most influential card of recent times was the £300 290 that made a mockery of Nvidia's overinflated pricing that caused a direct price slash by Nvidia.
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I don't know, you could say the most influential card of recent times is the new R9 280 non-X. As it is basically a card from 2012 that was discontinued in 2013 that has returned in 2014 with a near 25% price hike to milk the mining crazy. Thus proving for once and all that AMD are every bit as likely to gouge the customer as Nvidia are when they think they can get away with it.
 
TITAN for me. Next generation performance early.

People often forget when they're "ridiculing" Titan's or whatever word they want to use that most people they're "ridiculing" are having the performance they've been having (and often more) for months and months. Sure there was a price premium but that isn't what we're debating is it?

Plus cost is a bit difficult to quantify anyway. If I'm working a £400 a day IT contract for 6 months then a couple of Titan's is pocket change really considering the use I would have had out of them had I bought them on release before the retail price gouging. £1600 isn't a huge amount of money to a lot of people.
 
Not sure which card i would classify as the most influential. 5870 has to be up there as it was double the performance of the card it replaced. Titan can't be considered influential imo because of the extremely high price of it vs the fact it was only 30% faster than a 7970 and 35% faster than nvidia's next closet card the 680. However the titan was 200% more expensive than those cards. A well clocked 7970 was within 5% of a titan at stock. TO be an influential card you need to be considerably faster than the card below you and you have to be priced reasonably in order to influence a lot of people into buying it. You don't see many titan users.
 
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Rusty0611 said:
TITAN for me. Next generation performance early.

People often forget when they're "ridiculing" Titan's or whatever word they want to use that most people they're "ridiculing" are having the performance they've been having (and often more) for months and months. Sure there was a price premium but that isn't what we're debating is it?

Plus cost is a bit difficult to quantify anyway. If I'm working a £400 a day IT contract for 6 months then a couple of Titan's is pocket change really considering the use I would have had out of them had I bought them on release before the retail price gouging. £1600 isn't a huge amount of money to a lot of people.
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Well said, this often gets over looked. Value is relative to the person buying it, if it's a drop in the ocean to the customer they'll lap it up
 
I agree with the nomination of the Titan, it was (and is) a truly next generation card. It brought huge performance increases, 4K resolution support, a fantastic reference cooler and I've no doubt it contributed significantly to the development of the GTX-780 and 780 TI; both of which offer fantastic performance at, in my opinion, a very reasonable price.

The Titan-style cooler is a big factor for me, not only is it a reference cooler which is nearly as good as non-reference options, but it is rather snazzy looking too - especially in a windowed case where you can see the lit-up "GEFORCE" logo. :)
 
LtMatt said:
Not sure which card i would classify as the most influential. 5870 has to be up there as it was double the performance of the card it replaced. Titan can't be considered influential imo because of the extremely high price of it vs the fact it was only 30% faster than a 7970 and 35% faster than nvidia's next closet card the 680. However the titan was 200% more expensive than those cards. A well clocked 7970 was within 5% of a titan at stock. TO be an influential card you need to be considerably faster than the card below you and you have to be priced reasonably in order to influence a lot of people into buying it. You don't see many titan users.
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The number of people who bought the Titan or the price for that matter is not really that important to the point.

The real point was that GTX 680 or HD 7970 levels of performance on 28nm was no longer acceptable. You enjoy the performance and value you get from your 290s, these cards may have never happened if it had not been for the Titan.

If AMD had been left alone you may have been considering whether an upgrade to a new version of the HD 7970 (1.2ghz edition) was worth it or not. Would we even have seen the HD 7990 ?

Would NVidia still be selling midrange cards dressed up as highend, I have always considered the weak point of the GK104 cards to be the chips themselves. The 2gb vram and 256bit bus are poor but the weakest link is the GK104 chip.
 
pgi947 said:
Well said, this often gets over looked. Value is relative to the person buying it, if it's a drop in the ocean to the customer they'll lap it up
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It is but i feel Titan will be remembered for it's insane price rather than it's extra performance. So probably does not deserve to be on a list of most influential cards over the years. It could have came in at a decent price point and be seen as an all time great but instead came in at a stupid price and will go down as one of the most hated due to price.
 
A card can't be influential if so few purchase it imo. As well it was only 30% faster than the current card available at the time. I suppose it did hold the performance crown for a while, but the fact it was not much faster than what was already available, coupled with the ridiculous price tag would not earn it a influential description in my book.
 
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Confused Stu said:
For me, it's the 5870. Double the performance of the 4870, massively lower idle power and temperature, and the ability to game on 3 screens (or more for the Eyefinity version of the card) made this a game changer in my book. :)
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How was it influential though? It was a massive win for AMD/ATI, but had no lasting effect on the market.
 
Martini1991 said:
How was it influential though? Nvidia's 48X was much,much higher priced, and the 69XX wasn't the same in terms of what the 5870 offered comparatively, nor was the 7970, far from it in fact.

I agree that the 5870 was a stonking card, and a massive win for AMD/ATI, but it didn't influence much :p
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:D

Depends what each persons opinion of influential is. :p
 
LtMatt said:
A card can't be influential if so few purchase it imo. As well it was only 30% faster than the current card available at the time. Not what i would describe as influential, but each to their own.
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What you see on the catwalk at a fashion show is hugely influential but 99.9999% of the population is not going to buy it due to the cost. What they will do is buy copies that are influenced by the catwalk at affordable prices.
 
Martini1991 said:
I guess, but we're being loose with the word now.

The card was a massive win during the generation, but that was only for the generation.
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Kaapstad said:
What you see on the catwalk at a fashion show is hugely influential but 99.9999% of the population is not going to buy it due to the cost. What they will do is buy copies that are influenced by the catwalk at affordable prices.
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Lol. I don't spend much time looking at catwalks.

Influential:Having great influence on someone or something.

To me that reads a card so good you go out and buy it. That comes down to most popular cards which people buy. A card can't influence someone if they don't buy it.
 
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I'm in two minds really, on the one hand, at the time, it was the card everyone wanted, massive wins etc.

But on the other hand, what it offered was never followed through again.

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A card can't influence someone if they don't buy it.
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Disagree.

A card can be influential in the market, you personally don't have to buy it, but it doesn't change its influence.
 
Nope,I only ever owned a x1950 pro,5770,5870,7850,7970

A Titan was waay out of my wallet capacity,even if I could afford one I wouldn't buy it simply because its not worth it,I could xfire two 7970's and still have change,yes the tech was revolutionary but the price was eyewatering
 
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