I never said you were a kid, or that you were insulting people, though as said likening people who use Nvidia to Apple fans is pushing it though, as you know that will wind some people up.
Ironically whenever I rip on Apple fans on Facebook they all tend to come out in droves. Even though what I usually say is completely correct.
The truth sometimes hurts. Sometimes it rubs people up the wrong way as it's not what they want to hear. Cue my mate, who queued up outside a shop for a nice handwarmer (Ipad 3 or whatever the damn name is).
He now refuses to accept that his device has heat issues, nor that half of what they have bolted on to it is all pointless tat. Nor that my Ipad 1 can run games equally as well as the Ipad 2 he just sold to get an Ipad 3.
If you know any Nvidia owners who would sell a card six weeks after paying £430 to replace it with an AMD one that was equal to it? then I am all ears.
Only Nvidia can make people do that. And don't worry, I'm not bashing on or insulting any one because it's just how it is. And yes, it's very similar to the way Apple have this hold on people.
I'm certainly not tarring every one with the same brush of course, because I myself am a bit of a closet Nvidia fan. I must say I do like the hype. However, I don't like it when they bend the truth. And that is what I feel they have done with the 680.
By now any one still reading this thread will have noticed the several links, reviews and articles which state that the 680 is equal level with the 7970.
By now any one who truly believes that not to be so will have chucked a strop and stopped reading it, and quite possibly has me on ignore.
Ironically, i tried an ipad2 for the first time the other day, was surprised as for the money there isn't a tablet that comes near it.
I bought a Hannspree Hannspad and dropped it 6 days after buying it, breaking it
Mate of mine showed me his Ipad 1, fell in love. Look, I'm not saying they aren't good, just like I am not saying that Nvidia 680s are not good. However, what I do know is that Ipads are bloody expensive ! And, each one has been perfectly fine and you
really don't need to rush out and buy the next one.
What does the Ipad 2 have over the Ipad 1? dual core graphics ! wow. So there's a dual core GPU that isn't programmed to work with any games because the single cored Ipad 1 still exists. It has a camera ! wow. So I shall throw my Sony in the bin and go and buy an Ipad 2 !
Fact is that as much as Apple want me to believe that my Ipad is worthless and rush out and buy an Ipad 2/3/4/5 it isn't. It does everything I wanted it to, and has since I got it.
As public Enemy once said - Don't believe the hype.
I've read just about every review, and came to the conclusion that both are very good cards, and so near in price and performance that picking which is all down to which brand you prefer, or if you have no brand preference then which one has the best features.
People who sold the 7970 to get a 680 were more than likely Nvidia fans on a temporary trip to the other side, i doubt anyone was convinced it was a massively better card.
They fell for it. Yet, had a trustable well viewed review site had been more honest they wouldn't have fallen for it.
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