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i didnt get to see the nvidia stream, was it any good?
i heard they talked about batman
Well, Gibbo implied that everyone would be "smiling" when the 290 hit the shelf...but if it is prices like that, I know I (and many others) certianly won't be smiling at all. It would be like "turn around and go home people, nothing to see here"
First post, been lurking for weeks as I peruse the posts in aid of picking out my new GFX card but thios thread has both made me laugh my arse off and annoyed me. Namely the nVidia fanboys strutting around and rubbing in the rumoured temps from a single benchmark that means sod-all in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks to them I'm now firmly in the AMD corner, I'm a sucker for a good underdog and also the Radeon cards are just better at what I require them for (£ per perf (I'm a skint bugger) and Lux renderer performance). But this thread was important as if I ever have the cash a 290 looks like the card for me, I'm not doing 4k gaming and would be nice to have a AMD beast to brag about
Now to the point I wanted to make, it's about Kaapstad and his comment on them picking a 780 because of it's vram shortage in comparison. He's having a dig at AMD, but why wouldn't they pick a 780? It's the card in direct competition with them for the price-range they might sell at and the vram comparisons are much better than using a Titan (33% adv over a 50% disadv). So not only are they pointing out that you can get superior 4k performance, but you can get that for around the same price (yes i know the prices aren't released yet but there's no way in hell they'll price it in the Titan range).
Now, the fact that 4k comparisons are pointless right now means little, both companies are hitching their wagons to the 4k train and there's no point in them picking a Titan because if you have no budget, the Titan will be king if you're wanting 4k gaming (that 50% extra vram).
Perhaps the smug nVidia fanboys should hold their tongues until legitimate benchmarks and temp figures come out, lest they end-up having to consume tons of humble pie for rubbing it in for weeks on end. But of course they'll still have Batman smoke...
same with the 280's and the games huh, they telling us DONT BUY YET WAIT TO GET FREE GAMES ..strange marketing
I will take a punt that AMD will go with the same pricing as 7970 and 7950 on release. Well it's more wishful thinking to be honest.
R9 290X £420-£430
R9 290 £350-£360
R9 280X is already £250 up to ~£300
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Unattainable 4K or not the first benches look good for AMD.
According to this thread,they are RUBBISH!!
Why run games at high resolution and high details,when they should be benchmarked at 640X480 with Ultra Low textures??
