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ATI's naming convention sucks the sack
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It really goes both ways actually. I mean there were at least 4 different variations of the 9600 GSO (one of which was also the 8800 GS) off the top of my head. Seriously Nvidia's naming scheme isn't a scheme, a scheme should follow a pattern. It's a naming catastrophe.
I thought it made sense (forgetting old card renaming) but then the Gt 220 turned up, which supports DX10.1, so now I'm confused again.
Honestly, I think both manufacturers have moved to a much better system recently. Both are using an intuitive numerical system: 'generation number, followed by "bigger is better"'.
This is far better than the old scheme, which seemed to be based around the number of Xs you could cram into the tagline.
This is far better than the old scheme, which seemed to be based around the number of Xs you could cram into the tagline.
When Nvidia pulled the 2XX thing out, I was a bit confused. But It wasn't hard to get an understanding of it.
ATi has been naming their cards as such since the 3XXX series, apart fromt eh slight change of now calling Dual GPU cards X9XX as opposed to X2.
Then again, Nvidia dropped X2 themselves.
Naming isn't a big problem (although Nvidia's.... minor naming history raises everyone's eyebrows). People are still gonna look at price, performance, and bar charts, I guess.
ATi has been naming their cards as such since the 3XXX series, apart fromt eh slight change of now calling Dual GPU cards X9XX as opposed to X2.
Then again, Nvidia dropped X2 themselves.
Naming isn't a big problem (although Nvidia's.... minor naming history raises everyone's eyebrows). People are still gonna look at price, performance, and bar charts, I guess.
Oh! Topical typo of the day 
GTX295.
Engineered for extreme gaming performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 is the most powerful dual chip graphics card on the planet for gaming and beyond. Experience the hottest games such as Far Cry 2, Mirror's Edge, and Call of Duty 5: World at War at extreme HD resolutions and ultra high image quality with the power of two GeForce GTX 200 Series GPUs on a single card. And then go beyond traditional graphics with Graphics Plus and experience GPU accelerated NVIDIA PhysX gaming effects, Stereoscopic 3D gaming, video processing for transcoding HD videos in minutes to your portable video player, and lightning fast image processing using Adobe CS4.
HD5970
The fastest graphics card on the planet, the ATI Radeon HD 5970 delivers an unrivaled HD gaming experience so you can play the latest, most demanding HD titles like never before. Engineered for speed, this next-generation powerhouse delivers unprecedented performance straight out of the box. Unlocked, this graphics card has massive headroom so you can take control and push your hardware to its full potential! Expand your visual real estate across up to three displays and get lost in the action with ATI Eyefinity Technology. Using ATI Stream technology, accelerate even the most demanding applications and do more than ever with your PC. Among the first to deliver full support for Microsoft DirectX 11, these GPUs enable rich, realistic visuals with explosive performance so you can dominate your gaming competition.
GTX295.
Engineered for extreme gaming performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 is the most powerful dual chip graphics card on the planet for gaming and beyond. Experience the hottest games such as Far Cry 2, Mirror's Edge, and Call of Duty 5: World at War at extreme HD resolutions and ultra high image quality with the power of two GeForce GTX 200 Series GPUs on a single card. And then go beyond traditional graphics with Graphics Plus and experience GPU accelerated NVIDIA PhysX gaming effects, Stereoscopic 3D gaming, video processing for transcoding HD videos in minutes to your portable video player, and lightning fast image processing using Adobe CS4.
HD5970
The fastest graphics card on the planet, the ATI Radeon HD 5970 delivers an unrivaled HD gaming experience so you can play the latest, most demanding HD titles like never before. Engineered for speed, this next-generation powerhouse delivers unprecedented performance straight out of the box. Unlocked, this graphics card has massive headroom so you can take control and push your hardware to its full potential! Expand your visual real estate across up to three displays and get lost in the action with ATI Eyefinity Technology. Using ATI Stream technology, accelerate even the most demanding applications and do more than ever with your PC. Among the first to deliver full support for Microsoft DirectX 11, these GPUs enable rich, realistic visuals with explosive performance so you can dominate your gaming competition.
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It's a name? Look at benchies for performance.
He's highlighting the fact that they both claim to be the fastest on the planet, when obviously only one of them can be
