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Please, Please Let's not turn this into a little AMD vs. Nvidia Circlejerk
To this end, let's get this out of the way
1. Yes, we know AMD burns hot. Let's all cook our sausages on them
2. AMD can count - 4gb Vram means 4gb vram
See? I'm bored already.
Even as an Nividia Fanboy I finding it a little worrying. Tech tends to be cyclical in nature of course; companies such as matrox, 3dfx etc. have been and gone, and all of them have contributed something to the furthering of 3D rendering and games development. AMD odes the same, as it's apparent that Microsoft have been taking notes where the Mantle API is involved for example.
It worries me however, because if we're all honest Nvidia need to redefine their meaning of the word "affordable". They did to a degree with the 970, but I'm often inclined to think they suggested such a price point to scuttle the AMD ship just that little bit faster.
Let's be pragmatic. There are vendor reps on here, and it's reasonable to assume that there are probably people from within both companies that pay attention to these forums, so I'd like to discuss the matter, and the future of the GPU from a non fanboy standpoint...I encourage everyone to be critical of their preference of company in order to leave something useful in terms of feedback:
- what could AMD and Nvidia learn from each other? How, as an industry should it progress next in order to best benefit the end user?
- What practices do both companies need to change about themselves to better succeed and drive the gaming industry in particular forward?
- What has been the biggest failure of both companies in terms of product over the past...say...Half decade?
Please, Please Let's not turn this into a little AMD vs. Nvidia Circlejerk
To this end, let's get this out of the way
1. Yes, we know AMD burns hot. Let's all cook our sausages on them
2. AMD can count - 4gb Vram means 4gb vram
See? I'm bored already.
Even as an Nividia Fanboy I finding it a little worrying. Tech tends to be cyclical in nature of course; companies such as matrox, 3dfx etc. have been and gone, and all of them have contributed something to the furthering of 3D rendering and games development. AMD odes the same, as it's apparent that Microsoft have been taking notes where the Mantle API is involved for example.
It worries me however, because if we're all honest Nvidia need to redefine their meaning of the word "affordable". They did to a degree with the 970, but I'm often inclined to think they suggested such a price point to scuttle the AMD ship just that little bit faster.
Let's be pragmatic. There are vendor reps on here, and it's reasonable to assume that there are probably people from within both companies that pay attention to these forums, so I'd like to discuss the matter, and the future of the GPU from a non fanboy standpoint...I encourage everyone to be critical of their preference of company in order to leave something useful in terms of feedback:
- what could AMD and Nvidia learn from each other? How, as an industry should it progress next in order to best benefit the end user?
- What practices do both companies need to change about themselves to better succeed and drive the gaming industry in particular forward?
- What has been the biggest failure of both companies in terms of product over the past...say...Half decade?