Instead of slating Nvidia...

Naff8000 · 28 Mar 2010 at 21:43

Craterloads said:
Instead of slating Nvidia, wouldn't it be just be better to congratulate ATI.

I've got time for both

rypt · 28 Mar 2010 at 21:47

Shocky-FM said:
Stop trolling ffs, your full of crap.

There is no trolling here.
2x 5850 costs the same, but is faster

Final8y · 28 Mar 2010 at 21:59

Duran said:
microsoft funds gaming developers, so does nintendo and sony way more than any pc hardware company. pc gaming is falling behind because of that. they used to say that the pc gaming hardware industry is laughing behind the software's industry back. things are changing though.

Nope nope nope.
very bad example.

Nintendo own the platform.
MS owns some games companies.

NV does not own the PC platform or own any games companies nether are they games publishers.

Shocky-FM · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:00

rypt said:
2x 5850 costs the same, but is faster

Yes but it uses crossfire and not everyone wants to use crossfire or sli, yes new games support both sli and crossfire but scaling will vary from game to game and users with CF and SLI will have to put up with driver issues single gpu users simply won't, oh and theres that highly subjective thing called microstuttering you might have heard of.

But otherwise I agree, 2x5850 is a better option if you don't mind these issues

rypt · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:00

If anything MS should fund it, as they OWN the platform.

Shocky-FM said:
Yes but it uses crossfire and not everyone wants to use crossfire or sli, yes new games support both sli and crossfire but scaling will vary from game to game and users with CF and SLI will have to put up with driver issues single gpu users simply won't, oh and theres that highly subjective thing called microstuttering you might have heard of.

Those issues are becoming less and less of an issue with well made new games and latest drivers.

Shocky-FM · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:04

rypt said:
Those issues are becoming less and less of an issue with well made new games and latest drivers.

Maybe but they still exist and there you have a reason for users not to use CF and SLI.

rypt · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:06

Shocky-FM said:
Maybe but they still exist and there you have a reason for users not to use CF and SLI.

Plenty of issues still exist between single card setups and drivers and games (iirc Dirt2 menus being one on launch)

Jono8 · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:06

rypt said:
If anything MS should fund it, as they OWN the platform.

Those issues are becoming less and less of an issue with well made new games and latest drivers.

ok...but it is still an issue though isnt it....

Jono8 · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:07

rypt said:
Plenty of issues still exist between single card setups and drivers and games (iirc Dirt2 menus being one on launch)

what a terribly flawed arguement.. :confused:

rypt · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:08

Jono8 said:
you have just made a terrible point.

How is pointing out an issue that a game had with certain cards and certain driver versions not related to talking about games having issues with certain configurations of hardware?

The point is, there are always going to be some issues and issues are not only with multi gpu setups

Jono8 · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:09

rypt said:
How is pointing out an issue that a game had with certain cards and certain driver versions not related to talking about games having issues with certain configurations of hardware?

Because we all know that already. the other guy was just making the point that you can get issues ON TOP of those with x/fire and sli.

Shocky-FM · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:11

rypt said:
Plenty of issues still exist between single card setups and drivers and games (iirc Dirt2 menus being one on launch)

Your still not understanding this are you

rypt · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:14

Jono8 said:
Because we all know that already. the other guy was just making the point that you can get issues ON TOP of those with x/fire and sli.

Except that with something like Dirt2 having CF would not give you the menu slowdown due to the cards being more powerful and thus chugging away through the issue

But what the hey

Jono8 · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:15

rypt said:
Except that with something like Dirt2 having CF would not give you the menu slowdown due to the cards being more powerful and thus chugging away through the issue

But what the hey

hahaha

bhavv · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:29

kitfit1 said:
@ RavenXXX2, please don't try insulting our inteligence by insinuating that Anandtech is some sort of dodgy site. Everyone is fully aware it's a legit and well respected site.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=248322

seems some ad server has got maleware in it delivering it to the site, asking for a plug-in install containing trojans.
it's not the first time AT has had issues since they moved into VB,
yet they're aware of it and working to solve it,
good luck over there guys.

In case it hasnt already been posted.

bhavv · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:33

I enjoy slating of Nvidia because they deserve it for a lot of things - Fermi delays and dissapoinment, Jensens awful attitude towards Intel and AMD/ATi while being too full of himself and Nvidia, and also continuous renaming of products to sell them to unaware OEM consumers who think a Geforce 220 with 2 Gb of ram is faster than a 9800 GT with 512 Mb of ram.

ejr22 · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:35

bhavv said:
I enjoy slating of Nvidia.....

Stopped reading after that. Troll.

bhavv · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:42

ejr22 said:
Stopped reading after that. Troll.

OMG, really I am? YAY!!!!

Well done to you for comprehension failure.

Nvidia dont deserve my respect.

ejr22 · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:43

bhavv said:
OMG, really I am? YAY!!!!

Well done to you for comprehension failure.

Nvidia dont deserve my respect.

Welcome to my ignore list.

bhavv · 28 Mar 2010 at 22:51

Ignored by an Nvidia fanboy who probably worships the ground that Jensen walks on, like that is meant to bother me in any way.