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Leadtek outs RV670 performance?

Okay, so let me get this right. They beat everything in the FX range with the 9800 Pro, they beat (slightly but they did) the 6800 series with the X800 and X850 cards.

The X1800/X1900 cards are noisy but again, faster than the competition.

Now, they're late with the 2900, yes. And it's pants at launch. But they turn it around into a card that beats the 8800GTS 640, a card priced £55 higher. Sure, it's now been trounced by the 8800GT, but I think it's only fair to see what their answer is to this.

Unless you believe the random speculation and conjecture. "It's just a 2900 with a die shrink!!!" - Okay, prove it.

Oh, and I would like to add that the majority of the high-end graphics cards users had better hope ATi don't "lose the plot" - because if left with no competition, I dread to think what nVidia will do.
 
[TW]Fox;10380485 said:
Why does anyone care about ATI now? They've lost the plot so convincingly its hard to see them recovering.
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So you want to still be paying £300 for a 8800GTX in 3 years time...... I dont.

Competition is good, or the market stagnates and the end user gets REALLY screwed over. Nvidia could have pushed the 8800GT in at the old GTS price range, and people would have bought it happilly, however thanks to competition from ATI you have a tasty deal for the midrange........ I dont hear anyone complaining about that, so even if you wish ATI would burn in hell you can't say they arent useful fomr something.

R600 was wide of the mark, but the 2900 holds with the GTS pretty well except with AA..... not perfect, and not what we wanted, but hardly "loosing the plot"..... If the Pro had come in a month earlier ATI could have scooped up some really tasty market share in the midrange, and the X1950Pro STILL sells well. ATI have a heavy investment in the Wii, which must be a tasty money spinner for them with Nintendo's success, and they are doing well with OEM contracts. AMD are worse off with their CPUs TBH than ATI with their GPUs.
 
Just had a Leadtek land on my desk. The box is as shown. The first benchmark is STALKER. The second is Company of Heroes.
 
Yup agreed. Took image, negatived it, and you can clearly see S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and to a lesser degree Company of Hereos (not 100% on CoH but close enough). EDIT: Just noticed you said you actually have the box! lol.

Waiting for the R670 boxes to come with a similar graph with the same games, and unspecified settings beating the 8800gt ;)

It's all marketting and that is totally out-of-line considering the cards not even out yet to make an official review. If it is, then I would suggest Industrial Espionage! Anyone fancy another lawsuit from AMD ? lol

Matthew
 
I'll volunteer as a witness if they'll just give me an brand new Phenom quad crossfire setup for my troubles...
 
I'll stand by as counter witness to ensure authenticity if Nvidia just send me a rig to test :D

What I honestly hope is the card will be competitive, but I don't think it's gonna be. What are they hoping to compete with when the g92 gts comes out :(

Matthew
 
The only people who want RV670 to fail are all those that just bought 8800GTs.......

TBH, i've been hit by it before..... bought a 939 Opty 146 a month before Core2Duo came out ..... :(

Once bitten, twice shy.

TBH, the only thing we can be SURE of it ATI pricing compated to the 8800GT on performance, so if the RV670 is weaker then prices will drop..... If its better they may well price competitively to gain back market share. either way, they should be looking for a X1950Pro scale success to wipe away the bad stain of R600 dissapointments.

You know what would be REALLY funny..... if the 38xx series WERE R700, just with ATI keeping its cards very close to its chest :) . Not going to happen, but would be kinda sweet.
 
Now that would actually be pretty funny if they were R700, but I doubt it as you say. I'm sure Nvidia have 9x series on the boil as well, and would go into hyper overdrive if ati did release R700 early lol.

I don't think anyone really wants ati to fail, just a lot of people expect it now. I remember when Nvidia was the young upcoming company, and now they are the dominant force, how things change so quickly. Another company that actually got there figure out (like SIS) and did some PROPER R&D could still do a lot of good in the market place :)

Matthew
 
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