Poll: Poll RV770 or GT200

[Final8y]

None initially, I only got my 8800GTX 3 months ago.

Will probably be NV, the ATi seems slower, and since neither SLI or Xfire is anything but a scam for idiots (or people who play the 2 games it works in), I gotta go with the quicked single card solution.

The only idiot is you it seems with your total lack on knowledge on the subject & experience that is clearly evident with such a comment like that when there have been many benchmarks posted here to show otherwise & on a forum like this with many people who are for from idiots as if it was purple shirts you were talking to.

Have a bit more respect for other peoples needs & possible situations besides your own as implying that anything more than what you have is nothing other than for bragging.

There are allot of people here who run screens at 2560x1600 & more with multi GPU being a minimum for acceptable frame rates & even then not being able to add much AA & AF if any in some titles.

40 games on my setup & now only one does not get gains from multi GPU which is far greater number than gains on games from a multi cpu... that's not a Quad i see in your Sig surely.

 

[snowdog]

None as my 8800GTS 512 suits me fine.

I still have a 1280x1024 monitor...


Until I get below 30 fps again in most new games ( read as: 90% of most new games), I'll keep using this card.
I've lived with 25 FPS in games like gears of war on my 6800GS I'm sure I can repeat the same thing, not part of the 60+ fps squad myself.

 

[thegoonden]

The only idiot is you it seems with your total lack on knowledge on the subject & experience that is clearly evident with such a comment like that when there have been many benchmarks posted here to show otherwise & on a forum like this with many people who are for from idiots as if it was purple shirts you were talking to.

Have a bit more respect for other peoples needs & possible situations besides your own as implying that anything more than what you have is nothing other than for bragging.

There are allot of people here who run screens at 2560x1600 & more with multi GPU being a minimum for acceptable frame rates & even then not being able to add much AA & AF if any in some titles.

40 games on my setup & now only one does not get gains from multi GPU which is far greater number than gains on games from a multi cpu... that's not a Quad i see in your Sig surely.

Unless it works in all games it's a waste of money. I play lots of old games that even this machine can barely run (MSTS, for instance can still drag this box into single figures), SLI/Xfire would just be money burned for me. Like I said if you ONLY play the few games it works properly in (ie something approaching 2x what one card can do), then fine, otherwise it's a con-job.

If they (either company) bother their a*ses writing drivers which make the multi cards work as one transparently (like HD's in RAID if you like), I will be queing up to buy as many ATi cards as I can fit on my Xfire board.


And yes, Multicores are 80% snake oil too, in most situations. But I DO play supreme commander, and it's kinda useful for Cubase and VSTi's too. And of course having 4 cores does allow windows to FINALLY multitask as well as say a late 1980's Amiga

 

[=VTA=MANFACE]

What card would I buy ? Perhaps none of the above. Although If at a push it would be the 4870.

Everything points toward the GTX 280 being the fastest ? more than likely being the most expensive.

I'm gonna sit it out and wait for the 4870x2.

I've always had nV cards and they have been good, although expensive. I know ATI have had their arse's kicked for a few years by nV, but I think ATI are going to suprise us in a big way.

 

[Duke]

Still waiting for the proper benchmarks, but am leaning towards the ATI 4870 if anything.

 

[Richdog]

[LOUIS WALSH] I'm going to say... ATI 4870 [/LOUIS WALSH]

 

[wolvers]

I'm hoping the 4870 will perform well. I'd like to try out an ATI card and with any luck it'll have a hdmi socket.

Video performance might be a big clincher too for me as I've just sold one of my motorbikes and I'm looking at getting a projector for the livingroom.

 

[easyrider]

None initially, I only got my 8800GTX 3 months ago.

Will probably be NV, the ATi seems slower, and since neither SLI or Xfire is anything but a scam for idiots (or people who play the 2 games it works in), I gotta go with the quicked single card solution.

I have no idea why you bought a 8800GTX only 3 months ago when everyone new it was end of the road for these cards.

 

[Final8y]

Unless it works in all games it's a waste of money. I play lots of old games that even this machine can barely run (MSTS, for instance can still drag this box into single figures), SLI/Xfire would just be money burned for me. Like I said if you ONLY play the few games it works properly in (ie something approaching 2x what one card can do), then fine, otherwise it's a con-job.

That is a personal view to your personal needs & situation.
You totally ignored the views & needs of others again as not all of us need or demand 100% increase 100% of the time & are able to weigh up & make compromise's for the possible gains like the high res that some people play at.

Why should i not play at my comfortable level of 2560x1600 2XAA 8XAF minimum 60FPS VSync minimum (as IMO anything more would be a waste on a 60Hz LCD monitor) and play at a lesser framerate & quality because one title in my vast collection does not get anything from multi GPU for fear of someone on a forum calling people who do idiots.

If they (either company) bother their a*ses writing drivers which make the multi cards work as one transparently (like HD's in RAID if you like), I will be queing up to buy as many ATi cards as I can fit on my Xfire board.

The technical difficulties are so far apart that comparing apples to oranges would still be far to close.

And yes, Multicores are 80% snake oil too, in most situations. But I DO play supreme commander, and it's kinda useful for Cubase and VSTi's too. And of course having 4 cores does allow windows to FINALLY multitask as well as say a late 1980's Amiga

Wow a contradiction there with small collection of titles which you use that benefit from a quad which is vastly less then what games benefit from multi GPU.
Noticed when it came to the Quad that you were talking about the benefits to your self & not generalising that your needs with Quad should be the same for everyone else, if you had applied the same thought to your multi GPU comments then you would have not felt the needed to call others idiots.

 

[RizlaKing]

I voted 4870 though it will be the X2 version i get and absolutely no chance of me going nvidia again. They may well bring out the faster card but if i get more bsod's because of crappy drivers whats the point in having that faster card. Also i will be honest and admint that the way nvidia have been acting lately hardly makes me feel they give a damn about their customers so for the first time since an xpert@play i am back on the red team.

 

[BubbySoup]

If they (either company) bother their a*ses writing drivers which make the multi cards work as one transparently (like HD's in RAID if you like), I will be queing up to buy as many ATi cards as I can fit on my Xfire board.

Another quality post regarding multi-gpu setups (from someone who has obviously never used them) with a horrendously bad comparison. Just because they do not offer you anything in your (very) limited field of gaming, does not mean everyone else is an idiot for buying them and they are a scam.

 

[Shocky-FM]

Whatevers the fastest and doesnt use crossfire or sli, so probably the GTX280.

 

[RizlaKing]

Can we just forget the comment made by goonden and get back to the debate that is more intertesting i realise he has upset those with sli\xfire setups but if he is so wrong and it has now been pointed out just sit back and relax in smug satisfaction and lets get this back on topic.

 

[FrostedNipple]

im hoping the 4850 comes out at the £100 mark, but if not, I'll be getting an 8800gt, hopefully they will go down in price too I currently have an x1600xt, thats lasted me almost 2 years

 

[Supertaff]

I'm with Shocky, don't want to put in a SLI solution, so will be whatever the fastest single slot card is.

Though not going to pay 50% more for 10% more power.

So the real answer is I'm waiting on the cost/speed comparison, and also whichever one plays MS FSX the best, not worried about this Crysis rubbish anymore, played it, completed it, nice, but overrated.

Taff

 

[rounddodger]

GTX280 all the way.

 

[Wiggins]

Whatever offers best bang-for-buck.

Same here.

After the initial talk of prices, I am actually leaning toward the ATI for the first time in my life.

 

[Gimpymoo]

I'm with Shocky, don't want to put in a SLI solution, so will be whatever the fastest single slot card is.

Though not going to pay 50% more for 10% more power.

Agreed.

I am likely to go for a 4870.

Was tempted to wait for the RV700 but dual GPU configurations seem to be more trouble than they are worth at the moment.

I dont trust Nvidia drivers a single bit and ATI as of late have been pretty reliable.

 

[ash_scotland88]

if prices and what not are true then no doubt a 4870