well I have an Ati Radeon X800 XT PE and its running SupremeCommander at 1024x768 on high detail, thats not bad going for a card that is 2 years old.
Also if you look at recent history the Ati 9700 series almost put Nvidia out of business alot like Nvidia's own Geforce2 cards killing off Voodoo.
You should be careful about writting off a particular brand wasn't it Nvidia facing a class action law suit from owners recently about drivers not doing there job? I think it was
Do a quick search on SLI issues in games, and you will think twice about SLI.
There is a popular saying about 'Always use the latest drivers' etc etc but that is crap find the driver that works best for you is my advice. I haven't updated my Ati driver in ages and sometimes more recent drivers do cause problems.
At least the price of the 8800 is starting to fall, we should have the Ati R600 series in March and Nvidia's 8900 series in June.
Ati merging with AMD makes alot of sense, how many 80nm fabrication plants do you know of in the world? There are some pretty smart people doing chip design at AMD thats got to be a good thing for GPU's.
Can you imagine the shape of PC hardware for gamers if AMD manages to trump the Intel chips in the next few years?
One fact that cannot be denied is that the Ati architecture is currently more advanced than Nvidia's, we will have to wait until March to see how that translates into performance.
Personally I will get which ever GPU offers the performance I want at a price I am prepared to pay be that Nvidia or Ati.
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I would stay clear of SLI it seems more hassle than its worth. Intel 965 motherboards are the best value, Nvidia 680 board are the best performers but not by much.
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And every line on your palm
Were fools to make war
On our brothers in arms"
sry to bump this thread but found an intersting deal... for 1600$ US which is like 800 euros if i am not mistaken you can get a core 2 duo 3.0 with 2 gbs of ram and the gforce 8800 that is at the 640mb capability....
and for 1600$ that is a dam good deal....
all at ibuypower.com
i believe they do ship internationally but you have to call to make the order =)
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alrite.... i just saw a comp that made me drool for 2100$ US
a 1 gb vid card cost $600
2 gbs of ram (top of the line with onboard heat sink)
3.0 ghz dual core
so crazy... that is just the start though..... i will get more specs 2morrow when i go back to work..........
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