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#3269093 - 04/13/11 12:49 PM
Re: 8800 GTX-Should I upgrade?
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I still think the 5870 has an advantage over the 6970... In pure number crunching (and tessellation I think) it's got the edge, but in most circumstances the 6970 wins.
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#3269182 - 04/13/11 02:06 PM
Re: 8800 GTX-Should I upgrade?
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im still waitin for the 7000 Series,... im gonna have 6 months worth of paychecks saved just for a new AMD Bulldozer Rig, from the ground up.
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#3269693 - 04/14/11 05:34 AM
Re: 8800 GTX-Should I upgrade?
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I want to see how the 7xxx series (probably 79xx) compares to nvidia's 6xx series before I decide. I have zero loyalty to any company, the last I was loyal to was 3DFx and that worked out so well...
After them I went nvidia for a bit (GF4), then ATI for awhile (9800 thru X1800), then back to nvidia for a time (GF 8800 thru 260), and now back to ATI/AMD (58580). Likewise I had Intel CPUs from my 386 days thru the Pentium 3 550 I think, then I went to Athlon at 1.2 GHz and stayed with them thru the Athlon 64 until I got my C2D 3.0 a few years back, and now I'm on an i7.
When I'm ready to buy, I go for the best value I can find and don't give a damn whose name is on the label. Those who never buy Intel or hate nvidia or think AMD is worthless are just laughable to me. Whatever your reason is, the fact remains that all of them have large customer bases and are still around so they can't be pure crap! If they were, well, look at Oldsmobile or Saturn and you'll see what happens.
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#3269802 - 04/14/11 07:26 AM
Re: 8800 GTX-Should I upgrade?
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I want to see how the 7xxx series (probably 79xx) compares to nvidia's 6xx series before I decide. I have zero loyalty to any company, the last I was loyal to was 3DFx and that worked out so well...
After them I went nvidia for a bit (GF4), then ATI for awhile (9800 thru X1800), then back to nvidia for a time (GF 8800 thru 260), and now back to ATI/AMD (58580). Likewise I had Intel CPUs from my 386 days thru the Pentium 3 550 I think, then I went to Athlon at 1.2 GHz and stayed with them thru the Athlon 64 until I got my C2D 3.0 a few years back, and now I'm on an i7.
When I'm ready to buy, I go for the best value I can find and don't give a damn whose name is on the label. Those who never buy Intel or hate nvidia or think AMD is worthless are just laughable to me. Whatever your reason is, the fact remains that all of them have large customer bases and are still around so they can't be pure crap! If they were, well, look at Oldsmobile or Saturn and you'll see what happens.
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#3280404 - 04/26/11 05:02 PM
Re: 8800 GTX-Should I upgrade?
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I can't believe people think a 8800 card (either Ultra, GTX, GTS or GT) will run DX11. DX9 = Easy. DX10 = Yes. DX10.1 = NO. DX11 = DEFINITLY NOT! They're still good cards, still have one in my old rig; but they CANNOT run ANYTHING in DX11. Fact.  However, my 2 nice shiny new MSI N580GTX FROSR II, in SLi, will.  I would highly recommend one (or two, or more) of these.  TC&HF - R&R Smudge 
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#3280462 - 04/26/11 06:20 PM
Re: 8800 GTX-Should I upgrade?
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But it runs those DX11 based games Fluidly in DX10 mode :p
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