Nothing I'm just full of crap when it comes to advancement in technology
Truth is when the Radeon 7950 and 7970 came out they were battling the gtx580. The 7950 got the same results with a little less power and the 7970 got a good deal more with the same power draw. Then came the gtx680 giving the performance of the 7970 and drawing even less power.
To me it was that signification of "we can do much more with much less than previously" kinda thing. Its the same with me buying any game on steam. I bought Just Cause 2 for $7,50. So now every game I buy I compare in the value factor and I haven't found one that was better so far.
I'm still surprised at how good the HD7970 looks in comparison. Those who bought it over a year ago have had GTX770-class performance for ages. The GHz Edition just sealed that value in even more. No wonder why they were so comfortable not bringing a product refresh sooner - they didn't need it.
Of course, once you overclock the memory, its a different story entirely.
Here by us you can pick up a pair of 7970s for 10k and that's pretty damn good for the performance. The only issues I have with using an AMD-based solution is the micro-stutter which AMD suffers from greatly compared to nVidia. The second is the inability to used a dedicated nVidia-based PhysX processor with non-modded drivers, although to be fair, this one is entirely nVidia's fault. The bastards.
Also, AMD is making an effort to improve the micro-stutter on their cards and it definitely shows in their latest drivers.
Surely a 7970ghz should be able to hold its own for a bit more and then, if need be, you could crossfire.
And by then drivers would have improved more.
StarBound wrote:My GTX680 holds its own nicely but what I want is more speed and less power consumption. Clearly we arent ready for that type of advancement yet.
Stuck record much?
We're getting their slowly. It definitely isn't going to happen overnight!
Mystical_Titan wrote:We're getting their slowly. It definitely isn't going to happen overnight!
But I want it to happen over night. I know 4K will only be standardized in 2020 but I want it now! The faster it goes the faster it gets from enthusiast to mainstream to budget.
That said the radeon 79xx series was already peaking my interest and when the gtx680 got released it blew my mind about what could be done.
StarBound wrote:But I want it to happen over night. I know 4K will only be standardized in 2020 but I want it now! The faster it goes the faster it gets from enthusiast to mainstream to budget.
And I want a 100k PC, a 600k SUV and a 3 million dollar house. But wanting is pretty much where it's going to say for now.
Last night AMD announced the R9 290X as its flagship model, sporting 4gb ram and avoiding every and all questions reguarding price, speed, comparisons with nvidias flagship model, Titan.
Apart from starting an hour late the presentation was painful to watch. The main focus went around radeon taking over the sound processing and how important sound is to games (if you haven't figured this out since the release of doom 3 then your already lost). Other things of note was the skyrim/borderlands hybrid Lich... something (I forgot the name ok) and Star Citizan. Going forward the focus is on 4k gaming (FINALLY!!!)
StarBound wrote:Nah, looks like AMD is getting destroyed right out of the gate this time. Unless the R9 290X is amazing.
How do you figure? The GTX 780 goes for $600+ and the R9 280 will go for $300. When you take that into consideration the AMD item is a much better deal.
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