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Any word on competition for the nVidia 7950?



 
 
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Old July 25th 06, 06:44 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
boe
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Default Any word on competition for the nVidia 7950?

Usually there is only about a 2 month period in which ATI or nVidia has a
large lead in performance over the competition. Seems like the 7950 pretty
much blows what ATI has for a single card solution out of the water and
since it can be used SLI mode it continues to beat ATI senseless.

I don't point this out to belittle ATI. I live for the competition. I
have an ATI currently but hate to think I'm going to get an nVidia next time
just because ATI didn't bother to volley something in return. I can't
imagine they aren't considering a high end dual GPU unit to compete with the
7950.

If you've seen any credible rumors please post them. My only guess is they
are waiting for a DX10 dual GPU solution and that is the reason for the
delay but that is just my guess.


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Old July 25th 06, 04:06 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Default Any word on competition for the nVidia 7950?

Are you actually looking to spend $600+ for a 7950-class card? If not, what
difference does it make?

Keep in mind a *single* X1900XT already draws more power than the 7950GX2...

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Usually there is only about a 2 month period in which ATI or nVidia has a
large lead in performance over the competition. Seems like the 7950
pretty much blows what ATI has for a single card solution out of the water
and since it can be used SLI mode it continues to beat ATI senseless.

I don't point this out to belittle ATI. I live for the competition. I
have an ATI currently but hate to think I'm going to get an nVidia next
time just because ATI didn't bother to volley something in return. I
can't imagine they aren't considering a high end dual GPU unit to compete
with the 7950.

If you've seen any credible rumors please post them. My only guess is
they are waiting for a DX10 dual GPU solution and that is the reason for
the delay but that is just my guess.




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Old July 25th 06, 06:08 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
boe
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Default Any word on competition for the nVidia 7950?

I have no issue with spending $560 for a card that equals the performance of
having 2x $445 cards - this is actually a savings although I'll probably
wait for a DX10 card since I won't buy the new CPU until next month. Of
course competition drives prices down but right now there isn't adequate
competition.

"First of One" wrote in message
...
Are you actually looking to spend $600+ for a 7950-class card? If not,
what difference does it make?

Keep in mind a *single* X1900XT already draws more power than the
7950GX2...

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"boe" wrote in message
. ..
Usually there is only about a 2 month period in which ATI or nVidia has a
large lead in performance over the competition. Seems like the 7950
pretty much blows what ATI has for a single card solution out of the
water and since it can be used SLI mode it continues to beat ATI
senseless.

I don't point this out to belittle ATI. I live for the competition. I
have an ATI currently but hate to think I'm going to get an nVidia next
time just because ATI didn't bother to volley something in return. I
can't imagine they aren't considering a high end dual GPU unit to compete
with the 7950.

If you've seen any credible rumors please post them. My only guess is
they are waiting for a DX10 dual GPU solution and that is the reason for
the delay but that is just my guess.






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Old July 25th 06, 06:21 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
First of One
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Default Any word on competition for the nVidia 7950?

This'll be a long wait. Vista ships Q1 2007, and DX10 will not be part of
the initial release, and even then Vista may not be usable until the typical
SP1 is released.

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"boe" wrote in message
...
I have no issue with spending $560 for a card that equals the performance
of having 2x $445 cards - this is actually a savings although I'll probably
wait for a DX10 card since I won't buy the new CPU until next month. Of
course competition drives prices down but right now there isn't adequate
competition.



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Old July 26th 06, 08:18 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
boe
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Default Any word on competition for the nVidia 7950?

I agree - it may be a wait for DX10 to become a common part of my use but I
figure within a year it will probably be so - however I could use a good
video card very soon and would hate to have to buy another a year from now
because the $550 one I purchase next month doesn't cut it for the games that
will be available within a year. There are already several dx10 games that
should be out within a year that have piqued my interest.

"First of One" wrote in message
...
This'll be a long wait. Vista ships Q1 2007, and DX10 will not be part of
the initial release, and even then Vista may not be usable until the
typical SP1 is released.

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"boe" wrote in message
...
I have no issue with spending $560 for a card that equals the performance
of having 2x $445 cards - this is actually a savings although I'll
probably wait for a DX10 card since I won't buy the new CPU until next
month. Of course competition drives prices down but right now there
isn't adequate competition.





 




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