does ATI have anything good in the future?

[Pierce]

I have a 8800GTX but these days Intel chipsets only support Crossfire. I'm thinking of getting a X38 mobo, so my question is should I wait for a good 700 series mobo? Right now I'm getting a P5k-e, so I don't know if I want to keep it. I'll sell my GTX if ATI cards are going to be better and I can crossfire

 

[n7]

I'd take a wait & see approach.

AMD has released absolutely nothing that's impressed me in the last long while, so unless you like Crossfire or Crossfire Combo Cards?, i'd be waiting to see what they have coming out.

I suspect the next gen nV cards will blow away the upcoming AMD ones FWIW, though who really knows...

 

[Sylvanas]

We are expecting an RV770 and perhaps GT200 launch in the coming months so I'd wait a while to see how things turn out.

 

[Pierce]

Ok great thanks for the responses. Has anyone seen any good benches of ATIs upcoming hardware? Bought an X38 board and hoping to go Crossfire with something good. Come on ATI

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Pierce
Ok great thanks for the responses. Has anyone seen any good benches of ATIs upcoming hardware? Bought an X38 board and hoping to go Crossfire with something good. Come on ATI

Yes .. under NDA

.. and not me

something "good" is 2 x 3870x2
--if you are adventurous today

if you wait 'till next month you may well know about r700/rv770 .. but also know GT200/GT100 is supposed to be out shortly thereafter and it they are aiming to destroy AMD performance-wise - at most price points

i wouldn't sell the GTX for a 3870x2 [esp. if you can OC it]
--choose wisely

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: Pierce
I have a 8800GTX but these days Intel chipsets only support Crossfire. I'm thinking of getting a X38 mobo, so my question is should I or should I wait for a good 700 series mobo? Right now I'm getting a P5k-e, so I don't know if I want to keep it. I'll sell my GTX if ATI cards are going to be better and I can crossfire

Your best bet would probably be to wait for the new ATI/nvidia cards to release, and just buy the single GPU card (probably nvidia's card) that is faster. SLI and crossfire have a lot of problems and aren't worth the hassle IMO.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: Pierce
Ok great thanks for the responses. Has anyone seen any good benches of ATIs upcoming hardware? Bought an X38 board and hoping to go Crossfire with something good. Come on ATI

well , wait and see :! currently your card is 3rd fastest single core gpu.



8800U
8900GTX
8800GTX

 

[Pierce]

Yeah I'm definitely am going to hold onto my GTX for a while. If anything I'll just sell the mobo but I really want ATI to come out with something good so I wouldn't have to.