Fastest or slowest card do you care?

[Rottie]

I have seen so many people make a order for AMD HD 3870 card but I thought you guys care about FASTEST card like 8800 Ultra. But why slower 3870????

 

[Syntax Error]

Because price-to-performance is much better on an HD3870 than the 8800 Ultra.

The Ultra may be the best, but it costs $700. The HD3870 costs nearly a third of that. You do the math. If an HD3870 does roughly 65-70% the power of an Ultra, for a price of around $230, that means to fill up the other 35-30% in an 8800 Ultra would cost an extra $470. Is that worth it to you?

That's what's called "diminishing returns", it costs more and more to go up in performance more slightly. At some point, you gotta step back and think "wow, this card is a ripoff, I should get xxxx card instead because it offers 90% of the performance for nearly 2/3 to 1/2 the price!"

 

[Sylvanas]

Originally posted by: Syntax Error
Because price-to-performance is much better on an HD3870 than the 8800 Ultra.

The Ultra may be the best, but it costs $700. The HD3870 costs nearly a third of that. You do the math. If an HD3870 does roughly 65-70% the power of an Ultra, for a price of around $230, that means to fill up the other 35-30% in an 8800 Ultra would cost an extra $470. Is that worth it to you?

That's what's called "diminishing returns", it costs more and more to go up in performance more slightly. At some point, you gotta step back and think "wow, this card is a ripoff, I should get xxxx card instead because it offers 90% of the performance for nearly 2/3 to 1/2 the price!"

QFT Well said.

 

[Stumps]

Nvidia's below average Vista drivers a keeping me away from another 8800 series card....and here in Australia I can get two 3870's for half the price of one 8800 Ultra.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

just cause they make something doesn't mean you have to buy it.

 

[spittledip]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
just cause they make something doesn't mean you have to buy it.

EXACTLY.

 

[Billb2]

Yeah, but a they say in drag racing, "Cubic money wins!"
Or, my favorite, "how fast ya wanna go?...how much money do ya have?"