Phynaz
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This thread? You think hardware was magically added from these driver updates?
This thread isn't a review.
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This thread? You think hardware was magically added from these driver updates?
Including FC3 was indeed a weird decision...
According to computerbase relative perf. of NV and AMD cards is virtually unchanged since GTX 670 release (May 2012).
Pretty shocking considering how often we hear about AMD drivers pulling ahead with each release.
With newer drivers GCN does pull ahead vs HD6000, but not so much vs Fermi, and not at all vs Kepler.
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2012/test-nvidia-geforce-gtx-670/4/
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/test-17-grafikkarten-im-vergleich/3/
Who bought one of these cards and wasn't able to use it "in a sense"?
I can't tell if this says that the AMD driver team is extremely competent and managed to pull a miracle out of their cards, or if they were wholly incompetent and finally figured out how to write drivers for their cards after nvidia brought on competition.
60% improvement on the 7950 from the RC to the 12.11 release??
On the contrary, I see a very noticeable increase in performance between those 2 articles on the high res tests (where you're more likely to see a GPU bottleneck). Look at especially the 5760 8xAA/16xAF chart, where 7950 manages up pull ahead of 680 (??). This trend of the AMD cards being ahead in these ultra-tough high res conditions (where you need every single FPS you can get) seems to repeat itself.
mGPU Eyefinity was upon release for 6mths +Got a link to any review of the products that said they were crippled upon release?
I like the fact the engineers have continued to invest the time and effort to improve the experience I have with the hardware I have purchased. It actually increases the value of my purchase over time.
This thread isn't a review.
You question was a snide remark that didn't deserve an answer. Therefore it didn't get one.
So far you haven't found a single review to backup your claim that these cards were unusable.
Why are you guys still looking at the FPS charts?
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/test-17-grafikkarten-im-vergleich/7/
Holeeeeee.
Including FC3 was indeed a weird decision...
According to computerbase relative perf. of NV and AMD cards is virtually unchanged since GTX 670 release (May 2012).
Pretty shocking considering how often we hear about AMD drivers pulling ahead with each release.
With newer drivers GCN does pull ahead vs HD6000, but not so much vs Fermi, and not at all vs Kepler.
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2012/test-nvidia-geforce-gtx-670/4/
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/test-17-grafikkarten-im-vergleich/3/