More Bad News For ATI fanboys Crossfire note cheap

[michal1980]

linky


I know I know.

THG, BUT not a review. so should be 'OK'


so much for ati coming into the game. talk about late, and overpriced.

hope the next round goes better.

 

[JPB]

Ahead of the R520, ATI is expected to to release its Crossfire dual graphics support. Several vendors told Tom's Hardware Guide that motherboard designs are finalized and that the industry at this time waits for ATI to officially introduce the technology. Crossfire boards are expected to be priced about 5 to 10 percent below SLI boards.

 

[michal1980]

did u read the article?

ati is telling them the boards will cost 200+

not 10% less.

you are spitting out the old ATI line about 8 months ago when the board were supposd to come out.

 

[kravmaga]

With all the legal troubles ATi has had recently, (don't know the exact details so apologies if I'm wrong) where they tried to boost their stock then sell it off seems like a desperate move to me. I don't see something like this coming from a company that is highly confident of their new products. I expect both the crossfire and R520 will be expencive and hard to come by for a while and might not even give any performance advantage over Nvidias solution.

 

[Insomniak]

Doesn't seem appreciably worse than SLi. I'm more worried about implementation. Nvidia is known for branching out with stuff like this. ATi is known for...playing it safe.

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: michal1980
did u read the article?

ati is telling them the boards will cost 200+

not 10% less.

you are spitting out the old ATI line about 8 months ago when the board were supposd to come out.

That article was from the 3rd week of August...How is that 8 months ago?

 

[Topweasel]

Originally posted by: x80064
That article was from the 3rd week of August...How is that 8 months ago?

What Article? Link?

 

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Brands of ATI's new graphic chips leaked, Crossfire boards to cost more than $200

By Wolfgang Gruener, Senior Editor

September 8, 2005 - 13:12 EST <---- Is hardly 8 months ago...lol

 

[Topweasel]

Wow-------- Are you confused....... You state that it would be priced 10% less then SLI. Correct? You the Reference article that was linked above inwhich it states in both name and later in the Article that the crossfire board will be priced no less then $200. Re-read the article I think you will find that the never said anywhere in it that crossfire boards will be priced 5 to 10% less then SLI.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Only way an enthusiast comapny to approach nVidia at this point in the game is really to approach them from all fronts. Price is a big factor, espceailly with ULI coming out with their chipset (and many of their boards are very cheap too) - and if you've noticed there has been a lot of price cuts going on lately (Neo4 SLI and ABIT AN8 SLI can be had for sub $100, etc). Basically ULI and VIA have got the budget division covered, ATI's got the integrated graphics solution covered, nVidia's got the rest covered. With ATI coming into the market this late in the game ... we'll have to see what goes on.

ATI's definately been in trouble lately with their manufacturing process. Delay of next-gen cards, now coming out with a crossfire board nearly 6-8 months after nVidia came out with SLI), and more. Although I'm not sure why this should be a problem, ATI's revenues went up by 30% last year (don't quote me for an exact figure) due to their RS480 chipset appealing to the OEM market.

Edit:
Their new chipset doesn't promise much advantage to the triad & true nForce4 chipset, except for the High Definition Azilla audio, but this is with the SB450 southbridge (no support for SATA II, no NCQ, slow USB implementation + more cpu overhead). Once the SB600 gets released there should be a more compelling reason to upgrade to the ATI chipset, but they've got to work on the price.

Their Crossfire implementation is comparable to nVidias, the biggest disadvantage being the "Crossfire master" card you have to buy. Not as flexible as nVidia's SLI.

Once ATI does do something, however, they usually do it right. Someone made a comment about ATI "playing it safe" - agreed.

<-- Happy owner of a 9800Pro.


-The Pentium Guy

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Uh, well Hexus is so wrong with the GTO2 thing...

Kristopher

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I thought Crossfire mobos were going to be like $100 since the cards make it happen, not a bridge & stuff? I don't know a ton about it, but I won't be buying a $200 motherboard unless it gives me a handjob before bed.

 

[raildogg]

doesnt matter

the Grouper will be cheaper than the dual gpu chipset

i cannot wait for the Sapphire PURE to come out