Originally posted by: southpawuni
Originally posted by: Ackmed
How is a 5200 the best card? There are DX9 cards from ATi that are the same price as the one you listed, even cheaper.
There are no DX9 PCI cards from ATI. Thats the point to purchasing an Nvidia PCI card instead of an ATI, at least with the Nvidia you wont lose official support (as all ATI PCI cards are <R300), and you can at least utilize Aeroglass.
How many PCI only PC's do you think will run Vista? Your logic makes zero sense. The fact of the matter is, there are very few PCI only PC's. And they are largely in the OEM market. Which is fast moving away from this. Those PC's are the lowest of the low, which going by what Vista needs to run, wont be able to run it well, if at all.
So again, you dont have a good argument. Show of hands from anyone here who is on a PCI only PC? *chirp* *chirp*
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Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: BigfootKevin
Too many comments to read....but
How is crossfire a failure? It's not even released to the public yet, and we haven't even seen it perform with their new gen of cards.
Perhaps I should have been more specific and said X800 Crossfire.
It's a failure because it has one of the most laughable built in hardware limitations in history built in- the 16X12 60Hz limit.
So, no one would be dumb enough to buy it.
Yes, the 60Hz limit is horrible, for CRT users. To LCD users, it doesnt matter at all. There are a lot of LCD users now days, perhaps more than CRT users? I dont know.
I wouldnt buy a X800 Crossfire setup for the simple fact, the GTX is much cheaper, and about as fast. Same will probably be said for the X1800XT. Same goes for 6800 SLI, I wouldnt buy that setup either. You claim there are many good reasons to buy a 6800 SLI setup, but none for Crossfire? What if someone has a LCD, so the 60Hz limits doesnt matter? C'mon now, whats good for one.. is good for the other.