R520 is 600mhz, 32 pipes

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: munky
OOH, speaking of dated feature sets. Did you know the 7800 can actually run DX9 code like it's written, without having a sweatshop full of NV developers writing replacement code? WOW, what a great accomplishment. :roll: Your great gf6 setups still cant do that, and Ati cards have been doing it for years.[?Q]
Really? Are they doing it on SC:CT? LOL

Also, the 7800 is the first NV card that actually does gamma-corrected AA, something that Ati cards have had for years before. And I've yet to see an Nv card implement 3dc compression. Not to mention the broken PVP on the early gf6. Yeah, nvidia really showed it to em last round, didnt they? :laugh:

Laugh all you like. When I saw Tim Sweeney (UT2007, Unreal 3), and the programmers from Huxley, BF2, and AOE3 at the 7800 launch talking about how the nV40 and SLI made the games we'll be playing next year possible, it meant a whole lot more to me than you pointing out the PVP is broken on one gen of nV4X. :roll: Face it, nobody has much cared about the R420 since it was launched.

No single gf6 card can have a majority win over the x850xtpe, and while you can shell out twice the money for SLI, I'd like to see how 2 ultras will stack up against 2 xtpe's using crossfire. Or 2 6800s against 2 x800's. Then I'll be posting something like:

Too bad we don't know because Crossfire was yet another crappy ATI paper launch. "We have this product, it will be great, we'll sell it to you some day". :roll:

x800xtpe Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf7800
x800xtpe Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf6800u sli
x800xl Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf6800u
x800 Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf6800 sli

The days of your SLI superiority are coming to an end. Watch for it...

Gee, how do you know this Munky? Last I checked even the press doesn't have Crossfire? Working at ATI? If so, why can't you get Crossfire out the door when it's supposedly years old tech?

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Beiruty
Rollo,

No Hard feeling, but we are not stupid. hard earned $$$ do matter for 99.9% of buyers out there.

Now let us see once the crossfire (80-98% improvement over single card) and the R520 are here:
1) X850XT PE > 6800 Ultra
2) 2XFire X850XT PE ~ 780 GTX SLI
3) 1 R520 ~ 1.5X 7800GTX
4) 2XFire R520 1.75X 7800 GTX SLI

Still those 2Xfire or SLI are not for me or any 99% of the rest of us out there.

LOL, nice vapor speculation. You're right, we're not stupid, and numbers you pull out of the air could only impress those who are?

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: munky
OOH, speaking of dated feature sets. Did you know the 7800 can actually run DX9 code like it's written, without having a sweatshop full of NV developers writing replacement code? WOW, what a great accomplishment. :roll: Your great gf6 setups still cant do that, and Ati cards have been doing it for years.[?Q]
Really? Are they doing it on SC:CT? LOL

Also, the 7800 is the first NV card that actually does gamma-corrected AA, something that Ati cards have had for years before. And I've yet to see an Nv card implement 3dc compression. Not to mention the broken PVP on the early gf6. Yeah, nvidia really showed it to em last round, didnt they? :laugh:

Laugh all you like. When I saw Tim Sweeney (UT2007, Unreal 3), and the programmers from Huxley, BF2, and AOE3 at the 7800 launch talking about how the nV40 and SLI made the games we'll be playing next year possible, it meant a whole lot more to me than you pointing out the PVP is broken on one gen of nV4X. :roll: Face it, nobody has much cared about the R420 since it was launched.

No single gf6 card can have a majority win over the x850xtpe, and while you can shell out twice the money for SLI, I'd like to see how 2 ultras will stack up against 2 xtpe's using crossfire. Or 2 6800s against 2 x800's. Then I'll be posting something like:

Too bad we don't know because Crossfire was yet another crappy ATI paper launch. "We have this product, it will be great, we'll sell it to you some day". :roll:

x800xtpe Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf7800
x800xtpe Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf6800u sli
x800xl Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf6800u
x800 Xfire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gf6800 sli

The days of your SLI superiority are coming to an end. Watch for it...

Gee, how do you know this Munky? Last I checked even the press doesn't have Crossfire? Working at ATI? If so, why can't you get Crossfire out the door when it's supposedly years old tech?

You haven't cared much about the r420, and I haven't cared much about the gf6. I haven't cared aout SLI either, because it's not a cost effective solution, and the bastads charge you extra for the sli mobo, when it uses the same chipset anyway.

Crossfire may be late to the game, but if this preview is any indication of it's features and performance, it will be a more attractive multi-gpu solution than sli because it actually comes much closer to doubling the performance than sli, without being the PITA sli is to get working correctly.

 

[nRollo]

You don't know that SLI is a "PITA"; however, I know it isn't. I'm actually building my 5 year olds 6800GT SLI rig tonight, the third SLI build I've done. How about you Munky? What experience are you drawing on to state SLI is a PITA?

BTW- nice third world Crossfire review- LOL.

 

[BadAcid]

*cough* First world = democratic states.
Second world = Communist states.
Third World = States the Democratic systems did not want falling under Communist rule.
China is not a third world country by any means, it's either first or second in modern day terms.

 

[Munky]

I remember reading how much PITA sli was for an anantech review, it was in one of their articles. Maybe they should ask the Infamous Rollo for advice before doing anything with sli. Anyway, enjoy spending 2x the money for 0-80% more performance , I'll go with a more efficient solution when it's out. Nvidia is not getting any of my money with their half-a$sed, "we'll fix it in the next driver" products.

 

[BenSkywalker]

*cough* First world = democratic states.
Second world = Communist states.
Third World = States the Democratic systems did not want falling under Communist rule.
China is not a third world country by any means, it's either first or second in modern day terms.

Not quite. The 'second world' noted that a nation was part of the Communist Bloc, not that it was a Communist nation per se. With the fall of the Soviet Union the Bloc is gone. China fits the definition of a third world nation nigh perfectly- extreme reliance on wealthy first world nations, extreme levels of poverty, overpopulation and centralization of wealth in the urban areas.