R600 supports Quad setups

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Wreckage

Originally posted by: SickBeast

The G80 was as innovative and impressive as the R300 was IMO.

I would still list the 6xxx series at the top. SM3.0, Purevideo, HDR, SLI, etc.

Although the G80 could have a trick up it's sleeve with those "stream processors".

The 6000 series didn't blow ATI out of the water the way the G80 has. Plus, suppprting DX10 in hardware is very impressive IMO.

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
The 6000 series didn't blow ATI out of the water the way the G80 has.

Feature wise it did. Took ATI nearly 2 years to fully catch up.

Plus, suppprting DX10 in hardware is very impressive IMO.

That was expected out of both the G80 & R600 (Although still cool), however I still think there is something more coming regarding this wacky new stream processor setup.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: Wreckage

Originally posted by: SickBeast

The G80 was as innovative and impressive as the R300 was IMO.

I would still list the 6xxx series at the top. SM3.0, Purevideo, HDR, SLI, etc.

Although the G80 could have a trick up it's sleeve with those "stream processors".

The 6000 series didn't blow ATI out of the water the way the G80 has. Plus, suppprting DX10 in hardware is very impressive IMO.

G80 has blown ATI out of the water??? umm R600 its competition hasn't even come out yet...

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Plus, suppprting DX10 in hardware is very impressive IMO.

Is it? You didn't really expect them to have a DX10 software rendering mode, did you?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: JBT
I don't get some of you guys. You want faster video cards but you hate this idea? Its not like Both AMD + NV arn't making their cards nearly 100% faster then the last gen they also allow those folks who are really into gaming or have spare money to spend it on something they enjoy...

I obviously want them to make faster cards with new features.

I think 4 cards is obscene and a waste of time, money and resources.

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: JBT
I don't get some of you guys. You want faster video cards but you hate this idea? Its not like Both AMD + NV arn't making their cards nearly 100% faster then the last gen they also allow those folks who are really into gaming or have spare money to spend it on something they enjoy...

I obviously want them to make faster cards with new features.

I think 4 cards is obscene and a waste of time, money and resources.

4 cards is ridiculous. 2 cards is ridiculous in most cases.

adding a second card gives you about a 60% performance boost. Adding two more cards on top of that will probably give you a 20% increase over dual GPU.

I think we're seeing the point of diminishing returns. . The answer is not to spend $2400 on four video cards, but for Nvidia and ATI to spend some time to make a good quality product that people can afford.

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: munky
However, the g80 and the r300 both made some IQ sacrifices to boost performance. And now that I think of it, the were both the first cards from Ati and Nvidia to drop the fullscreen SSAA support.

I do agree that both R300 and G80 are comparably innovative.
But what are the IQ sacrifices ?
Not having FSSAA is not a IQ sacrifice is just a feature that isn't implemented yet, probably due to driver issues. As a matter of fact, G80 is the best IQ gpu right now. Better AF, very efficient AA modes, AA+HDR is taken a step further supporting 128bit HDR..You know all these
I do care a lot about FSSAA and I understand the way you say it, but I wouldn't call it a sacrifice..It's unfair for such IQ levels in a gpu