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Originally Posted by addman
Isn't it very simple though? Buy the best you can for the money you have! I can't afford a new monster card at the moment but even if I could, why would I want to fork out X amount of € now? SoW is still far off. General advice, wait til SoW is released, try it with your current hardware. You might be surprised/dissapointed at the performance but at least you'll know what the game demands, IMHO of course.
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Good advice. Everyone always quotes Nvidia/ATI's flagship card, but really few people buy them. They're just bragging rights because anyone with 1/2 a brain waits for the next "middle of the road" card release 3-4 months later that has the same or better performance at 1/2 the price. I'm waiting a few months after it's out. Maybe wait for a patch or two. Then after all the reviews and tests are out I'm going to pick the card (whatever brand) that runs it best for the money I'm willing to spend.
As for AMD/ATI not sending a card or a rep over, I can totally understand that.
"Hey, we got a call from Russia, about SOW."
"What game?"
"Storm of war, the guys that made IL-2, it's been in development for the past 5 years."
"A flight sim. . . been developed for 5 years? Forget about it."
Sounds like ATI missed out on a highly lucrative opportunity!
It's a wonder they own over 1/2 the market. Oh wait! They don't have to do jack since anyone making a game would be stupid to not use ATI samples to appeal to over half the market.
Hmm. . . Spend money by sending a rep and free cards over so you get a logo on boot-up? Or save your money and time on a niche release and have the developers do it themselves?