Like some of you I will be shortly changing my aging 2x 7900GTX OC for a new ATI 4870. I don't plan waiting for the 4870X2 as this is as you know a 2gpu card and could have the same prob that SLI have with iL2.
I think that $299 is a good price for a high end card. NVIDIA are just screwing their custumers... And it shows... as soon as the 48xx series from ATI hit the street the prices of the 2xx series from NVIDIA came down. Hell analyst predict that NVIDIA was not selling more then 3000 cards per month (280s) in the entire US. LOL Talk about a good business move... NVIDIA is now banking on the 8800GT to get them true this slump... its their only card that shows any kind of sale volume since the 48xx series from ATI became available...
As for reliability all my previous ATI card perform flawlessly till I got tired of them and just trew them away due to old age. Hell my X850XT ran highly overclocked (with catalyst) for over to years without a problem. Ran hotter then hell but still add no problem. Both my BFG 7900GTX OC had to be RMA within the first six months because the cards just died on me. Also setting up is a pain... having to install new drivers... test... rollback drivers... test... rollback somemore... test... udgrade drivers... etc.. its a pain...
With ATI... install the latest Catalyst..... and follow Coesties setup guide ;o)
Well just my 2c
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07-18-2008, 01:36 PM
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