Nvidia, anyone?

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by F19_lacrits

Reason you like flying IL2 in OpenGL is that Oleg and crew focused on OpenGL and DX8 was just there to please the other crowd.. For SoW there is a focus on DX and I haven't seen anything that Oleg and crew would be making it for OpenGL.
At least the GTX470 is alot better price/performance than the GTX480 and can stir up some with the 5870 at certain games and resolutions. If I was a NVIDIA fan with a limited budget I'd look at the GTX470.. But, who knows when, or if, the average joe can get his hands on one of these cards? Rumor has it that it that demand for the first batch of cards is high and shipping volumes are low. They haven't even started selling these new babies; a paper launch!
Who ever is considering a GTX480 should think again and consider the Radeon 5970; same price bracket at roughly the same power bracket.. But the 5970 outperforms the GTX480 and runs circles around it in many games.

Are you saying I'd have preferred DX8 if Oleg had focused on that and OpenGL was just there
to please the other crowd? Ammagad! I've just been reduced to a mindless gargoyle! I live in a Capitalist country. When the GTX470 is finally available, I think the price/performance ratio will give way to fanboy-ism. If you want it you have to pay a premium price for it (just to have it). It is not so dominant over the 5850 as to be a btter deal, imo.
Flyby out