I was speaking figuratively, not literally.
Whatever, I like ATI's architectural choices much more than NVIDIA's. The 512-bit memory bus and Unified Shader Architecture were both pioneered by ATI and first used by ATI.
well i hope for ati/amd's sake that everyone is more concerned with the figurative rathter than the literally crappy launch of the much awaited, and now overrated r600.
they better release the 2900xtx soon and cut the price of the 2900xt because I'd much rather buy a nvidia 8800 gts 640 mb for about a $100 less AND get equal if not better performance.
honestly i couldn't give a rat's ass what "architecture" they use. how can you "like" and architecture over another when its getting owned by the other "architecture" in a lower price bracket no less.
also as an amd owner i hold not sentiments over what they have done in the past, they're in the game to make money and they're not getting it from me with lazy and half as releases.
only good thing is hdmi..good job i guess thats why it took them forever
well i hope for ati/amd's sake that everyone is more concerned with the figurative rathter than the literally crappy launch of the much awaited, and now overrated r600.
they better release the 2900xtx soon and cut the price of the 2900xt because I'd much rather buy a nvidia 8800 gts 640 mb for about a $100 less AND get equal if not better performance.
honestly i couldn't give a rat's ass what "architecture" they use. how can you "like" and architecture over another when its getting owned by the other "architecture" in a lower price bracket no less.
also as an amd owner i hold not sentiments over what they have done in the past, they're in the game to make money and they're not getting it from me with lazy and half as releases.
only good thing is hdmi..good job i guess thats why it took them forever
Architectures is the key to a better performance
Architectures is the key to a better performance
I still hold by my opinion that architecture does matter, but you do have good points. AMD and ATI are both poor at launching hardware. That's another reason why Intel and the Core 2 Duo is completely stealing AMD's thunder from the Athlon 64 era. Intel is efficient, fast and they stick with their schedules. When they say something will launch that day, there is a VERY VERY high probability that it will be launched that day. For AMD, that could mean just releasing paper specs or another week.
Architectures is the key to a better performance
Agreed.
Actually I think the 2800XT consumes less power than the 8800's.