I would have to agree. In looking at the newer ATI drivers they do have beginnign support for the X1000 series, but I think any benchmarks at this point would be too soon and as such not respective of performance at the time of product's release.
Personally I stand behind any findings HardOCP...
I don't think Kyle likes me, so I dunno my opinions are welcome here, but in doing a fair amount of design and coding myself I would like to make a few comments.
Fixed width makes for easier coding, but on larger resolutions it causes readability issues, my own site uses a fixed with of...
nice looking card. i don't recall if the bfg card has memory heatsinks on the back, but i can see that the ones on the back of this card would be useful, also note the gapping to allow heat to get out of the "cage" around it.
looks like a decent card, really though if it has the same...
I'll agree though, back in my crazier overclocking days nice coolers were definately worth the buck. I recall I had a radeon 9800 XT and bought a thermaltake cooler for it for around 50 bucks. With a single 90mm fan I could overclock it about 130mhz over core and about 150mhz over stock ram...
And the question would be does it cool better? Granted it's an old design but is it a GOOD one? Yeah, it's simple. I dunno about you guys but I don't particularly like the 50lb two slot heatpipe coolers that damn near break my PCI-E slot.
So underneath it all does it cool bad and cost more...
Not just this article. I respect him and the things he does, but this seems a bit aggressive is all.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing him, or this site. Ripoff or not though, that's their thing. It's not like they're selling a 6800 with a pretty cooler for the 7800's price.
I suppose there's a lot to be read into here, and I understand your concerns.
However, do you think it's justified to read into it this much, and downplay it so hard before you even see it? Granted, eVga is kinda shady in their marketing, and have no foothold in the market when compared to...