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Life is too short to wait, could be dead tomorrow, live in the moment, I want the best stuff now.
Life is too short to wait, could be dead tomorrow, live in the moment, I want the best stuff now.
On a more serious note, in the world of computing, if you wait, you'll end up keep waiting, there is always something new right around the corner.
im waiting for a good 7970 that I know will easily overclock to 1200-1300 on air with low temps.
Been eyeing that gigabyte one with 3 fans on it. Problem is I havent seen any reviews on it.
I thought [H]ardocp had one to review....I want to know the overclocking potential of it.
Brent any Idea's when we can see this review?
wait for the MSI model, bro
the 7950 twin frozr is already announced, 7970 should be here shortly
Yea....I just dont trust MSI. Had too many motherboards go flaky for people I build pc's for.
Yea....I just dont trust MSI. Had too many motherboards go flaky for people I build pc's for.
Ya gots ta pay if ya wants ta play....
Ati's new pricing is keeping a lot of us on the sidelines. Before, you knew whatever nvidia released was going to be ridiculously overpriced, and ati would be the best bang for your buck. That's all changed now. Plus, I'm hard pressed to find any games that can really take full advantage of the power in these new cards. At least not to the point where I feel the need to run out and grab a new card.
Flyinfinni said:Me. But the only reason I'm being patient is because I can't afford it right now If I had the money to spend, I'd have a shiny new 7970 or 2 in my rig right now.
same here
Same here too. Also, I don't want to go through the hassle of trying to sell my old ATi 5870's (I got two in X-Fire) on eBay, and having to deal with some teenage punk cheapskate, trying to talk me down from the heady sale price of $50 for each.
actually, ATI has never priced their cards any different than nVidia by any substantial margin. ATI/AMD priced their cards in relation to how they perform compared to nVidia. nVidia usually holds the single GPU performance crown, thus they were always the most expensive. now that AMD holds that crown, they are the most expensive.
you see, it's not AMD that purposefully sets their pricing low - the pricing is dictated by the fact they usually perform slightly below nVidia and thus are priced below.
now that the tables are turned, you're confusing relative pricing with something innate within AMD/ATI, you called it "value".
the 7970 is priced exactly the same as if it were made by nVidia. if you refuse to believe that for some reason, just wait until nVidia regains the crown.
Even then, I'd rather spend a little extra and go with it's Sandy Bridge counterpart.
Bulldozer is akin to finding out the hand job you were getting at the glory hole was being administered by a guy -- It was good until you peeked at the performance.
Been waiting for a long time now. And I intend to remain patient. BF3 plays great at Ultra settings on my current machine, so I can´t justify upgrading now. However I am very curious to see what nvidia has in store for us come April.
Without the games to make these cards struggle at 1920 x 1200, I find myself getting more annoyed at game devs than impatient with nvidia though. I wish that damn next generation of consoles would come out soon, so that the devs will up the visual ante.
Frostbite 2 should be a requirement by law, at least for first person shooter devs. That engine has so much potential, BF3 is only scratching the surface.
I have the money, but I'm also in no rush. Let's see what Nvidia comes up with and whether it will get prices down a bit. Not that I plan on buying a Nvidia card, but I'm still hoping that a little competition will help prices.
You can try to twist the facts any way you want, but the general concensus for a while has been that amd cards are a better "value" (your word, not mine, try reading before you quote someone next time). A 6950 that could be flashed to a 6970 was a much better "value" than a gtx570. A 6970 that gave you 80% (more in many cases) of the performance of a 580 for 70% of the price, was a better "value". Maybe you don't understand the definition of the word "value", or what the colloquialism "bang for your buck" means, so I'll give you a pass this one time.
I'm waiting for the Radeon HD 8000 series. My Radeon HD 5850 still provides me with enough performance for my needs. Besides with Haswell coming out in 2013, I might was well wait until then to build a totally new PC.
Haswell will make mainstream graphic offering like 6770/ Gts450 redundant and significantly lower the entry cost to pc gaming.