Since the 9700 pro days?
I mean, the 8500 was said to be a good card, but in practice it was slower than Nvidia's competition.
Since then:
9700/9800 vs 5900, easy win for ATI.
X800 vs 6800, ATI win (they didn't get enough credit here, but were generally clearly faster, though not to the degree of 9700)
Now it gets tricky
X1800vs 7800
Ok X1800 was late. This gave NV the speed crown for 3+ months true enough. I also dont count 512 GTX as a true card at all, it was too unavailable.
So once again we probably have ATI with a slight edge if you compare the actual cards
X1900 vs 7900
Currently the X1900 is fastest, like when ATI was behind, it has been uncontested for about a month, but will probably be faster till the next major releases in fall.
It just seems Nvidia cant take the speed crown anymore doesn't it?
On the flipside, Nvidia has done much better at the mid-range segments in price performance. ATI for the most part needs help there and has for a long time...
This does also not take into account SLI. Talking single cards only. And ATI will need to get a 4 GPU solution out eventually too..
You can only argue Nvidia had the speedcrown twice. When R520 was delayed, and with 512 GTX which I dont believe counts. Both cases you had extenuating circumstances.
Since when has head up, Nvidia been faster with same gen cards than ATI? If I was a nvidia !!!!!! I would be discouraged in my company.
I mean, the 8500 was said to be a good card, but in practice it was slower than Nvidia's competition.
Since then:
9700/9800 vs 5900, easy win for ATI.
X800 vs 6800, ATI win (they didn't get enough credit here, but were generally clearly faster, though not to the degree of 9700)
Now it gets tricky
X1800vs 7800
Ok X1800 was late. This gave NV the speed crown for 3+ months true enough. I also dont count 512 GTX as a true card at all, it was too unavailable.
So once again we probably have ATI with a slight edge if you compare the actual cards
X1900 vs 7900
Currently the X1900 is fastest, like when ATI was behind, it has been uncontested for about a month, but will probably be faster till the next major releases in fall.
It just seems Nvidia cant take the speed crown anymore doesn't it?
On the flipside, Nvidia has done much better at the mid-range segments in price performance. ATI for the most part needs help there and has for a long time...
This does also not take into account SLI. Talking single cards only. And ATI will need to get a 4 GPU solution out eventually too..
You can only argue Nvidia had the speedcrown twice. When R520 was delayed, and with 512 GTX which I dont believe counts. Both cases you had extenuating circumstances.
Since when has head up, Nvidia been faster with same gen cards than ATI? If I was a nvidia !!!!!! I would be discouraged in my company.