Pardon me up front for the rant but.......
I'm all set to buy a new card to replace my 6970 with a 7970 when the 290/x series is announced by AMD along with Mantle. The cards finally get released for review and they perform great but are noisier than I can accept. Okay, lets wait for AIB cards. Then NVidia drops the price on their cards and comes out with the 780 Ti. Excellent cards, cool and quiet, but expensive. And what about Mantle? If I get a 780 Ti and Mantle really does alter the landscape then I'm screwed. Took me a year to save the money for this upgrade and whatever I buy I'm going to have to live with for at least two years. I'm feeling frustrated as hell. Got the money to buy either a red or a green top of the line card right now but am being forced to wait for AMD to get off their duff and release the Mantle patch for BF4 so we can see what it does, and hey AIB's, how about some non reference 290/x? I'VE GOT MONEY TO SPEND ON YOUR GOODIES.....GET A MOVE ON PLEASE!!!!
I'm all set to buy a new card to replace my 6970 with a 7970 when the 290/x series is announced by AMD along with Mantle. The cards finally get released for review and they perform great but are noisier than I can accept. Okay, lets wait for AIB cards. Then NVidia drops the price on their cards and comes out with the 780 Ti. Excellent cards, cool and quiet, but expensive. And what about Mantle? If I get a 780 Ti and Mantle really does alter the landscape then I'm screwed. Took me a year to save the money for this upgrade and whatever I buy I'm going to have to live with for at least two years. I'm feeling frustrated as hell. Got the money to buy either a red or a green top of the line card right now but am being forced to wait for AMD to get off their duff and release the Mantle patch for BF4 so we can see what it does, and hey AIB's, how about some non reference 290/x? I'VE GOT MONEY TO SPEND ON YOUR GOODIES.....GET A MOVE ON PLEASE!!!!