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Every fanboy is going to vote for their favorite brand's card. You're not going to get much objective or empirical information from this poll thread at all. You should have set it to public results, too.
I am not a fanboy for either ATi or NV
If you look at my track record I have bought just as many ATI as I have NV....
If I started a list I would be here all day and I have owned tons of cards and have a mix of brands on the systems I currently own.
I buy what is best.... NV just didn't do it here and again for my last system the 5850 was the best price per frame
Well since one of Nvidia's own partners (XFX) has announced they will not be selling 400 series cards, I'd have to go with ATI.
WOW no kidding.... even more reason to not buy a 400 series card... even though it would be a hard pick for EVGA and XFX for a NV card... ATI XFX hands down though
Amendment to my previous post: The occasional non fanboy will chime in and offer something useful.
I was writing in the broadest sense in my previous post.
Better?
No I completely understand, and I know where you are coming from, I know people that are NV fanboys and would buy one even it is clearly was the underdog just because it has NV on the chip
I respect people and their thoughts, if you want to boycott a company like ATI for whatever reason,... fine by me
You have that on both sides.
I thought it would be better if the poll was anonymous so everyone could vote without being branded as a fan.Every fanboy is going to vote for their favorite brand's card. You're not going to get much objective or empirical information from this poll thread at all. You should have set it to public results, too.
When factoring everything in I'm going to go with the 5870, but there are situations where I might make a different choice.
I thought it would be better if the poll was anonymous so everyone could vote without being branded as a fan.
I read through the threads but its mostly a few guys debating. You can't tell which card the majority likes. I want to see what the lurkers think also.
one sided poll is one sided...
The Fermi "marks a milestone in gaming" so I'll have to go with the Fermi.
wow these threads are getting a little old already....
What situations would those be? *nudge, nudge*
I've used both Nvidia and ATI, I prefer Nvidia's drivers but I must say Im very happy with my 5870.
It would not be surprising to see the 2gb 5870 outperform the 480 without all of the unforgivable faults of the 480.
In this corner we have new tech, Ifinity, less heat and power with great performance.
And in that corner we have slightly better performance, massive heat and power consumption with older tech.
And the winner is?
Though the Fermi was very late to the game, it wouldnt have been that bad of a card for the price if it wasn't plagued with the major faults that it is. However, when you compile the factors together, the fact that its late, offers less than 15% performance increase even with the extra 1/2 gb of ram onboard, uses an attrocious amount of energy, and is so hot that you have to watercool it to keep it in safe temp range, make it horrible choice.
It would not be surprising to see the 2gb 5870 outperform the 480 without all of the unforgivable faults of the 480.
Fermi doesn't beat 5870 purely in situations where a larger framebuffer is needed - the 2GB card is pretty much for Eyefinity and getting the most out of a CF setup really (it's not any faster per se). And let's not forget that an extra gig of fast GDDR5 will increase cost, power and heat - I think I saw an article which pinned the TDP of 2GB 5870 around the 235w mark. For single-card, single-monitor gaming I'd say the 480 will actually be a better buy.
That all sounds about right. That is another situation where Fermi might be more attractive than the 5870. 2GB 5870 / 4GB 5970 cards will be VERY expensive.
Not quite. Fermi isn't older technology. It is very different than its predecessors. Aside from that you are pretty much on the money.
But Nviida didn't use the 32nm's, correct?