who is gonna "win" 2006 nvidia or ati?
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I'm with RobertR1. I'd like to see some good competition between them mainly for the sake of no one company becoming too complacent about their performance title. Just in the last year both companies have learned a farily decent lesson.... Paper launch = teh bad. 
My semi-recent (last 3-4 years?) purchases of video cards has been pretty mixed. Starting with an Nvidia 4600, then an ATI 9700 Pro, next an ATI X800XT PE, and lastly an Nvidia 7800GTX. Most significant of these cards has been the 9700. Of late it seems more like a tit for tat competition these days. I'm really hoping one of the companies releases a defintive product again.
One last thing... they need to drop prices on this stuff. It's getting pretty unreasonable, and I wouldn't feel too bad if it bit them somehow.
My semi-recent (last 3-4 years?) purchases of video cards has been pretty mixed. Starting with an Nvidia 4600, then an ATI 9700 Pro, next an ATI X800XT PE, and lastly an Nvidia 7800GTX. Most significant of these cards has been the 9700. Of late it seems more like a tit for tat competition these days. I'm really hoping one of the companies releases a defintive product again.
One last thing... they need to drop prices on this stuff. It's getting pretty unreasonable, and I wouldn't feel too bad if it bit them somehow.
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MasterBaiter said:I'm with RobertR1. I'd like to see some good competition between them mainly for the sake of no one company becoming too complacent about their performance title. Just in the last year both companies have learned a farily decent lesson.... Paper launch = teh bad.
My semi-recent (last 3-4 years?) purchases of video cards has been pretty mixed. Starting with an Nvidia 4600, then an ATI 9700 Pro, next an ATI X800XT PE, and lastly an Nvidia 7800GTX. Most significant of these cards has been the 9700. Of late it seems more like a tit for tat competition these days. I'm really hoping one of the companies releases a defintive product again.
One last thing... they need to drop prices on this stuff. It's getting pretty unreasonable, and I wouldn't feel too bad if it bit them somehow.
I agree with you. Prices are getting ridiculous near to extreme.
As for another definitive product like the 9700 achievement, i doubt it wont happen until Windows Vista has shipped in 2007 and both companies announce the 2nd gen "of Vista cards" with a matured D3D(Dx10?) arquitecture.
Untill then, they'll keep sucking peoples money with "shortlife" products.
neliz said:
I dont really see it as an either/or situation. But rather a this and that situation. Obviously they need at least manage to be successful in a majority of these categories. I'm sure we can all agree on this point that having the fastest card is useless if you dont have an available product or the ability to meet the demands of other markets.
Whoever releases the best price/performance mainstream card with stellar availability, shall take the crown. Last time around, I think the product that shifted market shares was GF 6600 GT. This year, I have no idea what the equivalent hardware will be... but I'm pretty sure its not released yet.
Jawed
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That link raises a little conspiracy theorist in me.
Here they report how the market has changed:
But here they don't they just tell the current standings:
Now that might be relevant, because if I remember correctly, Nvidia catched up to Ati by 3 %. Why they wouldn't report that?
Oh and how about this!
Say what, Nintendo Revolution shipments continue? When did they start?
Oh, and have you ever heard about Playstation 3? RSX? Is someone trying to paint a bit too rosy picture for Ati?
I'll give them one though, the notebook market is looking very good for Ati... and I also didn't know Intel mainboards have started using Ati Graphics, does this finally mean the end of the dreaded Intel Extreme Graphics?
edit: maybe they are just reporting some Ati press release? That would explain a thing or two.
Here they report how the market has changed:
But here they don't they just tell the current standings:
Now that might be relevant, because if I remember correctly, Nvidia catched up to Ati by 3 %. Why they wouldn't report that?
Oh and how about this!
Say what, Nintendo Revolution shipments continue? When did they start?
Oh, and have you ever heard about Playstation 3? RSX? Is someone trying to paint a bit too rosy picture for Ati?
I'll give them one though, the notebook market is looking very good for Ati... and I also didn't know Intel mainboards have started using Ati Graphics, does this finally mean the end of the dreaded Intel Extreme Graphics?
edit: maybe they are just reporting some Ati press release? That would explain a thing or two.
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