Manos :
I wonder ( no i dont favor nvidia or anything. I care to get what i pay for no matter my pricerange each time , why every one SO negative and against Nvidia? Is it cause they rather feel sure that the new GPUs will suck and excuse their purchases of 5*** ATI or just a huge fanbase of ATI in the website?
Choosing a GPU has gone from a numbers game to a religion....and both camps are equally guilty. Arguments dismissed at one release are used as gospel on the next. You'll notice for example when a new card comes out, fans will say:
"after driver updates, this new card will catch up and pass the older card".......and then months later when the other team's new card comes out the driver argument is noticeably absent from their reasoning.
when the 295 came out, it's power and temperature advantages over the 4870x2 were dismissed by many of "the faithful" and yet now the same peeps have mysteriously developed a new outlook on the matter that the advantage has switched to the other camp. personally, I don't give much thought to it other than in case / cooling / PSU selection .... then again, I don't think those running the quarter mile at the local race track give much thought to mpg's.
Both nVidia and ATI fans abuse the dual GPU / single GPU comparison ....when the 5870 came out nvidia fans were going "nah nah nah nah nah ....the 5870 doesn't beat the 295" and ATI fans responded you can't compare single and dual GPU cards .... now that the 480 tops the 5870, the mantra is "nah nah nah nah nah, the 480 doesn't beat the 5970". Not exactly the same argument tho considering the $400 / $465 price of the 5870/295 at the 5870's release and the $500/$725 price of the 480/5970.
The fact that better things generally cost more .....for some reason, components that fit in some peeps budget range are the "price / performance leader" and that anyone who spends more than they can afford for something better is an idiot.
As an AutoCAD user, the 5xxx series cards won't be a viable option for me until the 2D GFX problems are fixed (scheduled for 10.4) but I have no problem recommending cards from either camp.....and I am generally willing to pay a 30% premium for a 15% increase in performance (it's called "the law of diminishing returns") ..... right now though, the focus on the 480 has left little attention on the 470 which has the lowest $ per fps in almost every DX11 game tested at high settings.....and, despite proclamations to the contrary, reviews have also shown it has a lot of headroom for overclocking.
The new releases didn't crush ATI, Octobers releases didn't crush nVidia. Both camps have compelling products and each person has to weigh their interests, performance requirmeents and usage patterns to see what best fits their situation. Still....my recommendation stands that waiting till the summer season allows the cream to rise to the top, drivers to stabilize, Hardware Rev A and B to pass into the sunset and prices to stabilize. I'll wait till then to decide what will go in my next personal build.
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