You know me better than that.
I bought it because it was king. I had 2 280s in my main and I kept this 1 in my secondary, I like having 1 card from either side that way I close all the gaps. the drivers have shown a decrease in performance for certian drivers now tell me, if I'm not supposed to get pissed off at the fact that it didn't increase performance, what about when it decreases.
Drivers are a form of stability, but when you buy X2 cards, you expect full support or atleast to see some gains in X2 cards. I knew when I bought it that it would be better than 1 280 GTX,but come on.
I'm not whinning as much as I'm just simply pissed off. Drivers are just showing signs of maturity (well in some parts), yet we see the revision come out. Is that fair the people that bought the 4870 X2 in Aug?
Yes nvidia makes pointless rebadges, I don't agree with that, and they have no sense of innovation (def no where near Ati's) but their drivers are where they are. they say 10% increase thats what you'll get.
I'm sorry but in this case I'm pissed off. I prob wouldn't have been as pissed of if ppl stopped saying OMG the drivers are gonna have gains, or 20% gain isn't impossible.
I would rather have ppl stop increasing that hype.
Thats my main argument, my comments (though they look aimed at the 4870 X2 or 4870s w.e) are mainly targeted at the hype going around and not directly at the card itself.
I sold my 4870 X2, because it was time 2, it wasn't in my main, I had no real use for it, and it did run really hot in my secondary. So i decided to sell it for 320$, and I'm going to buy the weaker 4890 which is single GPU, and over all less heat/hassle (atleast I'm hoping for the heat to be low, I might go ICEQ
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Again not targeted at the cards so much as at the drivers and the overall hype.
I'm sorry for go nuts, but its unfair for the person that purchased the card for 400$ to get sub par performance. (terms of decreased performance)
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