there is a point where feud will be useless fighting which better brand will be no more remember Ferrari and Lamborghini first it was always performance then after long years of fighting they are very similar now (give or take) the only difference is brand and BODY. Well this will happen soon were crysis will be played max i mean max res max quality max AA but will it make a difference if u play it with 100 fps or 150 fps. no u will only prefer ati over nvidia or vise versa considering ur mother board or the decal or the color or the company's name or logo .....
with the arrival of hd5xxx series and gt300 series these companies will self destroy ( not BOOM destroy but .. u get the pt)
now these are all rumers but believe me when i tell u they rarely miss only by a small spec. IF these r true then imagine a 5870 able to give u the performance of 4870x2 on paper its a little behind of the x2 but its a single gpu so driver can easily take all its advantages and consider the 5870x2 in crossfire what will be the performance. Now Ati is much easier to imagine since specs are all same except 40nm and dx 11 SM5 but nvidia is more comlex u see nvidia was stuck with same 65 nm for 3 years (it changed it now but its recent) and has been stuck with ddr3 so basicly nvidia will make a jump more stream processors ddr5 40 nm ... so dont count about the : ati will wipe the floor with nvidia since that was said about the 48xx series when first reveled ddr5 55nm ..... but still nvidia prevailed with old technology (even if it is by a small or big margin, it is a margin gained) so only time will tell but all of this is an IF.
with the arrival of hd5xxx series and gt300 series these companies will self destroy ( not BOOM destroy but .. u get the pt)
now these are all rumers but believe me when i tell u they rarely miss only by a small spec. IF these r true then imagine a 5870 able to give u the performance of 4870x2 on paper its a little behind of the x2 but its a single gpu so driver can easily take all its advantages and consider the 5870x2 in crossfire what will be the performance. Now Ati is much easier to imagine since specs are all same except 40nm and dx 11 SM5 but nvidia is more comlex u see nvidia was stuck with same 65 nm for 3 years (it changed it now but its recent) and has been stuck with ddr3 so basicly nvidia will make a jump more stream processors ddr5 40 nm ... so dont count about the : ati will wipe the floor with nvidia since that was said about the 48xx series when first reveled ddr5 55nm ..... but still nvidia prevailed with old technology (even if it is by a small or big margin, it is a margin gained) so only time will tell but all of this is an IF.