The Battle For Graphics Supremacy

Sidney · 21st August 2005, 18:18

The recent launch of the NVIDIA 7800 GTX could signal the beginning of the fall in price of the 6800 series. However, this is usual stuff and always happens every time a company releases an updated product. The thing to note after the release of the 7800 series is that for the first time ever, a GFX card manufacturer ensured availability in stores before launch of the actual card. NVIDIA completely addled and mis-footed ATI with this move and forced it to match the move during the launch of its own line of cards.

Article Link: http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1704

jmke · 21st August 2005, 18:51

"The concern for ATI would be that since NVIDIA has already launched boards with full-scale x16 SLI, it would be a major performance impediment if ATI boards continue to run at the limited 8x version"

I'll wait for benchmarks comparing 8x vs 16x SLI before making ANY statements like that one.

21st August 2005, 18:18	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	The Battle For Graphics Supremacy The recent launch of the NVIDIA 7800 GTX could signal the beginning of the fall in price of the 6800 series. However, this is usual stuff and always happens every time a company releases an updated product. The thing to note after the release of the 7800 series is that for the first time ever, a GFX card manufacturer ensured availability in stores before launch of the actual card. NVIDIA completely addled and mis-footed ATI with this move and forced it to match the move during the launch of its own line of cards. Article Link: http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1704 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

21st August 2005, 18:51	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	"The concern for ATI would be that since NVIDIA has already launched boards with full-scale x16 SLI, it would be a major performance impediment if ATI boards continue to run at the limited 8x version" I'll wait for benchmarks comparing 8x vs 16x SLI before making ANY statements like that one. __________________

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