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Lourens

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24 Sep 2010 at 09:01 - 1

AMD's HD6000 series vs Nvida's New Architecture released in 2011

Who will probably have the better price/performance?

I think ATi (AMD) but you will never know xD

Mod Edit: I've added a picture of nVidia's roadmap and a link to the Anandtech article. I'll be covering ATi's 6000 series in the October issue of the Tech Newsletter

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3939/g...-2011-and-2013

Quaker

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24 Sep 2010 at 14:16 - 2

My guess would be that either AMD or nVidia will have the better price/performance, and it will change weekly.

axe

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24 Sep 2010 at 18:18 - 3

I think Nvidia's future is looking cooler and cooler.

http://www.switched.com/2010/09/23/p...o-with-lasers/

MrTickle

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24 Sep 2010 at 19:46 - 4

I'm currently an ATI owner but will go back to nVidia once it's time for an upgrade. This is because of the Looong load times in BF:BC2 and it's purely an ATI issue. But to each their own.

cebalrai

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24 Sep 2010 at 21:27 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTickle

I'm currently an ATI owner but will go back to nVidia once it's time for an upgrade. This is because of the Looong load times in BF:BC2 and it's purely an ATI issue. But to each their own.

I play BC2 on two computers, one with a HD 5770 and another with a 4650 (or 46-something?). Neither have long loading times at all.

Elder III

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24 Sep 2010 at 22:24 - 6

ummmm, long loading times is more likely a processor or Hard Drive issue or even RAM than GPU...

Armageddon

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25 Sep 2010 at 01:08 - 7

the long load times were a driver issue I think, Im sure there was something on Rage3D about it

moriz

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25 Sep 2010 at 03:58 - 8

i thought the load time issues were fixed about two driver versions ago. time to upgrade drivers if it's still an issue.

MrTickle

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25 Sep 2010 at 23:36 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

i thought the load time issues were fixed about two driver versions ago. time to upgrade drivers if it's still an issue.

Nope, It's a driver downgrade unfortunately. I'm using the latest drivers. Also nothing to do with CPU HD or ram.

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cebalrai

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14 Oct 2010 at 06:50 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTickle

Nope, It's a driver downgrade unfortunately. I'm using the latest drivers. Also nothing to do with CPU HD or ram.

& thanks to the forum police for removing my picture

Wonder why my ati machines don't have any problems with the latest drivers...

Lourens

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14 Oct 2010 at 19:43 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTickle

Nope, It's a driver downgrade unfortunately. I'm using the latest drivers. Also nothing to do with CPU HD or ram.

& thanks to the forum police for removing my picture

Who would be using an Ati Vid Card without an AMD Processor??

AMD>Intel and Ati>Nvidea for Gamers Fusion is the future.

Quaker

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15 Oct 2010 at 16:06 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lourens

Who would be using an Ati Vid Card without an AMD Processor??

AMD>Intel and Ati>nVidia for Gamers Fusion is the future.

This is an urban myth. There is no problem mixing and matching and no reason not to. The closest you can come to truth here is that some chipsets only support either Crossfire or SLI, but that is the chipset, not the CPU, and only if you are using 2 or more cards in Crossfire or SLI - for a single card it doesn't matter.

Also, like it or not Intel > AMD at this time. (I'm in the not-like category, btw) If you check the performance charts, anything from an i5-750 on up outperforms anything AMD has - even the hexa-cores - for gaming. Oddly enough the AMDs seem to be better at some apps.
This, of course, will hopefully change with the upcoming Bulldozers.

I'm currently running an i5-750 with an HD4870 <--- to be updated post GW2 release, with whatever/whoever has the best price/performance at the time. So, the answer to your question is - I would.

Lourens

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15 Oct 2010 at 18:19 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quaker

This is an urban myth. There is no problem mixing and matching and no reason not to. The closest you can come to truth here is that some chipsets only support either Crossfire or SLI, but that is the chipset, not the CPU, and only if you are using 2 or more cards in Crossfire or SLI - for a single card it doesn't matter.

Also, like it or not Intel > AMD at this time. (I'm in the not-like category, btw) If you check the performance charts, anything from an i5-750 on up outperforms anything AMD has - even the hexa-cores - for gaming. Oddly enough the AMDs seem to be better at some apps.
This, of course, will hopefully change with the upcoming Bulldozers.

I'm currently running an i5-750 with an HD4870 <--- to be updated post GW2 release, with whatever/whoever has the best price/performance at the time. So, the answer to your question is - I would.

Im running a hd4850 with an e8400

My post was just to see your reactions

Quaker

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16 Oct 2010 at 15:08 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lourens

My post was just to see your reactions

Troll!

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Elder III

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16 Oct 2010 at 18:03 - 15

I'd agree that right now Intel has the best options for high end gaming. If you're on a budget AMD has some nice options, but if you want the best it's hard to go with AMD now, even the hexacores (unless you do lots of encoding etc... - which the avg person does not). Bulldozer may change it, but only time will tell.......

oh yeah, 2 HD4850s and an i5 750 here --- works great too.

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16 Oct 2010 at 21:08 - 16

AMD CPU Nvidia GPU all the way !

Lourens

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17 Oct 2010 at 09:50 - 17

More like Intel CPU Ati GPU ... °o°

Elder III

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17 Oct 2010 at 12:59 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lourens

More like Intel CPU Ati GPU ... °o°

boo yeah - i7 & HD 5800 series fo' shizzle!