Soleron said:
For $100 cheaper than the GTX285 you can get an HD5850 which is 20-30% faster. For $100 cheaper than the GTX295 you can get the 5870 which is comparable or 5-10% less performing in some Nvidia sponsored games. The single fastest card is the 5870. The single fastest dual-card setup is two 5870s. I don't want to get into additional features. AMD has Eyefinity, DX10.1, DX11 and Stream. Nvidia has CUDA and PhysX. None of those are really used much at the moment or significantly add to the experience. Reliability is definitely against Nvidia given the G8x and G9x failures that Nvidia admitted to. Power consumption, noise and temperatures favours the 5xxx series compared to the GTX2xx series. So why are those better? And more importantly, where is Nvidia's competitor to the 5xxx, or their high-end 40nm parts at all? And if those two are so good, why have they all but discontinued the GTX275, 285 and 295? Stocks are very low and pricing has crept up due to lack of supply - but unlike the 5xxx that lack isn't due to demand. -- @Adjudicator Depends. Raw performance, I'd say a 4870 1GB for $155 or 4890 for $170. If you care more about power consumption or DX11 support, the HD5750 at $170 is a better option. Depends on what games you play; a 4850 ($100) would play almost all games on High settings at 1600x1200 or less. The Nvidia option is the GTX260 at $165. But the 4890 would be better in that case, as it's $5 more but a lot faster than that premium in per
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