| BenKenobi88 said: I am skeptical...and I'm guessing the performance per dollar won't be worth it, and an 8800 GT would be money better spent. |
QFT, Also it is worth noting that this is the equivalent of 2 8800 Ultras not one.
It looks like ATI is making its entry back onto the market from its merger with AMD which is a good thing but it sounds like this card is going to be on or around 8800 GTX levels and the GTX came out in 2006. Not saying AMD/ATI is dead in the graphics market or even close to it, but unless this comes out at a competitive price point I don't think this is going to revitalize the interest.
I am currently expecting this to debut at around $700-800 (hoping to be pleasantly surprised otherwise) and by the time it drops into a reasonable price nVidia will likely have the 9k series launching. So I expect the next iteration of the AMD/ATI GPUs after this to be when they become competitive again, and I look forward to it as it seems like nVidia did exactly what a lot of people expected them to do and that is of course sit back on their laurels and soak up cash while nobody competes with them. I think if ATI had been in full competition the 9ks likely would be out already (Nov '07) or coming out extremely soon..
edit: Oh hell, this isn't even a proper benchmark yet, I'm sure its indicative of aproximately where the card will be at in performance but until its benchmarked under a proper setup this seems a bit premature. The difference in scores could grow or shrink by as much as 1.5k just based on the other hardware.
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