Is Nvidia toying with AMD when it comes to GPU performance?

[AnthonyW86]

disolitude said:

AnthonyW86 said:

disolitude said:

AnthonyW86 said:
More like the other way around. AMD currently beats Nvidia at price/performance, power efficiency(though the new 7xxx series made this kind of even) and compute performance.

Bolded is just plain wrong. Power consumption really isn't even close with the 680 vs HD7000 series... 

And in terms of price to performance, yeah thats all they have going for them. Being cheaper and bundling games.

Sorry to say but isn't that the only thing that matters to most people? Being cheaper at the same performance level? A Titan is fast but at $800-$1000 it's not exactly affordable for the general public. And it's only the GTX 680 that's more power efficient when compared to the high clocked HD7970. Lower down the line it's even or a slight advantage to AMD.

But I am talking about high end here GPU performance. Not discussing which is better value or which people are or should be buying...

When it comes to price, both companies offer cards at prices they are able to sell them at. Its clear that Nvidia is able to ask more for their cards that have same performance as AMD... I don't see how you could say AMD is toying with Nvidia if they are selling cards cheaper and bunding 4 AAA games. They would not do that unless they had to...

When it comes to high end GPUS, things like adaptive VSYNC, better frame render times and less microstuttering in SLI, 3D Vision, upcoming Nvidia Shield, better thermals and power consumption...This is obviously something people are willing to pay a price premium for otherwise it would be Nvidia that is cheaper and bundling games. 

 

 

HD7970 IS high-end, we are talking $400+ here and close 200W power consumption. Anything higher is absolute enthusiast level. Sure they could make a $2000 gpu that blows away anything AMD currently offers but that's not what i would call toying with the competition.