260 and 4870 are the same price. Help!

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Whats different for AMD here? I see the Intel advantage, but otherwise... and besides, we still need to see Larrabee

 

[homerdog]

Nah, its going to basically bend AMD over and own them because:



If XFX and Evga sign on with Intel, that basically is going to mean AMD doesn't have a hope in hell of beating Intel in a platform war.

AIB partners don't decide who wins, XFX and eVGA don't make ATI cards now ATI is kicking butt. I'm an eVGA fanboy all the way, but if they don't make the card I want I'll buy from someone who does.

 

[ovaltineplease]

AIB partners don't decide who wins, XFX and eVGA don't make ATI cards now ATI is kicking butt. I'm an eVGA fanboy all the way, but if they don't make the card I want I'll buy from someone who does.

Lets just take a moment and assume that it is Intel they are partnering with, given the only other companies making graphics cards are obviously not going to pull away XFX or Evga from Nvidia.

If EVGA is endorsing Intel's GPU then i'd say thats a pretty safe sign that Larabee has a great deal of merit. If this were some medium end AIB like Powercolor or PNY that'd be one thing, but EVGA and XFX are pretty big players in Nvidia's book - and if its true that these 2 companies are breaking away from being Nvidia exclusive to be a board partner with Intel, then its pretty obvious that they know a great deal about Intel's GPU that we don't.

 

[homerdog]

Lets just take a moment and assume that it is Intel they are partnering with, given the only other companies making graphics cards are obviously not going to pull away XFX or Evga from Nvidia.

If EVGA is endorsing Intel's GPU then i'd say thats a pretty safe sign that Larabee has a great deal of merit. If this were some medium end AIB like Powercolor or PNY that'd be one thing, but EVGA and XFX are pretty big players in Nvidia's book - and if its true that these 2 companies are breaking away from being Nvidia exclusive to be a board partner with Intel, then its pretty obvious that they know a great deal about Intel's GPU that we don't.

True, big AIB partners jumping ship is a good sign that Larrabee will be competitive. I must've misread your post, I thought you were implying that the AIB defection was the reason Larrabee would be a success.

 

[MxM]

@MxM: The ATI card can be underclocked when it's idle, if you care about those 50 watts. You'll save more than 50watts that way. When it's under load, the ATI gives more fps per watt than the nVidia. It's really hard to say which one is the more politically correct and environmentally conscious of the two.

I do not think that you right about ATI. It consumes more power at load as well, depending on the site it is 5-to-15% more power consumption under load. So performance per Watt is either in pair or much worse even under load.

And for underclocking, I have to see yet that you can save more than half of power by just changing frequency when idle.