[citation][nom]lmpi16[/nom]Whats the point of comming new gpus every year ??? At best they make the same games since 2007 in level of details and realism . And the computer nerds buy this shits allthough their gpus from 2009 can handle any game at 30 fps - thats it you don't need more than 30 fps . You won't notice difference between 35 fps an 205 fps . I am amased and amused how amd and radeon sells out their new gpus for ridiculous price every year without any benefit for the costumer . You see here Crysis 6970 - 50 fps , the new 7970 - 80 fps and "Yeah lets buy this monster "[/citation]
Some people (such as me) can tell the difference between 35FPS and 60FPS, especially in high-motion games like a first person shooter. Besides that, games HAVE evolved with quality settings. The 6970 is great for 19200x1200 gaming, but at 2560x1440 or 24560x1600 it shows weakness in some games, unlike the 7970.
Of course, the higher you go on the video card performance spectrum, the lower the value. For example, three Radeon 6770s in triple crossfire cost about $230-$260, but they match up with the much higher end GTX 580 and Radeon 7950 in gaming performance very well. Triple crossfire Radeon 6870s can be done for about the same price as the cheaper 7970s, but is considerably faster as well.
Just the difference between a 6950 and 6970 can be over $100 (~220 vs. ~320 is the prices of the cheaper models) and that's about a 50% difference, yet their performance is actually pretty similar. Up the 6950 to the 6970's clock frequencies and they are pretty much indistinguishable while gaming, never reaching more than a few percent apart. The same is true with the 7950 and 7970.
The Radeon 4870X2 used to sell for over $400 or $500 USD, but it is similar in performance to the 6970 that now sells for only 60-75% of the 4870X2's price. The 6970 is also twice as fast per GPU, most certainly not the same performance as previous generations. If you want to try a 2009 video card for Eyefinity 5760x1080 in the newest games then go ahead, but don't complain to us when it isn't playable even at medium or high settings.
Video cards are supposed to be able to last a couple years or so. High end GPUs from 2009 are still decent GPUs today, but don't expect the tech world to double in performance every year because that doesn't happen. The Radeon 5870, the best single GPU card from AMD's 2009 lineup, is still a good card, as good as a Radeon 6950, but going above 1080p with the newest games at maxed out settings isn't going to get you 60FPS... 60 is the basic number used to define a top end frame rate, it is almost certain to give you smooth game play, unless you have micro-stuttering or similar problems going on. Trying older cards with resolutions above 1080p doesn't go as well as it does with the faster, modern cards.
Some new games demand the best video cards to give the best experience. Even the mighty Radeon 5970 or GTX 580 might not be enough for some games set up with everything maxed out. Thinking about 3D gaming? Forget it unless you have at lest a $400 setup with modern cards, if not better to get a better experience because it takes twice as much video card performance as regular 2D gaming. The best experiences demand the newest, faster cards and that's a fact. Saying that a two or three year old video cad can handle everything out there right now is completely wrong. Some of the older cards can handle most of the newest games at great settings, but not the best, sometimes not even close.
Even the newest cards can need dual GPU or better setups for some things. 3D 1080p is best done with something like Crossfire Radeon 6950 or an SLI GTX 560 TI setup. Dual 5870s should be able to handle it too, same with dual GTX 470s, but those are HIGH END cards, they would have cost you more for the same performance before than they would now. They also had higher prices when they came out than comparable cards do now, and we have even better cards to take their former price points. Graphics cards, like all other technologies, evolves over time, whether you acknowledge this or not is up to you. Keep denying it if you want, but that won't make you correct.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram