ATI or Nvidia?

[nish-ka-bibble]

OK, I am the crossroads here.

I really wanted to get into the 3 monitor deal I saw with Eyefinity. Now does Nvidia have that? I thought if they did, you would need to get 2 cards to do that, correct?

But then I see Nvidia has 3D, which I probably won't get into.

I was going to look into the XFX HD 5870 2GB card, which is quite expensive but I heard it's more stable than the HD 5970. Then I hear that before the end of the year, ATI is coming out with the HD 6XXX series. Is it worth it to wait and see if they addressed any bugs, power problems, etc.?

I currently have an old DEll Q6600 quad with a Nvidia 9800GT card, which has been running ok without any problems. Still, I have as a gift a brand new i7-930 and a 1250 PSU by Sparkle just sitting around waiting to be used. Have to decide on a build and a GPU.

So seriously, which one is better to get? ATI or Nvidia?

Thanks everyone!

 

[dalta centauri]

I'm a fanboy of whatever company sells the best card at a cheaper price.
Price/Performance.
That would be a 460, in my opinion.
Honestly though I never get a high end card, right now I'm running a vapor-x 5770 because I got it through a combo that gave 20$ off.

If Microsoft/Sony release a new console within the year; I expect that the consoles won't have the high end gpu's at the time, we'll see the next xbox using a 4850/70 and the next playstation using 260/285.
At least Sony can keep their promise of full hd gaming then.

 

[solidnickel]

I'm a fanboy of whatever company sells the best card at a cheaper price.
Price/Performance.
That would be a 460, in my opinion.
Honestly though I never get a high end card, right now I'm running a vapor-x 5770 because I got it through a combo that gave 20$ off.

If Microsoft/Sony release a new console within the year; I expect that the consoles won't have the high end gpu's at the time, we'll see the next xbox using a 4850/70 and the next playstation using 260/285.
At least Sony can keep their promise of full hd gaming then.

4850? No way, I am sure it will be the 6xxx series because I highly doubt the new consoles will surface for another 2-3 years plus MS is trying to get PC and the Xbox cross played on Live.

 

[dalta centauri]

4850? No way, I am sure it will be the 6xxx series because I highly doubt the new consoles will surface for another 2-3 years plus MS is trying to get PC and the Xbox cross played on Live.

Quite a delayed bump.
Microsoft and SONY will probably realize that people aren't going to spend over 500$ for a console.
So we are either seeing a mid end 5000/6000 series card, or possibly a 4890 if a new console came out by next year.
But just think when a new console comes out

Quad/Hexagon core cpu's OC@ 3.6/4.0GHz
4gb DDR3@1600MHz 7-7-7-21
[Insert Radeon/Nvidia gpu]
1tb HDD 7200rpm

That would cost alot, quite alot of console gamers will happily buy it right away. It's slightly hard to figure out what the next gen consoles will have though.

Nintendo's side:
Dual core cpu @ 2.2GHz
512mb DDR3 1066MHz 9-9-9-24
Radeon 4650 512mb DDR3
250gb HDD 5200rpm

Would actually be a huge improvement over their current system.

 

[Petey1013]

i don't know if anyone mentioned it yet, but that 1200w "Sparkle" PSU scares me.

 

[solidnickel]

Quite a delayed bump.
Microsoft and SONY will probably realize that people aren't going to spend over 500$ for a console.
So we are either seeing a mid end 5000/6000 series card, or possibly a 4890 if a new console came out by next year.
But just think when a new console comes out

Quad/Hexagon core cpu's OC@ 3.6/4.0GHz
4gb DDR3@1600MHz 7-7-7-21
[Insert Radeon/Nvidia gpu]
1tb HDD 7200rpm

That would cost alot, quite alot of console gamers will happily buy it right away. It's slightly hard to figure out what the next gen consoles will have though.

Nintendo's side:
Dual core cpu @ 2.2GHz
512mb DDR3 1066MHz 9-9-9-24
Radeon 4650 512mb DDR3
250gb HDD 5200rpm

Would actually be a huge improvement over their current system.

A 4890? Just like when the first xbox came out, ATI implemented their latest technology into that box. I still see the same thing happening with the new xbox. They, MS, Sony and Nentendo make most their money on software sales, not hardware sales. They always loose money on that end.

My prediction is the next console will be built to last at least one decade...

ATI 6xxx series
6 core AMD cpu?
4 GB DDR
2 TB HD for digital distribution, I really think people will start buying more games and downloading them just like Steam.
3D ready with kinect built in if it sells well but we are still at least 1.5 - 3 years away from another console IMO from MS

AMD will profit huge from MS and Nintendo console sales.

 

[dalta centauri]

So the consoles skip dx10/.1 entirely?
But the gpu will either be middle-end or a brought down higher end model. As Microsoft must realize they won't be able to sell a 600$ console and make a huge profit.

 

[solidnickel]

So the consoles skip dx10/.1 entirely?
But the gpu will either be middle-end or a brought down higher end model. As Microsoft must realize they won't be able to sell a 600$ console and make a huge profit.

Microsoft lost a 100 dollars on each console sold when it originally launched. Sony is still losing money. Forget about DX 10.1...

DX 11 is out already man, hopefully they actually utilize it this time around.

 

[phenom90]

gtx 480 vs hd 5870 all over this page.... maybe you can look at gtx 470.... gigabyte just released their super overclock series for their gtx 470... its cheaper than gtx 480 while almost matching hd 5870 performance depend on what games.... a win-win situation... just check it out... gigabyte gtx 470 may just be the card for you....

 

[dalta centauri]

Microsoft lost a 100 dollars on each console sold when it originally launched. Sony is still losing money. Forget about DX 10.1...

DX 11 is out already man, hopefully they actually utilize it this time around.

So, an 800$ console being sold for 350-400$ and amping the price for games to 80$?

 

[anroin]

What about PhysX?