I went to the blog, took the time to read the post, and left the following comment:
I have had many Nvidia cards over the years in different rigs: started out with a GeForce 2 MX400, had an FX5200 and a 6200 on a spare computer, a 7600GS on my main one, and now a factory overclocked 8800GT. I also have several ATI cards. And from all models and both brands only one X700 card from ATI has failed on me. Apart from that, I've had no complaints. So, I'm not a fanboy of either side, I just look at the market and try to get the best value for money.
But, truth be told, I've grown very skeptical of Nvidia's behaviour towards gamers. Nvidia has clearly stated a few months ago that they are focusing a little away from games, which is no good indication, but worse than that, they now have their PR department saying that "We want tessellation perf to rock since we deeply believe that PC games should have the same geometric complexity as movies".
Yes, and now that you do want that, the industry will finally get it. But ATI has had tesselation support since 2001, and yet where was Nvidia all this time? And we had to wait for Nvidia.
Where was Nvidia when DX10.1 came out ? Where was Nvidia when Ubisoft removed DX10.1 support from Assassin's Creed ? And again we had to wait for Nvidia, because without Nvidia the gaming studios don't move forward.
And where is Nvidia's ethics when you rename your 8800GT's to 9800GT's (while some 9800GT's were still 65nm parts and others 55nm), and then to GTS240 ? And do the same to the 9800GTX+ becoming the GTS250, thereby confusing your customers ?
An now you say a performance card is designed to run hot ? And be power inneficient ? The card idles at twice the power draw of the ATI models, despite droping Core Mhz count threefold. Is that by design too ? Is the fact that the chip has 512 cores, but you can't get them out to the street in numbers with those many cores because you didn't adapt to the manufacturing process properly ? Please. You just missed a perfect opportunity to stay quiet and work on the next generation. Because you calling next generation to the GTX 480 and GTX 470 is six months late. We are already in the next generation, making it the "current generation" and, unfortunately, Nvidia doesn't yet have a single customer with one of their "current generation" cards.
You have a lot of homework to do Nvidia. I wish you well, not because of any fanboyism of either side, but mainly because you have provided me with countless hours of both work and fun and I appreciate that, and also because competition is good for everyone. That said, I surely won't do you any favors, as I'm not expecting anybody to do you any favors when you screw up. Especially when you ridiculously pretend everything's fine. It's a lesson I hope you learn for the future.
Take care.
I have had many Nvidia cards over the years in different rigs: started out with a GeForce 2 MX400, had an FX5200 and a 6200 on a spare computer, a 7600GS on my main one, and now a factory overclocked 8800GT. I also have several ATI cards. And from all models and both brands only one X700 card from ATI has failed on me. Apart from that, I've had no complaints. So, I'm not a fanboy of either side, I just look at the market and try to get the best value for money.
But, truth be told, I've grown very skeptical of Nvidia's behaviour towards gamers. Nvidia has clearly stated a few months ago that they are focusing a little away from games, which is no good indication, but worse than that, they now have their PR department saying that "We want tessellation perf to rock since we deeply believe that PC games should have the same geometric complexity as movies".
Yes, and now that you do want that, the industry will finally get it. But ATI has had tesselation support since 2001, and yet where was Nvidia all this time? And we had to wait for Nvidia.
Where was Nvidia when DX10.1 came out ? Where was Nvidia when Ubisoft removed DX10.1 support from Assassin's Creed ? And again we had to wait for Nvidia, because without Nvidia the gaming studios don't move forward.
And where is Nvidia's ethics when you rename your 8800GT's to 9800GT's (while some 9800GT's were still 65nm parts and others 55nm), and then to GTS240 ? And do the same to the 9800GTX+ becoming the GTS250, thereby confusing your customers ?
An now you say a performance card is designed to run hot ? And be power inneficient ? The card idles at twice the power draw of the ATI models, despite droping Core Mhz count threefold. Is that by design too ? Is the fact that the chip has 512 cores, but you can't get them out to the street in numbers with those many cores because you didn't adapt to the manufacturing process properly ? Please. You just missed a perfect opportunity to stay quiet and work on the next generation. Because you calling next generation to the GTX 480 and GTX 470 is six months late. We are already in the next generation, making it the "current generation" and, unfortunately, Nvidia doesn't yet have a single customer with one of their "current generation" cards.
You have a lot of homework to do Nvidia. I wish you well, not because of any fanboyism of either side, but mainly because you have provided me with countless hours of both work and fun and I appreciate that, and also because competition is good for everyone. That said, I surely won't do you any favors, as I'm not expecting anybody to do you any favors when you screw up. Especially when you ridiculously pretend everything's fine. It's a lesson I hope you learn for the future.
Take care.
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