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Well that and ATI might want 4850 reviews to hit the net before Nvidia can release their so-called "performance drivers' for the 9800GTX. Lifting the NDA this Thursday or Friday gives Nvidia virtually no time to get these drivers in shape and into the hands of reviewers so they can incorporate...

Talk about eye opening! That French review has made me a believer! The 4850 routinely beats the 9800 GTX and even manages to match and in some cases beats the GTX 260... simply amazing! :eek: Here are the benchmark results. All tests 1920x1200 & 1920x1200 w/4xAA Enemy Territory...

I think I'm going to sweat it out until Thanksgiving or XMas but I still cannot bring myself to pay more than $250-275 for a 3D card. I may lust for the 4870 but I feel non-reference 4850 overclocked by the manufacturer is in the cards for me. Watch for Nvidia to aggressively slashes prices...

Doesn't it? I don't know if we'll have to wait too long but the fact that two 4850's in Crossfire configuration can whup a GTX 280 in some gaming benchmarks means ATI can take its time and ensure that the R700's launch and drivers are done properly. You just know Nvidia is sweating bullets...

Don't you mean the 4870? Many retailers already have the 4850 in stock and its original release date was supposed to be today or tomorrow. It is the availability of GDDR5 RAM that has prevented the 4870 from being available in substantial numbers for the launch next Monday. I believe ATI...

Tweaktown posted a post-launch article on the GTX 280 called "How NVIDIA Stuffed the GTX 280" earlier today. It contains some incredibly exciting news regarding the 4850's performance in Crossfire configuration...

"Super high resolutions" are only part of the equation. When you have incredibly resource hungry games like Crysis or Age of Conan then running them smoothly at resolutions of 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1600x1200 or 1920x1200 with all the bells and whistles and anti-aliasing and...

Very exciting news! I hope this seemingly impressive performance holds out when the official reviews hit the net. However I can think of one reason why it's a crying shame this rumor is being transformed from whispers and nebulous conjecture to an semi-solid fact. Why? Because ATI was...

Excellent. Here is your Kudos. Now go get fat, you earned it! Good point but when it comes to the high end segment a little performance difference between the fastest and the 'almost fastest' usually translates into a $50+ difference. Nvidia might wind up with another 8800 GTS/ 8800...

Well time and time again we've been plastered with rumors and pre-release snippets of incredible synthetic benchmarks scores prior to the release of new cards and yet the gargantuan performance boosts on games we can actually play is rarely realized. Yes, I think it's safe to say the GTX 280...

Heh, good point. Keep in mind those are Valve's numbers, not mine. Valve is either cooking the books or the missing 3.7% belongs to those poor souls who don't even classify as 'Other'. Given the phenomenal success of HL1, HL2, the HL1 & 2 mods (i.e. Counterstrike) and TF2 then Steam users...

For those of you who are stupefied as to why AMD remains adamant on supporting 'obsolete' AGP motherboards take a look at the results of Valve's handy little system survey... http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html I find it funny that only Nvidia user info is available for the Bus...

The one thing ATI has going for it lately is the solid success of its budget cards. This is the one area where ATI is seemingly doing better than Nvidia. ATI's 2400 & 2600 cards compare unfavorably in benchmarks to Nvidia's 8500 & 8600 cards but they're cheaper to buy and are probably cheaper...

Sounds like a bad card, just send it back. Defective electronics are like those sickly puppies on display in pet store windows; you'll always have problems with it and the problems usually get worse with age. Don't bother talking to the manufacturer's tech support, just bring it back to the...

I agree but I have a sneaking suspicion that if ATI's upcoming cards don't match or surpass Nvidia's latest and greatest then your price projections will be a touch off the mark. I can recall the great deals on 8800GTS 320meg and 640meg cards (320meg GTS for ~$220, 640meg GTS for ~310) prior to...