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3870X2 (R680) Video @CES doing COD4 2560x1600 AA on
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Chris_B
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It seems be much more elegant than the nvidia solution, two pcb duct-taped nv crap? give me a break, what kind of retard would buy that?
Plenty of people bought the 7950 which was the same thing really.
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I think the best way to put it is it looks to be less of a bodge job. For ati to put both cores on one card must have required a lot of reworking of the pcb, nvidia seems to have taken the quick and simple way out and will most likely still market their version as a "single card".
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what happened to the cool lookin coolers? Never made it out of beta . Wouldn't go so far as to say the stock 3870X2 one looks like a cock but still... i guess its mostly about the sticker, lol. Still, If i had access to a CNC machine I'd rework the 8800 Ultra cooler to work. that would be awesome.
Someone from Aperture science is here to see you.
The source engine still looks pretty damn fine considering its age. I don't know the details of how an engine works (polygon restrictions and texture density restrictions I'd assume), but the source engine has undergone alot of modification, and is relatively only distantly related to ver1. Its HDR is really quite stunning. Passive water, like lakes and oceans, still look pretty wicked. (Interaction with such water however, looks 2bit).
. Wouldn't go so far as to say the stock 3870X2 one looks like a cock but still... i guess its mostly about the sticker, lol. Still, If i had access to a CNC machine I'd rework the 8800 Ultra cooler to work. that would be awesome.Someone from Aperture science is here to see you.
The source engine still looks pretty damn fine considering its age. I don't know the details of how an engine works (polygon restrictions and texture density restrictions I'd assume), but the source engine has undergone alot of modification, and is relatively only distantly related to ver1. Its HDR is really quite stunning. Passive water, like lakes and oceans, still look pretty wicked. (Interaction with such water however, looks 2bit).
I much prefer the look of ATI's design than what the Nvidia design looks like. I've seen many Nvidia fans even say the nvidia card is ugly.
As for people saying the ATI 3870 suffers with AA. I used to think that, but no longer think that. If you look at all the benchmarks and subtract the hit on the fps AA takes for Nvidia, they lose just as much in fps as the ATI cards do when AA is turned on. If not more. (referring to the 8800gt).
As for people saying the ATI 3870 suffers with AA. I used to think that, but no longer think that. If you look at all the benchmarks and subtract the hit on the fps AA takes for Nvidia, they lose just as much in fps as the ATI cards do when AA is turned on. If not more. (referring to the 8800gt).
What?
Did you miss the latest [H] review?
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ0Miw0LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
31% is almost twice as much of a loss.
Excuse you guy, but you should take note of the fact that people were attacking me for my opinions. Absolutely uncalled for. Post when you have something *valuable* to contribute.
It was edited because they have an arbitrary rule against using capital characters. Lern2Reed
kid.
If you flame me for my opinion, of course I'm going to defend it. The fact is, I think wrapping the card was interesting aesthetically. It's never been done like that before on a reference model, and that is *new* whether you like it or not. With this kind of extremist position, I guess it's a good thing this isn't a dictatorship.
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