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mentok1982 said:I just think CrossFire is a better technology than SLI.
Nobody that can comment.BattleMaster said:It's a "better" technology on paper unless you have a link to an official review. Does anyone but ATI really know if it works as promised at this point?
kick@ss said:Nobody that can comment.
I have a feeling that Crossfire bombed or has a long way to go to get working. Why else would they respond to SLI with no numbers?
That's unlikely. Falling behind in technology and seeming like a generic brand is a lot more damaging than letting NVIDIA know what you are planning (which they did by announcing it). It's not like NVIDIA could copy even if they knew even more, because of patents. Anyways, if they had a working/stable product they would have released some numbers.DamienThorn said:
kick@ss said:That's unlikely. Falling behind in technology and seeming like a generic brand is a lot more damaging than letting NVIDIA know what you are planning (which they did by announcing it). It's not like NVIDIA could copy even if they knew even more, because of patents. Anyways, if they had a working/stable product they would have released some numbers.
See, the thing is... it doesn't matter what you or I think, as we represent a very small portion of the market. What matters is what the ignorant masses think, and to them if they see ATI lacking in this feature (even if they don't intend to buy it) they will begin to think ATI is inferior.DamienThorn said:First, I don't know how ATI is starting to seem like a "generic brand." They, along with Intel and Nvidia are huge players in the graphics card industry. Lacking an SLI equivalent in the market at the moment hardly makes them a generic brand.
Faster 7 series cards are already planned. ATI is losing more than it ever would by having NVIDIA release tweaked drivers or whatever.DamienThorn said:I wasn't referring to Nvidia copying their technology, but rather was referring to the fact that, should they release a demo of their technology, that Nvidia would know how well Crossfire was working, and tweak their drivers and possibly release cards at a higher clockspeed to "beat" the Crossfire benches.
If ATI didn't want to do paper launches they wouldn't have announced Crossfire.DamienThorn said:
kick@ss said:See, the thing is... it doesn't matter what you or I think, as we represent a very small portion of the market. What matters is what the ignorant masses think, and to them if they see ATI lacking in this feature (even if they don't intend to buy it) they will begin to think ATI is inferior.
Faster 7 series cards are already planned. ATI is losing more than it ever would by having NVIDIA release tweaked drivers or whatever.
If ATI didn't want to do paper launches they wouldn't have announced Crossfire.
mentok1982 said:Needs a profile for each game.-----------Does not need a profile for each (or any) game. "It just works."
Cards connected in case.------------------Cards connected outside of case.
Cards (for now) must be identical.------Any X800 or X850 card should be paired with the correct CrossFire card.
2 rendering modes.---------------------------Three rendering modes.
Needs SLI board.------------------------------Works best with ATI Xpress 200 CrossFire Edition, but can be used with some SLI boards.
kick@ss said:See, the thing is... it doesn't matter what you or I think, as we represent a very small portion of the market. What matters is what the ignorant masses think, and to them if they see ATI lacking in this feature (even if they don't intend to buy it) they will begin to think ATI is inferior.