02-19-2012, 02:30 AM
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Errmm... I dunno about any of the others, but if they are the correct matching, the ATI 48 series annihilated the nvidia 98 series.
 Whatever was the 48's competitor, it was the winning card because that was the point where gamers started switching to ATI. 
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02-19-2012, 02:53 AM
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But who really cares which has more powerful cards, as long as it runs my games thats all that matters. Its just really saddening me abit to see the pc community reduced to hardware elitists, we are focusing more on the hardware we got than the games really, having jarateing contests online , whos got the better rig, posting benchmark results and pics etc, none of that matters if you are a true gamer, its the games that are important, playing them, enjoying them, isnt that why they exist in the first place. I actually envy console players abit, because they just play games and have fun with them, pc elitists can bash them allday long for the hardware they got but whos really winning there, them who are playing their games ,enjoying them, not giving a **** about what people say or pc elitists who spend too much time bragging about their rig , making it look all good and shiny, completely forgetting how to enjoy games. |
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02-19-2012, 05:25 AM
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I would like to make a little correction folks if you allow me. Nvidia is skipping 6xx series. Kepler will have 7xx stamped on it, due to marketing reasons. ( 780 / 7970 got it?)
@cyborg34573, It doesn't matter if it is PC or Console, bragging will always be here. Don't you remember how them console fans were bragging that they have better hardware than high-end PCs, which lasted them for a month until new steel came out and console became obsolete in comparison right in that moment ? As***les will be as***les, we can't erase them, we can't change them. |
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02-19-2012, 05:34 AM
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How am I being a troll? The performance increase to me, is not -that- important. Both series are going to be fast enough if you're going top-tier with 680 or 79xx series. What's important to me, and has been jarateing me off for a while now, is that I'm always waiting on Nvidia to post their profiles or new drivers (SLI especially), and it's starting to get annoying. Sometimes it's weeks after the fact, or sometimes not at all. AMD had a Crossfire ready profile on Day 1 for Alan Wake, so this is telling me I should probably start paying attention to AMD from now on. |
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02-19-2012, 09:40 AM
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Imo from my experience in gaming, AMD has worst drivers than Nvidia. Nvidia might be slow on releasing their drivers but they really take their time to fix things while AMD just tries to push drivers out so fast but do not really test them well so in the end its useless (you can tell they rush their drivers and most of the time they do not work properly, so AMD releases alot of hotfixes for their drivers). Performance wise both companies make powerful cards, just Nvidia has been ahead lately and will most likely continue on to be this year with their new Kepler series. AMD cards are powerful aswell tho, but they are really held back by their horrible drivers, and this has been going on for ages, i think they should fire whoever is making their drivers, they obviosly need someone better who knows how to get the best out of their hardware more. Alan wake is just one of those games that work great with AMD cards, but its really rare to see a game that works so good with AMD drivers on release, very rare in my experienec with AMD/ATI cards. Nvidia just seems to be more serious about supporting games, even long after a games release Nvidia will try to improve its performance in any way they can via series of driver releases and thats really great imo. But yeah thats jsut what i think, its drivers that keep most people away from AMD, its what got me to use Nvidia cards more now, tho i still own AMD/ATI cards for backup if ever a game doesnt work good with my Nvidia. Last edited by cyborg34573: 02-19-2012 at 09:46 AM. |
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02-19-2012, 09:45 AM
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Please stay on topic guys. This thread is regarding Nvidia's SLI profile. If you want to argue over whether AMD of Nvidia is better, go do it in the Steam hardware forum.
Oh wait.. These sort of 'verses' threads are banned there. 
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02-19-2012, 03:29 PM
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02-19-2012, 04:59 PM
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Something people watching this thread could give a rats ♥♥♥ about? Sorry, you're wrong. Seems people do give a ♥♥♥♥, because I'm not the first to bring it up. AMD has a profile already, Nvidia does not. Amazing how relevant that is to this discussion. I'm definitely not the one trolling here. |
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02-19-2012, 05:00 PM
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02-19-2012, 05:52 PM
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CUDA computing and drivers ( they used to be really good ) make me stick with Nvidia. But honestly, it's becoming harder and harder to justify the upgrade nowadays. Video cards are extremely expensive while offering small improvements regarding performances. And the worst part is most of the games we play are cheap ports from the consoles which do not require so much power. Sure we get jewels like Alan Wake sometimes, but the fact we need to point out how good the port is clearly shows how bad the others are.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/7...999?tab=public Screenshot from Alan Wake. Now imagine Skyrim with a good engine like this... wouldn't the experience be better ( I know it would if you look at the amount of people downloading the graphic mods ) ? |
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02-19-2012, 05:58 PM
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People also always think that developers put in Physx for example in their games just because Nvidia told or asked or even payed them to do, no its the developers choice to put it in their games and they actually go to Nvidia for help in those situations, not the other way around. But yeah if your trying to sell a game, as the developer you have the responsibility/job to make sure it works on current hardware, and to make sure of that you have to approach hardware manufacturers and ask them how they can help out. Last edited by cyborg34573: 02-19-2012 at 06:02 PM. |
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02-19-2012, 07:00 PM
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well... i finish the game and the extra episodes.
with the sli profile of fear2. still waiting for a official profile 4 finish the game again in nightmare. |
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02-20-2012, 06:40 AM
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Damn still no SLi?
 It's kinda annoying when the game runs between 30-50fps. I mean I can drop the res down to 1280x720 from 1080 or lower the settings but I don't wanna play it like that, especially since I already have the 360 version.
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02-20-2012, 09:24 AM
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so they're still having problem eh? So disappointed.
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02-20-2012, 09:30 AM
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What's the problem exactly with Alan Wake and SLI ?
I use SLI set up with 2x EVA GTX 460 1GB and it work perfectly with no glitch/bugs at all and it's sooooo smooth!  What is this driver suppose to change actually ? |
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