After over a year of being stomped on in every area of the desktop graphics market by Nvidia, ATI has finally stepped up their game and taken back the crown for having the most powerful gpu out. The card doing this asswhooping is the dual processor (yes two processors on one pcb) HD 3870X2. Turning out over a TERAFLOP of power, this card beats the 8800Ultra in nearly every benchmark @_@, but how pricey is it?? It is slated for release on January 28th, 2008. Read more here.
Due to this release, expect to see Nvidia release its much rumored 9800gx2 along with more Geforce 9 series cards, very soon. 8800? soo yesterday ; )
UPDATE: I've found a newer, much more in depth review of the HD 3870X2 here. (thank Turbopenguin for this one)
Its really not that much faster than the 8800 ultra, like 30%. Nothing to really get excited about. Good work ATI but once the 9800 GTX comes out your gonna be pwned once again. As for me, im pretty set with my 8800 GTX for at least another year ; D
ReplyDeleteyeah, i at least give ati props for fucking FINALLYYYYY coming out with something for nvidia to compete with. but yes, as noted in the post, nvidia will release their new line asap to squash this.
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