While the Vista 8800GTX drivers may be bad for SLI, who in their right mind would be SLI'ing a pair of them already? (Apart from the 3D Mark e-peen crowd) There is nothing that would need that power. I have the Dell 30" screen and play everything I have at default resolution and never dip below 50 fps in any game I play, with a single 8800GTX. I think nVidia should be allowed some grace in that area TBH.
As for the ATIs HDMI features. Its 100% useless on those cards. They are hot and noisy, i.e. not HTPC material. Both manufacturers cards will play all current games with top-notch visuals, a handful of FPS either-way isn't going to make that much of a difference. But what we really need to see is the gfx card market taking a leaf out of the CPU market and redesigning their parts to be a lot more efficient and a lot cooler then they are currently. I personally would love to go back to the days when you could have a passively-cooled top-end gfx card. Hell, I'd even love one with a fan that didn't sound like a vacuum-cleaner. Regards, Jason Tozer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of CW Sent: 26 April 2007 23:13 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] ATI/AMD's upcoming flagship HD 2900 XTX will most likely suck On the other end, I would say this: The one thing that ATI has figured out that is bigtime is that they are ushering out true HDMI cards, with HD-Audio on the interface. This is a HUGE deal as it makes all the difference for Mediacenter boxes, meaning one card for a point of connection via an HDMI 1.3 compliant connector. -----Original message----- From: "Hayes Elkins" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:36:30 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: [H] ATI/AMD's upcoming flagship HD 2900 XTX will most likely suck > So here we have the two powerhouses of PC gaming both falling flat on their > faces as far as their DX10 parts go. NVidia's 8800 series may be the better > performer, but their smelly turd drivers for vista are > inexcusable ******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office. Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales under number OC323571. The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. For further details, including a list of members and their professional qualifications, see our website at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a member of Clifford Chance LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The firm is regulated by the Law Society of England & Wales.
