Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
No, they have not been forgotten, but have been mostly resolved yes? It's not anyone's fault that ATI is soooo very late to this game. Yes they will have growing pains, but you need to consider the fact that people who want to buy a dual card setup dont care about SLI's growing pains a year ago. They care about what is best as of right this instant. Because they are not going to buy a year ago right? They are buying today, or the iminent future. ATI will have to live with minimal sales to only the truly ATI loyal for Xfire.
SLI went through its growing pains and now is for the most part mature, not withstanding any further improvements. ATI has yet to go through ALL of that.
Keys, you are forgetting the "ATI Time Machine Syndrome".
Remember when the X1800XT was launched, it was "meant to be compared to the card that came out 5 months ago" and the 512GTX "is meant to be compared to the card that isn't out yet". (at least that I can find)
can we find
any 512GTXes?
:Q
Actually, we are comparing a x1800xtOC that IS here today to a 512GTX that"was" here yesterday as a "phantom edition", still unavailable today and may not be even be here tomorrow
at least when ATi launches a card it gets MORE available and cheaper as production ramps up . . . not LESS available and more expensive . . . seems ATi is doing it the way it ought to be done.
:laugh:
as to x-fire . . . just the same 'growing pains' that SLi had . . . ATi fans will gladly put up with it if they want a top solution . . . no one can even FIND two [reasonably priced] 512GTXes . . . that leaves x1800xt X-fire - if you want it now - by default.
Sounds like you've already forgotten the 7800GTX and 7800GT launches. ATI is finally filling the stock they said they would have and prices have come down dramatically, but it was slow in coming. Hopefully R580 will fare better with immediate, and continued availability. So, I don't see what your laughing about other than to intentionally be annoying. Don't mean it as an insult, just calling it like I see it.
sounds like you forgot the 3 successful product launches - at the same time - by ati of the x1800/x1600 and x1300 . . . the ONLY miss-fire was x850 xfire. X1800 x-fire is about on a par with nVidia's first SLI incarnation
ati's supply is getting better and nVidia's, worse.
the laugh was a jab at the 'way it ought to be' . . . and Rollo's ridiculous comment about an "ATi time machine"
the UPside of X-fire is: if you want the HIGHEST performing solution . . . you are "stuck" with ATI [by default] as the 512MB GTX is MIA.