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I don't get it.
If you were using a bunch of screen space, the 290X was always the way to go. This controversy hasn't changed that. The limited market segment I can see this impacting is the people who bought two 970s to SLI. To my knowledge, this has been what the analyses determined when the 970 was launched, and it has stayed that way. Where exactly is the hate coming from here?
Yes, Nvidea was full of it when they made press releases. That's nothing new, and anyone with a bit of experience would know to wait for independent benchmarks.
My vote was for this not being an issue, because I never had plans to buy a card. My 7970 doesn't match a 970, so replacing it wouldn't yield better results. The reality is that the 970 was never really a buying option personally. It does slightly better on performance, much better on power, but the cost would never have been unreasonable. AMD and Nvidea both need a new production node to make better cards. All of the cards in question are refinements, not new cards. Eventually you have nothing left to refine, and the memory on the 970 proved that. I can't say that draws my ire, and it doesn't concern me when somebody with $300 to blow and the upgrade itch spends it on things that don't yield appreciable results.
If you were using a bunch of screen space, the 290X was always the way to go. This controversy hasn't changed that. The limited market segment I can see this impacting is the people who bought two 970s to SLI. To my knowledge, this has been what the analyses determined when the 970 was launched, and it has stayed that way. Where exactly is the hate coming from here?
Yes, Nvidea was full of it when they made press releases. That's nothing new, and anyone with a bit of experience would know to wait for independent benchmarks.
My vote was for this not being an issue, because I never had plans to buy a card. My 7970 doesn't match a 970, so replacing it wouldn't yield better results. The reality is that the 970 was never really a buying option personally. It does slightly better on performance, much better on power, but the cost would never have been unreasonable. AMD and Nvidea both need a new production node to make better cards. All of the cards in question are refinements, not new cards. Eventually you have nothing left to refine, and the memory on the 970 proved that. I can't say that draws my ire, and it doesn't concern me when somebody with $300 to blow and the upgrade itch spends it on things that don't yield appreciable results.