Dom

The shortcomings of the NV30 and the products based on it has been well documented and whilst it was a source of great embarrassment for NVIDIA, like any company they have moved on. Last month's unveiling of the NV35 was greeted with much optimism as no one likes to see a single company run away with the spoils. NVIDIA knew they had to pull out all the stops, and whilst many were questioning some of the Doom III benchmarks, from a PR point of view it was a great coup for the NVIDIA guys.

Though both ATI and NVIDIA agree that the bulk of their sales comes from their mainstream products, the high-end has much to offer in terms of kudos and prestige. Due to a cascading effect in both their company's product lines, what was a year ago the high-end filters down to the mainstream boards, therefore it provides an interesting insight for the "big buyers" as to where their next order will go.

Whilst there are varying reports as to the amount of market share ATI has managed to regain (note the use of regain as a sign of ATI's current performance status quo) it's clear that the Markham based company has done a lot in the past 10 months to win the hearts and minds of gamers and power users over to their camp. NVIDIA, on the other hand have done exactly the opposite. Products based on the NV30 were delayed to such a point that by the time we started seeing those on the shelves, the NV35 was only days away from being launched. Not only that, but due to various driver issues image quality suffered. The running soap opera with FutureMark and NVIDIA having centre stage roles (not forgetting a lesser role played by ATI) leaves a large gash that NVIDIA needs to heal, with more than just gaffer tape.

Check out the review at UKGamer.com

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after seeing the review, there is only one conclusion for me----->Nvidia nowadays really sucks, the 9700pro can even sometimes beat the 5900.......what a pity for Nv users..