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Old Oct 5, 2005, 02:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 02:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Vote where? LOL....

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Oh on the front page... I saw the thread without looking at the FP.. heh.
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 02:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Vote where? LOL....
Well if you would wait 10 seconds between me posting and setting up the poll you might be able to
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 02:54 PM   #4 (permalink)
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ha..


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Performance is good, I might get one- someday..

But I don't like the 1 yr warranty, that is a big deal to me.
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 03:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Voted: unsure
I think that I need more in-depth benchmarks, like CF vs. SLI...
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 03:04 PM   #6 (permalink)
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For the moment, disapointed. I had high hopes
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 03:10 PM   #7 (permalink)
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For the moment, disapointed. I had high hopes
Honestly? from what ive read you posting lately you seemed to be kind of hoping for it to fail.

What exactly hasnt impressed you? is it the price? the performance or something else? Surely it isnt the feature set.....
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 03:16 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I voted unsure, seeing some crossfire benches will be very interesting. And I also hope that the availability in Sweden will be alot better then the x850 cards were when released....but I most probably won't upgrade my videocard very soon, mainly because I can't afford it..
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 04:07 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The card looks good. We have competition. When it's time to upgrade for me from aging AGP, I will still have to make a choice (which makes me happy to have one).

Feature set it great. Benchies are nothing short great, considering we are looking at an "only" 16-pipeline card.

Would I buy it now? No, not yet - since I would need a major overhaul of my box, and I don't have a reason to yet. In the future? We'll see what tricks both companies come up with 3-6 months down the road.

If I were to buy today - it's a tough choice.
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 04:23 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Honestly? from what ive read you posting lately you seemed to be kind of hoping for it to fail.

What exactly hasnt impressed you? is it the price? the performance or something else? Surely it isnt the feature set.....
Ah you miss interprete me Zardon I'm a real ATI Fanboy and all you know, wouldn't want ATI to fail but I was expecting so much from this.

Okay, yes the price is a bit high. I wouldn't mind that but the fact that you get less than 10% increase over the 7800 GTX on average with a 25% rise in price just hurts. And the lower warrenty now. Not good methinks.

I love the features and all and I find it wicked That's good but I mean, what I really want is 3Dc (which won't ever be implemented) and Adaptive AA (which I can have on my current gen) so I fail to see what's SO good about theR520. I had hyped about it WAY back and well, I was expecting tons. The features are great for the card (pipeline method) and Avivio thingy but still...

Seriously, look at it. It's damn long, already clocked very high (meaning it won't OC much at all) and it's dual slot. Zardon, imagine your SFF without that 7800GTX!!! Well the R520 is just not the best of cards out there. I'm very impressed with NV.

One thing that ATI will always make me happy with is their monthly Catalyst. And their great technology (I mean, AAA for 9700 +!!! w00t). But I feel that they aren't doing great (No Crossifre, a good but nothing exceptional R520), etc...
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 04:29 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Seriously, look at it. It's damn long, already clocked very high (meaning it won't OC much at all) and it's dual slot. Zardon, imagine your SFF without that 7800GTX!!! Well the R520 is just not the best of cards out there. I'm very impressed with NV.:
My Asus 7800GTX wont be leaving the shuttle

I was just really trying to see how you guys all felt about the new card thats all, im just reading comments like "the card sucks" or "not impressed". I just want to hear exactly why you arent impressed, and it seems quite a few people arent.

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Old Oct 5, 2005, 04:43 PM   #12 (permalink)
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All I know is I want an R580 at the same clock.
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 04:50 PM   #13 (permalink)
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don't like the dual slot cooler... but the fact that it outperforms 7800gtx sli in some things i like!

Unless the r580/600 are out before I next buy computer stuff it'll be my next graphics card.
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 04:54 PM   #14 (permalink)
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HDR with AA (even AAA) is a high point though, something NV can't do currently.
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Old Oct 5, 2005, 04:56 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Well considering I just bought a x850xt pe, I won't be getting this card soon. Especially since there might not be any AGP versions. But I am impressed with the many features it has and how it performs to the other top contenders currently out, especially for a 16 pipeline card
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