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Originally Posted by cottonvibes
look at all the problems people with ATI cards have with various emulators and you have your proof that ATI's drivers are worthless.
if they can't preform correctly, then they are worthless.
if a calculater says 2+2=5 then are you going to use it on a math test?
hopefully not.
so why should i buy a graphics card that fails to output graphics correctly?
and when i compared the battle between nVidia and ATI, to Intel and AMD, you failed to notice my intention.
once 1 competing corporation gains dominance in a feild, its very hard for the loosing party to regain its stand.
AMD is pretty much f***ed in the ass right now, and theres not much they can do to regain their possition unless they release a chip thats more powerful than intel's CPUs, and at a cheaper price... which dosn't look likely.
ATI is in the same situation.
with nVidia's 8800 and 9XXX series of cards, they really took the lead against ATI.
and now ATI will have to release a card thats alot more powerful than nVidia's cards to get back their recognition.
if they release a card thats only on-par with nVidia, then people would just get the nVidia card since they were most-likely pleased with their previous 8800/9XXX series card and would expect to be pleased with their next nVidia card.
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you're forgetting some of the important points
1. Graphics cards are not made or marketed for emulator use
2. the uber high end performance market isn't much of a priority
on price/performance ati certainely competes
very well,
and people want as cheap a card as possible to play their games
just take a look on the pcsx2 forum to see all the noobs asking about 8500 cards -_-
they may be noobs but it's real money they spend on s*** cards
and how to many of them wanting to really cheap out have we told to get a 3850 instead of an 8500/8600?