I wonder why no one has really mentioned it ( or maybe I missed it ), but a lot of benchmarks for the new ATI R600 card due out in march sometime are coming out- http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20070103072506.html
http://level505.com/2006/12/30/the-full-ati-r600-test/1/
although I don't know what other advantages the R600 has in terms of energy use and heat generation, I for one am dissapointed in the most important catagory, performance. It doesn't seem to really beat the geforce 8800 GTX by that much of a margin, not enough to even consider in my new system. When it comes out it will also be significantly more expensive since its the best gamer card in the market right? With various geforce 8 models coming out...I just don't see myself going back over to ATI...::rubs my poor ATI radeon x800 xl::
http://level505.com/2006/12/30/the-full-ati-r600-test/1/
although I don't know what other advantages the R600 has in terms of energy use and heat generation, I for one am dissapointed in the most important catagory, performance. It doesn't seem to really beat the geforce 8800 GTX by that much of a margin, not enough to even consider in my new system. When it comes out it will also be significantly more expensive since its the best gamer card in the market right? With various geforce 8 models coming out...I just don't see myself going back over to ATI...::rubs my poor ATI radeon x800 xl::