ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series discussion

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Nope just crap, as is the NV 9800GTX.

First one to implement 32 ROPs and give us hires w/8xAA in Crysis wins.

Im not buying another card until it has 32 ROPs.

ROPs play more of a supporting role for a graphics card not a primary role like the shaders. They write processed pixels into the buffer, and handle some AA functions and post processing. You should buy a card that has a good balanced design and not just focus on one particular facet of it.