Most Disappointing Hardware Release (2008)

[Mungri]

So merely by virtue of its inability to trounce Intel by 40% in every benchmark means it doesn't perform well *at all*? Are you wearing all blue right now? Because that's the impression I'm getting.

And I'll hop on this nVidia dog pile. GTX280 rolled out at like $600 and didn't compete with the HD4870 at ALL in terms of design efficiency or memory bandwidth efficiency.

Hypocrite?

There is a far smaller gap in performance between a GTX280 and 4870 then there is between a Phenom and a Core 2.

The GTX280 consumes the same amount of power as an 8800 GTX does, and at least performs a lot better. It is actually faster then the 4870.

I dont understand how someone can believe the GTX 280 to be a 'dog pile', while defending the Phenom which a true pile of garbage. But if the Phenom was released last year as pointed out, then it doesnt count.

The GTX 280 is by far a lot less of a dissapointment then the Phenom was. The GTX 280 is ahead of the 4870 in single card performance. The Phenom just totally blows at just about everything and cant even compete with Intel's dual cores.

The GTX 280 still isnt as big a dissapointment as the Geforce 5 was. They are still capable cards and perform great in the latest games, unlike the Phenom.

Nvidia's motherboards are a bigger dissapointment then their graphics cards too.