I was saying that last year, that to me it seemed like the 5870 was a waste of money for gamers since refreshes would be out before the extra horsepower was needed. And it has nothing to do with being a fan of either NV or ATI, just that the majority of the popular titles could be played just fine on a 4890OC, GTX285, GTX295 or 4870X2. There are still no major DX11 titles (Dirt2....*snerk*), and the majority of gamers really don't need all the extra power in a card that is going to be surpassed within the next few months anyway with Fermi (supposedly) and the rumored 5890's and possible 5870X2 refresh. No real need to upgrade until we see more DX11 and graphically intensive titles.Originally Posted by Bodkin
I mean, from a benchmarking standpoint, yea get the fastest thing you can get. But from an actual consumer perspective, what's the draw of a DX11 card that barely scrapes out 10 more FPS in Crysis Warhead. I mean it's not really moving stuff that was unplayable on the previous cards into playable territory.So you can crank the AA up from 4x to 8x and the AF from 8x to 16x and get the same frame rates. So what? Does the minuscule bump in settings warrant another play through of a 2 year old title? I guess maybe to some small segment of people it does.
I would imagine the first DX11 titles being played on first iteration DX11 hardware are going to tax those cards pretty hard. Seems like if you really want to be able to crank everything out with DX11 at high resolutions that you'd wait for refreshes before going off the deep end with respect to the $400+ GPU market....Not like we're going to see DX11 exclusive titles any time soon.
It's not an indictment of people who did choose to buy a 5870, I just don't see the appeal, particularly to those who already had the four cards I listed above...
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