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I don't think either will truly come to dominate. Both have advantages and disadvantages. nVidia does have a huge headstart though, with the release of the 7800 GPUs months ahead of the X1000 series and SLI being available long before there was even mention of the word 'CrossFire'.
Looking @ the architecture for both technologies, the R520 wins hands down.
That 512-bit internal ring bus for memory reads & its 256-bit 8-channel GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface among the many other amazing features is what rings bells in my ears LOL,
I am looking forward to future drivers to see how well this completely new technology takes off. Did I tell you all that the R520 can address more than 2048MB of GDDR3 & GDDR4 LOL,
Heck did I mention about the Avivo? Video and Display Platform? Now here comes HDTV at your fingertips ;) Look out NVIDIA LOL, ;)
Looking @ the architecture for both technologies, the R520 wins hands down.
Yeah, it's sad that with that kind of architecture, ATI doesn't kill nVidia. They just never seem to do it right.
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I am looking forward to future drivers to see how well this completely new technology takes off. Did I tell you all that the R520 can address more than 2048MB of GDDR3 & GDDR4 LOL.
Right, and you're going to need 2 GB of VRAM? Right now, I only know of one game that actually can use 512MB.
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