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It seems that nVIDIA's approach is better: don't give much information, don't have any representatives having a presence on a forum and nobody will criticize you. Genius!

It seems that nVIDIA's approach is better: don't give much information, don't have any representatives having a presence on a forum and nobody will criticize you. Genius!

Actually, yeah. I've been on NVidia's bleeding edge ever since they bought 3dfx. NVidia does not participate much (if at all) in online forums.

Despite this lack of participation, I've been mostly satisfied with their bleeding edge offerings because their stuff actually works when it's advertised as such. Sure, they got their share of bugs but I don't recall having the kind of experience I am having with ATI now.

I don't want to start a flame war on ATI vs NVidia. Like you are saying we are early adopters and should be prepared to take some beating as a result. However, this doesn't mean that we can't file support requests or discuss the issues we are having on an online forum for our own benefit and to warn others.

What I am wondering is - for a person who seem to be so against being an early adopter, what are you doing in an eyefinity section of this forum? Are you just trolling for responses from people who can afford the hardware? :lol:

I too, noticed that NVIDIA release drivers when they are ready (with the exception of latest drivers) and not release "once a month" drivers . I know its a marketing ploy, BUT if drivers arent ready, is that a sound marketing strategy?

I dont want to start a flame war. If ATI want to fix problems with their drivers, they should take note of people on forums as we are the ones who do the testing it seems.

Ticket responses such as "its in the release notes so it works" or "we havent been able to replicate the problem" just dont cut it. I read that ATI prioritize what they will be addressing in upcoming driver releases. I suppose having a system in the minority doesnt make it a priority for ATI.

However, as more and more people adopt Eyefinity and NOW want to implement Crossfire as well, I hope ATI does something about it sooner rather than later!

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what kind of cpu would i need to run a 5970 in quadfire? would a pheonom II 965 work at 3.8 ghz

what kind of cpu would i need to run a 5970 in quadfire? would a pheonom II 965 work at 3.8 ghz

That should do it yeah :D

@ titoray:

Being partial to Intel, an i7 920 (D0 stepping) overclocks and performs like a dream. Either way, either should be FINE.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-desktop-cpu-charts-update-1/benchmarks,60.html

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