Things are slightly less clear cut when you view the wider market however, as the JetStream didn’t comprehensively outperform the HD 6970 3GB GHz Edition.
Originally Posted by Article What were trying to say - in a faintly ridiculous and roundabout way - is that there is currently a power struggle at the top of the GPU market. Its not one that seems particularly fair however, as AMD have arguably had two bites of the cherry; the HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition is essentially just a souped-up HD 7970 3GB that was released by AMD specifically to spoil the GTX 680s banquet.
Yes, how dare AMD sneakily release their card 4 months before Nvidia does which gives AMD time to speed bin/respin their parts in order to release a mid-generation speed bump.
It just isn't fair how AMD keep releasing their new cards on or near schedule every year and Nvidia delays and delays and delays...
Someone should make a law or something regarding such uncompetitive practices from AMD.
**Sulky Fanboy Pout**
I've always found them really reliable and good to work with out of the box if you treat them right, my GTX250 is 6 years old now, been overclocked and cleaned multiple times. Still works flawlessly.
Originally Posted by kingred I've bought palit cards for years,
I've always found them really reliable and good to work with out of the box if you treat them right, my GTX250 is 6 years old now, been overclocked and cleaned multiple times. Still works flawlessly.
Yep, my last two cards were Palit ones. No complaints from me.
Had three so far, two had fan blade breakages, one replaced via e-buy, the other gained a Scythe slipstream... all worked fine, still have one of them.
As others have said, not the most beautiful of graphics cards, but it has the performance, which is way more important to me (not that I'll be buying one). Whilst you have given a fair reason, I can't help but be disappointed by the removal of the Arma 2 benchmark, as it's about the only game I play and, as far as I know, Bit-Tech is the only site to benchmark it (apart from some other old benchmarks when it was first released). I would be happy to be proved wrong here.
What exactly has made Arma less reliable to benchmark with? Will you start using it again if it gets fixed? Also, do you forsee using Arma 3 (perhaps even the Alpha, which should be out soon :)) as a benchmark?
Also, this passage:
Next up in our testing suite was Crysis 2. This is a new addition, and has replaced ARMA II as a recent update made ARMA much less reliable to benchmark with. The JetStream probably wont thank us for the change however as it struggled to distinguish itself from the cheaper HD 7970 3GB...
isn't quite accurate - 'struggling to distinguish itself from' is much better than the 'totally destroyed by' it would have got if you still used Arma 2. Btw, anyone know why AMD cards perform *so* much better than nVidia cards in that game.
was torn between that one and the asus direct cu for the 670, went with the asus for its extremely quiet cooler.
Had a few palits before, they proved reliable, no complaints.
Originally Posted by S1W1 'lady graphics cards screamed and feinted as it walked by'
I always thought it was spelt 'fainted', although I may be wrong...
Good article anyway.
Look's like I am the only one you likes the look of this cooler, I've got the 4gb edition as I needed the extra vram as I mod skyrim to the hilt. Found it strange that the 4gb has standard clocks did palit forget to add it in :¬) I use afterburner to bump the 2gb settings to the 4gb job done.
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ReplyIndeed....not a card you'd want to put in a case with a glass panel.
U G L Y.
Yes, how dare AMD sneakily release their card 4 months before Nvidia does which gives AMD time to speed bin/respin their parts in order to release a mid-generation speed bump.
It just isn't fair how AMD keep releasing their new cards on or near schedule every year and Nvidia delays and delays and delays...
Someone should make a law or something regarding such uncompetitive practices from AMD.
**Sulky Fanboy Pout**
I've always found them really reliable and good to work with out of the box if you treat them right, my GTX250 is 6 years old now, been overclocked and cleaned multiple times. Still works flawlessly.
Yep, my last two cards were Palit ones. No complaints from me.
dunx
P.S. That's not a pretty card, IMHO.
This human speaketh the truth.
I always thought it was spelt 'fainted', although I may be wrong...
Good article anyway.
What exactly has made Arma less reliable to benchmark with? Will you start using it again if it gets fixed? Also, do you forsee using Arma 3 (perhaps even the Alpha, which should be out soon :)) as a benchmark?
Also, this passage:
Next up in our testing suite was Crysis 2. This is a new addition, and has replaced ARMA II as a recent update made ARMA much less reliable to benchmark with. The JetStream probably wont thank us for the change however as it struggled to distinguish itself from the cheaper HD 7970 3GB...
isn't quite accurate - 'struggling to distinguish itself from' is much better than the 'totally destroyed by' it would have got if you still used Arma 2. Btw, anyone know why AMD cards perform *so* much better than nVidia cards in that game.
Sorry I went on a bit :(
Had a few palits before, they proved reliable, no complaints.
They dodged instead of fainted. :D
Nice review by the way.
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