ATI might be behind in performance at the moment, but to say that they destroyed it is completely and utterly wrong. I'm a pure Nvidia fan, but with the new 3850/70 with it's performance/cost ratio, its right on track with the 8800GT which is a PURE SIGN that ATI is catching back up.
As far as PPUs being useless- NOT TRUE. What about us gamers with older computers (like me, for example) who have maybe a Pentium 4 (Hyper Threading 3.2GHz in my case) who don't A) have the money, or B) the time to upgrade? A PPU would, in this case, be a wise choice for these newer physics intensive games. Now, if you have a 2/4 core processor, it might very well be a waste, but not for those who don't have those super fast CPUs.
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ATI might be behind in performance at the moment, but to say that they destroyed it is completely and utterly wrong. I'm a pure Nvidia fan, but with the new 3850/70 with it's performance/cost ratio, its right on track with the 8800GT which is a PURE SIGN that ATI is catching back up.
As far as PPUs being useless- NOT TRUE. What about us gamers with older computers (like me, for example) who have maybe a Pentium 4 (Hyper Threading 3.2GHz in my case) who don't A) have the money, or B) the time to upgrade? A PPU would, in this case, be a wise choice for these newer physics intensive games. Now, if you have a 2/4 core processor, it might very well be a waste, but not for those who don't have those super fast CPUs.