Video cards of the *ATI* family (Just the facts)

Friends, no one doubts the power of the new GeForce cards. Yes, they are powerful. And I've already mentioned somewhere that AMD's new strategy doesn't involve releasing ultra-powerful, high-priced video cards (like NVIDIA does). They are taking the path of releasing inexpensive chips with an extremely high price/performance ratio, and then offering configurations that combine them in Crossfire or dual-chip options. Judging by preliminary tests, the Radeon 4870 X2 outperforms the GeForce GTX 280 by an average of 50%. However, I wouldn't take it at face value just yet; let's wait for the video cards to be released and then we can talk about who is better. However, I want to draw your attention to the fact that in the past, during the Radeon 3xxx and 2xxx era, AMD was not competitive in the high-end segment, and their top cards couldn't even come close to the 8800 Ultra, but now the situation is different, and AMD is already challenging the Californians' claim to the most powerful video card. You can roughly compare the performance of video cards like this:

Radeon 4850 ~ GeForce 9800 GTX
Radeon 4870 ~ GeForce GTX 260

But this doesn't mean that they produce almost the same fps in games. In some games, the Radions excel, in others, the Geforces do (and they excel quite a bit), and the Radeon 4870 struggles with resolutions higher than 1600x1200 (probably due to a lack of video memory) and cannot compete with the GTX 260.

By the way, NVIDIA's pricing policy also makes you think, because it's not for nothing that they started lowering prices on their chips a few days after the release. I suggest you take a look here. I based my message yesterday on this information.

P.S. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of NVIDIA's constant leadership. Not only is it simply uninteresting to read tests where the "green" cards are predictably in the lead, but they also inflate prices, albeit within reasonable limits. Now, for the first time in a long time, NVIDIA is facing fierce competition, everything will fall into place, and the average prices for top-end products will automatically decrease. We should be happy about this, not sad about the failures of NVIDIA, which some people love.