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Nvidia is publicly claiming that the GPU is better and smarter than the dull CPU. CPUs are boring and Nvidia pushes the message that if you have a low-end CPU and a high-end graphics card you will play better than with high-end quad-core CPU and cheap graphics.

We agree with Nvidia, as a GPU upgrade usually means better gaming performance; but we believe that an open confrontation with Intel is the last thing that Nvidia needs at the moment. The company is arrogant, but not as arrogant as Intel, and history teaches us that Intel finds a way to penalize the bad boys.

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No Wonder ..

the bread n butter is bought to the table by a GPU only for those ppl..

A Classic case of Cant really see the tree for the woods eh?
 
what they say is true.....but will older proccys like opty 165 oced need an upgrade if one goes for cards like 8800gt or will it do??
 
hmm im at a loss really .. cause a better gaming experience would require both.. but i might be wrong
 
the gpu's are used to take the load off cpu so that we can get better performance while runnig 3d apps so gpus were invented for the sole purpose of saving some work for the cpu,s so gpus are really important but still we cant do without the cpus so its not that cpus are useless the gpus are used more :)
 
Have they forgotten that, GPU has very linear scope unlike CPU in real world scenario (not counting CUDA pr GPGPUs here)??

Besides, whatever GPU is generating.. doesn't it all ultimately goes by CPU? Correct me if I'm wrong, but low-end CPU with high-end GPU will still create FPS bottleneck, right?

One thing for sure... I wouldn't wanna get cross with Intel right now. AMD got somewhat arrogant after Intel's netburst fiasco, and look what happened to them.
 
Nvidia is publicly claiming that the GPU is better and smarter than the dull CPU. CPUs are boring and Nvidia pushes the message that if you have a low-end CPU and a high-end graphics card you will play better than with high-end quad-core CPU and cheap graphics.

absolutely right! lol no doubt about that .
 
Such marketing speak really sucks...and when it comes from big guys like nVidia, it sucks even more...

I cant connect the latest graphic cards with my old Cyrix machine coz new cards are PCIExpress :( Thats what I call a low-end CPU and a new graphics card.. :lol: Whereas my Athlon64 motherboard with AGP slot can connect an old ATI 7200 and atleast plays Quake3!!

I dont buy the nVidia argument... you need a balance for the CPU and GPU ...and the GPU is so-not-general-purpose, that you can't do much than play games and mayb sometimes some gene-unfolding.
 
Wrong IMO.

I still remember with my 3500+ I cudn switch to Farcry's all eye-candy turned on with the 7900GT..

The same 7900GT wen sold to my friend and coupled with an intel proccy yielded stunning frames with farcry..

Then how do these results fair???

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what they say is true.....but will older proccys like opty 165 oced need an upgrade if one goes for cards like 8800gt or will it do??
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Older processors mite need an upgrade.. look at my eg above..
 
Actually they are right as far as gaming is concerned exception of few games like UT3. ( specially in botmatches ) and some RTS games with lots of characters on screen.

Most of the modern games are GPU limited. You will be amazed by how little difference it makes to game with 8800GT in say C2D /C2Q and good old AMD X2 system. It makes a difference, but not as much as change in GPU.

AMD S939/AM2 X2 system is still capable of providing a solid gaming platform. Thats 2-3+ year old systems I am talking about.

Its just that Intel has something more to offer to enthusiast market which has turned the trend towards them. In real world gaming performance, GPU matters the most. Just by changing CPU, you wont make unplayable game playable. But by just changing GPU, you can make unplayable game playable ;)
 
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