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#4471132 Posted on: 12/04/2012 07:40 PM
It's clearly a typo: 7970 GE and 660 are clearly not equivalent in any way and the link is clearly a 7870 GE card.
Heck, he even posted a pair of "more or less" equivalent cards with the same price!
I stand by what I said: it's not true that in Spain ATi cards are more expensive than nVidia cards.
And no, I don't live in Spain anymore. My location clearly says "Brazil".
And no, PCcomponentes isn't the cheapest online store. It's just one of the cheapest.
Exactly.
I'm not a fanboy of either, but I'm also leaning toward this opinion.
Not only had ATI better fps/€ back when I got my 5870 and even when I got my 4850, but after checking prices here where I live, and benchmark results, the 7970 is better than the 670, even though they are around the same price (also like that spanish dude linked).
I don't see how nVidia is better if we consider raw fps/€ (of course it's benchmark dependent)
It's clearly a typo: 7970 GE and 660 are clearly not equivalent in any way and the link is clearly a 7870 GE card.
Heck, he even posted a pair of "more or less" equivalent cards with the same price!
I stand by what I said: it's not true that in Spain ATi cards are more expensive than nVidia cards.
And no, I don't live in Spain anymore. My location clearly says "Brazil".
And no, PCcomponentes isn't the cheapest online store. It's just one of the cheapest.
Exactly.
I'm not a fanboy of either, but I'm also leaning toward this opinion.
Not only had ATI better fps/€ back when I got my 5870 and even when I got my 4850, but after checking prices here where I live, and benchmark results, the 7970 is better than the 670, even though they are around the same price (also like that spanish dude linked).
I don't see how nVidia is better if we consider raw fps/€ (of course it's benchmark dependent)
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#4471201 Posted on: 12/04/2012 08:21 PM
Lol, ok didn't catch the sarcasm...
I didn't say that one is better than the other, I just said that AMD never had a big and clear lead on Nvidia and I would love to see that. It would be great for us, the buyers.
And please tell me where to buy cheaper, this is not me mocking you, I would love to buy cheaper!
btw: Alternate has closed shop here in madrid.
Lol, ok didn't catch the sarcasm...
I didn't say that one is better than the other, I just said that AMD never had a big and clear lead on Nvidia and I would love to see that. It would be great for us, the buyers.
And please tell me where to buy cheaper, this is not me mocking you, I would love to buy cheaper!
btw: Alternate has closed shop here in madrid.
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#4471232 Posted on: 12/04/2012 08:55 PM
Lol, ok didn't catch the sarcasm...
I didn't say that one is better than the other, I just said that AMD never had a big and clear lead on Nvidia and I would love to see that. It would be great for us, the buyers.
And please tell me where to buy cheaper, this is not me mocking you, I would love to buy cheaper!
btw: Alternate has closed shop here in madrid.
Alternate was actually one of the ones I was going to comment on.
Also Pixmania usually has good prices too, and... believe it or not, Amazon.es can actually have good deals too.
I know of people complaining about Pixmania, but my experience with them and my friend's and family's experience with them has been always good. Same thing with Amazon (my mother buys from them continuously).
What I generally do is check on Google Shopping and order by total price (shipping included). Example: http://www.google.es/products/catalog?q=nvidia+660&hl=es&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bpcl=39580677&biw=1920&bih=955&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14529266365026122779&sa=X&ei=OES-UI3BNYfs9ATUn4CACg&ved=0CFgQgggwAg#scoring=tps
It usually gives interesting results, and thanks to it I discovered PowerPlanetOnline. The theme is kind'a childish, but their business is serious and some of their products are priced quite nicely. Oh, and their price ALWAYS include shipping (I like that).
Lol, ok didn't catch the sarcasm...
I didn't say that one is better than the other, I just said that AMD never had a big and clear lead on Nvidia and I would love to see that. It would be great for us, the buyers.
And please tell me where to buy cheaper, this is not me mocking you, I would love to buy cheaper!
btw: Alternate has closed shop here in madrid.
Alternate was actually one of the ones I was going to comment on.
Also Pixmania usually has good prices too, and... believe it or not, Amazon.es can actually have good deals too.
I know of people complaining about Pixmania, but my experience with them and my friend's and family's experience with them has been always good. Same thing with Amazon (my mother buys from them continuously).
What I generally do is check on Google Shopping and order by total price (shipping included). Example: http://www.google.es/products/catalog?q=nvidia+660&hl=es&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bpcl=39580677&biw=1920&bih=955&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14529266365026122779&sa=X&ei=OES-UI3BNYfs9ATUn4CACg&ved=0CFgQgggwAg#scoring=tps
It usually gives interesting results, and thanks to it I discovered PowerPlanetOnline. The theme is kind'a childish, but their business is serious and some of their products are priced quite nicely. Oh, and their price ALWAYS include shipping (I like that).
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#4471240 Posted on: 12/04/2012 09:04 PM
Alternate was actually one of the ones I was going to comment on.
Also Pixmania usually has good prices too, and... believe it or not, Amazon.es can actually have good deals too.
I know of people complaining about Pixmania, but my experience with them and my friend's and family's experience with them has been always good. Same thing with Amazon (my mother buys from them continuously).
What I generally do is check on Google Shopping and order by total price (shipping included). Example: http://www.google.es/products/catalog?q=nvidia+660&hl=es&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bpcl=39580677&biw=1920&bih=955&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14529266365026122779&sa=X&ei=OES-UI3BNYfs9ATUn4CACg&ved=0CFgQgggwAg#scoring=tps
It usually gives interesting results, and thanks to it I discovered PowerPlanetOnline. The theme is kind'a childish, but their business is serious and some of their products are priced quite nicely. Oh, and their price ALWAYS include shipping (I like that).
ok good to know thanks
I knew Alternate already but they only beat PcComp in SSD drives, the rest is 5-10% more expensive...
Alternate was actually one of the ones I was going to comment on.
Also Pixmania usually has good prices too, and... believe it or not, Amazon.es can actually have good deals too.
I know of people complaining about Pixmania, but my experience with them and my friend's and family's experience with them has been always good. Same thing with Amazon (my mother buys from them continuously).
What I generally do is check on Google Shopping and order by total price (shipping included). Example: http://www.google.es/products/catalog?q=nvidia+660&hl=es&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bpcl=39580677&biw=1920&bih=955&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14529266365026122779&sa=X&ei=OES-UI3BNYfs9ATUn4CACg&ved=0CFgQgggwAg#scoring=tps
It usually gives interesting results, and thanks to it I discovered PowerPlanetOnline. The theme is kind'a childish, but their business is serious and some of their products are priced quite nicely. Oh, and their price ALWAYS include shipping (I like that).
ok good to know thanks
I knew Alternate already but they only beat PcComp in SSD drives, the rest is 5-10% more expensive...
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You question heffeque?! Obviously he knows more about GPU prices in Spain than you do. I mean sure, you LIVE in Spain, but... and yeah that's not even the right card... and...
That's a 7870 not a 7970...
It's clearly a typo: 7970 GE and 660 are clearly not equivalent in any way and the link is clearly a 7870 GE card.
Heck, he even posted a pair of "more or less" equivalent cards with the same price!
I stand by what I said: it's not true that in Spain ATi cards are more expensive than nVidia cards.
And no, I don't live in Spain anymore. My location clearly says "Brazil".
And no, PCcomponentes isn't the cheapest online store. It's just one of the cheapest.
I stand by what I said. I hope AMD makes a killer 8000 series, don't know how and why all the fuss about my opinion... whateverAnd your examples don't exactly show your claim to be true....
Exactly.