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For some reason, Kyle never banned me, Why don't I post anymore?
I still read the front page every day.
PCs got boring?
Did I grow old?
Must be it.
Or those dang Monkeys are more insidious then I thought,
I actually went looking for this a year or so ago.
Should I be worried?
No, I have no fear of the monkies,
it's the parakeets that are evil.
[God, I'm old]
Having used AMD products since the '286 days, I've become accustomed to the ebb and flow of AMD/Intel performance, but where AMD has always excelled was in the price/performance (and occasionally pure performance) department.
Does AMD consider Bulldozer's price/performance competitive, and if...
ATI AA and CPU Physx are intentionally crippled in Batman AA, it is a severely flawed tool to use as a benchmark, as it intentionally, and artificially favors NVIDIA.
http://www.techpowerup.com/104868/Batman_Arkham_Asylum_Enables_AA_Only_on_NVIDIA_Hardware_on_PCs.html...
Like Vinnard said, if you want to mess with a rebate, and you have a Frys by you, this GTX 275 is 148.99 this weekend. http://www.frys.com/product/5892363