The only aTi card on the market that beats a comparably-clocked NVIDIA is the highest-end card available.
Are you sure about what you're saying?
Why would you compare clock to clock? It's completely different architecture. For me as a consumer, the important thing is
performance for the dollar. And in that category, currently, ATI crushes nvidia hands down. It's like they aren't even trying with all the rebranding and are charging a premium as long as people will buy
But if you want to talk pure power, you have to compare multiple GPU setups now on cards, or single GPU to single GPU, or single card to single card. Right now ATI has the lead in both those catagories.
"On average the Radeon HD 5970 was 53% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 at 2560x1600. Even removing the top three tests where the Radeon led with the biggest margins (BattleForge, Enemy Territory and Street Fighter IV), the HD 5970 still ended up some 34% faster than the GTX 295."
~Techspot
"After a Radeon HD 5870 launch that saw ATI’s fastest single-GPU board generally outperform Nvidia’s fastest single-GPU board, a Radeon HD 5850 debut that saw the Cypress GPU turned into a more accessible solution, and a simultaneous Radeon HD 5770/5750 introduction adding even more reason for mainstream buyers to upgrade, the company has to be feeling pretty good about the past two months. Yes, ATI’s new flagship is the fastest discrete card in the world. "
~Tom's hardware
"There are two things that become very clear when looking at our data for the 5970
1. It’s hands down the fastest single card on the market
2. It’s so fast that it’s wasted on a single monitor"
~Anandtech
Yeah, I'm pretty sure about what I'm saying. I'm not a fanboy, I'm just a guy interested in powerful tech. I'm hoping for some great competition when nvidia's 300 series comes out.
And you say I'm blacklist intel.
No, in fact I suggested intel. I USE intel in most of my owned computers... I think my house has around 8 intel chips but only 3 AMD total from over the years.
I merely mentioned that I don't like intel's business practices, which I don't. If they didn't make the obviously superior product (i7 920 I got for $200 and then overclocked clock speed higher than their extreme $1000 chip) I would be more inclined to go AMD over intel. Intel has a habit of kickbacks to vendors, squeezing out their competition like walmart and microsoft does through monopolies. As a consumer i'm allowed to be annoyed about that because it prevents other companies from even entering the field and giving us more options.
I want competition, I don't want any company to "win". Competition is good for us as the consumer. However, it's bad for us as the consumer when companies employ backroom tactics or try to rip us off.
That's why I can't recommend nvidia for the obvious rebranding and price gouging and have reservations about intel over their "upgrades" being gimped down processors aimed at curbing overclocking. derp.
I'm looking at newegg now and will suggest a few options in a bit.
EDIT: Wow, didn't realize ati 4670s run on 300w power supplies.