I agree, thats why the 580 is not "on it's tail"
Are you getting many requests for 3-D? I am not at all. i am (in my anecdotal corner of the world) getting a lot of Eyefinity/multi work though.
Mostly still single monitor, although more people are heading towards 120Hz -not necessarily for 3D gaming though. Nvidia's 3D vision is too expensive, and AMD's HD3D isn't really working. Add in the headache issues and those are the reasons.
Likewise, most people here have to opportunity to slap together 2-3 TN panels or buy one IPS 2550x1440/1600. Most with that budget go with the better colour quality rather than the screenspace unless they are flight sim junkies.
I'd think if the multi-monitor uptake were all pervasive that 1. reviews would concentrate on 5040x1650 and higher, and 2. the
Steam Hardware survey might reflect it's marketshare. I'm assuming that multi-monitor makes up the bulk of the 4.50% "Other" under the screen res (along with 2048x1152 and 2560x1600) , and of that 4.5%, a little over half would be made up of sub-4 mega pixel resolutions (under Multi-monitor category). 2 and 3 screens are obviously gaining some traction, but most people I know would go with a one larger screen with better colour reproduction.
If the GTX 780 comes out and bests the 7970 by 5%, this guy (and his ilk) will be the first ones to scream that it "crushes the 7970".
Most assuredly.Likewise, the red camp tend to take potshots to the same extent. Witness the mass howling over Bulldozer benching vs Intel...the fanboyism now seems non existant when it comes down to the benching the 7970 almost exclusively on Intel systems...even more amusing, the same people decrying Intel's "cheating ways" now start squealing that the 7970 should be benched exclusively using a PCIe 3.0 motherboard. You could add in forum trolls demanding nothing less than 8xMSAA, whereas I seem to recall (I can cite if req'd) those same people saying that 4xAA was more than adequate and benching anything higher was a designed solely to show the HD 5870 et al in a bad light (see also tessellation, extreme/DoF/HBAO/SSAO). The arguments tend to stay the same, they just get uttered by alternating camps depending on whom it suits.
And....
From [H]
The Galaxy MDT GTX 580 is more expensive than the Radeon HD 7970 by about $50 This will make an interesting test as we see if the less expensive HD 7970 can provide a gameplay advantage over the Galaxy MDT GTX 580 here :
here
You know many people that would shop at Amazon in order to pay
more than they would pay at Newegg given the choice?....and even if those people exist, why would you use an Amazon link when virtually every other build recommendation link you've ever posted here on Techspot leads to Newegg ? Sudden change in affiliation ?
Just as well we weren't referencing
Amazon's HD 6990
BTW : The Amazon marketplace link is showing $565.35 as the cheapest on Amazon, which would still require that the 7970 sell at $34 under MSRP. Maybe it's true, since it's highly unlikely Kyle and others would weight their editorial to suit their own agendas.
