Quote: Last September, AMD was the first out of the gate with their ATI Radeon 5000 series Windows 7 and DirectX 11-ready GPU. This gave them a substantial lead over their rival NVIDIA, who has recently released their DirectX 11-ready GeForce GTX 470 and 480 cards. Though NVIDIAs new cards are putting out some impressive performance numbers, AMDs Radeon cards are still going strong and holding their own against NVIDIAs latest offerings.