Originally posted by Nou
its been like that for a while now....
A long while... and how is that a "problem"? 350W power supplies are standard these days. I know people who have as much as 600W running their systems.
And as far as the purpose behind this new card is concerned... if you've seen the tech demos for some of the new games coming out over the course of the next year or so (Unreal III, Unreal Tournament 2007, FEAR, etc.), you would know that there is a desperate need for this kind of technology. Computer games are advancing by leaps and bounds... and consumer-level video cards are barely able to keep up.
I currently run a 6600GT AGP with 1GB of PC2700 and a 2.4GHz Athlon XP. I can run any game out there at 40-60FPS constant on full detail settings I will probably put two 6800s into an SLI configuration in my next system with an Athlon 64 and 2GB of PC3200... which would outperform this new card, but not by much.
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FUCK! Im thinken the same thing. & I only just got mine a little while ago!!
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Jun-25-2005 11:43
Aquarian
king of no pants
Registered: May 2005
Location: Laval, Quebec
quote:
Originally posted by BeatFreak
$600!? Fuckin A!!
That was pretty much the price of the GF3 when it first came out. Latest technology is always excessively expensive. Now I laugh at everyone who bought at GF3 for 600$ because I waited just one year and got it for 100$.
Jun-25-2005 12:32
CleverName
mep
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: home
quote:
Originally posted by 3xx3r7
This is so retarded. Battling who has a better 3DMarks score or better fps reminds me of dick-measuring contest. This new video card will not introduce anything drastically new in performance, except for couple more fps in your games. And it costs $600. For what?
Couldn't have said it better myself!
Jun-25-2005 18:43
TigerClaw
GDJB Staff
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Hialeah, Florida
quote:
Originally posted by wwu.punisher
A long while... and how is that a "problem"? 350W power supplies are standard these days. I know people who have as much as 600W running their systems.
And as far as the purpose behind this new card is concerned... if you've seen the tech demos for some of the new games coming out over the course of the next year or so (Unreal III, Unreal Tournament 2007, FEAR, etc.), you would know that there is a desperate need for this kind of technology. Computer games are advancing by leaps and bounds... and consumer-level video cards are barely able to keep up.
I currently run a 6600GT AGP with 1GB of PC2700 and a 2.4GHz Athlon XP. I can run any game out there at 40-60FPS constant on full detail settings I will probably put two 6800s into an SLI configuration in my next system with an Athlon 64 and 2GB of PC3200... which would outperform this new card, but not by much.
350watts wouldn't be enough to power those Geforce 6800series cards, You need a minimum of 480 watts on a power suply to power those cards. The new 7800series cards require a 400 watt power suply, But in order to be able to use those in SLI mode, It requires a minumum of 500 watts.
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Walbrzych, Dolny Slask
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I currently run a 6600GT AGP with 1GB of PC2700 and a 2.4GHz Athlon XP. I can run any game out there at 40-60FPS constant on full detail settings I will probably put two 6800s into an SLI configuration in my next system with an Athlon 64 and 2GB of PC3200... which would outperform this new card, but not by much.
hardware geeks are the worst kind. Who cares, as long as ur fucking computer runs decent, has enuf space for music and you can see the shit on ur screen, i dont see the need to makeup for self esteem in computer parts. On the realz, some people need to look at life with a broader perspective than the computer at which theyre sitting at, then again to some the computer is their life so maybe thats why.
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