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GeForce3 Titanium Reviews

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the simulating-the-third-dimension dept.

Paladin128 sent us Tom's and Anandtech's respective reviews of the new NVIDIA GeForce3 Titanium series. DX8.1 compatibility (What is that anyway?), Shadow Buffers, 3D Textures, assorted other stuffs. Hey, but why is everything 'Titanium' now anyway? Laptops. Batteries. Video cards. I wonder if I can get titanium plating.

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  1. hey.. by PopeAlien · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, but why is everything 'Titanium' now anyway?

    Well, at least its not E-Titanium or iTanium..

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    1. Re:hey.. by blazin · · Score: 4, Funny

      And since Titanium cards are now the next better things past Platinum cards, to quote a Busta' Rhymes song:

      "I'm so rich, I got ridda' all my platimun cards, and I got me a Uranium card..."

  2. Why is everything titanium? by metis · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dunno, but I am proud to be part of the new Titanium Elite. I had one of my teeth replaced with a titanium implant. The Doctor said it was an "upgrade".
    Now, if someone annoys me, I simply bite.

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    -- look, cheese ahoy!
  3. Details on titanium by dstone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Go here for tasty tidbits on everbody's favorite element and its alloys...

    [titanium.org][titanium.org][titanium.org]

    Here are some strength-to-weight stats, specifically.

  4. Next credit card by smaughster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course, the next series of credit cards are Uranium. A small green card with glow-in-the-dark feature, and if you every lose one, just use a Geiger teller.

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    I intend to live forever, so far so good.
  5. Re:Important information about titanium by GrandGranini · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why don't you use Adamantium like other people?

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    It's almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.
  6. Re:hey..what about... by swordboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm actually surprised that more companies aren't making stuff out of unobtanium. This is a very strong and light weight element but I hear that its hard to get a hold of some.

    Darren

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    Life is the leading cause of death in America.
  7. Someone paid extra for this ad banner by fobbman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doh!.

    Nice ad placement, ATI. I know it's random, but there's got to be settings somewhere to avoid such things.

  8. Re:hey..what about... by xmedar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well unobtanium is a rare element, some companies usually replace it with vapouranium for their press releases, see here

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    Any sufficiently advanced man is indistinguishable from God
  9. Terminology by Animats · · Score: 3, Funny
    What's been done?
    • Turbo Been there, done that.
    • Silver Seems tacky today.
    • Gold Overused by everybody.
    • Platinum Overused by credit card issuers.
    • Titanium Getting tired.
    • Iridium The Edsel of cellular.
    • Carbon Not wide enough appeal.
    • Graphite Too '90s.
    • Dilithium See Bob Asprin's "Phule" series.
    • Quartz Dated.
    • Power It's been done.
    • TNT In use.
    • Detonator In use by NVidia.
    • Slayer Buffy has this one.
    • Killer Too general.
    • Rage In use by ATI.
    • X-anything Overused.
    • Accelerated A bit old.
    • Express Too retro.
    • Atomic Dated.
    • Radio Even more dated.
    • Streamliner We're back to the 1920s now.
    • Electric Still more dated.

    What now? Retro names? Something like the "NVidia Locomotive"? Nah. Probably coined words and numbers again.