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SMP-Oriented Video Card Round-up

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the doubling-up-the-fun dept.

Jason Mitchell writes "I just noticed that 2CPU.com has posted a rather large video card round-up. They ran game and application benchmarks on a dual Athlon MP and Xeon workstation and also did some unique qualitative testing pertaining to s-video output quality. It's a good read."

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  1. Beating boredom by blurfus · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the site
    If you're bored and feel like sifting through 20 pages of analysis,click here
    However, if you are really bored or at work, click here
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    will work for Karma
  2. Worst quote ever in the Graphics section by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Also known for his tremendously anal and picky nature...

    That's a bad combo if you're going to sit down and review graphics cards...

    1. Re:Worst quote ever in the Graphics section by Edgewize · · Score: 2, Funny
      Also known for his tremendously anal and picky
      nature...
      That's a bad combo if you're going to sit down and review graphics cards...

      Yeah, no kidding. I hope he washes his hands.
  3. Re:Why? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Funny
    I have a 4 meg Voodoo, and a 4 meg S3.

    Ha! My cards SUXXORS the most!

  4. Yawn by stratjakt · · Score: 1, Funny

    another video card roundup.

    Anything we haven't heard a bajillion times?

    and the ATI vs nVidia fanboy flamewar rages on...

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  5. Re:Why? by sould · · Score: 2, Funny

    *I* have to read the bits of the bus myself & manually fire off the CRT laser.

    You guys with your fancy-schmancy video cards indeed!

  6. Re:Why? by b96miata · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bits??? you have bits??? Why in my day we only had one bit, and it was a 0! kids....

  7. Freak by vandel405 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone else notice that they link to slashdot with the word "Freak" in the svideo round up?

    Repeal the story!

  8. Good for playing solitaire by Obvious+troll · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... or minesweep perhaps. Maybe for chatting in a REALLY fancy font.

  9. How to review video cards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Here's what to do:
    • Steal some pictures from Penny Arcade
    • Quote some specs from the web page for a video card
    • Take a picture of your tv set
    • Use lots of 'hip' things like bloodshot eyeballs in graphs.
    • Don't worry about including useful information, it'll get posted to slashdot.
  10. SMP Video? Must be the 3Dfx Voodoo2 SLI! by -tji · · Score: 3, Funny

    They really missed the boat on this one. They need some real SMP video action.. Our friends at 3Dfx pioneered this with the Voodoo2, operating in SLI (Scan Line Interlace) mode. Two PCI cards, connected via a jumper cable, each handling half the scan lines for the display.. SMP at it's best!

    http://www.hwupgrade.com/skvideo/voodoo2_sli.htm l

  11. Re:Good to see by threephaseboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Television is a lesser technology than say a trinitron or LCD monitor,

    I'm sorry, what was that? I could'nt hear you over my trinitron TV exploding into a puff of logic.
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  12. Lucky bastard by GunFodder · · Score: 2, Funny

    My computer outputs all display info to COM1 which is attached to an automated asskicking machine. That machine proceeds to kick my ass right in the head until I refresh my whiteboard with the next frame using nothing but dry-erase markers. And the black pen is shit out of ink.