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ATI PCI-Express Devices Revealed
JohnQ writes "According to Xbitlabs and AnandTech, the specifications for ATI's newest graphics cards have been revealed. Interesting to note is that all of these next generation video cards will run exclusively on the PEG (PCI-Express x16) interface. This does not bode well for those of us who just paid top dollar for the last generation of AGP cards. Read more about the roadmaps on Anandtech and Xbitlabs"
at least someone besides viagra is concerned about performance enhancments
I've been patiently waiting for the release of Thief 3 and/orDoom 3 before updating my game PC. It looks like the game will be out before the hardware though, but it illustrates that sitting tight will get you more bang for the buck.
Of course when Duke Nukem Forever comes out you could likely buy a Cray machine for $24.95.
Trolling is a art,
I am going to love seeing video cards on the last slot of computers and people asking me "vanillacoke [well they wont call me that they just call me...never mind, forget it] how come my 500 dollar video card is so slow" And I'll say "You put your 16x PCIE card in a 1x slot" and they'll say "oh" and they'll ask me to fix their internet (because AOL just came out with Ten point oh Supercharged) then later on ill mock them on Slashdot.
And thus, the circle of life is completed.
The secret to getting modded up is to allways say i've got karma to burn in your sig..
Yep I paid top dollars for my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB around the holidays. As soon as the new years came around, I saw the price of my card dip $100.
Now another month later I get this PCI Xpress news. Not to mention my card constantly get spotty graphics and overheat. I run open-cased too.
I am going back to Nvidia.
I was thinking of going to college for an MCSE, and then I remembered that I already had a lobotomy.
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sorry, I am a geologist, for me that was yesterday!
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Any game that might require this might be "announced" later this year but will be delayed until 2006...
Serial busses are all the rage now-a-days. I remember when my first couple of serial devices...
:)
The good 'ol Commodore 1541 Serial Floppy Drive, man, let me tell you, that thing was a SPEED demon.
I was much more productive back in those days... That is where I learned the art of modern multi-tasking.
load "myfavgame",8,1
Kids now-a-days just click on an icon and the play the game, I say "PFFT!!"
After you initiated the load command on the serial 1541, you could go take a shower, eat some breakfast, catch the morning news and come back your just finished loading game.
That my friends is what I call multi-tasking....
Kids today or just plain lazy.