ATI Announces 512MB Graphics Card

Annoyed.Gamer writes "Today ATI announced their first 512MB graphics card, the X800 XL 512MB. I have some systems that don't have more than 512MB of system memory, much less on a graphics card. According to AnandTech, the 512MB card can't outperform its 256MB counterpart and costs 50% more. ATI's favorite Half Life 2 showed the only real performance increase in the entire article. Overall a disappointment, especially because ATI for some reason didn't outfit their highest end GPUs with 512MBs, only the mid-range X800 XL."

Comments

Some of your computers don't have 512 megs?

[Anonymous Coward]

And you have the nerve to submit articles to Slashdot?

Re:Some of your computers don't have 512 megs?

[acvh]

Why?

I have a Pentium PC with 64MB that functions as a print server so effectively that I never see it.

Lots of RAM does not make up for a small penis.

Nor, apparently, does it make up for mediocre video processing. But, there is a market for this, just as there is a market for spoilers that mount on Chevy Cavaliers or Honda Preludes.

Re:Some of your computers don't have 512 megs?

[meringuoid]

You're new here, aren't you?

This is Slashdot. This is where people dig up antediluvian machines and install Linux on them out of pure masochism. I'll bet you anything you like that at least three people will follow up this post to confirm that they're installing Gentoo on an old 486DX/33 and that they're expecting it to finish compiling and be able to start up X in just another week or two...

Re:Some of your computers don't have 512 megs?

[itchy92]

I don't think he's new; I've seen him posting on here for quite some time.

And apparently he created his account before UIDs were implemented, so...