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Nvidia Launches New Affordable GPU

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bargain-basement-with-a-twist dept.

mikemuch writes "Today Nvidia unveiled a new low-cost, high-power graphics processor SKU. ExtremeTech's Jason Cross has done all the benchmarking, and concludes ' This makes for an impressive bargain and a huge step up from the generic GeForce 6800. The big question: How will this fare against ATI's similarly priced X1000 series card, the Radeon X1600 XT?'"

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  1. Re:Agreed WTF? by pregister · · Score: 2, Funny



    You say you don't need a new video card at all. You say yours works fine. Great. Don't get a new video card.

    I don't know how much time you spend playing graphics heavy games (e.g., the new first-person shooters, Battlefield 2, for instance). I spend quite a bit of time with them. Computer gaming is one of my hobbies. Do I _need_ a top of the line graphics card? No. I don't. I bought one because it makes my hobby more enjoyable. I didn't _need_ a les paul guitar, either, just to bash away at it in my basement. Do I play better on it verses a cheaper guitar? Probably not. I have a hell of a lot more fun playing it, though.

    People who spend the extra money for something that you don't have a need or desire for aren't necessarily doing it for bragging rights. If you're bragging about your video card, you don't have much else in life to brag about, imo. ;)

    Having said all this, I'm not saying that the gaming companies aren't bastards for putting out games that constantly push the envelope as far as hardware requirements. I'd _love_ to not have to upgrade components as often as I do. My main annoyance is that most gaming companies think they can hide the lack of innovative game design, new ideas, and enhancing the "fun-factor" of gaming by making the graphics marginally prettier. They think we won't notice. We do.

    FWIW, if I won the lottery this week you wouldn't see me running out to get a new video card, either. You'd see Cadbury, the chauffeur, driving out to pick it up for me and delivering to my new island.

    -pete

  2. Re:What's a "SKU"? by ClamIAm · · Score: 2, Funny

    It took more keystrokes to insult you with a post about number of keystrokes than to inform you... (irony?)