Nvidia Launches New Affordable GPU

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?'"

Comments

Re:This is a rebadged 6800

[BushCheney08]

From your link:
Both cases are showing that companies didn't planed things trough and that they had to respond with a new product to stay in the game, it's called bad planning.

The Inquirer showes that they cant proofreaed and that they shouldn publish without edting, it's called bad writing.

You should see the first reviews tomorrow late afternoon today, Greenwich Mean Time.

WTF does that even mean? How can I even take that site seriously?!?

Re:Uninformative: Here's a summary

[Overly Critical Guy]

Gamers are idiots. They've ruined the industry.

Harsh words? Well, as little as twelve years ago, there was a "silver age" of computer gaming where--for the most part--graphics were second place to gameplay, and cool multimedia (what they used to call "digital media") was just icing on the cake. That was back when most gamers were true geeks. Now most gamers are jocks and spoiled hobbyists who buy into graphics hype, and visuals are given top priority right up with gameplay, which often takes a hit (see Black & White and its sequel, or Doom 3) because those non-geek jerks have all the money. Yay.

I can't believe we live in a world where there is no Bullfrog, Westwood Studios, etc., and we're paying as much for our video cards as we are for whole new computers. This isn't the fun PC gaming I remember from the last decade. Remember when Command & Conquer and Warcraft II were the coolest things ever? Remember how life-changing Doom was? The games themselves were a blast to play. There was a lot more humor and brightness in games back then, too (even Doom...remember the bunny head?). Now everything is so damned macabre and super-serious.

I tried F.E.A.R. this weekend. It ran on my X800 XL pretty nicely. But I realized I was spending the whole game just marveling over visuals. The actual game sucks. It's a warehouse level repeated for the whole game, fighting the same troopers over and over, with Max Payne slowdown added in. But the visuals are pretty cool, so it will sell, and the cycle will continue.

So ends this week's Overly Critical Rant.