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Nvidia Launches 8800 Series, First of the DirectX 10 Cards
mikemuch writes "The new top-end GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS from Nvidia launched today, and Loyd Case at ExtremeTech has done two articles: an analysis of the new GPU's architecture, and a benchmark article on PNY's 8800 GTX. The GPU uses a unified scalar-based hardware architecture rather than dedicated pixel pipelines, and the card sets the bar higher yet again for PC graphics." Relatedly an anonymous reader writes "The world and his dog has been reviewing the NVIDIA 8800 series of graphics cards. There is coverage over at bit-tech, which has some really in-depth gameplay evaluations; TrustedReviews, which has a take on the card for the slightly less technical reader; and TechReport, which is insanely detailed on the architecture. The verdict: superfast, but don't bother if you have less than a 24" display."
Better yet, when will we have a video card that actually runs Linux? I'm sure it's possible, even if we couldn't do much with it.
"I think an etch-a-sketch with an ethernet port would beat IE7 in web standards compliance."
Ah goody, slashbots rejoice, with a new top of line the line graphics card out it gives the slashbots new oppurtunity. They can give more blowjobs and sell more crack to soccer moms to raise the money to buy it. Then they can give even more blowjobs to buy a bigger monitor to really push their gfx card to the limit, big monitors are good because they block out the sunlight even more, and making for an even better beastiality viewing experience. What more could a slashbot want for Christmas.
"DirectX 10 Cards" sounds as silly as saying "Vista compatible PC BIOS". WTF?
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