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A $99 Graphics Card Might Be All You Need
Vigile writes "With the release of AMD's latest budget graphics card, the Radeon HD 4770, the GPU giant is bringing a lot of technology to the table. The card sports the world's first 40nm GPU (beating out CPUs to a new process technology for the first time), GDDR5 memory, and 640 stream processors, all for under $100. What is even more interesting is that as PC gaming has evolved it appears that a $99 graphics card is all you really need to play the latest PC titles — as long as you are comfortable with a resolution of 1920x1200 or below. Since so few PC gamers have screens larger than that, could the world of high-end PC graphics simply go away?"
You're obviously wrong. This story is about how a $99 graphics card might be all you need.
It's on the internet, so it must be true.
Best argument for shooting artists I've heard all week!
Yes, but turning japanese can save you child support payments. I really think so.
Oh... I see... you accidentally the whole thing.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
"...today's technology will become yesterday's technology in a very short period of time."
Yeah, in only one day.
Meh. I still like Oregon Trail, it's a great game and runs great on reasonably modern kitchen appliances. Though hooking up a UI can be difficult.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
"could the world of high-end PC graphics simply go away?" I wish it would! I'm tired of carrying around all this envy directed at people with the kind of coin required to buy top-of-the-line graphics cards. I got a wife and kids to support!
Haha tremble before my single childless income.
...so lonely
I still have grill marks on my arm from playing Oregon Trail on my George Foreman grill. I think one of the members of my party got bit by a snake, but I am not sure.
I am going to build a new PC and am in the market for a card. $100 on the graphics card would give me welcome flexibility on other components. Does anyone know if this can run Nethack at full res? What if you overclock it?
This post climbed Mt. Washington.
Reminds me of the guy in my wife's office who kept a window unit AC sitting (and running) on his shelf. His office had no windows.
Yo dawg, I heard you like the Ackermann function, so OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD
Meh. Go render yourself a girlfriend. It's what the rest of us do.
I tried that but we have nothing in common so she dumped me.
I used to have a top-of-the-line 3dfx graphics card. It was all I ever thought I'd need.
I remember when this WHOLE website was nothin' but ORCHARDS; as far as the eye could see.
I accidentally your mum.
It's the chicks, man! Gamer groupies only go home with the Alpha Geeks who buy a new $1000 CPU and $500 video card every year. At least that explains my inability to impress the chicks at LAN parties. Of course, the complete lack of any females whatsoever at LAN parties may also have something to do with it... hmm.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.