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AMD Delivers DX11 Graphics Solution For Under $100

Posted by timothy on from the does-not-improve-c64-aztec dept.

Vigile points out yesterday's launch of "the new AMD Radeon HD 5670, the first graphics card to bring DirectX 11 support to the sub-$100 market and offer next-generation features to almost any budget. The Redwood part (as it was codenamed) is nearly 3.5x smaller in die size than the first DX11 GPUs from AMD while still offering support for DirectCompute 5.0, Eyefinity multi-monitor gaming and of course DX11 features (like tessellation) in upcoming Windows gaming titles. Unfortunately, performance on the card is not revolutionary even for the $99 graphics market, though power consumption has been noticeably lowered while keeping the card well cooled in a single-slot design."

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  1. Compiz is all I need. by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And even my cheap integrated Intel 945 can run it in full glory at 1920x1080.

    About games ... Chess doesn't require OpenGL.

    The thing I'm most worried about is how in the last two years everyone has accepted DirectShit. It's micro$hit technology! it's not open, not cross-platform, and you all know it's meant to screw you up. This is IE all over again. We had a beautiful standard, called HTML. Micro$hit convinced people to use their stupid proprietary extensions, and in a few years we had destroyed the web. It took us YEARS to get back in track, destroy explorer, and get the web to be standards compliant again. Now people is doing the same all over again, displacing OpenGL because it's "Obsolete" and letting micro$hit rule hardware production with DirectShit-compatible devices.

    I hate Gamers, and I hate the kind of people that talk about video cards all day. For fucks sake, If you want to play games get a Famicom or that shitty new alternative, I believe it's called playstation or something.

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    1. Re:Compiz is all I need. by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      I Don't care about games, but I do care about 3D. 3D was used WAY before there were any 3D games. And 3D is WAY more important than 3D games.

      What I'm seeing is people defining the future of a technology as important as 3D rendering based on the most stupid application of that technology: Games.

      But people is taking even more stupid decisions based on games (For example, Choosing Windorz over Unix because of game availability), so we are doomed anyway.

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    2. Re:Compiz is all I need. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      People chose Windows over Unix because Unix is uncomfortable to use and because most Unix users behave like dicks.
      You are a prime example.

    3. Re:Compiz is all I need. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Fuck you, you little faggot shill bitch. How's Ballmer's cock taste?