While you are absolutely correct on most points, including the fact that most people do not play anything more intensive than Farmville, people are becoming more obsessed with the pretty on their screens. It simply seems that it is a constant battle between graphics processing power and the number of pixels people want to see. At this point, playing a Blu-Ray film on a desktop/laptop with integrated graphics is viable, but not excellent.
In addition, don't count PC gaming and PC enthusiasts as dead just yet. There are still plenty of people that want and need more power than integrated graphics can provide at this point.
Who needs a proper graphics card these days?
Only people who need real-time high-def geometry rendering. They are free to chose a CPU without an on-die GPU.
Everyone else is happy they won't need additional cooling infrastructure on their mainboard.
Have you ever tried playing anything but Farmville on integrated graphics? Apparently the Clarkdale CPU/GPUs are only about 1.5x more powerful than integrated at this point. While I realize the Sandy Bridge (who comes up with these names, anyway?) should improve on this, I'm guessing that even playing TF2 on one of these things would be rather unsatisfactory...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but did this whole "war" not begin due in part to people's inability to properly identify objects in pictures? Something about "WMDs", I do believe...
I wouldn't. Most of what I do is very multi-tasking heavy.
Same here. You can also overclock if per-core performance isn't high enough for you (if you wish to do so), but I have yet to see a simple method of increasing the number of CPU cores through your BIOS...
Yep, because idiots think their linux nat appliances are routers just because they use them in an 'office', and those of us who've worked in telecom laugh at them decisively.
Yep, and ACs who cannot use English properly like to use big words incorrectly, and those of us who know what "decisively" means laugh at them derisively.
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While you are absolutely correct on most points, including the fact that most people do not play anything more intensive than Farmville, people are becoming more obsessed with the pretty on their screens. It simply seems that it is a constant battle between graphics processing power and the number of pixels people want to see. At this point, playing a Blu-Ray film on a desktop/laptop with integrated graphics is viable, but not excellent. In addition, don't count PC gaming and PC enthusiasts as dead just yet. There are still plenty of people that want and need more power than integrated graphics can provide at this point.
Who needs a proper graphics card these days? Only people who need real-time high-def geometry rendering. They are free to chose a CPU without an on-die GPU. Everyone else is happy they won't need additional cooling infrastructure on their mainboard.
Have you ever tried playing anything but Farmville on integrated graphics? Apparently the Clarkdale CPU/GPUs are only about 1.5x more powerful than integrated at this point. While I realize the Sandy Bridge (who comes up with these names, anyway?) should improve on this, I'm guessing that even playing TF2 on one of these things would be rather unsatisfactory...
He claims they are not art because you can win them. This must mean that you cannot win at art.
Clearly, Mr. Ebert has never consumed Powerthirst.
I am amused at the correlation between your comment and your sig. Well done, sir.
iTunes lacks a proper platform, and does not give a physical hugable media nor does it deliver full quality flaq.
FLAQ - Free Lossless Audio Quoi?
I am amused by how his name so perfectly reflects what he posts. It's rather shocking, really.
And yet modded Interesting...
I completely agree...I just think it's hilarious that a Herculean-size friend of mine drinks like a 100 pound high school chick :-)
You've obviously not met today's 100 pound high school chicks :-)
They were certainly an important phenomenon especially in the 70s
Other things that were popular in the 70s: these. Coincidence?
You, sir, made me laugh rather loudly at work. Let the suspicious glares of co-workers begin...
I like to masquerade all ID strings, masquerading apache as IIS, sendmail as JavaMail etc. etc.
Your UID? Who are you really, Mr ls671? Hmm?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but did this whole "war" not begin due in part to people's inability to properly identify objects in pictures? Something about "WMDs", I do believe...
Version 3.0? Anyone?
Bueller? ... Bueller?
Offer hookers and machine guns.
And THIS hot bitch poster.
And if you complete a tour of active duty - ANOTHER bag of weed!
spice up the middle peace process and surrounding warzones.
Thanks, Horatio.
I applaud the amount of effort that went into parent's post.
Well done, Ms. Lady.
You could just frag her IRL and then take off all her clothing in one go.
I believe that taking someone's clothing off after "fragging them IRL" borders on necrophilia...
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/05/27/comparing-smartphone-market-share-by-operating-system
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1126812
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS#Competition
That is all.
I guess it's too bad there isn't an "ironic" modifier, then :)
Neeeeerrrrrrrrdddd
"Insightful"? Really?
Same here. You can also overclock if per-core performance isn't high enough for you (if you wish to do so), but I have yet to see a simple method of increasing the number of CPU cores through your BIOS...
Reading this was probably my biggest WTH moment of the day.
At least the lead used to make these things won't end up in childrens' toys or in baby food.
...although I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up in milk...
Yep, because idiots think their linux nat appliances are routers just because they use them in an 'office', and those of us who've worked in telecom laugh at them decisively.
Yep, and ACs who cannot use English properly like to use big words incorrectly, and those of us who know what "decisively" means laugh at them derisively.
No, next step, better GPU options for Macs.
Yes, and a second mouse button! :)