While I agree, the *average* consumer has little need for this power right now (with the state of 3d accelerators and all), I do agree that some high end research applications need more horsepower.
Anyone who's serious about high end research applications wouldn't buy an Intel/x86 chip.
If you dont want to build one, Bung used to sell the Xchanger and 64mbit flashcarts for a pretty reasonable price. Unfortunately, for several reasons, Bung suspended business and now you have to poke around the net for resellers. Shouldn't be too hard to find them, though.
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While I agree, the *average* consumer has little need for this power right now (with the state of 3d accelerators and all), I do agree that some high end research applications need more horsepower.
Anyone who's serious about high end research applications wouldn't buy an Intel/x86 chip.
If you dont want to build one, Bung used to sell the Xchanger and 64mbit flashcarts for a pretty reasonable price. Unfortunately, for several reasons, Bung suspended business and now you have to poke around the net for resellers. Shouldn't be too hard to find them, though.
Bruce Perens submitted a story he wrote for his website on overflows and who's fault they are.
"Who's" is possessive. It should be spelled "whose"