Asuma Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2586 It seems NewEgg has them. So you can buy it. I may jusy get that instead of the PS3=E What do you guys think of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron C-T Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I think there's a gigantic leaf.. with an eye on the end of the friggin thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Wait till ATI's new monster comes out before you decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted June 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I'm not much into ATI. But, then again, there always change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyDoo Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I've always been with ATI, i'm not into nVidia. Looks nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted June 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I think the most expensive one has 1GB of Ram....what game uses that much? O_o; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pourcelaine Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Designer graphics card. Woo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damizean Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I think the most expensive one has 1GB of Ram....what game uses that much? O_o; That would mean ultra awesome textures, wich wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted June 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I guess so, but the 7800GTX is powerful enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epon Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 No one cares. Buy a video game console to play video games. ~EDIT~ I shouldn't say that, as anything to render video and 3D bollocks would benefit from this, I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron C-T Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Azu: Not yet, but they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SefirothDB Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 No one cares. Buy a video game console to play video games. I second that. PC gaming is pretty much dead to me for that sole reason: I could get that card (cashing out $$$), yet in a couple months ATi will counter with a better card... followed by nVidia's next version and so on. Which leaves me with an outdated turd in 1-2 years that can't run the games decently. >_> That being said, I need a better GFX card for rendering purposes. But that'd require me to replace the whole motherboard, and since it's not a priority to me I'll just wait and get a better PC instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Actually, this wouldn't be ideal for graphics rendering. nVidia makes workstation cards specifically for model rendering. And to me, PC playing is a bit easier to get caught up in, and therefore more fun. But it's entirely up the the player. Not really something you can debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted June 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I love PC Gaming for many reason. 1.) You can mod almost any game with the proper know how. 2.) You can play japanese, spanish, french, etc games without the worry of modding your PC to do so. 3.) If your console game get too badly messed up, you can't play it. On a PC, No-CD patches...even though they are use for piracy....I could go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terid Kane Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 You guys are lucky to live in a rich country, where a good pc is affordable for most people. Around here, a video card costs 3 times the price, thus me buying a Geforce 6200, instead of a 6800 or better. I can play most recent games at a reasonable speed though, except the ones that use the new shader technology. Those will run at around 15 to 20 fps, that really sucks... Edit: Kinda off topic, but since we're talking about PC gaming... I've been thinking about getting a nice Turtlebeach catalina sound card instead of the crappy onboard sound and improve my RAM from 1gb to 2gb. Since you guys know about the subject better than me, how much would that affect gaming performance? Is it worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted June 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Import the parts=E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamerdude Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 1GB to 2GB of ram...eh, it depends what you're running. Will there be a performance increase? Yes. Will it be very obvious, probably not. I still think 1GB is a nice sweet spot, but 2GB will be a sweet spot soon. As far as the sound goes, if you're trying to render 5.1 with environmental sounds and whatnot, you may benefit a bit. What I believe it boils down to is two things though. Assuming you have 1GB or more of memory, it's CPU and video card. Those are the two things that are constantly in demand. That's my take on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terid Kane Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I read somewhere that onboard sound would consume a lot of cpu, that's why I considered buying a sound card. My processor is a pentium 4 3.0ghz, pretty decent one with 2mb cache. I guess the only problem is the video card. It's an eVga Geforce 6200 256mb. As for the motherboard, Asus P5P800-SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 CPU usage depends on the codec used and the usage is so small it's not even a factor except on very old/low end systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twimfy Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 I just grabbed a 6600 GT 256Mb for £110 and I thought that was expensive, this is just insane, yet if I had to pay the same for a console I probably wouldn't mind, maybe it because a gfx card can faulter depending on other hardware which means more cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 As you all know, this card right here will be out of date the moment Windows Vista comes out. Wait for the 800 series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted June 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Why you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SefirothDB Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 I'm guessing DirectX 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCFreak Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Yes, DirectX 10. This is still a pretty good card, but will have no support for DirectX 10 that Windows Vista will have. This card will beat the crap out of my 6200 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 DX10 is precisely the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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