2.3x the rendering power of a 6800 at 50% the power and takes up only 1 slot.

less power = less heat = quieter cooling

Also, the sons of bitches released SLI to the mainstream market. You can pick up SLI nForce boards now, tho I don't know if the 7800's have SLI capability, tho I don't see why they wouldn't. I know for sure the 6600's will.

The 7800 GTX goes for $599. nuts.

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lol

Flux, you been living in with a blanket over your head?

I hope you're being sarcastic. . . i really REALLY hope so. . .

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

Nvidia has an SLI chipset for Intel now, not just AMD.

The 6600, 6800, and 7800 all support SLI. I've even seen them in action. (albeit, and a tradeshow, but they weren't just reference designs)

Nvidia is working on SLI 2.

Dual core processors are out for both AMD and Intel, and the AMD dual core stomp all over the Intel offerings, even over the single core parts especially in gaming.

ATi has their solution to SLi, call Crossfire, and it gets the highest 3dmark scores.

I think that about brings you up to date. . . more or less.

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Oh yeah, Serious Sam is getting a new engine

MSI hit 7.3GB/s on memory bandwidth with their P4N Nforce4 Intel board with DDR2 - 1200 memory from PQI

There, I think that's it.

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

BTW, I like ATi's solution better since it will work with ALL games.

[ 06-25-2005: Message edited by: Obsidian ]

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I knew nVidia had SLI out, but that article lead me to believe that it wasn't available in consumer-level products. I also know about SLI 2, but since I'm not an ATi fan, I didn't know about Crossfire, although it doesn't surprise me. Dual-core processors aren't news either.

Samsung is trying to push for flash memory drives instead of spinning platters, Toshiba developed a battery that recovers 80% of its charge in 1 minute, a few companies are trying to make ultra-HD TVs using carbon nanotubes and other various materials and I still don't have a flying car.
http://news.google.com/?ned=us&topic=t

That's basically my exclusive online news source, so if it doesn't show up on there, it gets by me. Haven't read it regularly for the past few weeks tho.

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[ 06-25-2005: Message edited by: Flux ]

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Originally posted by Flux:
Oh, and I don't give a shit about Serious Sam.

[ 06-25-2005: Message edited by: Flux ]

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Who does? That game sucked.

In short they fuck you in the ass without the benefit of a reach around.

Take a close look at some of the items in their pricelist. Then go down to best buy and check their prices for the same item. 90% of the time, the prices will be the same. The other ten percent, Ingram will be more expensive.

At work, we use Ingram for some things we can't locate anywhere else, and they are ALWAYS the most expensive for just about anything else. You'd do better locating an online shop on Pricewatch, or buying from New Egg.

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”