THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on October 08, 2009, 08:05:07 PM
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/nvidia-halting-chipset-development-after-all/
if Intel gets a stranglehold on chipsets, you can kiss stable graphics drivers goodbye
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my 4850 is cool.
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meh It's only integrated chips.
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ATI :bow2
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huahuahuahua
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nothing wrong with ATI/AMD
in fact the pendulum has started to swing back in their camp
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Onboard PhysX :'(
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So the rumors about NVIDIA being bought by Nintendo might be true
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It makes sense since Nvidia plans to compete with both Intel and AMD in not just 3d graphics but also general computing.
For example, Nvidia supposedly already have a GPU acclerated anti-virus utiliy that will soon be released.
With regards to Eel's concern, he shouldn't fret because no serious gamer would use an intergrated graphics chip anyway.
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I got a GTX 275 a month or so ago and think it's great. I've been using Nvidia cards since my first dedicated beast gaming PC in early 2000s with my 4600. I think it was the 6800 ultra, then the 8800gt, and now the GTX 275. That said, if in 2+ years when I feel the need to upgrade and ATI is the undisputed king, then I will have no problem getting their stuff.
And I'm all for competition and all, but it was getting stupid. Physx is nice and all but it was mostly just a bulletpoint to say "get this over that!" Right now they're doing it again with 3D. ATI kinda pushed ahead with a more practical solution of making a powerful DX11 card.
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I haven't used an ATI card since the X1900 but I have to say that the 5870 is one of the best cards I've had in the last 5 years. Sure it doesn't do Physx but if you're hardcore enough to own a top tier videocard, you should also have a seperate GPU that is dedicated to just Physx acceleration. I'll go into more details once I've complied more benchmark data but right now I would recommend 2 5870s over any multi-gpu configurations. 2x5870s are even better than 2x295. For single GPU, it's a toss-up between the 295 GTX and 5870. The 295 is a bit faster in most scenarios and has PhysX support but the 5870 is much quieter, supports DX11 features and could possibly be faster in future games.
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ahahahah die pc gaming ahahahaha
jk. would suck shit if they dropped out completely...they have the best drivers. Got so much use out of my 8800GTS 512 :'(
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So the rumors about NVIDIA being bought by Nintendo might be true
NINVIDIA Wii 2.0, powered by the RIVA TNT2 GPU. :bow2