Author Topic: first direct x 10 graphics cards now availabl (Read 6946 times)

spengo · « **on:** November 09, 2006, 09:47:00 am »

Check out this beautiful babe: http://www.gpureview.com/GeForce-880-GTX-card-474.html
sexy, no? :lol:

Direct x 10, shader model 4, 768MB dedicated video ram, 86.4GB/s memory bandwidth, and an utterly ridiculous amount of pipelines! This thing more than triples the performance of the previous top cards! :gah:

(it also costs $50-$800 on newegg :wacko:

) I may need to reserve some funds from next summers working-ness to build a desktop. o.o

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2006, 01:19:00 pm »

now if only my motherboard supported PCI express and AGP cards...

rivereye · « **Reply #2 on:** November 09, 2006, 03:30:00 pm »

there are going to be DirectX 10 AGP cards?

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2006, 03:52:00 pm »

i doubt it, but i meant my pc only support normal PCI cards (not PCI-E) so all i could get is a radeon 9250 card (128 MB), there was nothing else avaliable in stores

spengo · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2006, 04:17:00 pm »

Yeah, pretty much everything has switched from AGP to PCI-E these days.

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2006, 04:26:00 pm »

if only computer stuff didnt kept changing all the time..., ppl wouldnt need to get a new computer every 5 years

spengo · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2006, 04:47:00 pm »

hmm... I upgrade every 3 years or so.

But then, I consider it time to upgrade when the newest game either does not run or only runs on low settings on my computers.

Sometimes, however, computers can still be pwning up to 5-6 years and all you need is to upgrade the graphics card and ram.

crzyrbl · « **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2006, 07:13:00 pm »

For those w/ AGP, I wouldnt count on them releasing an AGP card. Consider yourselves lucky that you got a decent one last time.

Spellshaper · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2006, 08:26:00 pm »

Mmmmm... curvy graphics card... more p0w3r...

gna? *coughcough* now THAT's a price... user posted image

spengo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2006, 10:04:00 pm »

Ehh, well it was the same the radeon x1950's came out.

They will be cheaper soon trust me.

Graphics cards depreciate in value very very rapidly.

Spellshaper · « **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2006, 10:22:00 pm »

heh. I am a Radeon fan, so I am gunna wait for the R600. *huggles ATI*

I want 3dfx back *sniff* *Spellshaper scrambles around to find his old V5 and huggle it *sniff*

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #11 on:** November 10, 2006, 02:49:00 am »

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QUOTE (crzyrbl @ 10 Nov, 2006, 1:13)

For those w/ AGP, I wouldnt count on them releasing an AGP card. Consider yourselves lucky that you got a decent one last time.

AGP/PCI is discontinued anyway. I seriously have no idea why they installed a normal PCI motherboard in this computer, especially since it's pretty recent (summer 2005), it has no support for PCI express and AGP at all

spengo · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2006, 06:35:00 am »

Hmm well my last two graphics cards have been ATI, (9600xt and now x700) so I think next time I'll give nvidia a shot again.

I'm good for now as I can run all the stuff I want to on high settings, but I have a feeling that won't last very long with dx10 out. o.o

@xlibman: http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category.asp?Category=20's got some cheap motherboards for $40 and less with AGP. Poke around for one that supports the cpu and stuff you have.

Oh there's even some with PCI-E for $65-ish. I seriously have no idea why you bought a pre-built computer. o.o

Build it yourself for half the price!

Spellshaper · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2006, 09:07:00 am »

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QUOTE (spengo @ 10 Nov, 2006, 18:35)

Build it yourself for half the price!

*Spellshaper seconds that. And with some silver vernish, one can do INSANE overclockingzzzzz!!!!!oneone1

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2006, 02:11:00 pm »

i have no experience in computer building i always screw up things so i would need to get a professional to build it anyway