6800nu 512mb?

[superklye]

What the...?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121216


I don't even get what the point is...512MB of GDDR2 on a 128-bit bus with only 12 pipes. It seems completely unnecessary, especially for this card.

Hell, why not make a 512MB 6600GT while you're at it?

[Medion]

The average consumer assumes that more memory is better (without cosidering other things).

Heck, my father-in-law think's he's some kind of PC expert. He is stll pissed at me for building my wife a new rig, because he thinks that the A64 X2 3800+ (2.0ghz) is slower than the old P4 2.2ghz in her machine. Her machine didn't even use DDR memory.

[Dazz]

As far as i am aware all 6800's have a 256bit bus. All that differs is clock speeds and memory. Looks like i am wrong http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=992&l1=2&l2=7&l3=3 however the 540MHz memory doen't say the effective rate or not so it could be 1080MHz.

[snowmanwithahat]

The average consumer assumes that more memory is better (without cosidering other things).

Heck, my father-in-law think's he's some kind of PC expert. He is stll pissed at me for building my wife a new rig, because he thinks that the A64 X2 3800+ (2.0ghz) is slower than the old P4 2.2ghz in her machine. Her machine didn't even use DDR memory.

yeh.... i get that alot too, don't you hate it when you get those stupid parents who think they know what they doing?

"what are you doing" -him
"adding more memory" - me
"you asshole, now i have to re-install all my stuff" -him
"ummm no... shut up" -me