Nvidia G100 to take on R700.

[Woodelf]

Yes, there is. Take quad-core for example. It works on about two games.

First of all, were talking about gaming GPU's from ATI and Nvidia, not main processors and rocket powered cars.

Second, You said it your self "two games".
How is quad-core hurting those games?.

Third, Just because quad core isn't a viable solution today, doesn't mean it wont when developers see it as becoming popular.

"If you think your really getting your dollars worth on those brand new SLI 8800's you just bought - that will last you a life time, just wait till next year when you get spanked by a single card that actually plays the new game that you thought you could for half what you spent for SLI." I'm quoting history.

[Xion X2]

First of all, were talking about gaming GPU's from ATI and Nvidia, not main processors and rocket powered cars.

Well then perhaps you should be more clear next time, because from your reply to me here:

"There's no such thing as too much power.
Overpricing is another thing."

--there's no clue at all that you were specifying GPUs. And not just that, but I even brought forth another computer component as an example. So nice backpeddling here.

Second, You said it your self "two games".
How is quad-core hurting those games?.

Well, I guess if you want to approach it from that angle you can. However, common sense tells me that a quad-core processor isn't necessary for the ultimate gaming experience when two out of thousands of games make use of it. What that tells me is that the code needs to catch up with the hardware, which was my original point to begin with. Get it? Programmers at this time haven't even tapped-out dual-threading applications, so a high speed Conroe will do just fine for quite a while. Generally it's not sensible to buy a piece of hardware that less than 1% of the software will truly benefit from for the next 6 months.

Third, Just because quad core isn't a viable solution today, doesn't mean it wont when developers see it as becoming popular.

Well, duh. Of course it will benefit in the future at some point, but by the time it finally does, there will be a new line of processors out, both dual and quad, that will have faster clocks and probably run cooler, as well as being cheaper than the current models. The current models are new tech and are always priced much higher.

"If you think your really getting your dollars worth on those brand new SLI 8800's you just bought - that will last you a life time, just wait till next year when you get spanked by a single card that actually plays the new game that you thought you could for half what you spent for SLI." I'm quoting history.

*sigh* This looks like nothing but some jealous rambling bullsh*@ from another SLI-hating twit. And I don't appreciate you putting words in my mouth. I never said nor implied that my SLI'd 8800's "will last a life time." And anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that by this time next year there will be a single card out that will spank them. Yeah, so what. By that time I will have upgraded again with an SLI setup that will spank that.

I just need to add this line to my signature from now on:

"I bought my SLI setup because it both benefits current games (Oblivion, Call of Juarez, Vanguard, etc.) and will benefit Crysis and other Direct X 10 games that are released this year. I also watercool, so I wanted a setup that I wouldn't have to take apart for a while and something strong enough that I could skip a gen with (8900GTX)."

[Woodelf]

Well then perhaps you should be more clear next time, because from your reply to me here:

"There's no such thing as too much power.
Overpricing is another thing."

--there's no clue at all that you were specifying GPUs. And not just that, but I even brought forth another computer component as an example. So nice backpeddling here.



Well, I guess if you want to approach it from that angle you can. However, common sense tells me that a quad-core processor isn't necessary for the ultimate gaming experience when two out of thousands of games make use of it. What that tells me is that the code needs to catch up with the hardware, which was my original point to begin with. Get it? Programmers at this time haven't even tapped-out dual-threading applications, so a high speed Conroe will do just fine for quite a while. Generally it's not sensible to buy a piece of hardware that less than 1% of the software will truly benefit from for the next 6 months.



Well, duh. Of course it will benefit in the future at some point, but by the time it finally does, there will be a new line of processors out, both dual and quad, that will have faster clocks and probably run cooler, as well as being cheaper than the current models. The current models are new tech and are always priced much higher.



*sigh* This looks like nothing but some jealous rambling bullsh*@ from another SLI-hating twit. And I don't appreciate you putting words in my mouth. I never said nor implied that my SLI'd 8800's "will last a life time." And anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that by this time next year there will be a single card out that will spank them. Yeah, so what. By that time I will have upgraded again with an SLI setup that will spank that.

I just need to add this line to my signature from now on:

"I bought my SLI setup because it both benefits current games (Oblivion, Call of Juarez, Vanguard, etc.) and will benefit Crysis and other Direct X 10 games that are released this year. I also watercool, so I wanted a setup that I wouldn't have to take apart for a while and something strong enough that I could skip a gen with (8900GTX)."


Wow, your kind of childish.
If you would have just read the thread title and not strayed off into trolling this into your own little thread, you'd have seen what My first post meant.
I believe walgreens has what you've been looking for, they don't carry them here.
Lighten up.

[Xion X2]

:rolleyes2

[SH0DAN]

Yes, there is. Take quad-core for example. It works on about two games.


And those games do not take proper advanage of all four cores,even close to fully... :thumbdwn:

Look at [H]'s review of Supreme Commander.... not 'kinda' dissapointing,but
very much so... :(

[FastRedPonyCar]

First of all, were talking about gaming GPU's from ATI and Nvidia, not main processors and rocket powered cars.

Second, You said it your self "two games".
How is quad-core hurting those games?.

Third, Just because quad core isn't a viable solution today, doesn't mean it wont when developers see it as becoming popular.

"If you think your really getting your dollars worth on those brand new SLI 8800's you just bought - that will last you a life time, just wait till next year when you get spanked by a single card that actually plays the new game that you thought you could for half what you spent for SLI." I'm quoting history.

Yup. It's what happend to my brother's system. I built his 939 system a little over a year ago with an X1600Pro. He added a 2nd one about 3 months later and the performance was great. I think each one though was like $300 at the time.

Now my one 7600 stomps both of those in game benchmarks. A pair of 7600's wouldn't be able to come close to a single 8800GTS/GTX and I'm sure that a single G100 will be able to wipe the floor with a pair fo 8800's.

That's just the way it is and the way it always will be.

[OldGamer]

Crysis will be a tough game for 2560x1600, 2xAA and 16xAF I think... even with dual 8800 GTX.

I would be very happy with 2560x1600, 2xAA and 8xAF :captnkill:

[walterman]

It's getting to the point now where hardware is already overkill and the coding just needs to catch up (multithreaded apps, DX10, etc.).

Yes, i'm with you here.

We've very powerfull hardware, but very bad coding that wastes it.

[Dreamingawake]

I dunno why everyone's worried. I have a core 2 duo E6300, 2Gb OCZ Ram, Vista Premium, and a Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB, and you know what? I'm not worried
at all on how Crysis will run. In fact, I'm sure it will be MORE than playable
at 1280x1024 with all details maxed. (not sure about AA, maybe 2x)? But w/e
it's still going to look freaking amazing, and I bet it'll run 40fps+ easy. All you gotta do is know how to optimize your system to get the most out of it!!!

[Mr_LoL]

Still arguing about Crysis I see :lol: