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The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by abuzar1, Jun 25, 2008.

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    If Nvidia is dead, then so am I :(

    LOL! Totally joking. I could care less about it. The only thing about Nvidia that really deserved/s my attention is Cuda! Does Ati have something comparable? I should certainly hope so. The idea that GPU's could be used for something other than Graphics processing is quite intriguing. I've likely forgotten what it is Ati offers. But if Ati is all the gaming world gets now, then I suppose I better turn my attention to them. (This is not fanboyism), I simply don't own anything by ati, so it never seemed important. I'm rather selective how I spend my time ROFL! As im sure we all are.

    Ahhhh...Ati Stream
     
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    ATI Stream and OpenCL are the beginnings of ATI's effort.
     
    sammorris, Oct 22, 2009
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    I don't know why people tend to say could care less, since it actually makes no sense; couldn't care less is the correct saying ;)
     
    Shokz, Oct 22, 2009
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    Yeah I know, I see that a lot. Always makes me annoyed, but I never bother saying anything :p
     
    sammorris, Oct 22, 2009
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    LOL! I aim to displease. Nah, actually I agree. Since its generally used by many, thats what I say. But your 100% correct. :p
     
    omegaman7, Oct 22, 2009
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    It's you're.
     
    sammorris, Oct 22, 2009
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    I do that sometimes :p Sue me LOL!
     
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    Oh my God I lol'd - I was totally thinking that xD

    I tend to only correct people I know - I don't feel so bad about it then :p
     
    Shokz, Oct 22, 2009
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    If we were not corrected, how would we learn from our mistakes? :)

    Know this, Im incredibly open minded. I will never explode on someone. Tell me what your thinking anytime. Correct me when you need to :) Pretty hard to push my buttons...
     
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    Is this real? Not even kidding I can't tell. Is that just a very well worded joke article or what? A name like semiaccurate.com makes me wary...

    If it's real wow. Epic fail. Explains why we haven't seen a working prototype yet :p
     
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    That's what I'm thinking. It's way too subtle if it is a joke, and all of the history in the article is genuine. Nothing seems out of the ordinary with it. As the article says, the GTX285 and GTX275 are disappearing fast, the GTX260 is the only one of the three still available from more than a couple of brands.
     
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    Well, it's a bit odd... Didn't BFG only bring out a new GTX295 card at the end of last month? Surely they'd know if nVidia were going to stop production o.o
     
    Shokz, Oct 23, 2009
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    The GTX295 hasn't 'officially' been culled like the 260/275/285 but it may only be a matter of time. The new GTX295 architecture isn't THAT new.
     
    sammorris, Oct 23, 2009
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    Wow that is shocking. Aren't ATi still producing 4870s and they're on the verge of releasing a bunch of new hardware at the same time.
     
    Estuansis, Oct 23, 2009
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    Nah, the 4870 has been pulled from production. They just made so many there are still plenty around (in the US at least). The HD4890 will remain in production for now. Not sure about the HD4850, I expect that's going as well, the HD4800 is being directly replaced by the HD5700, with the exception of course that the HD4870X2 has been replaced by the HD5870.
     
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    Getting a little bit more into dragon rising now I'm playing it, but it's very difficult to play due to the frame rate. 1680x1050 with no AA the max I can get once I've been injured is 16-17fps, which is tricky to play with.

    Edit: Found the trick. If you get hurt or die, your frame rate is quartered unless you change res. Change the res and the frame rate comes back until the next time you get injured.
    On top of this, I found:

    Jeeps can't run over people
    Jeeps explode on contact with water
    Occasionally, walking forwards turns into walking upwards. Hold down sprint, and you'll bounce about 30-40 feet up in the air, still making the walking noise and animation.
    Not impressed with this.
     
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    That's interesting because I played at 1680x1050 with everything maxed (and so did my friend) and neither of us had any problems and the frame rate was perfectly smooth. We're both still using DX9 so that could be the difference our experiences.

     
    Red_Maw, Oct 24, 2009
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    Hmm sounds a lot like a Codemasters game...
     
    keith1993, Oct 24, 2009
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    I thought it was a DX9 only game anyway... But yeah, I've had no problems with any slowdown either - ATI only problem?
     
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