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topicmaker Veteran
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: Short Quad SLI cards on their way |
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The Inquirer reports that new, shorter Quad SLI cards are about to hit the retail market. Quad SLI
requires special dual-PCB graphics cards, but current models are unfortunately very long, and it
would be difficult to fit them in of the month as NVIDIA introduces a so-called GeForce 7950 GTX 2
(Arghhh. More name craziness!)....read more |
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miglaugh Senior Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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"The price is high but it is not that bad, compared, say, with the price of a single-chip 7900 GTX that can easily go over €600."
Where the hell are they getting those numbers from? They must be talking about when the card was first released. It just costs a little bit more than $500 now, and thats about half of what they are talking about (€600 = $1050).
Inquirer is wack. |
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miglaugh Senior Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30972
"To cut the story short, here is the message: expect high-end desktops with TWO CPU SOCKETS soon... i.e. Quad-SLI (and possibly Quad CrossFire) mainboards with dual-socket workstation/server CPUs, but desktop balls and whistles like overclocking, low-latency memory, super sound, etc."
Maybe I spoke too soon. |
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admin Site Admin
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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miglaugh wrote: | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30972
"To cut the story short, here is the message: expect high-end desktops with TWO CPU SOCKETS soon... i.e. Quad-SLI (and possibly Quad CrossFire) mainboards with dual-socket workstation/server CPUs, but desktop balls and whistles like overclocking, low-latency memory, super sound, etc."
Maybe I spoke too soon. |
Well, we will see. I don't plan to buy Quad-SLI anyway I wonder how the game companies gonna close the gap in terms of a reason for why you need x GFX card and x CPU... |
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miglaugh Senior Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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nevermind my original post, I lost track of euros vs pounds.... duh! |
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admin Site Admin
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Hehe €800 to €900 == $800 to $900 in the US (if we consider the numeric similarity between European and US hardware prices...) |
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