Recent content by Rhino2

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    No Larrabee this year

    I'm saddened at having to wait to see it make its debut, but hopefully this will just mean a better product in the end.
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    No buzz about GTX 260?

    That is exactly what I meant, taking the statement alone out of context with the rest of the post, of course it doesn't make any sense. In comparison between the 260 and 4870 though, it makes perfect sense, as the 260's 448 bit bus doesn't net it any memory bandwidth over the 4870's 256 bit bus...
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    No buzz about GTX 260?

    Re:Re: DX10.1: Assassin's Creed was DX10.1, it was patched down to DX10 (they deny it was because it's a TIMTBP game), but one of the advantages people were seeing on DX10.1 was a 20%ish performance increase with AA enabled, so as another point, I wouldn't write off DX10.1 as "minor", and only...
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    No buzz about GTX 260?

    I'm not sure why the 448 and 512 bit memory buses on the 260 and 280 respectively would go under a "pro" column. 868mb of ram? Sure, thats more than 512, add it to the "pros", but the wider bus doesn't actually translate into higher memory bandwidth, so it's not a "pro", it's not really a "con"...
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    ATi 4870 X2 (R700) previews thread

    I know there was talk of some level of GPU to GPU communication possible on the 4870x2, though until a full NDA lift we won't really know how deep this goes or if it actually affects anything.
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    ATi 4870 X2 (R700) previews thread

    Not good.
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    ATi 4870 X2 (R700) previews thread

    I would call it more "Going against the company that seems to have contempt for its customers". I make no attempts to hide my preference for ATi, I just don't like the way nVidia does business, and I don't agree with the path they've taken as far as moving GPU technology forward. I believe their...
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    4870X2 vs GTX280 Poll

    You price products at what people will pay for them, and $169 for Vista Ultimate x64 ain't terrible if you ask me. Sure thats OEM but I'm ok with that. I love linux too, provides a great free alternative, but for what I do, I need Windows, and I don't like to get in on all the "M$" - as it's...
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    4850/4870 and Vsync not working?

    Vsync appears to work fine on my 4850 in BF2142, BF2 I can't verify.
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    who regrets buying a 4850?

    I'm not quite sure how "lucky" this is, same situation for me, except I still have the stock heatsink on my card. I did have to search around a bit to find the profile fix, but I wasn't having a huge heat problem even before that, my idle temps were way too high (80c) but it never really went up...
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    Asus HD4850 $164.99 after $30 MIR on Newegg

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    Upgrade from x1950 pro?

    I'd wait till the 4850's drop to around $150, or pick one up now if you can find it that cheap, since you game at such a low resolution there's no rush to upgrade, though the 4850 would be a good snag for $150 incase you ever are in a situation where you can take the resolution up a notch or two.
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    HD48xx video + audio output?

    Surprised? Did you not look at any pictures of the card before you bought it? Anyway, the card should have come with a DVI-HDMI converter, the 7.1 sound will still be transmitted over the HDMI through the converter. As far as Mech0z's question I can't really help because I do not know 100% one...
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    4850 folding@home very bad results!!!

    Need a few more exclamation points and question marks before I can fully understand what you're trying to say.