MarcVenice
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Some 9800gt cards are 55nm to though. At first I didn't think it was true, but it is. Some 9800gt's can hit insane clockspeeds, and rival a HD4850 in speed.
Here's one of the problems no-one in this thread has considered. Consoles. Faster videocards are nice, but if there are no engines to make use of all the horsepower the latest videocard has, what's the use of it? Why do I think not so many new engines will be out to take advantage of more graphic power then a HD4870 or gtx280 can allready offer? Well, there are very few PC only games, most devs develop for console and PC alike. PC's often get higher res textures, but besides that they don't get graphics that completely blow away the console version, this would cost to much, while most profit is made on console games.
Now, the next gen consoles aren't due for I think 4 more years, 2012.
Not saying a 8800gt will last till 2012, and that we will see no graphical improvements, it just wont be that stellar. Hence the Nvidia focus on Physx for example. Perhaps dx11 can stir things up a little, but that's it.
Here's one of the problems no-one in this thread has considered. Consoles. Faster videocards are nice, but if there are no engines to make use of all the horsepower the latest videocard has, what's the use of it? Why do I think not so many new engines will be out to take advantage of more graphic power then a HD4870 or gtx280 can allready offer? Well, there are very few PC only games, most devs develop for console and PC alike. PC's often get higher res textures, but besides that they don't get graphics that completely blow away the console version, this would cost to much, while most profit is made on console games.
Now, the next gen consoles aren't due for I think 4 more years, 2012.
Not saying a 8800gt will last till 2012, and that we will see no graphical improvements, it just wont be that stellar. Hence the Nvidia focus on Physx for example. Perhaps dx11 can stir things up a little, but that's it.