I propose a BOYCOTT!!!

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
The video card industry is kind of in a rut when it comes to pricing. While other components have stayed relatively the same in cost, or dropped, video card prices have continually climbed. When the Voodoo2 was top dog it was a little over 200... something like that. Now if you want the best you've got to drop more than half a grand. And that AIN'T inflation, people. Maybe as the industry transitions to multicore tech, like the CPU industry is doing, we'll see more reasonable prices as there will, hopefully, be less of a push to smaller dies and rediculously fast (and EXPENSIVE) memory.

From this Anandtech article, dated August 14th, 2000:

The Cost
With very fast memory, high yield chips, and a minimum of 64MB of SDRAM on the cards, how expensive do you think the new GeForce2 Ultra will be? It?s definitely not going to be at the $400 mark the 64MB GeForce2 GTS cards began selling at, nope, you?re looking at around $500 for a GeForce2 Ultra.

 

[five40]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
I think that this whole video card thing has gone too far too. Has anyone here seen BLACK for PS2? The graphics, sound, and physics, are about the same as computers, but the GPU is so much older. how did they do this? Optimization people!!

lol. Post of the year. I about fell over when I read this.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: five40

Originally posted by: Crescent13
I think that this whole video card thing has gone too far too. Has anyone here seen BLACK for PS2? The graphics, sound, and physics, are about the same as computers, but the GPU is so much older. how did they do this? Optimization people!!

lol. Post of the year. I about fell over when I read this.

Same here. Crescent13, you do know it doesn't take much to run a game at 480x480 (I believe that's the PS2's internal resolution when it isn't in HD mode) without AA, AF, and at 30 FPS right?

 

[RU482]

It sure sucks, being on the far end of a niche market

 

[HamburgerBoy]

My 9200 plays all good games fine.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
If we do this we can have ATI and Nvidia at our fingertips. We tell them what we will buy, not they telling us.

At ATi HQ:

"Sir we have a problem in bravo sector"

"What is going on?"

"We have a bunch of whiney teenagers who have decided to strike against our high priced cards"

"Oh...really?"

"YA RLY"

"Fvck em"

"k"

This made my day.

Seriously though, I wish more engines were as efficient as the Source engine. It's really quite amazing IMO.

 

[intogamer]

um... Nvidia and ATI can do whatever they want
also for developers


your just complaining too much...
its just how it works and you just don't like how they do

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
My 9200 plays all good games fine.

At 640x480 on your 14" CRT? I'll take all the AA\AF high-res goodness I can get.

 

[shortylickens]

1. Organized boycotts are illegal.
2. This belongs in Video.
3. Source is definately ahead of its time.

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Ummm...
last I checked, there were dozens, if not hundreds, of really affordable video cards out there... did they suddenly just disappear?

Thats what I was thinking. It would be weird if we all started complaining about how expensive Lamborghinis are. Its not like we have to buy them. Factories do make cheaper cars.
Sports models are for folks who have the money and feel like spending to look cool.

We live in capitalism, not in communism.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: MDE
At 640x480 on your 14" CRT? I'll take all the AA\AF high-res goodness I can get.

800x600 on a 19" CRT.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
I'm sick of all the high priced video cards nowadays. I say Instead of what developers are doing now, they optimize code instead (i.e. console style.) that way everyone will get the same card and have great performance!!

If us consumers stick together, we could do this!!

Right, so because the developers of the software are not optimising their programs enough we'll punish the hardware manufactorers with a boycott. That makes sense.

If anything, you should be boycotting the games. And I'll have to remind you that you can't boycott a product you couldn't afford the product in the first place. I've been "boycotting" high end 3d cards since their creation! Because I don't have $500 to spend on a video card!

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
But serisously, I thought people would like this idea...

Oh well

that's because you're a n00b and you have no idea how the majority of people on this forum, like chuck norris, don't sleep but wait for nubs to post rediculous ideas like this that are so easy to flame

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
But serisously, I thought people would like this idea...

Oh well

that's because you're a n00b and you have no idea how the majority of people on this forum, like chuck norris, don't sleep but wait for nubs to post rediculous ideas like this that are so easy to flame

Lighten up dude, jeez

loser

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
But serisously, I thought people would like this idea...

Oh well

that's because you're a n00b and you have no idea how the majority of people on this forum, like chuck norris, don't sleep but wait for nubs to post rediculous ideas like this that are so easy to flame

Lighten up dude, jeez

loser

:laugh:
seriously, you obviously have no idea how people on this forum think

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
But serisously, I thought people would like this idea...

Oh well

that's because you're a n00b and you have no idea how the majority of people on this forum, like chuck norris, don't sleep but wait for nubs to post rediculous ideas like this that are so easy to flame

Lighten up dude, jeez

loser

:laugh:
seriously, you obviously have no idea how people on this forum think

Just though it would be a humerous thread Mr pshychologist

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
But serisously, I thought people would like this idea...

Oh well

that's because you're a n00b and you have no idea how the majority of people on this forum, like chuck norris, don't sleep but wait for nubs to post rediculous ideas like this that are so easy to flame

Lighten up dude, jeez

loser

:laugh:
seriously, you obviously have no idea how people on this forum think

Just though it would be a humerous thread Mr pshychologist

:laugh:
oh it certainly is that!

 

[shortylickens]

Oh, we're having a blast!

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
I'm sick of all the high priced video cards nowadays. I say Instead of what developers are doing now, they optimize code instead (i.e. console style.) that way everyone will get the same card and have great performance!!

If us consumers stick together, we could do this!!

Right, so because the developers of the software are not optimising their programs enough we'll punish the hardware manufactorers with a boycott. That makes sense.

If anything, you should be boycotting the games. And I'll have to remind you that you can't boycott a product you couldn't afford the product in the first place. I've been "boycotting" high end 3d cards since their creation! Because I don't have $500 to spend on a video card!

Sorry I didn't think this through. Your right, before anyone posts they should pull up a chair, and think long and hard about anything that doesn't make sense in theyre thread. And then, only then, it would be safe to post (after thinking about it some more)

 

[OrganizedChaos]

still using my RADEON 64MB DDR VIVO that i paid $200 for.

i don't need one of them fancy cards with there fancy model numbers

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
I'm sick of all the high priced video cards nowadays. I say Instead of what developers are doing now, they optimize code instead (i.e. console style.) that way everyone will get the same card and have great performance!!

If us consumers stick together, we could do this!!

Right, so because the developers of the software are not optimising their programs enough we'll punish the hardware manufactorers with a boycott. That makes sense.

If anything, you should be boycotting the games. And I'll have to remind you that you can't boycott a product you couldn't afford the product in the first place. I've been "boycotting" high end 3d cards since their creation! Because I don't have $500 to spend on a video card!

Sorry I didn't think this through. Your right, before anyone posts they should pull up a chair, and think long and hard about anything that doesn't make sense in theyre thread. And then, only then, it would be safe to post (after thinking about it some more)

now you're getting it!
there's hope for you grasshopper!

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
still using my RADEON 64MB DDR VIVO that i paid $200 for.
i don't need one of them fancy cards with there fancy model numbers

I also payed 200 bucks for it.
Great card and lasted a long time. 64 megs of video memory is plenty for setting up a display at any resolution.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
still using my RADEON 64MB DDR VIVO that i paid $200 for.

i don't need one of them fancy cards with there fancy model numbers

Please, who wouldn't want an nVIDIA GeForce 8800GTXO StarSword Elite FPS Blazer Fatal1ty NoobPWNER?

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
still using my RADEON 64MB DDR VIVO that i paid $200 for.

i don't need one of them fancy cards with there fancy model numbers

Please, who wouldn't want an nVIDIA GeForce 8800GTXO StarSword Elite FPS Blazer Fatal1ty NoobPWNER?

you forgot ultra

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
still using my RADEON 64MB DDR VIVO that i paid $200 for.

i don't need one of them fancy cards with there fancy model numbers

Please, who wouldn't want an nVIDIA GeForce 8800GTXO StarSword Elite FPS Blazer Fatal1ty NoobPWNER?

LOL I want a NoobPWN3R...I would piss myself if I saw a GFX card called that lol!

 

[Slacker]

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