Things you wish graphics card companies did...

[Bobthelost]

Personally

1) Better stock cooling, with the exceptions of the 7800GTX (512) and 7900GTX cooler there are much, much better coolers around, quieter and cooler running than stock. I would be more than happy to add £30 to the cost of my card to get a vf900 or AC NV5 fitted on it already. I think it's safe to say that there is a market for it, why are they so hard to find? (Gigabyte did it for a while with a vf700AlCu i think)

2) Better warranty;
a) One that allows overclocking (like the XFX and eVGA warranties)
b) One that lets you swap out the heatsink withtout voiding it
c) Dont' waste my time with a lifetime warranty, give me four years and the above options and i'll me more than happy.

The main irritation with this is ATI, why the hell do none of thier partners give these options!? At least with eVGA there is one nvida company that gives enthusiasts what they want in a warranty.

 

[Corporate Thug]

highest end cards priced at no more than $100

 

[Bobthelost]

Come on, at least mine were possible :|

 

[F1shF4t]

Yea, if they put a better cooler on my 7800gt, that thing is the loudest in my system.
And how about get rid of this quad sli stupidity, and sli while u at it, or something even worse, crossfire, no thanks i have enough cables at the back of my comp.

And if u do leave sli and crossfire, at least make cards less expensive, as every single high end card is MORE expensive and then u have to pay double to get the best.

 

[Ryan Norton]

Agree on all your points... the cooling is the biggest deal. I loved the results after I put a Zalman VF700Cu on my 7800GTX, but I hated having to do it myself. I mean, it's fun, but the risk/warranty issues... More specifically about cooling, I think VGA RAM cooling sucks. Aftermarket ramsinks with thermal tape are OK, and downright necessary with certain coolers, but the blue ramsinks that came with my VF700 got HOT to the touch after 2 minutes of 3D, even with a 120mm fan blowing ~1000 RPM right on the card.

I'm receiving an EVGA 7900GTX from Stepup tomorrow and I'm excited to have it, but I wonder whether the cooler will still be too loud. Plus, the fact that it exhausts what looks like half of its hot air into the case is annoying. I'm sure I'll want to change it sooner or later, but I haven't seen anybody else do that yet and that thing is scary and massive.

 

[JBT]

PowerColor's Warrenty is pretty decent....

 

[CP5670]

Fix up the AF. I want to see the same AF quality I used to get on my old Geforce 3.

 

[openwheelformula1]

HDCP

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HDCP G0D D@mn IT HDCP Why are they so damn CHEAP????????????

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: JBT
PowerColor's Warrenty is pretty decent....

Possibly, but it's incredibly badly written.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Listen to the end user.

- M4H

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Personally

1) Better stock cooling, with the exceptions of the 7800GTX (512) and 7900GTX cooler there are much, much better coolers around, quieter and cooler running than stock. I would be more than happy to add £30 to the cost of my card to get a vf900 or AC NV5 fitted on it already. I think it's safe to say that there is a market for it, why are they so hard to find? (Gigabyte did it for a while with a vf700AlCu i think)

2) Better warranty;
a) One that allows overclocking (like the XFX and eVGA warranties)
b) One that lets you swap out the heatsink withtout voiding it
c) Dont' waste my time with a lifetime warranty, give me four years and the above options and i'll me more than happy.

The main irritation with this is ATI, why the hell do none of thier partners give these options!? At least with eVGA there is one nvida company that gives enthusiasts what they want in a warranty.

HIS made ATi cards with Arctic Silencers on I believe (at least for the 9800's). - seems they are doing it with X1900's as well.
Sapphire have cards with pre-fitted waterblocks.
Leadtek put a Quadro heatsink on one of their desktop 7800GTX's I believe (factory OCed card I believe.).
It's been done and is still being done... They are just the exception and not the rule.


Ah yes, forgot the cards fitted with "silent" coolers as well.

 

[coldpower27]

The 7900 GTX was cheaper then both the 7800 GTX 512 and 7800 GTX were at launch with a 499 MSRP

 

[Alaa]

i hope they dnt fool us more and release powerful cards tht can play games..not forcing us to get Sli of Cfire

 

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
highest end cards priced at no more than $100

That would be possible if they only released the 6600 vanilla

I'd love to be able to hook my graphics card up to my laptop, just as an add on to my docking station. I don't see why this isn't possible.

 

[redbox]

voltage mods on the card(i.e. trimmers), better hsf, dual core gpu instead of dual gpu's on one pcb or two cards. ummmmmmm that's it until my next refresh. Hopefully when project offset comes out.

 

[liquid51]

or what about some sort of socket system? I know a gpu socket on the mobo idea was floating around somewhere, but had some bandwidth issues, or something. So what about a video motherboard? A pci-e mobo with a socket for a gpu and some gddr?
I'm sure it's been thought of before somewhere, and there's obviousely some massive drawback I'm sure, but how nice would it be to be able to upgrade your card with a $100 gpu as apposed to the whole thing?
Or how about this? "I overvolted my gpu and fried my video card. Good thing it was an older gpu and I have this spare gpu here."

 

[Kromis]

I wish they would have video card blowouts/sales more often. The marketing is done so well that it's driving me crazy! I mean, there are so many blasted " x-card vs y-card " and "what should I buy" threads. But hey, it's a commodity, much like oil.

 

[BFG10K]

1) Better stock cooling, with the exceptions of the 7800GTX (512) and 7900GTX cooler there are much, much better coolers around, quieter and cooler running than stock. I would be more than happy to add £30 to the cost of my card to get a vf900 or AC NV5 fitted on it already.

I totally agree.

 

[Alaa]

my 2nd wish..dedicated computer for gaming! NO high priced consoles NO shared-between-games-&-software PCs

 

[akugami]

Originally posted by: Alaa
my 2nd wish..dedicated computer for gaming! NO high priced consoles NO shared-between-games-&-software PCs

Isn't that another way of saying you want a gaming console? Think about it.

 

[Sonikku]

No new video card interfaces that require a Motherboard/CPU upgrade for little to no difference in video card performance.

Yeah, Pcie might have more potential then AGP8x. But where's the beef? Are Pcie cards doing a hell of a lot more for games then their AGP counterparts? Probably doing more for motherboard sales then performance.

 

[RyanVM]

CHANGE THE DAMN BRAND NAMES.

Honestly, Geforce and Radeon are horribly tired. Time to start with something fresh. Of course, with today's companies being run by the marketing departments, I shudder to think what stupid names they'd come up with to replace them :laugh:

 

[Munky]

I just wish they'd spend more money on R&D and less money on marketing.

 

[Golgatha]

A nearly silent DHES cooler! Even the 7900GTX and 7800GTX 512MB exhaust out both sides of the stock cooler. If you're going to take up two slots, why not rid my case of all the heat created by the video card.

I would also like nVidia to license Intel for SLI, to get 955X and 975X motherboards supporting all possible graphics combinations. Conversely, I would like ATI to give nVidia a license to put Crossfire on nForce boards for the same reason.

 

[Keysplayr]

I want the cards to be smaller (credit card size or smaller even), dead quiet (passive), cool, and not draw enough power to light up a small city. Basically, I want what they might end up like in 10 or so years.

Wishful thinking. I would like these attributes for all PC parts. I want my computer (desktop that is) to be the size of a CD-ROM drive or smaller eventually. Small form factor PC's are nice an all, but the components that go into them (save the motherboard) are all still Ginormous in comparison.