wouldn't you rather have gpu sockets on mobo?

[her34]

enthusiasts are paying many hundreds of dollars for a video card. the gpu chips themselves however have asp of ~$30 according to interview with Jen-Hsun Huang. you can buy whole computer systems with that much money. so much money is being spent on buying a mini mobo which seems redundant to have to buy it everytime you want to buy a gpu.

wouldn't you rather they designed a enthusiast mobo that has a gpu socket? then maybe pay $250 for a 4 or 6 channel mobo but afterwards only have to buy the gpu.


the benefits:
1) upgrading to top end gpu would cost ~$100 for gpu?
2) cooling would be better handled since space wouldn't be limited to neigboring pci slot

cons:
1) install ram in sets of 4 or 6





isn't memory bandwidth the biggest limitation of this model? will bandwidth forever skyrocket or will it become less important as resolution reaches a ceiling (1920x1080 seems enough for even enthusiasts except 30" people). and tech like edram could help relieve bandwidth


maybe amd's 4x4 will test this out

 

[wazzledoozle]

If there is a GPU socket, there will need to be dedicated memory slots for the gpu also. Maybe by the time they develop a GPU slot, system memory will be fast enough for system and video use.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

this is what torenza and cpu/gpu hybrid wish to achiive. isn't it ?

 

[JBT]

1920 x1200 for now is a enthusiasts resolution sure. Not so many years ago 800x600 was... Increases in resolution will continue to grow as well. So memory bandwidth will also need to increase.

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: her34
the gpu chips themselves however have asp of ~$30 according to interview with Jen-Hsun Huang

that's not counting the massive amounts of R&D required to make them, thats the just the cost to manufacture the actual chip afaik.