Posted 09/23/2008 at 06:52:23pm

10 and 5 are wrong, for obvious reasons.

Posted 08/22/2008 at 12:14:03pm

Here is a link to a blog post I wrote about it:
http://www.randomcomputerstuff.com/2008/08/16/enough-raster-i-want-ray-tracing/
 

The quick version is it is much easier to code realistic engines, and scales better. 

Posted 08/21/2008 at 02:23:40pm

Cause after their chipset problems, and the huge batch of new cards that are defecetive, I definitley want an Nvidia CPU in my computer.

Posted 08/20/2008 at 08:35:41pm

"With any luck, Doroshow will become the canines within the ESA's all-bark-and-no-bite set of pearly whites. And with how hard they seem to be banking on Doroshow, we can only hope he'll come through for them. Lord knows, they need something to swing in their favor."

 Are you nuts? If this guy starts using RIAA style tactics, I will fully endorse pirating from any member of the ISA. This organization sued gramma's and dead people, and if that guy worked for them, the game industry deserves all the piracy it can get.

Posted 08/19/2008 at 06:41:59pm

I feel a lot more comfortable working on desktop beacuse you more room, and don't need to worry about cracking the screen.

Posted 08/18/2008 at 02:33:52pm

Cases with the name Poseidon should include watercooling.

Posted 08/14/2008 at 08:30:38pm

I'm not sure that last bit is true. Didn't the 8800GTX get a higher score than the 8800 Ultra?

I really think they need to look at their testing methodology, and move to a more real world review set.

Posted 08/14/2008 at 03:30:53pm

This review was absolutley horrible, for the following reasons:

1) You only used 2 real games. I could care less what it gets in 3dMark. I don't play 3dmark.

2) It currently costs around $150, which is an insane value.

3) Of those 2 games, it absolutley destroyed the 8800GT in Crysis. As for WIC, it is often heavily CPU limited. I can't tell if that is the case, because you tested it on a "qx9800" which DOESN'T EXIST.

4) In actual games, this card has been shown to outpreform the 8800gt by 20%, while using less power, at an only slightly highe retail rpice.

5) a $150 card is not supposed to be used on a $500 monitor with AA and AF. Test it at 1440x900 and 1680x1050

And please, do reviews with actual games. This one sucked.

Posted 08/13/2008 at 04:29:41pm

Upcoming? I was under the impression RV770 was already here.

Posted 08/12/2008 at 12:39:20pm

You should make that a con for everything. For example:

Graphics card warranty voided if you run it without the cooler

CPU warranty voided if you remove the heat spreader

Motherboard warranty voided if you pull off all the heatsinks