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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12344 |  Eclipse (447) Sep 20, 2006 - 03:26 pm
| » Two courses and 30 tracks?
I think you meant to say two courses and 30 cars.
I've not played GT before, but two courses doesn't sound like much.
Next they will come out with GTA:4 and if you want to buy guns in the game you need to spend real world money for them. Oh, what? you finished the 10 missions included in the Premium edition and want more? Oh, that will be an additional $1.50 per mission please! Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12052 | Eclipse (447) Sep 01, 2006 - 03:53 pm
| » I'm not crying, I'm laughing
Sure, I'm laughing so hard that my eyes start to water from the strain, so I can understand your mistake...
"And no I don't work for them I'm just a hardcore gamer who cannot stand lag."
Yeah, uh huh, right. So, what is it like being a company shill? I swear when will companies finally understand that trying to fake a "grassroots" movement just doesn't work.
Despite me thinking you are NOT a hardcore gamer. Let me disagree with you here:
About the price tag: Yes, it is way too steep for a measly 10% gain. I just upgraded from a 6800GT to a 7900GT. Let me tell you it was way more than a 10% frame rate boost and it cost about the same as this NIC.
About the 65% boost to low end rigs: You will also get a much better boost out of a $280 video card than this $280 NIC. Or perhaps a $280 CPU/mobo upgrade? Yeah, both better for low end systems than this NIC.
The "oh so awesome" 65% boost was also from an average 15FPS (min 9) to an average 24FPS (min 12). In my opinion that's like pouring chocolate sauce on horse manure and saying "MMMMMMMMmm good!". Neither of those frame rates are acceptable.
But like I said in another post, all we have to do is wait for the real benchmarks from reputable sites to sort the whole thing out. Too bad those sites will have to pay for the card since it is highly unlikely that they will be offered one for free. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12052 | Eclipse (447) Sep 01, 2006 - 03:34 pm
| Um, what sort of 3rd world internet do you use? I get consistent pings to my servers all the time. Sure, a lag spike is possible here and there, but if I get a 40's ping on Monday, I'll get a 40's ping on Friday too. It's more dependant on where the server is than what day of week / time of day.
Also, they compare frame rates, that alone could be tested by using the same computer. Additionally, it's probably the most important selling point for this "upgrade" card.
I guess it doesn't matter in the end, in a few weeks time we will have benchmarks that show if this card is worth buying or not. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12052 | Eclipse (447) Sep 01, 2006 - 11:03 am
| Oh this part is rich:
They didn't do tests on better computers because they "don't have two identical high-end rigs".
HAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA!
Oh man, thanks, I needed a laugh. You know, why not just USE ONE MACHINE AND SWAP OUT THE NIC? Oh, what is that you say? Because BigFoot said that wouldn't show the "Killer" NIC in a very favorable light? Oh, OK, it makes sense now. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12052 | Eclipse (447) Sep 01, 2006 - 10:49 am
| Wow, who would pay $280 for a NIC?
Check out that "heat sink"... HA! Good thing NICs don't get hot because I don't see how a solid piece of metal could possibly dissipate heat.
The benchmarks were done with Dell computers sporting ATI X800 GTO's btw. That's a sub $100 video card! I think their money would be better spent on a graphics card update...
Something tells me that if you ran this on a more modern machine that you wouldn't be able to measure a difference between a machine with the "Killer" NIC and one without. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12033 | Eclipse (447) Aug 31, 2006 - 03:50 pm » Edited on Aug 31, 2006 - 03:54 pm
| Well, console games are a lot more complex than they used to be. Also, there were bugs in console games before they hard drives and internet connections, but there was no way to patch them.
Did you ever have GTA:SA crash on you? Yeah, I bet you wished your PS2 had a hard drive and a method to deliver patches right about then...
Anyway, console games will always have fewer bugs since the games are written for static hardware, so I don't think we will be looking at the bugfest that is PC gaming any time soon unless the developer really rushes the game out the door.
Don't forget, in addition to patches you can download new content with that Hard drive. It's not all bad. I bet you won't be crying foul if they include a new multiplayer mode with a future patch, or new weapon types... perhaps motorcycles or helicopters? Yeah, no one will be upset to hear something like that. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10557 | Eclipse (447) Jun 05, 2006 - 02:03 pm
| I'm not a big fan of playing old titles. Maybe if it could run the old PS2 games at better frame rates... but no, if it just includes the old hardware inside that isn't a possibility.
I'd be more impressed if Sony had the next GTA or Final Fantasy game at launch. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10547 | Eclipse (447) Jun 05, 2006 - 11:43 am
| Suddenly? Where have you been? Top end single slot graphics cards have been coming out at about $600 for the last 2 years.
Also... 600? Um... no, it's 600 to get this ONE card. The top of the line "graphics solution" is Two 7900 GTX's and that's about $1000 total. When these things are able to be SLI'd then that will be the new top end and that will be $1200.
So... yeah, it's worse than you think! The good news is that my monitor only goes up to 1280x1024 so my 7900 GT is more than enough. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10552 | Eclipse (447) Jun 05, 2006 - 11:19 am
| Well, it's like when you start to go translucent, then transparent, then you completely disappear!
Now how PC games are doing this sort of thing I really don't know. Seems to me like there are more games now than ever before, and (thanks to consoles) they are cheaper than ever.
However, if the root poster (anon of course :P ) thinks that since an early-adopter richy-rich-person video card can sell for $600, then the PS3 is a good buy? Well, I think someone needs to take their medication.
Targeting the exclusive high end consumer is NOT a good plan if you want to dominate a specific market. For example, how many Ferrari's do you see running around? Now how many Toyotas... Yeah, I think that Toyota is doing better financially than Ferrari despite the fact that the Ferrari costs many many times as much as even the most expensive Camry.
Console success is determined by how many consoles are out in the market. More consoles = more potential customers for game companies = game companies make games for said console. Currently PS2 is waaaaay ahead in market share, but the PS3 isn't going to be able to leverage that market in any realistic way if they price their machine out of their target markets financial means... and that's what they have done with the PS3. Night night sony. It was fun while it lasted. Flag this | Edit this post |
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