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Dec 30, 2005, 06:56 PM
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Spoos
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Gto-xl-xt-xt Pe-xtx-gs-gt-gtx-se-le
OK I've about had it with the naming conventions being used on video cards recently. You ever try explaining to people over the phone which video card is better? Those of us who are tech savy understand what is better, but our friends and family in many cases do not!
Whatever happened to the good old fashioned Non-pro, Pro, and Ultra naming conventions? BRING THEM BACK PLEASE! EDIT: Added SE and LE to the title Last edited by Alistair; Dec 30, 2005 at 07:21 PM. Reason: added se and le |
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Dec 30, 2005, 07:11 PM
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Driverheaven brewmaster
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i just like larger numbers...
btw, don't forget se and le  |
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Dec 30, 2005, 07:21 PM
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Spoos
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Yeah... forgot about those...
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Dec 30, 2005, 10:59 PM
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Xtreme
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I agree. Bring back the pro, and the non-pro.
 And for nVidia, bring back the Ultra, and the non-Ultra. |
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Dec 30, 2005, 11:06 PM
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Giggity!
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damn straight!
GTO , GTO˛ ??!!?? WHAT THE FUCK!? and while we're at it, how about the way pentium are naming they're cpu's these days. D4921..... uhh? what in the hell was wrong with calling it by it's damn clock speed???  |
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Dec 31, 2005, 01:25 AM
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Noise? What noise?
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Why not just have 3 products from each manufacturer and say "This is Power Supply Shit Edition, this is Power Supply OK edition, and this is Power Supply Best edition" or somesuch
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Dec 31, 2005, 04:39 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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LOL, Please I love my 7800 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Third Rev Over Clocking 491.5556789 Core Edition!
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Dec 31, 2005, 08:36 AM
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They should just use Good/Better/Best, For example I have a 6800Best
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Dec 31, 2005, 10:34 AM
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Spoos
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Yeah their CPUs are getting just as bad. I love my P4 630 though I'm glad at least AMD seems to be sticking with the 3000+ schema. Wonder if Intel is afraid to go to that schema for fear of a potential lawsuit? |
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Jan 9, 2006, 06:15 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
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yeah, it's nice to be able to compare AMD procs by
4400 < 4800 I am so confused with Intel vs. AMD right now... :P |
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Jan 9, 2006, 06:20 PM
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Driverheaven brewmaster
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intel is way worse than graphic card manu's.
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Jan 9, 2006, 07:24 PM
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Noise? What noise?
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Yeah cause Intel used an arbitrary scheme....
I think their idea though is higher number = better performance but it gets confusing when they have the 530 and 531 for example.... which one has more cache and a slower bus or higher frequency and less cache etc... argh |
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Jan 9, 2006, 07:31 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Iowa
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yeah, I stick with specific brands so I don't get mixed up...
AMD ATi |
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Jan 9, 2006, 09:50 PM
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Delete Me
Join Date: Mar 2004
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we need a Radeon Home, Radeon pro, Radeon Server, and a Radeon Datacenter
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Jan 21, 2006, 03:44 AM
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DH's #1 Hustla and Pimp
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its fucking retarded, intel DROPPING the pentium name. the logo looks terrible and this new naming scheme of 500,600,800,900 series. its fucking lame.
and yea 9700 pro, 9800 pro was solid. i dont at all mind XT. geforce sounded better with ultra and Ti in it. MX was gay though. XL, GS, GTO is all fucking gay |
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Jan 21, 2006, 08:07 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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Meh they should just build 1 graphics card and sell em for free... No more problems
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Jan 21, 2006, 01:10 PM
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Noise? What noise?
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Selling them for free is impossible, if it costs nothing its a give away :P
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Jan 22, 2006, 08:18 PM
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Delete Me
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naw, there's always tax, shipping, handling, gratuity, etc
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Jan 23, 2006, 01:00 AM
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ein Krieger
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if it didnt cost anything then there would be no incentive for innovation.
this is why capitalism is the end-all system for economics |
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Jan 31, 2006, 02:21 PM
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I'mma 'Lectrishun.
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Louisville, Kentucky(yes, I wear shoes, and do not date anyone in my family)
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Product Stagnation(shudders At Thought)
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Feb 2, 2006, 08:32 AM
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DriverHeaven Lover
Join Date: Apr 2005
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for free? some cards may cost a lot even for free... TNT, Vanta and the like ggg.
And yes, we will end up learning the whole alphabet to reconize a vid card  6800 Vanilla Owner (or just Ice cream names) |
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Feb 2, 2006, 11:43 AM
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-DH Resident Uber Poster-
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Is chocolate goin to come with a cooler that looks and smells like a turd?
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Feb 2, 2006, 02:37 PM
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Mostly lurking lately....
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The naming of video cards has gotten quite stupid, yes.
So is having 58 versions of the same freakin card. (which causes all those stupid naming conventions) I also wish they would let the software fully max-out current cards before coming out with a whole new one all the time.....give it a full year between revisions. They're changing so fast that software companies never even get a firm grip on current tech before all new tech hits. It's starting to annoy me. This is why we end up with sorry shadows in games and other such idiotic issues. |
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Feb 8, 2006, 05:42 AM
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I'mma 'Lectrishun.
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fuckin amen to that!!! |
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Feb 8, 2006, 10:26 AM
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Code Geass Otaku.
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i dont agree with give it a year for revisions i say perfect your release.....like ati with the x1800xt and xl......then the x1900xtx and crossfire what? a few WEEKS later? thye shoulda just released the x1900 lol....and the people who have the $ for the waayyyyyy better stuff (not me..... why am i standing up for them!?!)want it when it's made.....we dont want them holding back on the advancement of technology (ati says ahhhh we got the x1900 out now and the x2000 ready for next year,lets stop engineering and take a break) lol
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Feb 8, 2006, 11:40 AM
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I'mma 'Lectrishun.
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not take a break for a year, but trying to perfect in everyway the video cards that they are currently designing. that gives the cards that are out the chance to mature and game developers the chance to write games that more closely use the vid-cards resources. but if u and everyone else on the net except for a few of us that do not have the moneyto upgrade to every whim then be my guest.
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Feb 8, 2006, 12:51 PM
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Code Geass Otaku.
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yeah
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Feb 8, 2006, 02:59 PM
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I'mma 'Lectrishun.
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Location: Louisville, Kentucky(yes, I wear shoes, and do not date anyone in my family)
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i cant believe how soon after the x1800's were released the x1900 was debuted. its almost like we're better off not buying anything un |