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[gofreak]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=7339

Not to be outdone by ATi's informal announcement of a 512MB card, NVidia have annouced two new cards, a 512MB version of the GeForce 6800 Ultra and a AGP version of the GeForce 6200..

That's about as much RAM in my entire PC :lol Imagine two of them in SLI!

 

[Error Macro]

Jeez, by the time any games actually really utilize that much video RAM, we'll be talking about the next-next-generation of cards. Doom 3 at it's highest settings doesn't even run that much better on a 512 MB card. And two of them in SLI would still equal 512; each card has to duplicate all the textures and such.

 

[Borys]

Ya, there's really no game ATM that needs GeForce 6 with 512 MB. Total waste of money. Besides, when Unreal 3 hits the stores you're going to need a GF7 anyway. Now a GF7 with 1GB of RAM makes me warm inside

 

[Culex]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=7339

Not to be outdone by ATi's informal announcement of a 512MB card, NVidia have annouced two new cards, a 512MB version of the GeForce 6800 Ultra and a AGP version of the GeForce 6200..

That's about as much RAM in my entire PC :lol Imagine two of them in SLI!

512 RAM + 512 RAM = 512 RAM with SLI. They don't add up.

 

[gofreak]

512 RAM + 512 RAM = 512 RAM with SLI. They don't add up.

My SLI comment wasn't directly in reference to the RAM, though I didn't seperate them very well, granted I was just saying imagine generally two of those cards in SLI..

Ya, there's really no game ATM that needs GeForce 6 with 512 MB. Total waste of money. Besides, when Unreal 3 hits the stores you're going to need a GF7 anyway.

You won't need it, at least not according to Mark Rein (he said at GDC that Geforce 6s should be fine for UE3). But will you want a GF7/X900? Yes..

 

[Enigma]

My SLI comment wasn't directly in reference to the RAM, though I didn't seperate them very well, granted I was just saying imagine generally two of those cards in SLI..

I'm imaging the call to the electrician to have him install the computer outlet on it's own circuit.

 

[Error Macro]

I wonder what kind of hardware was running the Unreal Engine 3 demo at GDC. Surely must have been an FX-55/6800 Ultra SLI rig.

 

[StoOgE]

I wonder what kind of hardware was running the Unreal Engine 3 demo at GDC. Surely must have been an FX-55/6800 Ultra SLI rig.

Im willing to bet it was a 6800 ultra.. given their "the way its meant to be played" all over everything.

 

[bigNman]

Play Half Life 2 on maximum and the texture memory usage never goes above 70 MB! My 9700 pro is the last graphics card I will need for my PC, when next gen consoles hit there will be no point upgrading.

 

[Rabid Wolverine]

I dun want 512 Geforce 6 cards.

Wheres the G70 news ?

 

[PotatoeMasher]

when next gen consoles hit there will be no point upgrading.

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
seriously, i'm gonna save this quote... people always say this and it has yet to be true for more than a few months... hell i said this when i got my N64!!!... plus PC gaming is a totally different beast...

 

[Error Macro]

I'm about to blow some serious cash on building a new PC. A64 4000+, 6800 Ultra (SLI later on) ... the whole works. I'm fully aware of the technology in the upcoming consoles, but like Potatoe said, PC gaming is totally different.