View Full Version : What MatsP's been up to...
jliechty
March 25th, 2005, 12:12 PM
This stuff is a bit over my head, but the computer geeks among us may find this article (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2383) interesting. :)
FYI, MatsP works at 3DLabs, hence the mention of his name in the title. ;)
dbevis
March 25th, 2005, 04:00 PM
Gulp, $15,550 for a graphics card (the NVIDIA). MatsP's people seem a lot more reasonable but $850 seems a bit much, too.
I'd guess these are aimed at gamers, but i'd guess the typical, younger, gamer isn't going to have the cash for any of these?
sjhugoose
March 25th, 2005, 05:36 PM
Gulp, $15,550 for a graphics card (the NVIDIA). MatsP's people seem a lot more reasonable but $850 seems a bit much, too.
I'd guess these are aimed at gamers, but i'd guess the typical, younger, gamer isn't going to have the cash for any of these?
First this is a typo, they added an extra zero to the price so that price is a touch off.
No these cards are not for gamers. They are OpenGL certified graphic cards typically used in CAD, Scientific systems, MAYA and anyone with highend 3D rendering capabilities. Generally these cards are not significantly different from their $400-500 brotheren except they have gone through the pricey OpenGL certification.
Ch56eers,
Scott
dbevis
March 26th, 2005, 08:39 PM
Scott, welcome back stranger.
Whew, take off a zero and it's not quite so bad. I guess if I drop 3 grand on a lens, I can't fault somebody dropping $1500 on a video card. I'd have a hard time convincing myself of even $500 for the cheap version. 'Course, they'd not do me any good anyway. They probably are worse, or at least no better than, more conventional video hardware for the relatively mundane 2D image processing we do here anyway.
First this is a typo, they added an extra zero to the price so that price is a touch off.
No these cards are not for gamers. They are OpenGL certified graphic cards typically used in CAD, Scientific systems, MAYA and anyone with highend 3D rendering capabilities. Generally these cards are not significantly different from their $400-500 brotheren except they have gone through the pricey OpenGL certification.
Ch56eers,
Scott