William wrote:
> "First of One" <root@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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>> Looks like the added heat from the second GPU required a full-sized vent
>> on the slot bracket, so the HDMI port is deleted. The DisplayPort
>> connector is now the mini type. Interesting dual-orb cooler on the 5850X2;
>> I believe it's a first for a reference design.
>> http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/...mages-surface/
>>
>> --
>> "War is the continuation of politics by other means.
>> It can therefore be said that politics is war without
>> bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
>>
>>
>
> I can't think of any games worth throwing this level of hardware at. My 4870
> runs Crysis on a 22" monitor just fine. I haven't seen anything come down
> the pipe line worth purchasing for the 5870 to run on. In fact, the game
> industry seems to be stuck in a holding pattern for the last two years. On
> top of that, you can's 'purchase' the software any more, you only get to
> rent it for limited use only.
>
> I think that until the game industry gets this DRM out of the way it's not
> going to go anywhere, and the hardware isn't going to get pushed as much as
> it has in the past. That's to bad, because it's the games that have pushed
> innovation in the graphics market more than anything else out there.
>
> So games, and the hardware that run the games, are at a standstill until DRM
> is reduced to a level that gamers are willing to tolerate. No more phone-in
> or Internet registration, and no more live Internet connection required to
> run the games. Screw Steam, I want a piece of hardware in my hand today,
> and a year from now, that when I purchase a game it requires no outside
> registration or server to run.
>
It seems that Bethesda is going in the right direction. While Fallout 3
required an internet connection to activate, the subsequent mods removed
the necessity of even needing a CD in the drive to run. Of course the
first thing I look at now is the mention of internet connection needed
either to run or activate. If it is present I move on. Maybe if enough
people refuse to buy games that require the internet to run the
manufacturers will get the hint. Even Microsoft does not require an
internet connection to activate their OS or use it, unless they changed
that in 7.
> William
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