"William" <> wrote in message news: acquisition...
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> "First of One" <root@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
> news: ...
> > 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/
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> > --
> > "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."
> >
> >
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> 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.
I couldn't agree more about Steam, although once games are registered
and updated they run just fine without an internet connection, or even a
CD. Just set Steam to offline mode.
It's a far more intelligent approach than other protection schemes, e.g.
Midway and their horrid StarForce protection. The sons of bitches
squeezed their ass cheeks so tightly together, they greeded themselves
straight into bankruptcy. As if gamers would be willing to watch their
CD and DVD drives die premature deaths and have their system
security and performance severely compromised, just to run 20 year
old arcade games? Simply astonishing stupidity and greed.
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