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The WoW factor card
- Thread starter GJ02
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WOW 
When nvidia and ati merge into one
Oh god never, mate tap on wood ! That's when we'll get a snail-pace dribble of crap cards down our throats for all eternity due to lack of competition.
- Ordokai
I don't know what World of Warcraft has to do with graphics cards...
There won't be another wow moment in graphics cards. The progress might be moving pretty fast but it's been at a steady linear rate. We expect our new cards to be 2-3 times faster then our old so we're not wowed by the fact that they are. There won't be a card that suddenly is 10 times faster and can do full-on ray-tracing or something. As always something like that to will be edged up on and we'll start seeing bits of ray-tracing in games over the next few years until some games start to go full-on ray-traced but we'll be used to it by then.
There won't be another wow moment in graphics cards. The progress might be moving pretty fast but it's been at a steady linear rate. We expect our new cards to be 2-3 times faster then our old so we're not wowed by the fact that they are. There won't be a card that suddenly is 10 times faster and can do full-on ray-tracing or something. As always something like that to will be edged up on and we'll start seeing bits of ray-tracing in games over the next few years until some games start to go full-on ray-traced but we'll be used to it by then.
Soldato
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If that happens, the only thing we will wow at is the ridiculously high price and the slow progess between each generation of cards...When nvidia and ati merge into one
really when you think about this, and ask your self when was the last wow factor card, probably the first 3dfx add in board (3d gaming) and before that the cga revolution (thats when things went from b/w to colour for those that are too young to remember it.
so what could be next, because i agree the currant progression is just faster and faster cards. their will be a development that comes along that will cause us all to stop and go wow, but i really don't have any ideas on what it will be.
so what could be next, because i agree the currant progression is just faster and faster cards. their will be a development that comes along that will cause us all to stop and go wow, but i really don't have any ideas on what it will be.
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Haha i've just done that. Most certainly was a Wow! moment.
WoW factors:
CGA is launched
EGA is launched
VGA is launched
SVGA is launched
3DFX launch "Voodoo" the first "3d Accelerator"
Nvida launch the "GeForce" graphics card
ATi launch the Radeon 9700 Pro
Those are the biggest jumps made thus far in the GPU industry, everything since is a minor improvement, For those who don't remember what was so special about the 9700 Pro, it is included because it was the first time ATi had ever had a flagship card that was more powerful than Nvidia or 3DFX's flagships
CGA is launched
EGA is launched
VGA is launched
SVGA is launched
3DFX launch "Voodoo" the first "3d Accelerator"
Nvida launch the "GeForce" graphics card
ATi launch the Radeon 9700 Pro
Those are the biggest jumps made thus far in the GPU industry, everything since is a minor improvement, For those who don't remember what was so special about the 9700 Pro, it is included because it was the first time ATi had ever had a flagship card that was more powerful than Nvidia or 3DFX's flagships
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Soldato
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Maybe the 8800 series? They were pretty amazing at the time.
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There is no real wow factor with cards i don't think or at least these day's.
I guess if you haven't upgraded in a while then the new cards will be a big step up but not wow unless you are/were still using a Geforce 2 or ATI eqivelent and upgrade to a new card.
I guess if you haven't upgraded in a while then the new cards will be a big step up but not wow unless you are/were still using a Geforce 2 or ATI eqivelent and upgrade to a new card.
not possible, the glasses are there to trick the eyes into thinking they are seeing something else. no glasses no proper 3D trickery
Soldato
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Well...Nintendo already managed it on their hand-held console 3DS without needing glasses, so I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before the large montiors can do the same. The keyword is 'time'.not possible, the glasses are there to trick the eyes into thinking they are seeing something else. no glasses no proper 3D trickery