Nvidia shares fall
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acroig
Just another Troll
You and me both.
I triple this sentiment
Argoon1981
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From all the reviews I've seen recently of the RTX cards where the Vega 64 was included, the 1080 non ti and the Vega 64 were pretty much equal, with some games where the 1080 was 2/3 fps faster and others were Vega 64 was 2/3 fps faster, but those differences are insignificant on the bigger picture. Anyone with a Vega 64 or a 1080 is very well served.
Those days are dead, especially now that Nvidia is pretty much monopolizing the top of the line.
But i don't really care, my RX 570 8GB a sub 400€ card, can play all my games at more than 60fps at 1080p, the resolution i personally care for now and some games even recent ones, i can render (not see) at "4k" using virtual super resolution, so i'm happy for what i bought.
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jolle
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Feels a bit like the GeForce 3.
Promises new tech that isn't really implemented in games yet, not a big upgrade over existing cards, actually I think gf3 was getting beaten by the gf2 high end (ti?) In some games.
And when the features became more mainstream in games there were much better second gen hardware out.
The last bit will remain to be seen tho.
But someone had to take the first step with raytracing, just like with pixel shaders..
Promises new tech that isn't really implemented in games yet, not a big upgrade over existing cards, actually I think gf3 was getting beaten by the gf2 high end (ti?) In some games.
And when the features became more mainstream in games there were much better second gen hardware out.
The last bit will remain to be seen tho.
But someone had to take the first step with raytracing, just like with pixel shaders..
Nagorak
Well-known member
Geforce 2 Ultra!
Actually the Geforce 3 does seem to be a pretty good comparison. It did slightly beat the 2 Ultra at higher resolutions, but not by a lot. Even at high resolution (1600*1200) it was only 25% faster. (Although in some cases it was actually behind, so a bit worse, but still quite similar to the current situation.)
On another note it's almost laughable going back and looking at graphics cards from that generation: a bare card with a puny little "heatsink fan" that is so small you wonder if it actually even does anything.
Shapeshifter
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Unless you got something high end like a canopy pure3d card that came with one or the ability to mount one and a header on the lower end LX model.
Nagorak
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Yeah, the good old Voodoo 2. 16 bit color goodness! I still remember seeing Quake in 3D accelerated for the first time!
Man, that seems like a lifetime ago. We're all getting old.
NWR_Midnight
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Yeah, the good old Voodoo 2. 16 bit color goodness! I still remember seeing Quake in 3D accelerated for the first time!
Man, that seems like a lifetime ago. We're all getting old.
The Voodoo 2 was the first time I ever stuck my toes in the water and tried dual GPU configuration. Fun times!
Sadly.. yes, we are getting old..
OverclockN'
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I didn't get into PC gaming and building until the Voodoo 4 4500 AGP. Seems like just yesterday.
Yeah, the good old Voodoo 2. 16 bit color goodness! I still remember seeing Quake in 3D accelerated for the first time!
Man, that seems like a lifetime ago. We're all getting old.
Yeah, quake, unreal, carmageddon Tomb raider, still remember the t-rex that popped out of no where and nearly fell out of my chair. Good memories.
https://youtu.be/GRkLWdQaYzg
I had a Voodoo Rush card that didn't work with most games out of the box because it needed a driver update.
We didn't even have an internet connection back then so I had to go to a friends house and spent about an hour and a half tying up their phone line to get the driver download which clocked in at just about over a megabyte.
Sad to hear!
In the early years was four company products I purchased: Matrox, nVidia, 3dfx and Ati. They consisted of: Matrox M3d, Matrox Mystique, Matrox G100, Matrox G200, nVidia Tnt, nVidia, Tnt2, nVidia Geforce 256 Ddr, Geforce 2 Gts, 3dfx Voodoo, 3dfx Voodoo 2 Sli 12 meg with stereo 3d glasses, 3dfx 3000, 3dfx 5500, Ati Radeon Ddr. Had nice memories with all the products and a lot of gaming fun.
Btw, nVidia share price is doing well.
In the early years was four company products I purchased: Matrox, nVidia, 3dfx and Ati. They consisted of: Matrox M3d, Matrox Mystique, Matrox G100, Matrox G200, nVidia Tnt, nVidia, Tnt2, nVidia Geforce 256 Ddr, Geforce 2 Gts, 3dfx Voodoo, 3dfx Voodoo 2 Sli 12 meg with stereo 3d glasses, 3dfx 3000, 3dfx 5500, Ati Radeon Ddr. Had nice memories with all the products and a lot of gaming fun.
Btw, nVidia share price is doing well.
Riptide
Active member
It would probably be best if we don't start bragging about how old we are because some of us go back to monochrome lol
Unreal was an amazing experience. I had a voodoo rush at the time, upgraded to monster 3d II sli. That game I have a lot of very fond memories of. The graphics and the sound support definitely blew my hair back.
