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Forum: Nvidia Videocards August 8th 09, 05:41 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.video.xbox,alt.games.video.sony-playstation3,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 81
Views: 4,718
Posted By Andrew
Id / John Carmack announces the PS3 version of RAGE will run at ?only 20-to-30fps, breaking promise of all versions running at 60fps. ?Meanwhile the Xbox 360 version still runs at 60fps

On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:41:02 -0500, Doug Jacobs
wrote:

That's what I was asking - aren't the GPUs in the two machines pretty
similar in power and architecture?

The 360 has a...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards August 6th 09, 09:49 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.video.xbox,alt.games.video.sony-playstation3,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 81
Views: 4,718
Posted By Andrew
Id / John Carmack announces the PS3 version of RAGE will run at only 20-to-30fps, breaking promise of all versions running at 60fps. Meanwhile the Xbox 360 version still runs at 60fps

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:53:28 +0100, Mark Morrison
wrote:

ISn't this the case on consoles ? I know I have to leave the disk in
after installing a game to my Xbox 360s hard...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards August 6th 09, 06:20 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.video.xbox,alt.games.video.sony-playstation3,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 81
Views: 4,718
Posted By Andrew
Id / John Carmack announces the PS3 version of RAGE will run at ?only 20-to-30fps, breaking promise of all versions running at 60fps. ?Meanwhile the Xbox 360 version still runs at 60fps

On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:24:57 -0500, Doug Jacobs
wrote:

If the 360 and PS3 have somewhat similar video chips, why is the
performance going to be so radically different between...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards July 31st 09, 05:27 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.video.xbox,alt.games.video.sony-playstation3,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 81
Views: 4,718
Posted By Andrew
Id / John Carmack announces the PS3 version of RAGE will run at only 20-to-30fps, breaking promise of all versions running at 60fps. Meanwhile the Xbox 360 version still runs at 60fps

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:50:35 -0400, William Wparks023@gmail wrote:

Too bad the consolers haven't realized PC games always have been and
always will be superior, in every way.

And despite having...
Forum: Ati Videocards December 16th 07, 09:50 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
Replies: 12
Views: 383
Posted By Andrew
AMD writing down the ~$3.2 billion goodwill assumed in ATi purchase

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:43:40 +0000, Mr Rob
wrote:

I'll never ever forget my first experience with an AMD processor.

Mine was going from a P166 to a K6-2 300 for...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards December 11th 07, 12:51 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 8
Views: 781
Posted By Andrew
How to figure out what runs under Win2K

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:29:04 -0800, DaveW wrote:

No. They are incompatible.

To the OP: ignore DaveW, he is a troll.
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards December 10th 07, 10:20 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 8
Views: 781
Posted By Andrew
How to figure out what runs under Win2K

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:12:02 -0800, nospam wrote:

On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for
supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows
2000 SP4 or...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards December 10th 07, 10:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 1
Views: 901
Posted By Andrew
PC Specs

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:26:38 +0000, Mark wrote:

I am in the market for a new PC and want something future proof

LOL!
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards October 10th 07, 05:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 18
Views: 1,235
Posted By Andrew
Weapon Armory

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:09:59 -0500, bandit wrote:

I hear ya wish they would quit replying to his dumb sh** so wouldn't
have to see it to LOL

You need to look at your...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards October 5th 07, 06:35 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 12
Views: 649
Posted By Andrew
Crazy hardware upgrade?

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:53:00 -0400,
wrote:

Finally went ahead and bought a new video card, a 128MB GeForce fx
5200 AGP ...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards September 27th 07, 09:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 11
Views: 569
Posted By Andrew
Any 8800GTX users?

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:47:47 -0700, Bill
wrote:

It sounds like your looking for something like this:

http://www.9xmedia.com/products/displays/index.php

...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards August 29th 07, 08:52 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 0
Views: 391
Posted By Andrew
Bioshock tweak guide

Oops, wrong group, sorry!
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards August 29th 07, 08:52 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 1
Views: 386
Posted By Andrew
Bioshock tweak guide

http://www.tweakguides.com/Bioshock_1.html
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards August 28th 07, 07:41 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 13
Views: 419
Posted By Andrew
DirectX10

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:48:31 -0500, "Gary"
wrote:

Hello, not to add fuel to the fire but I have better credit than sense and
have a fine system to show for it. But...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards August 2nd 07, 06:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 4
Views: 341
Posted By Andrew
Need help choosing video card

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:05:02 -0400, Paul wrote:

It is a DX-9 card, so if you are after DX-10, better talk to your
bank manager about a loan :-(

My 8600GT does DX10 and about...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards March 22nd 07, 04:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 13
Views: 511
Posted By Andrew
Temperature story 6600GT

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:52:33 GMT, "Rev. G.G. Willikers (aka Mön§igñor
ßoddoM)" wrote:

You have never seen a compressed air can do it's job then, they are
very...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards March 22nd 07, 06:48 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 13
Views: 511
Posted By Andrew
Temperature story 6600GT

On 21 Mar 2007 15:51:59 -0700, "Gil"
wrote:

Actually, I was standing on a carpet with the vacuum, I probably was
lucky that I didn't zap the PC, but I didn't and it...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards January 16th 07, 08:36 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 21
Views: 1,137
Posted By Andrew
Vista and old DX version

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:31:07 GMT, wrote:

I'll believe that when I see it. In the meantime, benchmarks
have Vista 30-40% slower than XP,...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards December 28th 06, 07:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 14
Views: 853
Posted By Andrew
4X vs 8X AGP

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:29:04 -0800, "DaveW"
wrote:

The 4X card has half the signal bandwidth available tha the 8X has. So in a
current video intensive game the 4X would run...
Forum: Ati Videocards December 14th 06, 11:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,it.comp.os.win.xp
Replies: 4
Views: 1,087
Posted By Andrew
Problem with Desktop After Switching Accounts

On 14 Dec 2006 14:14:42 -0800, wrote:

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Forum: Nvidia Videocards December 14th 06, 11:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,it.comp.os.win.xp
Replies: 4
Views: 1,040
Posted By Andrew
Problem with Desktop After Switching Accounts

On 14 Dec 2006 14:14:42 -0800, wrote:

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Forum: Nvidia Videocards October 9th 06, 12:31 AM Posted to alt.games.video.xbox,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,rec.games.video.sony,uk.games.video.playstation,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 13
Views: 687
Posted By Andrew
Analysts criticize Sony Japanese PS3 price drop

On 23 Sep 2006 06:08:39 -0700, "Tom"
wrote:

Nope. The bottom line is Sony needs to sell TONS of consoles, I mean
tens of millions, to start coming close to even...
Forum: Ati Videocards September 29th 06, 08:53 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,alt.tv.tech.hdtv,alt.games.video.xbox,microsoft.public.xbox,uk.games.video.xbox
Replies: 41
Views: 1,573
Posted By Andrew
I seriously doubt Xbox 360's ability to do 1080p

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:15:02 +1200, "nicely toasted"
wrote:

Yup, but for a TV to be HD Ready it has to be able to display HDTV, which
means HDCP.

What a load of ********....
Forum: General September 10th 06, 12:44 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.comp.hardware,alt.hacker
Replies: 23
Views: 1,020
Posted By Andrew
Another reason to go with AMD

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:41:35 -0400, Xocyll
wrote:

Since when are benchmarks games?

It's premature to call it a win for gaming until it's actually used (and
performs...
Forum: General September 7th 06, 06:36 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.comp.hardware,alt.hacker
Replies: 23
Views: 1,020
Posted By Andrew
Another reason to go with AMD

On 6 Sep 2006 17:03:05 -0700, "shegeek72" wrote:

However, the current thinking is AMD is better for gamers (of which I'm
one).

By anyone who hasn't looked at benchmarks for...
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