Be buying chips and ram instead of buying graphics cards?
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Be buying chips and ram instead of buying graphics cards?
Discuss
You what now?
???, explain you idea better
I think he is proposing that we will oneday have modular graphics cards - as our motherboards are now.
Modular motherboards did come at some expense btw, but the competition to develop cheaper compatible components made up for it. Hence the range of ram and add-on cards, and historicaly the range of cpus
GPUs are much more single-purpose, so I doubt it. They're made with much tighter goals and speed requirements. Modularity goes against that. The GPU card is a specialist made for a special purpose.. a motherboard/cpu/ram combo is generalist - want a webserver ? want a spreadsheet workstation ? etc etc.
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I bought some chips and ham the other day. I had the eggs - I love ham, egg 'n' chips.
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The latest custompc has a letter about this.
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What - Ham, egg and chips?![]()
yea i also saw the letter in the mag, if it did happen wont the pcb layout all have to chnage?
I still have no idea what this thread is about....
A graphics card is now a board containing a GPU and VRAM. The OP is asking whether we think this will ever go to a modular format like todays CPU's and separate ram.Originally Posted by schmunk
My answer: Probably.![]()
Ive often wondered this but im not sure if itll ever be used.
The MXM idea is sort of on its way.
I personally hope this happens, as it will allow much more flexibility for upgrading rather than the "go for a whole new card" approach we are stuck with right now. Whether or not it actually happens is a different story.
nVidia & ATi have no real interest in this, as it could affect their ability to gouge customers every 6 months. I reckon this will only be a success if another GPU manufacturer were to initiate this type of technology with GPUs comparable with nVidia & ATi's tech at the time.
(nudge, nudge SiS, VIA & co)
Can't see it ever happening tbh, Nvidia and ATI would bound to lose some profits as well as its partner manufacturers.
If it did happen it would cost the consumer even more than at present with buying the original video card - then the memory (and possibly the gpu).
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