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    News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    The graphics firm says its Quadros were used to wreck havoc in the blockbuster film.
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    Re: News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    The graphics firm says its Quadros were used to wreck havoc...
    Wreak havoc, damn it, wreak!

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    Re: News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    I thought havoc was an AMD technology? *ducks*
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    Re: News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    I thought havoc was an AMD technology? *ducks*
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    Re: News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    Quote Originally Posted by nichomach View Post
    Wreak havoc, damn it, wreak!
    Oh, thank the many and varied gods, someone else who this annoys . Just for completeness, it's not reek, rack or rock either.

    Thank you

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    Re: News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    Quote Originally Posted by Barkotron View Post
    Oh, thank the many and varied gods, someone else who this annoys . Just for completeness, it's not reek, rack or rock either.

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    Re: News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    I edited a film for a local primary school on a single 4870, take that hollywood!

    I can't see this news making my computing any better.

    Out of interest what where they using before?

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    Re: News - NVIDIA plays its part in 2012 disaster

    "based on our early tests, we expect this will speed up our production timeline by at least ten fold."
    They could have used all that extra saved time to come up with a good plot/storyline instead of the rubbish that is 2012.

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