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    News - GPU rumour round-up

    NVIDIA GTX 580 poses for the camera while AMD's HD 6970 could be too hot to handle.
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    Re: News - GPU rumour round-up

    Sound like AMD want to have not just the fastest single card around (already have the 5970), but also the fastest GPU as well. Thing is, after the R300, not a whole lot happened for a while: the 9800 and X800 were more like refreshes, and the X1800/X1900 didn't bring enough to bring a decisive win over nVidia's offering. Ironically, something similar happened in the following round. The 8800 crushed the competition, but nVidia sat on that architecture that they didn't have anything that compelling by the AMD finally caught up (38xx series). And the like the X1800, GTX280 series didn't bring enough, after all the time they had, to keep a decisive lead. And now we've done a whole circle. Are we going for another circle?

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    Slow down ATi and Nvidia, I am still on GTS 250!

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    Re: News - GPU rumour round-up

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    Slow down ATi and Nvidia, I am still on GTS 250!
    This!

    Cards are "progressing" way too fast atm.. Space out the releases more, and make them more worthwhile. Simple .

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    Re: News - GPU rumour round-up

    I've said it before and i'll keep bleating 'till the cows come home that for me, all these cards are borderline ridiculous. It doesnt seem to take much engineering skill to deliver something "fast" when there are few limits on thermals, wattage draw, or physical size. Or cost for that matter.

    I'm looking for a replacement for my 3870 (even though it still delivers the goods in games like Civ V at 1920x1080), but i want something that is perhaps smaller, uses less wattage, and cooler for my desktop to cope with, as well as giving higher fps.
    Something like a 67xx whenever it comes out might be right up my street, and (i suspect) far more than enough for most people's needs.
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    I agree ith MSIC, I want a low profile passive card for my desktop.

    Oh and if any card manufacturers are reading this (ha! fat chance) a duble wide card in low profile it perfectly acceptable, I have no other cards in my desktop. I can't be the only one that wants a card like this can I?

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    Re: News - GPU rumour round-up

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    I agree ith MSIC, I want a low profile passive card for my desktop.

    Oh and if any card manufacturers are reading this (ha! fat chance) a duble wide card in low profile it perfectly acceptable, I have no other cards in my desktop. I can't be the only one that wants a card like this can I?
    I know it's not passive, but PowerColor makes a low-profile double wide HD 5750:

    http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=26031

    I get the feeling I've seen some GT 430s or some such that are LP-DW passive too, but I can't remember where.

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    Re: News - GPU rumour round-up

    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    This!

    Cards are "progressing" way too fast atm.. Space out the releases more, and make them more worthwhile. Simple .
    Bugger that - faster the better - progress is good and ultimately only results in faster low-mid range cards for us all! You don't have to buy every generation (I don't - i'm still on a 280!) so what's the issue? Simple
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    Re: News - GPU rumour round-up

    Quote Originally Posted by BullDogg View Post
    I know it's not passive, but PowerColor makes a low-profile double wide HD 5750:
    Powercolor come up with loads of interesting looking cards, but actually finding them for sale can be... chalenging.

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