If the option to extend Win10 support past October 2025 is cheap enough for individual users, I might just stick with it. Have a long time yet before I have to worry about it.
Remember back in the day when we used antivirus programs to hunt down and eliminate spyware that were tracking our every move and sending data back to the mothership, completely invading our privacy? And then Microsoft saw that spyware and...
Most benchmarks from most sites at the time indicated that the X1950XTX was slower than the GeForce cards of the day. However, the [H]ard|OCP article on the X1950XTX indicated that in real world gaming performance, the X1950XTX provided a better...
AMD had acquired ATI by that point. They were just still using the ATI branding. I think the HD 3000 series was launching around the time the acquisition completed if I recall.
I'm pretty sure I remember finding some planetary alignment of multiple rebates on a 260 right after it got discounted and I got it for like $200 or something silly.
I might have even found the deal on these forums
Served me well
I had a card each from the first three generations of 3DFX, still have the first two hanging on the wall in my shop. Weird to think about the 16 bit color restriction now, and the glide protocol, and the Voodoo 4&5 launch disaster... Lots of...
I would like to give an honorable mention to HD 4850/4870. The GTX 260/280 were another NVIDIA blunder from a price : performance standpoint and ATI made them pay. When was the last time NVIDIA had to reduce prices 23% just a couple weeks after...
Sure it beat some of the old cards when it came out, but it was quickly outdated. Plus while it worked good on the openGL shooters, that was about all it was good at. If you didnt play shooters it didnt do much for you. Geforce 2 was an all...
Interestingly, I have my Voodoo 3 3000 paried with a AMD Athlon XP2800+ and it performs worlds better than it did back when I actually used it on a Pentium II & III back in the day. It's an unrealistic CPU to use with it, but absolutely free's...
It was awesome, but at the time was severely starved of memory bandwidth (even with DDR). The GF2 opened the floodgates with crappy compression but was still starved. I think that's why it has more longevity but it's not like the GF3 didn't...
GeForce 256 was when the term "GPU" was first introduced by Nvidia. Yes, it was really more a marketing thing than anything else, but that was the card first given that description.
Pretty sure my 3080 will be my last ride given trends in GPU prices. Just being honest with myself given how slow my upgrade cycles are now. Thanks for the memories [H].
Guillemot Voodoo Banshee
VisionTek GeForce256 DDR
Creative GeForce2 GTS...
On that note, can we talk about how absolutely fantastic this game looks in 4K w/ HDR and the settings cranked? This engine blew me away back when Div 1 came out and now, seeing it in HDR is just breathtaking at times. Some of the environments...
TD2 is another example of art direction beating pixels. I wish more devs would take note. I walked away from this one yet again after the disappearing weapon bug hit me badly, but it's always been beautiful.
Since i am the idiot IT guy for the family i have ordered all HP printers to be thrown away and to be replaced with Epson ones that have the big tank.
HP: -3
Epson:+3
Gen Z doesn't even know what a printer is and this is HP's response? They are going to have to pay a generation to even use one soon. When I say I have a printer at home, I get lots of looks but at least it's not an HP.