Why don't they build a 3D card with a ram slot on the back?
 

That would be sweet, a DDR slot on the back (top) of the card.

You could slap the newest, fastest ram on there, or even just upgrade it.

Things that make you go hmmm.

i've never thought about that, but it would be very cool.
i don't think it would work though, the memory on newer video cards is like 3.8 ns, ram isn't rated that fast..

I'd settle for 6ns DDR400 :D

Yeah, the speed is the main problem. And I don't quite know what the latency on a Graphics card is.

I would, however, enjoy putting a Gig of ram on a graphics card! :D Not that it wouldn't be overkill or anything :p

more often than not the GPU is limited to the amount ram it can handle, for example the parhelia can only handle 256mb.

remember the 90s :)

all the old über POS ati cards had ram slots to 'upgrade' them. - like the rage II cards all had ram upgrades.

point was so ati could rip ppl off... er wait... let u buy and extra 4mb sdram chip and get 24bit 2d on a 'big' 1600/1200 monitor.

'tis sad ram upgrades arnt industry standard now-aday. well...good that we don't need a bloody upgrade to get 24bit 1600/1200 2D

In the time when "ISA" and "VLB" where high end, almost all video cards had ram slots for upgrading.

it'd be impracticle due to the trace length, and the connector. I really doubt it would work

lol...I was just "what if-ing".

I fried my video card. and I'm stuck using an ATI mach64 2mb until I come up with some cash.