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maxSaleen · 03-27-2006, 08:26 AM

While USB is on everyone's minds....

Most USB ports: are they pumped

1. Directly into the Northbridge?
2. Through the Southbridge and then into the Northbridge?
3. Through the PCI bus and then into the Northbridge?

The price point of the 6600GT has absolutely befuddled me. Still $140? That's crazy. It was a good card, but not that good.

Remember the Radeon 9800? Great card. After the first year, its price was cut in half as ATI went into a XT, PE, WTF, and FTW spiral. Ditto nVidia.

ATI and nVidia have so many damn prefixes and sufixes now that I've given up on keeping track of them. Back in the day, if you gave me the name of a video card, off of the top of my head I could tell you the GPU's code name, how many pixel pipes, vertex pipes, core clock, memory clock, and memory interface. Plenty of people could do the same. Can anyone do that now?

03-27-2006, 08:26 AM	#10
maxSaleen Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 383	Re: Something Fishy in the Computer industry While USB is on everyone's minds.... Most USB ports: are they pumped 1. Directly into the Northbridge? 2. Through the Southbridge and then into the Northbridge? 3. Through the PCI bus and then into the Northbridge? The price point of the 6600GT has absolutely befuddled me. Still $140? That's crazy. It was a good card, but not that good. Remember the Radeon 9800? Great card. After the first year, its price was cut in half as ATI went into a XT, PE, WTF, and FTW spiral. Ditto nVidia. ATI and nVidia have so many damn prefixes and sufixes now that I've given up on keeping track of them. Back in the day, if you gave me the name of a video card, off of the top of my head I could tell you the GPU's code name, how many pixel pipes, vertex pipes, core clock, memory clock, and memory interface. Plenty of people could do the same. Can anyone do that now?