64mb the mininum??? - Page 3

BLuE_ZeRO · 2003-02-24, 07:55 PM

It seriously is as loud as a vacuum. They aren't joking at all.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...rce_fx-06.html

Go there and about midway down the page you'll find audio links. Nvidia apparently is working on ways to tone down the noise but it's going to be difficult. They should just adapt some mobile liquid cooling system or something.

NARF · 2003-02-24, 08:03 PM

not to mention 512 min. system ram, for the beta anyway.

OmnipotentKiwi · 2003-02-25, 01:49 AM

Can we stop comparing finished and released cards to non-finished and release cards? That is like being in a beta, and going "dude, this game sucks compared to EQ! So buggy! I hate it!". Well yeah, they fix bugs, and then improve the thing. Same goes for Vid cards, drivers aren't finished, and they aren't necessarily done tweaking it. I mean by simply saying the next Radeon will blow the next NVidia out of the water when the next Radeon hasnt' even been tested? I mean come on. The next Radeon could end up being the biggest POS, we truly have no idea.

So now can we stop this stupid hardware war and just say that the Radeon 9700 is the best card on the market, while the Nvidia cards are the better value? If not, take it to the tech forum w/ the Rambus supporters so I don't have to bother reading it.

Confectrix · 2003-02-25, 02:39 PM

Funny how advocates of NV30 were doing the same thing concerning the R300.

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I'm a RDR suppoter.

BLuE_ZeRO · 2003-02-25, 02:48 PM

The FX is basically finished. They are going to try to minimize the sound coming from the fan but it's still going to be at intolerable levels plain and simple. There is a reason it makes that much noise. It is spinning so damn fast because that card heats up to some insane levels. They need to implement a different type of cooling on their cards. Liquid seems to be a way to go for that and you don't need to listen to it sound like a vacuum when you're using it.