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You are already 2/3rds the way there with an ATI x1900 XTX:
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Its depressing, after finally Intel saw the light with the conroe processor (low power consumption with respect to northwood/prescott cores) on the other hand we have nvidia/ati just increasing without bounds the power consumption.
It doesn't make sense.
I know that the next graphics card I'll buy will not be a top end card mostly because of this ridiculous power consumption. |
I agree. I'm getting very tired of the outrageous video card prices and their ridiculous power consumption - it is to the point now a single higher end video card can consume more raw power than everything else in the system combined, and I don't even want to get into SLI and just how sick the power required for two high end cards in SLI and corresponding heat produced is.
To provide more value-added to their vid cards both ATI and NVidia should offer one of those old fashioned toaster oven attachments, it is long past that point of absurdity.
I'm looking at doing a new scratch build within the next couple months and the video card is the component I least look forward to selecting. |
WHy do you tink I bought such a huge PSU? For Crossfire of 2x x1900 XTX's |
I have a nice modded full tower case (no PSU, will need to buy that separately) that I'm getting from a friend of mine and will most likely sell my current rig minus 1 hard drive when I'm ready to upgrade.
With 2 x1900 XTXs in Crossfire then one of those tool-free hinged case sides would be a nice asset - that way you'd have easy access to the inside area where you could broil stakes under the video card and other such creative uses of the massive heat output... i'm thinking just add a mini-fridge to your pc area and you have a complete kitchenette
