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From: Dan P
Date: 9 Mar 2004 19:55:52
Message: <404e6798$1@news.povray.org>
"Severi Salminen" <sev### [at] NOT_THISsibafi> wrote in message
news:404e672a$1@news.povray.org...
> Darren New wrote:
>
> >>> All I know is that it was damned
> >>> expensive new :-)
>  >>
> >> Yeah, I think every consumer videocard are 8bit/channel cards,
> >
> >
> > And they're all damned expensive new, too. ;-)
>
> Tell me about it: I upgraded my computer last autumn and bought the
> fastest (back then) videocard - Radeon 9800Pro. It was some 400+
> euros/dollars. I paid about the same amount for my computer :) But oh,
> how smooth are the games now :)

True, it is worth the price just to load up your favorite game and drool for
a few hours :-)
We've had overheating problems (we, meaning my buddies -- they are the
hardware guys, I'm the software guy, so my machine is custom built -- by
somebody else :-) )


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