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RE: They're going in reverse...
By Ringold on 10/5/2006 1:39:52 AM , Rating: -1
I don't understand the random 'performance per watt' craze that really just started, I *think*, or so it seemed, when Intel started hinting it was about to crush AMD with it.

Call me old school, but I could honestly care less. Technology advances and actually I'm pleased that my two year old Seasonic S-12 600w is not only plenty powerful enough, but still a relatively up to date model! Darn quiet, too.

Again, maybe I'm old school, but with it established that my 600w PSU (I'll be building a whole new Vista system, but comparable PSU) will be powerful enough to supply the juice, all I care about now are three things: performance over the last generation (one has to be nuts to think there will be none) and overclocking, and noise. Every thing else is a cost of doing business. Water cooling? So what? I've already got a nearly-silent water cooling loop as it is, with CPU and GPU both on the loop. My next system, OH MY, I actually plan to slap blocks on the RAM and motherboard chipset if it needs it! I must be CRAAAAZZYY!! Besides, the average joe won't hear these thins, the dust-buster FX cards stole all our hearing years ago.

So whats this leave us with? A new computer that, like every other significant upgrade cycle in computer history, actually requires new parts here and there on the low end. More performance than the last generation at comparable price points to when last generation parts where first introduced, maybe accounting for some inflation. So what if one part runs hotter while the rest runs cooler? So what if its the equivalent of one extra conventional lightbulb?

Seriously now people, if you can't afford an extra lightbulb, what the hell are you doing buying an 8800GTX anyway?! Spend that money on some college courses so you can afford more lightbulbs, please!

Besides, just twisting back the water heater's temp dial the tiniest fraction would save tremendously power than the extra spent on a 7800GT compared to a 8800GTS I'd bet.

Performance to watt has its place when talking about mobile solutions, or HTPC ones, but none at all on enthusiast-class gaming video cards. My opinion, anyway.

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