You invest in one of the best-available consumer graphics cards money can buy, such as the GeForce 8800 GTX, or if you wait until next month, AMD's R600. But these cards are monsters,
not just in the sense of how many frames per second they can crank out or the number of pixel shaders and pipelines, but in size and weight. I didn't weigh or measure the GeForce 8800 I received for review, but as shown here, it was too big to fit into one of my PC cases. It could fit into another PC case I have, but as shown here, the components of this PCI-E motherboard blocked its way. Something to keep in mind before spending several hundred dollars on your dream graphics.
Where to Put Your Monster Graphics Card
You invest in one of the best-available consumer graphics cards money can buy, such as the GeForce 8800 GTX, or if you wait until next month, AMD’s R600. But these cards are monsters, not just in the sense of how many frames per second they can crank out or the number of pixel shaders and […]
