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Next big thing?

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Walleye

Limp Gawd
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well..since my brother just upgraded his computer to past mine, i'm planning my comeback.

his comp:

xp 2800+
geforceFX5900XT
512 mb pc3200 corsair ddr

mine

p4 2.66 ghz
radeon 9700tx
512 mb RD RAM (pc1066 dual channel)

so i'm looking down the road a year or so... what's the next big thing that's gonna be out? gotta save up for it



i know PCI Express will be out by then, so i'm planning on dual video cards, and 3 monitors. but what else? I'm thinking about dual processors.. Opterons arent *that* expensive, compared to pentiums, lol. currently about 1000 for mobo + cpu's... i wonder how much the pci express cards are gonna cost from ATI.
 
And you need dual processors because you...?

Big things to look for in a year's time (that are really coming out in a few months)

Uh...Prescott LGA775, Athlon64 new cores (dual channel capable), AATi R4xx, Nvidia N4x series, DDR-2, more PCI-Express devices, BTX standard, improved SATA drives, brain implants, Pentium 6, AthlonFX+++.

Yes, I made some things up. The real big things to look for are the Tejas core (I think summer 2005) from Intel, and uh, yeah, I have no clue.
 
i'm trying to support AMD. every computer purchased for the last year or so in this house has been non-intel.

(2 AMD's, and 1 Via c-3)


i have no "Need" of dual processors, lol. i want them because... well... why not?
 
Originally posted by Walleye
i want them because... well... why not?
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Lack of multi-threaded software, added cost, some features/speeds are not as current as single processor boards/processors/peripherals/heatsinks/etc.

There's no point unless you're rendering or something like that. Even then, you need software that supports multiple threads, ney?
 
multitasking. transferring all game/other programs to a dedicated processor and having the other for other stuff.
 
im just looking forward to the nv40, r420 and new case designs by alot of companies (they gotta take tips from lian li and change their design sooner or later) ;)
 
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