NVIDIA Makes First 4GB Graphics Card

Frogger writes to tell us NVIDIA has released what they are calling the most powerful graphics card in history. With 4GB of graphics memory and 240 CUDA-programmable parallel cores, this monster sure packs a punch, although, with a $3,500 price tag, it certainly should. Big-spenders can rejoice at a new shiny, and the rest of us can be happy with the inevitable price shift in the more reasonable models.

what a revolution

[jollyreaper]

Does this mean we can finally run Crysis now?

no it's not

[hcdejong]

... "the most powerful video card in history", it's "the most powerful videocard yet".

[/pet peeve]

Re:what a revolution

[dreamchaser]

Oh come on, you can run Crysis with half that number of cores and only 2 gig of video RAM. This card is obviously being built because of the impending release of Duke Nukem Forever.

Re:misread the subject

[Bromskloss]

I read that as 4*MB* video card.

I fucking hate the beginning of work weeks.

Working hard, I see.

Re:no it's not

[Anonymous Coward]

I dunno, those Germans made quite a powerful video card back in the 1940s.

It certainly had more power than those steam-powered video cards the French made in WWI.

Re:Just what I always wanted!

[smussman]

I do as well. And *both* of us can't be nobody.

Re:what a revolution

[SimonTheSoundMan]

Almost.

Re:Power != memory

[LearnToSpell]

That's times more powerfull and flexible than CUDA.

I like how statistics are so meaningless we're not even putting the numbers in anymore.

Re:Power != memory

[doti]

In case the $3,500 price tag didn't tip you off, this isn't a gaming/enthusiast card. This is a Quadro - a professional card for high-end 3D rendering. Stuff like generating film-grade 3D or insane CAD stuff.

Cm'on, we are all grown ups here. You can say it clearly:

It's for high-detailed 3D virtual porn.

Re:Power != memory

[nschubach]

This is a new age of statistics. Instead of putting numbers up there that could be misinterpreted, the author has chosen to take the politically correct route and allow the user the decision that best pleases them.

This way you get your message out, and the person on the other side is happy with their decision. It's a win-win!

Re:what a revolution

[BarneyL]

I heard that if anyone ever possessed both Duke Nuem Forever and a graphics card powerful enough to run it then the game would cease to exist and be replaced with something more complicated.
Others say that the developers have in fact already done this several times.

Re:Power != memory

[sexconker]

Still a .01% increase over the competition.