GizmoRepublic 02/07/2008 - 08:21:
Blu-ray has all but sunk competitor HD DVD in the format war since Warner defected to other side to support the format exclusively. But the victory could be hollow as the limitations of Blu-ray players become all too apparent.
Kevin writes: "Multi-GPU gaming was one of those things that seemed like a good idea for as long as it lasted. I mean honestly, the idea of a modular approach to graphics upgrades – be that SLI or CrossFire – was brilliant. I repeat, the idea was brilliant."
Im old school... when i hear the term SLI, I immediately think of 3dfx. I still have a pair of 12mb Monster V2's in an old rig. I never tried out the more modern take on SLI or Crossfire for that matter.
I mean, it was mostly for bragging rights. It was a very temperamental tech that improved with newer iterations, for sure. But folks like myself, who have used it, probably recall that troubleshooting was an integral part of the experience and the value that you got out of the setup was really low.
However, none of that mattered because it looked sick as hell on a well-built PC.
I remember doing my research at the time 😂 I got 2 GTX 460's, as they in SLI were meant to be better than the 480 at the time. Not all games were optimised at the time, which meant some games meant setting them up for 1 card alone. Never forget the time I came home from night shift, turned on my computer like normal, went and made a cuppa, come back and it was still off. Tried to turn on again, and one of the 460's caught fire... good times.
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Couldn't they just give a CD or what ever disk to the owners that has the latest updates on it so they can install them that way?
They do, but it's only to get movie playback.
Some Samsungs couldn't even playback new Fox and Disney movies once they went to DRM+.
But you can not update the profiles. You might once they get to profile 2.0.
The only BD player you can update profiles now is a PS3.
BDA should've waited until it hit profile 2.0 to release players to the public.
Stand alone players with 1.0 should've never hit the stands. Sony could've just made the PS3 it's sole BD player until this summer. I mean hell it's sold like 9 mil. something already.
OUCH!
my samsung blu ray player wont play transformers
oh wait it hasnt got it lol