The movies did go off the rails towards the end, but some of the shows have been pretty good.
Here's what I thought was good:
Ahhh... multi-card setups. I really miss those. I ran my two HD 4870s in Crossfire, then did the same thing with my HD 7970s. Then I tried with my R9 Furies but... I mean, technically, they worked but no game was supporting Crossfire by that time. It made me sad...🙁
I had a couple different Crossfire setups, then 8800 GTX single, dual, eventually triple. Those were replaced with Radeon HD 4850 Crossfire (still have one in a box as a spare) unlocked to HD 4870 shaders. My last multi-GPU setup was dual GeForce 980Ti. By that point it was already pretty difficult getting things to make use of both GPUs. I also miss multi-GPU and kind of wish they'd bring it back, but given how much power modern GPUs draw I don't think that's a great idea. We'd be back to needing 1600w PSUs overnight.
Ah, the 8800 GTX. I remember it well. It was a massive game-changer for nVidia. I wasn't playing any big 3D games yet at the time and just had an 8500 GT. I remember that the 8800 came in quite a few flavours with the 8800 GT, 8800 GTS, 8800 GTX and 8800 Alpha Dog. It was so ahead of its time that all nVidia had to do was switch its connectivity to PCIe2 and rename it the 9800 GTX (and then the GTS 250).
That's awesome. It's so cool having those old cards around. I love the fact that I still have both of my HD 4870s. I remember when I got my first one, to make my buddy at work laugh, I hugged the box close and stroked it while whispering "MY PRECIOUS!!!". 😊
Which coincides perfectly with my last multi-GPU setup of twin R9 Furies.
Yes it was. It sounds like you were as frustrated with it as I was.
What I liked most about Crossfire and SLI was the fact that you could upgrade your GPU simply by buying another of the same (or in the case of Crossfire, similar) type. You were still able to leverage the power of the card that you already had. That made upgrading less expensive (because by the time you needed to upgrade, it was a sure bet that your card had become really cheap to buy) and it also meant less e-waste because it made cards longer-lasting and thus, less disposable.
From a performance standpoint, well, it would be the card that I have currently because I've never owned one of the top-two most potent video cards in the world before. I have to admit, it's pretty damn awesome! 😊
ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming OC:
The designs are nice, sure, but they're also kinda generic. This thing with white PC parts is only a fad because when people realise just how much dust is in their PCs without them knowing it (which will happen when they see just how dirty their white parts get), people will go back to black and grey PC parts. Remember that most of us who build PCs and game are male and I know that, as a general rule, we are lazy as all hell when it comes to things like that. 🤣
I agree with you that Matrox was pretty underrated and that image quality translated into their specialisation for CCTV and security system cards.
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