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 Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 13:02 Post subject: Sparkle debuts GeForce 8800 GT with DisplayPort |
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 13:36 Post subject: |
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2 things... 1, i dunno if id ever buy something from a company called sparkle... its like buying a drink called gay juice...
second, what is display port? i mean i read the site and understand what it does, but is it intended to replace dvi and hdmi? the capabilities sound great, but i dunno if its something companies like microsoft for example, would be happy about? in short, i understand what it does, but i dont understand what it means in terms of what will support it etc...
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 13:52 Post subject: |
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I bought a sparkle card back in the day, they've been around for a long long while .. Still, they make pretty horrid budget cards so this is a bit of a shocker.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 13:58 Post subject: |
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Sparkle aren't so bad. They make cards just as good as the rest.
Now if you had said Q Tec then I would agree.
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 14:06 Post subject: |
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ok so weve discovered that sparkle, while still has a very fruity limp wristed name that even pee-wee herman would feel ashamed of, has products that range from rubbish to decent..
so now can we move on to my second statement re: displayport?
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 14:39 Post subject: |
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hmm well...
i guess almost nobody needs a displayport now?! waste of money atm, imo.
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 17:14 Post subject: |
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Sparkle has been around for a while and mostly in the states but I do like their heatsink designs better than most next to EVGA's AC3 cooling.
I believe their also making the first 1GB 8800GT with passive cooling.
http://www.cpu3d.com/content/view/3035/67/
As for the speeds they under perform most but not by a whole lot and they usually cost a bit less.
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 17:19 Post subject: |
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so none of you lot can answer my question?
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jan 2008 17:59 Post subject: |
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k, thanx... its more or less what i thought...
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jan 2008 00:36 Post subject: |
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If I remember correct, thats not the only reason. displayport has a higher bandwith and can therefore offer higher resolutions and higher refresh rates. afaik.
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jan 2008 02:09 Post subject: |
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Such an annoyingly generic name for something 
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ZOLLINO
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jan 2008 13:13 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | Sparkle has been around for a while and mostly in the states but I do like their heatsink designs better than most next to EVGA's AC3 cooling.
I believe their also making the first 1GB 8800GT with passive cooling.
http://www.cpu3d.com/content/view/3035/67/
As for the speeds they under perform most but not by a whole lot and they usually cost a bit less. |
http://games.tiscali.cz/news/news.asp?id=25540&r=top
i hope u can understand charts, and you can see 1GB version is throwing money out of window. |
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jan 2008 19:58 Post subject: |
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| swingman wrote: | | Phluxed wrote: | | Such an annoyingly generic name for something |
Agreed, but there already so many acronyms in the hardware world like dvi, hdmi, etc.  Maybe it might just work to be different from the crowd and use a name which might become a generic term like aspirin or something. |
I think I like the acronym GNVAP
Generic Named Video Audio Port. |
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jan 2008 23:27 Post subject: |
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Sparkle is the Evga of Asia. Just because it's not recieved well here doesn't mean they are a bad board partner. Besides, I remember reading that like 4-5 of the Nvidia board partners are run out of one company in Asia just under different names to differentiate bundles/accessories. These include some of the big ones too.
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 15:42 Post subject: |
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Why boycott new technology. If that's how you feel about it you should boycott quad core and dual GPU's
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Jenni
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 17:00 Post subject: |
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Says the man that boycotts Vista.
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Jan 2008 02:41 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | Says the man that boycotts Vista. |
I used vista for 2 weeks I liked the speed the 64bit version had I just hated the huge performance drop in my games. |
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Lutzifer
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Jan 2008 02:54 Post subject: |
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| Phluxed wrote: | | Such an annoyingly generic name for something |
i blame apple for ruining the IT world  |
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Jan 2008 03:22 Post subject: |
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| Lutzifer wrote: | | Phluxed wrote: | | Such an annoyingly generic name for something |
i blame apple for ruining the IT world |
What..you mean the imac ipod iphone idock ruined generic names!?!? |
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Jan 2008 18:40 Post subject: |
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lets just abbreviate it to DP, then it will be amongst the greats, ie Double Penetration etc etc
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