Never Thought I'd See One...

[chopin1810]

Okay, so it's not an NVIDIA, but I still can't quite believe this has 512 megabytes of VRAM...
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...464&pfp=BROWSE

[techieMoe]

This one is an Nvidia:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143044

[Roxoff]

This one is an Nvidia:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143044

Now that is impressive. Any video card that needs an additional card slot just for the output from the cooling fan has to be something special. How long, do we think, until this becomes affordable to us mortals?

[techieMoe]

Now that is impressive. Any video card that needs an additional card slot just for the output from the cooling fan has to be something special. How long, do we think, until this becomes affordable to us mortals?

Well, the 6800 Ultra had a 2-slot cooling solution and it's rapidly dropping in price:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...309&CatId=1103

[carlosponti]

yeah the price drops fast but by the time most can afford it the gaming companies need more than that to run

[LondoJowo]

Okay, so it's not an NVIDIA, but I still can't quite believe this has 512 megabytes of VRAM...
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...464&pfp=BROWSE

http://www.3dlabs.com/products/family.asp?fami=9
Note that the Wildcat Realizm 800 has 640MB of Ram

Wildcat Realizm 800
http://www.3dlabs.com/products/product.asp?prod=293
Something ATi or nVidia can't do.
"Innovative 256 GB virtual memory support shatters the limits of onboard memory by automatically handling huge datasets while caching essential data for fastest access"

[techieMoe]

http://www.3dlabs.com/products/family.asp?fami=9
Note that the Wildcat Realizm 800 has 640MB of Ram

Wildcat Realizm 800
http://www.3dlabs.com/products/product.asp?prod=293
Something ATi or nVidia can't do.
"Innovative 256 GB virtual memory support shatters the limits of onboard memory by automatically handling huge datasets while caching essential data for fastest access"

However the Wildcat line are made for graphics processing professionals, not gamers, so it would be better to compare them to the Nvidia Quadro FX line:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html

[GNOME_n00b]

it won't be long before every PC will have its own portable fridge.

[techieMoe]

it won't be long before every PC will have its own portable fridge.

Like this?

http://www.ohardt.com/computer/pc.mo...idge/round.01/

[LondoJowo]

However the Wildcat line are made for graphics processing professionals, not gamers, so it would be better to compare them to the Nvidia Quadro FX line:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html

I realize that it be better to compare them with the Quadro FX or FireGL lines (I own a Quadro FX 1100), I just wanted to show that there are some cards in existance with greater than 512MB memory onboard.