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 Apr 15 2008, 08:29 PM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
You can find it here - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ecs_8800gt/
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Apr 18 2008, 07:40 PM
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 Audio Nut  Posts: 6,677 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
That's one hell of a BIOS update!
 I wonder why ECS released the card with half of the memory addressing disabled... -------------------- Desktop: | Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz | 128 GB GSkill Falcon | 8 GB WinTec AmpX | Sapphire 4870 X2 | DFI P35-T2RL | PCP&C Silencer 610 | W7 x64 | HTPC: | X3 720 BE @ 3.4 GHz | 4.5 TB Storage | 8 GB GeIL Black Dragon | PowerColor 4830 | ECS A-780GM-A | ATI Theater 650 Pro | OCZ Fatal1ty 550 | W7 x64 | Router/VPN/Compiling: | Opteron 175 | 4 GB DDR 500 | S3 Trio PCI VGA | Asus A8N-SLI SE | SinTek 500SLI | XP Pro | Office: | Dell Precision 390 | Core 2 Duo E6320 | 2 GB DDR2 667 | XFX 7800GT | Fedora 10 / Windows 7 RC | NetBook: | Asus EeePC 900A | 1.6 GHz Atom | 32 GB SSD | 2 GB DDR2 667 | Intel Integrated | W7 x86 | |
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Apr 18 2008, 07:51 PM
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I was wondering the exact same thing myself when I read the article... at first I thought I was missing something, but then I realized it really was the most awesome GPU BIOS update ever. Heh.
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Apr 18 2008, 08:12 PM
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 OCC Boss Posts: 27,159 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
The only thing I can come up with is cost, other then that it doesn't make sense.
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Apr 18 2008, 08:42 PM
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Audio Nut Posts: 6,677 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
It really makes zero sense for ECS to release the card with half of the memory addressing disabled. I can't think of a single reason it'd be viable to do so.
 Anyway - it doesn't matter. It's a kickass card for less than the standard price - I can't argue with that. -------------------- Desktop: | Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz | 128 GB GSkill Falcon | 8 GB WinTec AmpX | Sapphire 4870 X2 | DFI P35-T2RL | PCP&C Silencer 610 | W7 x64 | HTPC: | X3 720 BE @ 3.4 GHz | 4.5 TB Storage | 8 GB GeIL Black Dragon | PowerColor 4830 | ECS A-780GM-A | ATI Theater 650 Pro | OCZ Fatal1ty 550 | W7 x64 | Router/VPN/Compiling: | Opteron 175 | 4 GB DDR 500 | S3 Trio PCI VGA | Asus A8N-SLI SE | SinTek 500SLI | XP Pro | Office: | Dell Precision 390 | Core 2 Duo E6320 | 2 GB DDR2 667 | XFX 7800GT | Fedora 10 / Windows 7 RC | NetBook: | Asus EeePC 900A | 1.6 GHz Atom | 32 GB SSD | 2 GB DDR2 667 | Intel Integrated | W7 x86 | |
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Apr 18 2008, 09:25 PM
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 OCC AMD Reviewer Posts: 1,623 Joined: 21-May 07 From: Queen Creek, AZ Member No.: 21,421 |
Yea you guys got me too. I could not understand why either. Sure lower cost for us is great but why cut half of the memory, sell it for less, then have an update to release the remainder of the memory for free??? I mean I am not one to complain because it is a killer card and come on SLi for $280 that's a steal..... Hmmmmmm makes you wounder.
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