I think there is a lot of single guys in the US. Making good money, and spending it on toys. I think there is a lot more of them than what people think.

(Maybe these people don't post on the Internets)

I still think the market for people like us,is relatively small.Think of the mass numbers of pc's bought,mostly by "normal" people who dont overclock or spend loads tarting their machines up and spending lots on the newest spiciest hardware.

^Single guys that spend on toys.....like me ^^

Even that said, this is a hoorible board by design, the Intel Skulltrail looks better.

Now I don't make that much, but I don't go out(maybe 1 time a month). So I don't drive and spend on gas or anything.

Now I do buy hardware, because it's fun. I'm glad this stuff is out there, and I would be one that might spend his hobby money(that I have a around set balance to monthly)on a good motherboard like this.

Hey if it's worth it you know...

I'm not saying its a bad thing as such.If i had the dosh it'd be mine believe me.Just that its aimed at a relatively small market.

So are ultra cards, and was the to hd2900 cards.

BUT it makes the company look good to the people that play with them.

a111087We already using the latest technology, development takes time, time takes money, companies just sell what they have so they can keep developing ....
you can't just build a chip that can go no farther in development

I appreciate what you're saying and don't disagree at all. My only point was that I've become frustrated with the lack of progress and massive cost of GPU's. I would like to see the same type of progress and price drops that CPU's have made since the release of the Conroe and the quad-cores (power-to-dollar ratio). The development seems obviously lopsided, and of course CPU's are a greater cash cow than GPU's.... so it's not that I object to the way they are doing business, or that I expect instantly superior technology, as much as wishful thinking I guess. I'd like to see a shift in focus from powerhunger, heat-spewing, multi-card GPU set up's, to something more efficient architecture wise.

EDIT: to sum it all up, let's start thinking more like the Japanese, than like Americans. stop the bigger, faster, louder race, and start thinking smaller, more efficient, quieter. also, anyone else notice how riduclously large this cards have become?

True, we should get smaller, more efficient.... SO WE CAN STICK MORE ON EACH CARD!!!1 WOOOOOOOO!!!! :D

error_f0rceOn one hand it's pretty sweet, but on the other hand when you start needing 4 graphics card to run a game at the specs you want, it has to start making you wish they would just make 1 card to do it. I know from a business aspect that might not make the money, but from a consumer perspective I'm getting a little fed up with "multiples". This is like the next mach 3 razor for men, 3 blades, then 4, NO FIVE!!!

:banghead: Stop the madness!!! Just make 1 good card that costs as much as 4.... please.... :o

EDIT: btw, anyone know how work on multi-core GPU's is coming?

HAHAHA i know what you mean....whats next !! lol well women have razors that doesn't use razors hmm. this is sounding ridiculous but where ever the buisness is making more money then yeah...it seems that a hell of a lot of money is going into this "multi" multi-core cpu's, multi-video card setups...i don't really see an advantage or even a difference in multi-video card setups...but i guess its just for show off and who has more of what