Direct X11 graphics cards, 2010

[alexdagr8est]

Ok Guys, with the release of Windows 7 and the start of 2010 is on our doorsteps we will see big things!- new programs brought out exploiting parellelism (using multithreading processing and our graphics cards to break down complex tasks)

We will see 64-bit OS's become the "norm" for the majority of desktop users as anything less than 4Gb's of ram should be reserved for netbooks and mobile phones.

New hardware-
the infamous core i9's will come out (codename: gulfstream) and we will see 6 cores with 12 threads (hyperthreading) screaming out of our computers at light speed, because of course - there is always over-clocking potential.
Solid state drives will be cheaper, mainstream society will have at least one for their OS's, and gamers will have another for their games, 2Gb platter HDDs will be for media.
Along with the release of Sata 3 and USB 3.0 alot will change!

Speed, we will get it in the bucketloads! But the varience in motherboards, core i5 core i7 core i9 will be hard to grasp for the end user and first time builders will find themselves confused and in the dark.

But now we get into serious STUFF DIRECT X11 so what will it offer new? (what Direct X 10 should have delivered and more- ahem Nvidea)
But perhaps the most interesting revelation in the gaming world is the addition of a new contestant with a new product to the ever-competing ATi and Nvidia, the chipzilla giant Intel. Releasing its Larrabee architecture will be interesting, with Nvidia screwing up architecture by trying to copy larrabee's theoretical design (wasting time) and not being able to adjust the die shrink of their own GPU's, not being able to get a new contract for the games console industry for Sony, Nintendo or Microsofts next platforms, the green age will come to a halt for about a year or so (until it gets its act together).
Then we have ATI - die shrinks, more ROPS more stream processors.. will we see the emergance of a single card reaching 3 teraflops per second? only time will tell.
Intel.. Larrabee, the more processors on a chip wafer, the more power it has... duh! - but for every extra chip apparently doubles its GPU power.... we'll see about that intel, interesting, but I want to know more about this platform and the architecture.

So what do you guys want next year? 24GB ram DDR3 Triple Channel 2400Mhz lowest clock timings ever, with a Corei9 able to overclock by 5 Ghz on stock coolers and 10Ghz on liquid cooling, Ati 5000 series, Nvidia GT400 series or Larrabee? Solid state drives offering 500Gb at $50 a pop, or all this being able to run on a 200W PSU.
Tell me your thoughts people

 

[aerofanadam]

Ok Guys, with the release of Windows 7 and the start of 2010 is on our doorsteps we will see big things!- new programs brought out exploiting parellelism (using multithreading processing and our graphics cards to break down complex tasks)

We will see 64-bit OS's become the "norm" for the majority of desktop users as anything less than 4Gb's of ram should be reserved for netbooks and mobile phones.

New hardware-
the infamous core i9's will come out (codename: gulfstream) and we will see 6 cores with 12 threads (hyperthreading) screaming out of our computers at light speed, because of course - there is always over-clocking potential.
Solid state drives will be cheaper, mainstream society will have at least one for their OS's, and gamers will have another for their games, 2Gb platter HDDs will be for media.
Along with the release of Sata 3 and USB 3.0 alot will change!

Speed, we will get it in the bucketloads! But the varience in motherboards, core i5 core i7 core i9 will be hard to grasp for the end user and first time builders will find themselves confused and in the dark.

But now we get into serious STUFF DIRECT X11 so what will it offer new? (what Direct X 10 should have delivered and more- ahem Nvidea)
But perhaps the most interesting revelation in the gaming world is the addition of a new contestant with a new product to the ever-competing ATi and Nvidia, the chipzilla giant Intel. Releasing its Larrabee architecture will be interesting, with Nvidia screwing up architecture by trying to copy larrabee's theoretical design (wasting time) and not being able to adjust the die shrink of their own GPU's, not being able to get a new contract for the games console industry for Sony, Nintendo or Microsofts next platforms, the green age will come to a halt for about a year or so (until it gets its act together).
Then we have ATI - die shrinks, more ROPS more stream processors.. will we see the emergance of a single card reaching 3 teraflops per second? only time will tell.
Intel.. Larrabee, the more processors on a chip wafer, the more power it has... duh! - but for every extra chip apparently doubles its GPU power.... we'll see about that intel, interesting, but I want to know more about this platform and the architecture.

So what do you guys want next year? 24GB ram DDR3 Triple Channel 2400Mhz lowest clock timings ever, with a Corei9 able to overclock by 5 Ghz on stock coolers and 10Ghz on liquid cooling, Ati 5000 series, Nvidia GT400 series or Larrabee? Solid state drives offering 500Gb at $50 a pop, or all this being able to run on a 200W PSU.
Tell me your thoughts people

I want a decent game lineup made for the better rigs. Let me rephrase, I want a decent NON-FPS game lineup with better beta testing (No more new games being unplayably buggy............. Glares at Bioware&Bethesda.............)!

 

[mattinahat]

I want a decent game lineup made for the better rigs.

I agree with this. I am sick of being able to max out any game and still having plenty of computational power left in my GPU. I spent over $500AUD on my GPU and I would like $500 worth of visuals each and every second of my gaming time.

Let me rephrase, I want a decent NON-FPS game lineup with better beta testing (No more new games being unplayably buggy)

I like the beta testing idea but I look to the heavens above and pray for a biblical flood of FPS games in Q4 2009 and 2010. What can I say? I love shooting.

Down with 'strategy' games like Tom Clancy's End War.