[Cialug] graphics accelerator

[David Champion]

chris129 at cs.iastate.edu wrote:

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> But now there are going to be two major OS's dependent on working 3d drivers
> (Vista and OS X), and there are only two companies competing with some pretty
> loyal customers.  I also would say the game world has come into a more typical
> growth rate; most kids are already playing too many games.
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I wouldn't count on gaming / entertainment driven purchase slowing down. 
  Also don't forget that 99% of video cards in consumers hands right now 
won't run Vista. The next year is going to be gangbusters for video card 
makers.

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> But don't expect more than a month of straight runtime.
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Not sure what you're talking about... my "server" pc at home is running 
the nVidia drivers, and often has several months of uptime - before I 
reboot it due to an upgrade, or moving it.

-dc