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Nvidia ensure unboxing a ludicrously expensive new graphics card isn't limited to real life in these RAM crisis times by releasing a GeForce 8800 GTX unpacking sim (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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Nvidia have released a Steam tech demo about unboxing a GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card.

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[-] NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 4 days ago

A tech demo for DLSS 5 that got meme'd on super hard for how terrible it is by gamers and devs, with minimum specs 80-90% of gamers just don't have(RTX4070 or better), featuring a 20 year old video card that ran so fucking hot (though, was admittedly pretty revolutionary at the time) at an insane price point for it's time(599 at launch, 1000 adjusted for inflation) that would be nowhere near comparable to the insane price gouging of today? Top of the line RTX5090 is like 6500 used right now. And the performance gains over the 4090 were super disappointing. Like, holy shit, how is it even possible to be that out of touch???

It's crazy when the reality is worse than an already sensationalized title...

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I had a 8800 GT, my first real graphics card, and that thing was a beast. Could even cook eggs on it

[-] nixos_fan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

That's just looking for an excuse to be offended. It's just a tech demo.

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