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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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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 56 points 4 days ago

What an incredibly tone deaf thing to do.

"Here, you poors can have this demo"

[-] NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago

Ah yes, the poors that have an RTX4070 or better for the minimum specs. It's like one of those 4chan edgelords is in charge.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

I mean...you have seen his leather jacket right?

[-] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Ya I was wondering what was up with that.

[-] 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.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago

Maybe they should make a Store sim where you can go and unwrap food items and maybe pump cheap gas.

[-] radix@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

NGL, a boring 1998 life sim would get a buy from me.

[-] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Basically My Summer Car.

If you’re a rural Finnish degen that’s into cars

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

I'd rather they make a "Dump Jensen Huang in a vat of acid multiple times" simulator.

[-] D06M4@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

I wonder if that could be reported as hate crime on Steam. 🤔

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

The best part is you need a 8800 to run the simulator!

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Hmmm… while its technically possbile to have been running Vista in November of 2006 when the card came out, it wasn’t widely available until January 2007.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Why not just make it a PC Builder Sim DLC?

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

A simulation you say?

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