Why so FREAKIN' big...?

[BoomerD]

Here's a quick comparison:

My last graphics card...ATI X850XT PE (AGP)
160 million transistors.
Height 3.875" 98 mm
Length 7.4375" 189 mm
Width Dual-Slot
(approx measurements)

The nVidia 570 card... 3 billion.
Height 4.376 inches (111 mm)
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm)
Width Dual-Slot

 

[djnsmith7]

It is simply a matter of tradeoffs.

Design cost + manufacturing cost versus time-to-market, reliability, density (size), etc.

To be sure they could design cards that are 1/2 the size without sacrificing 1% of the performance...but are you ready to pay 2-3x more for the product?

It is called many things - the Project Triangle, the Project management triangle, the triple constraint - and basically it is meant to communicate the fact that you have basically three options but you can only have two of the three come true.

You can have the product developed fast (fast time to market) and cheap (low quality)...or fast and good (but expensive)...or cheap and good (but it will take a long time to develop).

Great way to take a complicated concept (create & execute a successful business model with a manufacturing platform) & simplify it so most can comprehend. Well said.

 

[BFG10K]

That chart could apply to sex too. :whiste:

 

[Idontcare]

lmfao, so true!

 

[BoomerD]

That chart could apply to sex too. :whiste:

But wouldn't it then look like this?

http://www.whodah.com/albums/Avatars-and-Graphics/ahm.png

:whiste: :whiste: