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http://www.anandtech.com/show/4008/nvidias-geforce-gtx-580/1 Performance shows it should be called a 485, not 580.

Thanks. Looks like I might as well wait for Bulldozer in April.

How many points would the 6 core AMD @ 3.2GHz deliver? Can it run the big boy units with the bonus? Newegg has them for $229. Presumably a faster version will take previous pricing position.

What video card will you be using? The monitor needs to support DVI with HDCP or HDMI. Then some playback software, I believe Santilli has tried out several versions. If it's a retail drive it may come bundled with some.

True, tho usually already abundant freshwater is a requirement for most such power plants.

If you have the natural gas resources, water desalination is no problem: http://www.power.mottmac.com/projects2/thermalanddesalinationprojects/hassyan/ 120 million imperial gallons per day, running off steam from a 1,500 MW combined cycle gas power island. Now is this feasible in the Sahara...

In any given car crash, a traditional petrol tank is far more likely to fail and cause a fire than a hydrogen tank. If a hydrogen tank in a car fails, it's going to vent upwards and burn itself out. http://policy.rutgers.edu/ceeep/hydrogen/basics/safety.php Petrol tank, not such a good...

I know there's megawatt loads on the grid. Take a datacenter for example. A backup diesel generator of say 1.5MW is a 16 cylinder turbocharged engine the size of a small minibus, using 2" thick copper lines for transmission to the switching gear. Those lines couldn't be used to plug into a...

A 5 minute charge for a battery electric vehicle? No. http://www.cleancaroptions.com/html/ev_fueling_time.html "If a BEV was designed and built to achieve ranges above 200 miles, then the battery banks would require many hours of charging time even with special high current charging circuits...

Yeah downside of the fast charge capability, lithium titanate behaves more like a super cap, than a lithium polymer design with maximum density.

It's all fun and games until you forget to look up as you drive through a doorway.

If this was a Friday I would think potentially becoming a victim of downsizing. That became all too familiar at a previous job. It was like "who the f### is going today", find out two friends are packing their shit, and then I come in Monday and a surprise 3rd has been disabled in the active...

Apart from my 15K drives, once played with a variable speed router that had quite a bit of torque. It was definetly a device that shouldn't be used after a classic liquid lunch.

The workers at the local servo can barely operate the cash registers, let alone replace a couple hundred pounds of battery pack. The closest I have seen to this is the super charge ion (SCiB) battery from Toshiba , apparently good for up to 6,000 cycles, currently used in electric bicycles.

I love baked potatoes with butter, cream and bacon. Also, french fries (known to me internally as chips aka fish and chips but they bring you potatoe chips if you ask for that in the US). The shoestring type for maximum flavor. And mashed potatoes, also with butter. Sweet potato is also very nice.

That's why I like the hydrogen fuel cell based tech the best. You can refill in a few minutes on the go because the energy transfer rate is like gasoline. Solar on the roof of the house/garage can generate the hydrogen at home, and it can be stored in tanks outside as a battery, running thru a...

Good to hear you are well Paugie. Bummer about the rice harvest :(

There's applications for it. Shipping an external hard drive versus popping a couple of discs in a mailer, there's some significant shipping cost savings. Eventually got a decent broadband pipe in, but not all clients had similar connections. For those of us in the US archiving sat broadcasts...

"In Japan, the 100GB discs cost 5000 yen each, or about 44 euros." http://www.famegadget.com/unveiled-sharp-first-bdxl-100gb-discs-for-bluray-recorder-bd-hdw70070.htm Not too bad. Those are the rewritable's that work well in a HD archiving scenario.

If you contact Microsoft, they should give you the legitimate license you paid for. At least, that's what happened to a friend of mine and an ebay seller that was providing keys that couldn't be activated. MS ended up prosecuting the seller. Of course, that would entail giving them a lot of...

At the very least that should drop the price of the 205, the 12x Lite-On (iHBS112) is at the $120 level.

Ah yes, here it is :) http://www.hardwaresphere.com/2010/10/25/pioneer-unveils-bdr-206mbk-bdxl-pc-blu-ray-burner/

I'm waiting for BD-XL support (100GB/128GB).

My mistake, it's a Powercolor PCS+ (slightly pre-overclocked 5770). Yeah, I'm expecting something at the $300, $400 and $500 price points from AMD. No harm in waiting.

http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=114 $53 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994095 I'm sure a SAS one would be more, doesn't seem too bad.

http://en.akihabaranews.com/66331/storage/ask-corporation-sells-cremax-icy-dock-in-japan Something like this perhaps?

My mistake. They spent so long with their ghetto toslink->HDMI audio ouput that I'd given up hope :)

Actually you could run two 6870s in crossfire for the same power budget as one GTX470 if I'm not mistaken.

I've had no probs with the drivers on my 5770. For the comfort of staying with nvidia, the price to be paid is about 100W more power consumption per card (more noise), plus the loss of HDMI 1.4a, UVD3, and DP 1.2 support. It looks like you are moving up in pricerange, if you can still wait the...

Sucrose = sugar as we know it, crystals of sweet goodness. Comes primarily from sugarcane or sugar beet. "The molecule is a disaccharide derived from glucose and fructose" In the US external market protection and corn subsidies means that sucrose costs more than elsewhere in the world, and it...

It was a joke ;) (1 gallon of spirits/rum to mix with Coke/Pepsi). Clearly it is oversized beyond all proportion to that of the primary feature of most hip flasks, that being one of discretion. For intensive operations I can swear by Sigg aluminium bottles. Hard to clean thru the narrow opening...

More than enough, two in CF is only around 300W. Just need four 6 pin PCI express power connectors (or 8-6 pin adaptors).

Yes, though keep in mind one of the DVI ports is single link. To run 6 at once, you need three DisplayPort monitors on each DP 1.2 port (daisychained or breakout boxes). In this case, the card is waiting for display manufacturers to catch up.

The improved crossfire performance means two 6870s are faster than almost everything except the 5970. One now, another one later if you go to a 30" monitor/1600p.

The video card OEMs seem to go out of business moreso than needing the warranty. I've had good luck with HIS. It looks like the 6800 series has 6 display links to share with the 5 outputs, compared to 3 on the 5000 range.

Biggest downside is this series won't likely run the folding@home GPU3 client when released for AMD.

Definitely, this was the midrange refresh. Should see 5850/5870 replacements November, with 5970 level in December.

The 6870 is neck and neck or outperforming the GTX470, at significantly less wattage, and price. Though if you want one I would suggest hitting Newegg quickly, I doubt they'll remain in stock for long (couple are already OOS).

Fixed that for you :)

As long as they allow hip flasks...

Congrats Hairy One :)

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/amds-radeon-6870-6850-renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market/1 6870 USD$239, slipping in between 5850 and 5870 performance. 6850 USD$179 Definitely destroys the 5770. My previous plan to get a 2nd 5770 for CF lies in tatters.

I just find it interesting, the market dynamics: http://fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20581-nvidia-officially-drops-grx-470-price-to-$259-%E2%82%AC219 GTX 460 1GB drops to $200, GTX 470 to $259.

900MHz on the 6870 vs 725MHz on the 5850. They've also changed the shader structures etc. I would wager the end results will use less max power than the 5850 (even though both are rated 151W).

$325? This is aimed at the GTX460 1GB. What do you think the 6950/6970 (replacements for 5850/5870) will be priced at? They are comparing last years $300 card to this year's $200 card (the slide is more focused to OEM card builders as the Barts GPU is a drop in replacement).

http://fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20546-sapphire-hd-6800-shows-up-in-retail AUD$330 for the 6870, AUD$275 for 6850. How does that slot into Aus pricing for 5770 and 5850/5870?

Potentially the opening of a backup window that increases load on network or system.

Yeah that's 10 times what this one cost. It's good he learns gears, he has three on his ATV (clutchless, just get off the gas and flick the left foot lever).