PizzatheHut06
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beedubaya said:The next generation games i guess will REQUIRE a GeForce 6800 or greater to run well.
What do you mean by "require" and how much time until the "next generation"? The reason I'm asking is because in a business sense this doesn't seem like it would be a good idea for companies to do. Say the card drops to around $100 dollars by the time that happens. How many mainstream users will get that card? I'd say probably not too many. People like us on these forums make up a very small percentage of the marketshare. I don't know an exact number, but I'd say <5%. Most of the people playing computer games will still be people will their Dells and HPs and Compaqs. I would say that games will require a 6800 in something more like 3-5 years, although that's a very rough estimate. Right now for instance, my old roommate just got a new Dell and the graphics card was a GeForce MX440. Think how long ago that was a good card. I guess that's the tricky part about making graphics for games, making them able to run on crappy Compaqs for the mainstream user, while at the same time giving them the ability to be played using a top of the line card.