The Current State of Graphics Cards, In a Photo [Image Cache]


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pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/07/504x_r4890.jpg” class=”left image500″ width=”500″Meaningless numerical name? Check. Ostentatious styling added by a third party, completely unsuited for a component that you often can’t see? Check. Bizarre, irrelevant marketing claims? Oh, check./p pThe a class=”autolink” title=”Click here to read more posts tagged MSI R4890″ href=”http://gizmodo.com/tag/msi-r4890/”MSI R4890/a Cyclone SOC, which shares as much aesthetically with a motorcycle engine as it does a PC component, is a perfect example of everything that is a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5305571/giz-explains-how-to-choose-the-right-graphics-card”confusing, irritating and unnecessarily obfuscated/a with a class=”autolink” title=”Click here to read more posts tagged GRAPHICS CARDS” href=”http://gizmodo.com/tag/graphics-cards/”graphics cards/a today./p pThere’s a lot of impressive tech heremdash;an overclocked 1GHz ATI a class=”autolink” title=”Click here to read more posts tagged RADEON HD 4890″ href=”http://gizmodo.com/tag/radeon-hd-4890/”Radeon HD 4890/a GPU and 1GB of GDDR5 RAMmdash; but instead of putting that into meaningful terms, MSI is content to just throw the numbers out there and brag about the card’s “200-year lifespan” and “largest […]

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