Locked GPUs?

[Foxie3a]

Do you guys think that they will start locking GPUs in the future anytime?

Now I think that they don't because the newer video cards, are so much faster compared, OCing just can't do it. And also, you can not overclock from DX8.1 to DX9.* wish I could

Or make my 8500le play HL2 at full graphics without lag...

 

[harryinny3]

It wouldnt even be possible to OC from

8.1 to 9.0. Its all in the hardware. Not just the gpu. And to answer your question, I do not think they will lock the GPU. They even have there own OC software to to oc the cards with. IF they did this they would lose alot of there High end buyers Like the folks here. In general WE are there high end market, and i think they know it.


Harry

 

[=ACID RAIN=]

Most (not all, I know) overclockers are gamers as well. That being the case, we want high end cards. Also, We like SPEED, and often in a competitive manner. This means when new hardware comes out, we buy it. We want to tweak it too, so if one brand was locked and the other one wasn't, we might just buy the unlocked one to have a way to "compete" with another guy, who also has an unlocked one, or even whip the dude that bought the locked one out of ignorance.

Of course, then you go to graphics designers, CAD engineers and such. They don't overclock, so the locked GPU would still have a market, it just wouldn't include overclockers.

 

[Foxie3a]

I know DX is the hardware, I said it was.

But what if, ATI for example, could whip Nvidia soooo bad that locking it would still beat a fully tweaked out Nvidia. And it had a lot better options.

But I guess that people buy the new one to tweak instead of buying the new one to upgrade because theyu can't tweak the current one.

So they won't lock them I suppose

 

[Evnas]

But what if, ATI for example, could whip Nvidia soooo bad that locking it would still beat a fully tweaked out Nvidia.

Then ATi wouldnt release the card, and would instead release something thats more competative, and (keyword here) cheaper for them to produce.

 

[Overclocker550]

ati does and did lock some cards. the 9500 pro was locked and alot of guys just went with the ti4200 instead since an overclocked ti4200 can easily match a stock, locked 9500 pro and the ti4200 was much cheaper. fianally some guy found a bios hack that somehow tricks the card into unlocking and overclocking

 

[harryinny3]

And it overclocks like a

MONSTER TOO!!

Harry