I think he meant JOHN Connor, as in the dood from terminator.. but :S

He was human.. :P

I get the Ghost in the Shell reference, but who the hell is James Connor?

Not quite. Some of the important parts already working and are available for download from SVN. But yes, the group are programming a graphics card. This board is what is needed for the design and testing of that code. Then the tested code is used to make a cost effective ASIC graphics card. It is an important step. Want to learn? Feel free to join in. 

While this board is for developers, If you want open graphics, you might help out the developers by making a donation to The non profit Open Hardware Foundation (OHF). The OHF are assisting developers to purchase boards.

FPGSs are truely good things. Check this NewScientist article from way back when:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15621085.000-creatures-from-primordial-silicon--let-darwinism-loose-in-anelectronics-lab-and-just-watch-what-it-creates-a-lean-mean-machine-thatnobody-understands-clive-davidson-reports.html

People who design their own hardware are truly a tech entuziasts. It is not about buying an ready-made card in a shop, plugging it into a slot, and using a ready-made software for torturing (overclocking) the poor thing and then compensating their serotonine/dopamine levels by posting a 3dmark score on some forum.

I just got four of these in SLI soon i'll be pwning you noobs all over the internets!!!!!1111111

Something is definitely wrong. Drashek is starting to sound human and less like a chat bot. Someone find James Connor, or Motoko Kusanagi.

All I can think is Drive by Local IT College, put up ad for FPGA programer & kept Cage in Basement. Offer Nutriant turds in exchange for software developement.hahahaha."Cruelty befoe Punixhment."
drashek

So, as an early adopter I could spend $1500 on a graphics set up that doesn't work? 

Sounds familiar... like early adopters of vista for their nvidia SLI set ups

Can it play WOW?

i dont understand...your suppossed to program your own graphic card or something?