Is that the actual speed of the core on this alpha version?
How Close to 500MHz has NV got?
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Is that the actual speed of the core on this alpha version?
megadrive0088
Regular
500 Mhz probably = FUD
What do you suppose it is then?Jallen said:
wheeh... this autumn looked a boring as hell, but hey hey hey... it looks like we got something to speculate more. 
aaanyways.... somehow it looks like to me that ATI has pretty strong hold from High end right now. And if nVidia truly is in so deep crap as it seems now, this cleary opens some real opportunities to Matrox, Trident and SiS. All three has some DX9 stuff on their R&D line.
and who knows, (yea Chalnoth, I know, I know, their previous products have been piece of crap. ) S3 / VIA might get their Columbia out as well some day.
I don't see nothing wrong if ATI and nVidia change places. that just should make nVidia to push harder on R&D to get back on fastest. that means more competion and usually better products with less money for consumers.
aaanyways.... somehow it looks like to me that ATI has pretty strong hold from High end right now. And if nVidia truly is in so deep crap as it seems now, this cleary opens some real opportunities to Matrox, Trident and SiS. All three has some DX9 stuff on their R&D line.
and who knows, (yea Chalnoth, I know, I know, their previous products have been piece of crap.
) S3 / VIA might get their Columbia out as well some day. I don't see nothing wrong if ATI and nVidia change places. that just should make nVidia to push harder on R&D to get back on fastest. that means more competion and usually better products with less money for consumers.
pocketmoon_
Newcomer
THE SIZE OF THAT COOLING FAN!!
pocketmoon_ said:
You know, the huge NV30 cooling system looks like a marketing technique targeting the... demographic group who believes that the size of one's penis is directly proportional to the size of your computer's cooling devices.
OMG THAT IS HUGE FAN == SEXXY OMG MUST BUY NV30.
megadrive0088
Regular
preeeecisely. As long as Nv doesn't wait 1 year+ to bring out a TRUE refresh of GeForce FX (the Nv35) things will be just fine.
Actually, NV35 SHOULD be a spring 2003 product. If NV30 was ment to be a fall 2002 product, NV35 the refresh should be spring.....
All the boards at the UK launch were reference boards, I don't know about the ones at Comdex. Talking to a few of the launch partners I did in the UK they don't, as yet, know exactly when to expect chip batches, however a guys from ASUS said they are getting update almost daily now.
Jallen said:
I tend to agree...I don't buy a part at 196 MHz on 0.13 putting out as much heat ("feeling hot on the hand") as has been reported for the cooler solution used, no matter how many problems they are having. Also, they had smooth demonstrations and I thought they were real-time...I don't buy that at 196 MHz either.
I don't have a clue as to what else they could mean with "Speed Rating" though, so maybe I'm just plain wrong *shrug*.
