NVIDIA GF100 & Friends speculation

1.5 will probably stick for a long, long time even with extended resolutions- we've probably reached a stage where asset creation that leverages such capabilities for the PC is pretty costly, coupled with the fact that the current gen consoles won't benefit much from those refinements (most devs aren't even doing it right before they start aiming for a brute force pure by the numbers solution to texturing and assets)

And I'll stick to the wager that 1GB is seriously all a gamer needs for HD. Enthusiasts, that's a different deal altogether So you'll be seeing quite some inertia from IHVs and board partners, particularly if the tradeoff of size vs bandwidth rears its head again.

 

Did we discuss this other ShaneB bit? About only a 1 year warranty from nVidia on Fermi?

Also I just have to add this beautiful example of modesty:

 

And what do the companies which have a llife-long-warranty?

Wait: He spoke to "some of the NV only partners" and they don't want new cards? They need some armchair MBAs!

 

What they wrote, Charge Extra.

 

That bit about "tier 1 website" reminds me of the tier X publication SNAFU with AMD a couple year back (ie. where AMD said they never required vetting of articles before release from tier 1 publications, suggesting they did of others). I always wonder how explicit these deals are in the wonderful world of the web, is it just like with Charlie (simple threats not to bite the hand that feeds you or you don't get to be at the trough) or do they actually require editorial rights by contract for the smaller sites if they participate in media events?

 

But he said that there will be a shortage. And the reason is because nobody wants to sell GF100 cards with a 1-year warranty?

And what have the warranty to do with a press sample?

 

Why is this discussion about warranty even happening? Nothing's changed in that respect, and I don't remember us ever discussing it before. It's just dumb noise, so let's nip that in the bud.

 

So the 480 is now priced higher than the msrp of the 5970 ?

I don't really have a good feeling about this. If the 5970 is faster nvidia is in alot of trouble. A cheaper dual card with faster performance.

ALso it seems charlie is right that the 5970 is cheaper for ati to make than the gtx480.

 

It is being discussed b/c that post made it all sound very confusing. A bunch of strange connections that don't really seem to make much logical sense.

Eastmen why in the world is a dual card good? There are still problems with dual/sli/crossfire that a single GPU doesn't have to deal with.

 

Really ? Can you buy one now ?

Did you ever hear about price inflation/gouging of a soon to be released product ?

Proof ?
And do me a favor when (if) you do provide proof: Don't just quote "Charlie". Actual sources are required.

 

So the "major announcement" was nothing but the (already more or less known) launch date: http://www.nvidia.com/object/paxeast.html (from http://twitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce )

 

Friday 3/26

oh well.....

 

What were you expecting ?!...

Seriously, it's only official when the actual companies announce them, so it IS a major announcement.

On another note, they'll be having a custom built PC raffle in honor of ChrisRay. All winnings go to his mother. Nicely done!

 

Nice one to pull off! The few people at Cebit will surely enjoy looking at rebranded stuff for the n-th time. Some might even like what Ati has to offer

 

This post makes the most sense in regards to this matter.

 

So, do I get a cookie?

 

Way cool! Anyone going? I gotta mail ya some cash to buy me a ticket...

 

Please, lets wait for proper benchmarks and actual pricing before making judgements...

If release is ~ 4 weeks away tier 1 websites should be getting PE cards soon for testing and then we can make a more reasoned argument over how buggered Nvidia may or may not be.

 

I don't know. Is a "launch" the same as an "unveiling"?

Last Friday's tweet was an announcement of an announcement of an unveiling.