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Soleron on 26 July 2008
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ssj12 said:
Soleron said:

 

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/21/two-nvidia-partners-defect

The source is... only somewhat reliable, but the sentiment is accurate: Nvidia's partners are on the edge of failure and are likely to, if not defect outright, then at least begin to diversify into AMD boards, or more importantly Intel.

Intel, you say? Yes, they are working on a high-end discrete GPU codenamed Larrabee to be released in 2009 that is intended to compete with AMD and Nvidia, and they need board partners so are willing to give big margins to them to entice them.

since X58 supports both SLi and CrossFireX I dont see any issues with this since if they make intel boards they would be building boards that support both anyways.

edit: actually never believe the inquirer.

 

edit 2: there are so many nVidia enthusists now that XFX and EVGA shouldnt have issues with selling their GPUs.

 

You've misread my post. By 'boards', I don't mean motherboards, I mean GPU boards. Currently EVGA and XFX only produce Nvidia GPU boards (Geforce). Since some of these kind of companies must join Intel when they enter the GPU business, the Inquirer believes that some Nvidia-allied companies like XFX and EVGA will switch over and make Intel GPUs.

Look:

1. Nvidia produces GPU chip, e.g. called G92.

2. Nvidia sends these tiny pieces of silicon to EVGA and XFX

3. EVGA and XFX put the silicon on a big board known as a "graphics card" along with memory, display ports, etc.

4. EVGA and XFX sell you cards branded as "9800 GTX"

 

Intel wants to do this model, so Intel needs companies for steps 2-4. Nvidia partners are likely to switch because their financial situation is worse. This is independent of CF/SLI.