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ssj12 on 26 July 2008
Soleron said:
BottledSpringWater said:
FJ-Warez said:
EVGA and XFX are leaving the nVidia camp, so probably they feature some sort of clearance sale...

 

What?! Since when?

 

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.



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Soleron on 26 July 2008
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.

 



steven787 on 26 July 2008
Soleron said:
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.

 

Yes, but the reason why the situation is bad for them is because Nvidia has too many partners and is too competitive with themselves.

Once a few jump ship it should make it more balanced.

 



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FJ-Warez on 26 July 2008
steven787 said:
Soleron said:
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.

 

Yes, but the reason why the situation is bad for them is because Nvidia has too many partners and is too competitive with themselves.

Once a few jump ship it should make it more balanced.

 

 

And to make it worse, the suddenly drop of prices on the new nVidia line... leveing less margin for profit...



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ssj12 on 26 July 2008
steven787 said:
Soleron said:
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.

 

Yes, but the reason why the situation is bad for them is because Nvidia has too many partners and is too competitive with themselves.

Once a few jump ship it should make it more balanced.

 

 

I guess, but I dont see them droppping nVidia completely. I see them produce both Intel and nVidia GPUs rather then just one.

Still from looking at the NEwEgg page, it jsut seems to be a weekend deal. Nothing special. With nVidia annoucing the update for SLi and something else in September I doubt any partner will jump ship.



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ihira on 26 July 2008

Take anything from the inq with a grain of salt.
I highly doubt big names EVGA and XFX would defect from nVidia. Theres just no reason to as of now at least.

oh and a OCed GTX260 for $225 is pretty good! If only it wasnt a Mail in rebate. I hate those things.



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|_emmiwinks on 26 July 2008
Squilliam said:

http://bensbargains.net/deal/72593/?referrer=rss

Holy smokes its a good deal.

Coupon code which you add in cart is VGA724X25

NewEgg.com has the EVGA 896-P3-1262-AR GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card for $280 - $25 with coupon code VGA724X25 - $30 rebate [Exp 7/31] = $225 with free shipping.

OMG do it now if you want one. xD or you could get a 4870 for $250 after MIR for the same deal dunno.

 

Jesus, wish I saw this before I bought my 8800GT. :(



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quaiky on 26 July 2008
ssj12 said:
Soleron said:
BottledSpringWater said:
FJ-Warez said:
EVGA and XFX are leaving the nVidia camp, so probably they feature some sort of clearance sale...

 

What?! Since when?

 

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.

x58 alone doesn't support sli, it only supports sli if the company that produces the mainboard adds a pci express to pci express switch from nvidia, and as far as i know adding that chip removes crossifire compatibility.

So if you buy a board with x58 you will basically have to choose between crossfire or sli compatibility and the chances are that sli ones will be more expensive cause thay need an extra chip sold by nvidia.

that alone is probably not enough for them to leave nvidia, but in the past in times when ati had the superior offers we have allready seen a few nvidia exculsive partners (asus, msi, gigabyte...) to open up to ati too and produce boards based on chips of both companies. so i guess there is a chance in this chipset generation that a similar thing might happen again if ati based boards really sell much betetr than nvidia based boards.

 

about larrabee i am really unsure yet if it delivers what intel promises now, its not the first try of intel at producing a gfx chip and all trys till now failed in hig end sector(but for intel they probably didn't fail cause in the end they ended up in their chipset gfx, which reached a really high market share, think its 40-50% market share overall just nothing in high performance sector). Also I am not really convinced taht x86 is the right base for a highly specialised gfx chipset, x86 is a good for allround chips. but even for taht its probably not the best possible solution, there were a few better chip concepts in the past 20-30 years, but the thing why x86 is still on top is legacy support. (even intels itanium chip is currrently not looking like it can ever reach a noticable market share, and that again cause intel build itanium compleetly new without backward code compatibility)