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edited March 2004 in Science & Tech
[link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14749]NV40 is a 16 pipelines part[/link]

[blockquote]The other side of this NV40 coin is that the real Mc Coy the real NV40 card that was taped out quite some time ago is actually going to be KIA [Killed in action]. Very knowledgeable friends told us recently in the Vienna Opera house that NV40 with 16 pipes and 210 millions of transistor is completely other chip then original NV40.

What actually happened is that Nvidia recently learned about R420 marchitecture and this entire 12x1 story and, that they will eventually end up in second place and decided to can NV40 project and to go immediately with NV45.[/blockquote]

[link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14752]AMD's Hector gazes into IBM's crystal balls[/link]

[blockquote] It seems that AMD decided that after the bang up work IBM did on the 90nm chips, it was time to cement the releationship. Ever wonder where the fully functional 90nm silicon came from at Comdex?

Yup, it seems AMD just monopolized IBM capacity, and NVidia and company were shown the door, politely most likely.[/blockquote]

[link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14748]AMD to launch FX53 (2.4ghz 1MB L2) at CeBIT[/link]

[blockquote]nd at 5PM Hannover time, AMD - which doesn't seem able to afford a booth this year - is holding a press conference, presumably the press release will be in English English, rather than American English or American German, or German American.

Also, the German reviewers have been vouchsafed FX53 microprocessors, under penalty of NDA, to time with the Messe stuff.[/blockquote]

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  • KingFishKingFish
    edited March 2004
    You have to hand it to ATI. They have really kept Nvidia on their toes as of late after Nvidia dominated for so many years. This heated competition only means that the pace of innovation is increasing in this arena. Life is great in the videocard sector.

    KingFish
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited March 2004
    Wow, ATI is really giving nvidia a run for there money. i thought NV40 was going to be unstopable. i guess i was wrong...

    :)
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    Damn. :banghead: The R420 had better be at least fairly competitive with the next nVidia chip. I'd rather not use an nVidia GPU in my next computer. No particular reason for it; I just prefer ATi. Most of nVidia's GPUs have been excellent, but I still like ATi better. :D
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    Soon we will see that ATi will be buying out NVidia? LOL
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited March 2004
    RWB wrote:
    Soon we will see that ATi will be buying out NVidia? LOL


    :eek2: :wow2: :hrm:;D

    I'm not so sure that's a good idea. Competition is always good. Then again you'll never know. :D
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    I just wish the damn cards wouldn't cost $500 every 2-3 months they're released.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited March 2004
    The latest and greatest is always expensive, just wait 3months and the price drops.....
  • madmatmadmat
    edited March 2004
    Personally I don't care who leads, big deal if it's a few FPS either way...this just means that they're going to be forced to price war each other in order to gain the upper hand and when that happens we all win.
    Just remember, "Friends don't let friends buy ATI"
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    pfft. Friends don't let friends buy nVidia-based graphics cards. :nudge:;D
  • madmatmadmat
    edited March 2004
    To each his own Geeky, you know I'm just playin'.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    Of course. Hence the ":nudge:;D" :)

    I use nVidia cards all the time- just not in my machines. All the new computers @ Habitat For Humanity have GeForce 2 MX400s in them (they're office machines). The unified drivers make my life a lot easier when I have to reinstall/update windows on multiple computers. The Catalysts are similar, but they don't apply to pre-radeon cards... :(

    But I prefer ATi for my machines because the image quality is still a tib better than nVidia's (albiet just a bit), and that matters more to me than outright speed.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited March 2004
    The Inqwell was right, the FX-53 debuted today......

    Nvidia's GF3 & GF4 cards were excellant, it's only in the current FX-5xxx range that they've stumbled.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited March 2004
    I still like my 5900U, the new drivers are pretty killer.
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited March 2004
    *agrees with madmat*
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