2 more telling nvidia to stick it ..

[Raptorfury]

now i am not if this 100% yet but if it is this is defienetly goin to hurt .. like gainward/Palit and inno3d leaving nvidia rumor has it XFX and Evga are following suit as well ... according to the article there not goin to Ati tho . Here (http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/21/two-nvidia-partners-defect)

[srpeters18]

I would take anything you get from Inquirer with a grain of salt.

[PP Mguire]

No, a large bucket of salt. XFX has always been Nvidia and i doubt they will change now.

[bobletman]

Wow, I never believe what the inquirer say they are always wrong. And that would be such a bad move on XFX's part if they left they would lose so much money.

[Scott]

Both EVGA and XFX have been with NVIDIA over 9 years. I do not believe they would jump ship.

There is no promise the Intel GPU will be worth any thing so would be silly to jump ship for an unproven product.

[Sadasius]

That is a bunch of BS. No salt needed to be taken!!! :lol:

[Methious]

The Inquirer don't they do like Alien baby and 3 legged cow stories?

Intels coming with a new GPU, they've been leaking it for months and months, they have the money to do it right and their talking Ray Tracing replacing Rasterization.

They have a demo on UTube:
Intel Ray Tracing Demo Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blfxI1cVOzU)

Don't know if it's going to be better/worse who's going to move to it but they have massive money to throw at it and can optimize the GPU for their chips easily. Might end up being Intel GPUs for Intel CPUs with Intel Chip sets.

Then they change the name to Umbrella Cooperation and the next thing you know we got blood sucking zombie computers roaming the streets.

[coxmaster]

Umm.. you guys havent looked at much tech news recently have you. The Inquirer is a legitamate technology new source. Its not affiliated with the other Inquirer.

I still dont believe it though

[typh4u]

Then they change the name to Umbrella Cooperation and the next thing you know we got blood sucking zombie computers roaming the streets.


LOL that would be awesome!!!

[bobletman]

LOL that would be awesome!!!

Youd think so at first, until you relize your computer killed your entire family and is watching you while you sleep.

[Raptorfury]

Both EVGA and XFX have been with NVIDIA over 9 years. I do not believe they would jump ship.

There is no promise the Intel GPU will be worth any thing so would be silly to jump ship for an unproven product.

gainward been with them for bout just as long as evga . and they jumped ship . intels gpu i seriously doubt will make any major head way against ati and nvidia . even if intel stops supporting multi gpus on there chips and limits it to there own , it would seriously hurt intel's profit margin on that front .

[typh4u]

Youd think so at first, until you relize your computer killed your entire family and is watching you while you sleep.


Damn Bobletman you make me want to pump some 3inch slugs into my computer right now.

[tyle6]

LOL there something wrong with a couple of you!!
Quote:Originally Posted by bobletman
Youd think so at first, until you relize your computer killed your entire family and is watching you while you sleep.


Damn Bobletman you make me want to pump some 3inch slugs into my computer right now.

I cant see these guys being the ones to jump ship when they pretty much are the major Nvidia retailers in NA. now maybe the them taking on both companies cards I could see... I just might like that...

ASUS MSI and GIGABYTE already do why not XFX and EVGA?

[coxmaster]

I dont honestly see either company switching at all. Everybody seems happy as it is.

[Sadasius]

Then they change the name to Umbrella Cooperation and the next thing you know we got blood sucking zombie computers roaming the streets.

I would have him on a chain and would pet him, squeeze him and call him George and feed him people starting with my neighbors. I fully support this direction! :icon_tiphat:

[Kougar]

Both EVGA and XFX have been with NVIDIA over 9 years. I do not believe they would jump ship.

There is no promise the Intel GPU will be worth any thing so would be silly to jump ship for an unproven product.

Agreed.

Intel's "GPU" has turned into a 300watt behemoth that currently requires a 12-layer PCB to even work, and I believe that was at 45nm. They can't exactly die-shrink it to fix their power and PCB complexity issues if so... it would made the GTX 280 look like a budget card in terms of cost of production and final MSRP. No one would be able to afford it except for commercial uses, which is what may end up occuring at the rate they are going with Larrabee. So no one is going to be "jumping ship" to Intel...

[Sadasius]

Agreed.

Intel's "GPU" has turned into a 300watt behemoth that currently requires a 12-layer PCB to even work, and I believe that was at 45nm. They can't exactly die-shrink it to fix their power and PCB complexity issues if so... it would made the GTX 280 look like a budget card in terms of cost of production and final MSRP. No one would be able to afford it except for commercial uses, which is what may end up occuring at the rate they are going with Larrabee. So no one is going to be "jumping ship" to Intel...

Do you have a link for those details as I cannot find details like that but instead older news with slide presentations.

***EDIT*** Found a picture of the proposed card however.
http://www.custompc.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_190/it_photo_95262_26.jpg

[3991vhtes]

Well, I hope this is just BS from the inq.

I just started my build and I want XFX NVIDIA products!

[bobletman]

It most likely is BS, there have been so so so many times the inquirer has been completely wrong.

[PP Mguire]

The Inquirer is a legitamate technology new source. Its not affiliated with the other Inquirer. Theres only one, and they are straight BS.

[coxmaster]

Theres only one, and they are straight BS.

Sorry.. i really dont like making people look dumb but i have to point this out. The Inquirer is NOT IN PRINT. They do not have any printed publications in your supermarkets, thats The National Inquirer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Inquirer) The inquirer however is a Technology news site: The Inquirer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_inquirer)

[werty316]

The INQ = a big bag of salt.

[trueg50]

Nope.

I believe the thought was in response to EVGA removing the "SLI" section of their forum (no one posted in it).

http://evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=466366&mpage=3 (http://evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=466366&mpage=3)

It is more crap from INQ in their latest Nvidia flogging campaign.

I used to really respect them, but lately Charlie (I think he's the one that pulls pure Nvidia hate out of his bum) keeps posting barely believable stories out left and right.

[PP Mguire]

The inquirer however is a Technology news site: The InquirerNot to make people look intirely stupid but thats exactly the site were talking about.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/21/two-nvidia-partners-defect

[coxmaster]

Not to make people look intirely stupid but thats exactly the site were talking about.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/21/two-nvidia-partners-defect

Apparently you didnt see what i was referring to..

The Inquirer don't they do like Alien baby and 3 legged cow stories

That is the kind of responses i was trying to disprove..

[PP Mguire]

That was a joke to the fact that they are all rumours and nothing more.

[Raptorfury]

according to fudzilla this is also true Here (http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8544&Itemid=38) but they are moving over to Intels video card . . all i am gonna say is it better be something bc otherwise any one who moved over to intels larrabee is gonna get Stomped .....

lil info bout intels larrabee ..

Here (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9985097-64.html)
Here (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intel-details-the-larrabee-next-gen-hybrid-cpu-gpu/)
Here ( wikipedia ) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrabee_(GPU))
Here (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/06/intel_visualization/)

just for info sake this was bout XFX & Evga's ditching Nvidia . wether or not they goin to or not goin too is still up in the air . from the recent moves from nvidia pricing agreement has seriously hurt its distributors partners . thats y Palit/Gainward and inno3d moved over to the red team . it was not economically sound to stay with just nvidia ( facts are facts cant deny it ) . my self i dont really care who source you trust , all i did was found a good article and posted it here so everyone can see whats goin on .

[PP Mguire]

I think we may be over looking somethign here. They may just be partnering with ATi as well instead of just dropping Nvidia completely. Sorta like what Asus is doing. But i still think this wont happen.

[Raptorfury]

it could be , but i dont think they be goin to ati , but again relying on a video card thats not even out ( larrabee ) isnt exactly a smart move either . its still way to early to see if they do go with larrabee bc it wont be ready till later part of 09 or the beginning of 2010 . and from what i read on the larrabee its based off a cpu more then a GPU . but either way for 4 companies that used to be solely Nvidia to suddenly embrace Nvidias competitor to sell there card but still sell nvidia hardware got to be saying something . msi , asus , gigabyte never said they will sell just one companies gpu .

[coxmaster]

Is it possible that Intel would contract out making their motherboards??

[AJ.]

Too much confusion. I say we nuke'm all and start fresh. :lol:

[Miker]

Is it possible that Intel would contract out making their motherboards??

Um, they already do?

[typh4u]

This is exactly what Charlie thrives on. He is nothing but a drama queen. Right now Charlie is sitting back laughing his buttocks off laughing at all the threads about how XFX and EVGA are leaving Nvidia.

[coxmaster]

Um, they already do?

Wow sorry.. completely spaced out when i posted that. For some reason i thought they didnt.

:magic:

[jellyrole]

You were probably trying to say contract them out to XFX or EVGA possibly.

[coxmaster]

Yeh i was thinkin something along those lines.. I personally think it would be cool is XFX made intel mobos AS WELL AS Nvidia, but i dont see that happening

[PP Mguire]

I was gonna say i thought they already did but thinking about it ive never seen an XFX X38/48 ect. Yea i think they should.

[Miker]

I was gonna say i thought they already did but thinking about it ive never seen an XFX X38/48 ect. Yea i think they should.

If XFX made a x48, I would've gotten it. Long as it wasn't a 750i POS.

[Raptorfury]

but the x38/x48 is Ati crossfire supported not sli supported . the x58 will have both sli and crossfire support which is an entirely different socket .

[srpeters18]

Haven't heard anything about x58 supporting SLI. Did I miss that somewhere? Last I heard Nvidia and Intel were going to battle to the death.

[PP Mguire]

Because of the chipset wars Nvidia is thinking about dropping outa the chipset making business. So they will be putting the n200 chip on the X58 for SLI support.

[Scott]

and the X58 with the SLI chips on them maybe sold only thru XFX, EVGA's and BFG since they support NVIDIA cards already. This would then put all that support on these vendors that already have to support the cards and give Intel clean hands.

Ever thought about that? That could be what this has all been about when Charlie hears a rumour of these folks signing stuff with Intel.

[Raptorfury]

its possible but , from what i reading it has nothing to do with mb's but video cards . and with nvidias current agreements with there partner's bout pricing , makes it a bit more believeable . not to mention they allready had 2 other members start selling competitor products .

[PP Mguire]

The other 2 companies may have started selling ATI products but i know Gainward still sells Nvidia products too. Just dropping Nvidia would be a stupid business move.

[Raptorfury]

and apprently counting only on Nvidia sales wasnt a smart move either .... personally i think it would be a good idea for the other companies to try out other gpu chips , you would get a much higher robust market with gpu's mainboards etc. now if only gainward sold here in the states :( ......

[PP Mguire]

yea i remember back in teh day how i wanted their Gainward 7800GS Golden Sample. It was a 7800GTX in AGP format for real.

[Raptorfury]

i owned a gainward 5700 ultra , and man i will say this bout that card even tho it was considered nvidias gaggle fook of a card that lil thing seriously whooped some booty . of coarse that was just before gainward moved from taiwon to europe and they sold cards here in the states .. after they did that i seriously lost most of my interest in nvidia :( i used leadtek 6800le card and a evga 8800gts 320 . while both performed very well i still wondered only if i had a gainward what could i do .........

[PP Mguire]

Actualy the FX5800ultra was the one that was horrible. I had an FX5700ultra myself and it was actualy pretty decent.

[typh4u]

I think I slept through the FX series.