NVIDIA to ''simplify'' its Gaming Product Range

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NVIDIA to ''simplify'' its Gaming Product Range

In an interview with GamesIndustry, NVIDIA said that it is looking to simplify its gaming product range in order to appeal to a wider audience. Speaking to GamesIndustry, Roy Taylor, VP of Content Business Development, admitted that NVIDIA's current range of products is overcomplicated and too confusing for users that may not follow the graphics market like we comptuer related people do. "It is a challenge that we're looking at right now. There is a need to simplify it for consumers, there's no question," Taylor explained. "We think that the people who understand and know GeForce today, they're okay with it - they understand it. But if we're going to widen our appeal, there's no doubt that we have to solve that problem," he added. Specific plans of how NVIDIA is intending to remodel its product line were not disclosed during the small talk.


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http://www.techpowerup.com/59715/NVI...uct_Range.html

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[Jakko]

I hope "simplfying" doesn't mean having the same name for different products like they did with the 8800.

[Logos]

I read that earlier today. Think it's a good thing. They messed up so much by picking up old cards, modifying them just a bit, sometimes renaming them, sometimes not. Also that G92 being nothing more than a revamped G80.

[RaZz!]

btw, what happened to the D8M, D8E, D9M, D9E etc naming scheme? these abbreviations are nowhere to be seen. neither in shops nor most specifications (found them only on wikipedia and reviews/previews)

[Tim]

btw, what happened to the D8M, D8E, D9M, D9E etc naming scheme? these abbreviations are nowhere to be seen. neither in shops nor most specifications (found them only on wikipedia and reviews/previews)

Codenames.

[strange|ife]

they should just do this to name card

Geforce:slow as christmas

Geforce:Pretty darn fast!

Geforce:kick you in the balls fast

Geforce:Ultra nad kick

[Logos]

they should just do this to name card

Geforce:slow as christmas

Geforce:Pretty darn fast!

Geforce:kick you in the balls fast

Geforce:Ultra nad kick

well said

[naokaji]

just price them logically, then people will know which one is how good no matter how they name them

back to serious...

good to see that nvidia will do something to clear up the mess.

[BullGod]

Well, I dunno why people are surprised by this. Their current offering is the 9000 series. The GeForce 10500 sounds kinda weak now doesn't it? It was obvious they would think up a new naming scheme.

[Decami]

they should just do this to name card

Geforce:slow as christmas

Geforce:Pretty darn fast!

Geforce:kick you in the balls fast

Geforce:Ultra nad kick

Im still waiting for the Geforce: Chuck Norris (GT200)

[Dragy2k]

bout time too nvidia.........but im still hangin on for the ati - bruce lee version

[Kosior]

They should EOL all 8xxx series and make equivalents for 9xxx series. I think it could solve the problem...

[RPGWiZaRD]

Return of the "Ti" (Titanium) naming scheme perhaps? Geforce 4 Ti 4200, Ti 4400 and Ti 4600, nothing confusing, higher number the faster. What numbers to choose for GT200 tho I don't know. ^^

[SnipingWaste]

Im thinking that this means there is another 8XXX card that will be renamed to the 9XXX. Let me guess the 8400GS will be the 9300GSO.

[stocius]

they should just do this to name card

Geforce:slow as christmas

Geforce:Pretty darn fast!

Geforce:kick you in the balls fast

Geforce:Ultra nad kick

I think that would work. I'm hoipefully that Sli drivers will be improved also (aren't we all).

[largon]

This likely means more renamed 8-series on the horizon.

[stocius]

This likely means more renamed 8-series on the horizon.

Yeah, i absolutely hate repackaging of old stuff...and it happens all the time.

[NightCrawler™]

Im still waiting for the Geforce: Chuck Norris (GT200)

I bet the GT500 Eleanor would whoop Chuckies ass..

[Revv23]

haha good i cant buy a card without reading a few reviews site to figure out what the hell nvidia or ati is "targeting" it at.

How they figure there is 75 different graphics cards markets is beyond me... It confuses the hell out of me, the different names, products etc... is really hard to keep up with, especially over multiple generations.. I just try to ignore what a card is called and rember what core it uses along with ram type...

[clonez]

hmmm...

how to simplify?

i know, simply rebadge and sell everything as the gforce 10 GA series (generation antique)

[initialised]

Well if they'd just called the G92 cards 9800 in the first place they wouldn't have been in the mess they are in now. I reckon some numpty in sales accidentally forgot and they went with it to save face.

[RaZz!]

TI GT is the same thing.

The problem is how they have diff versions of the GT. 8800GTS 640mb, 8800GTS 512mb or 8800GTS 320MB

To the normal person they would think the 640 is better, well its better then the 320mb one but the 512mb one is faster more SP'S and higher glocks. Thats the problem they are talkin about.

Basicly its like having 2 ti4600's one with 512mb the other with 512mb one is older one is newer but which one could it be ? To someone mow Knoledgable they would just check the box in the back for the info and compare the 2 but most people dont know.

still, i don't get why nvidia didn't just use xx50 names, like "8850GT" or smth. i mean, this would have been way more logic than the crap they actually did lol. or just using an addition to the name, e.g. "8800GT version2" or some trivial things like that... actually, every idea i come up within seconds is way better than what nvidia came up with

[YukonTrooper]

I understand it, but I'm not OK with it, so they're WRONG!

[halo112358]

Geforce:kick your wallet in the balls fast

Geforce:your wallet dropped the soap fast

fixed :p

[jaredpace]

btw, what happened to the D8M, D8E, D9M, D9E etc naming scheme? these abbreviations are nowhere to be seen. neither in shops nor most specifications (found them only on wikipedia and reviews/previews)

gpuz reads them from the bios