Nvidia renames 8800gs meet 9600GSO

[K404]

Have you guys ever considered the opportunity that nVidia is just messing with you all? That they thrive from reading people's rants, and that as a the current leader in the performance GFX market, they can do whatever they want?

That might be true. They can more or less do what they want.

Unfortunately for them, so can we- and maybe what we want to do is buy ATI GPUs now because its easier to understand the ranking.....

Also- while they might have the performance crown, the % lead they have in FPS is not proportional to the % difference in price....

[SKYMTL]

Next up: 10000CHUCKNORRIS Edition.

[grimREEFER]

they didnt even go through the motions of putting a new video processor and opengl version on it? i thought that was what defined the 9 series?

[jas420221]

Also- while they might have the performance crown, the % lead they have in FPS is not proportional to the % difference in price....

It isnt for some parts **cough** Ultra **cough** but how can you deny the 8800gt and 9600gt's price /performance over say 3870 or 3850?

[K404]

Aye, that comparison is a good one. (and true)

IMHO, I think that success is overshadowed by the GX2 Vs X2.

[Drunner611]

The sad part is we get all this BS from Nvidia and AMD still can't get their sorry a$$es to catch up.

[Jowy Atreides]

at this rate nvidia have even turned their fanboys off them

anyways.....I want a GeForce X1050

[Swatrecon_]

The George W. Bush Collector's edition XFX WMD 9950GX2 Ultra 8GB DDR4.

8GB in memory of GWB's term length.

[Big SturL]

That might be true. They can more or less do what they want.

Unfortunately for them, so can we- and maybe what we want to do is buy ATI GPUs now because its easier to understand the ranking.....

Also- while they might have the performance crown, the % lead they have in FPS is not proportional to the % difference in price....

It was supposed to be ironic, but I reckon you picked up on that

I'm not fully updated on the prices in America, but here in Norway, the price of bying nVidia over ATI is fully justified by the FPS-boost. The cheapest HD3870 is 1250kr, while the cheapest 8800GT 512MB is 1350kr (9600GT is almost cheaper than both HD 3850 and HD 3870).

[Dragy2k]

i feel sorry for the poor peeps who buy this pile of crap !!

[SmaKKed]

WTF??
Nvidia have lost there way . let hope Jesus can save them.

9900OMGWTFBBQ

[keiths]

"G92 will be reflashed with the 55nm"

BIOSs are flashed, ICs are refreshed.

[drizzt5]

It still isn't a bad budget card, even though i'd still opt for the 9600gt if i were in the price range.

[Asgard_thor]

people will still buy it

they will put this in a HP or Dell desktop at best buy and say this "Own a new Quad core computer with a BRAND NEW 9 SERIES GRAPHIC CARD FROM NVIDIA"

Im still a nvidia fan boy...but the names have to go

im sure we will see the 9800GTO, and i think they will make revision of the 9800gtx and call it the same thing, but make it twice as good :/

[Rock&Roll]

GSO = Gone Super Obsolete

[[XC] gomeler]

I want the 9999BoomMarketShareHeadShot when it comes out. Should be pretty soon now.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I laughed a mouthful of tea all over my desk

[NotFred]

Surely this conclusively proves that the only difference between the 8 series and the 9 series... Is the name....

[ChinStrap]

rumor has it that NVIDIA is also going to rename the


8800GTX (ultra) the 9750GTR (ultra)

i thought they stopped stamping g80 like 7 months ago?

[gallardo]

Surely this conclusively proves that the only difference between the 8 series and the 9 series... Is the name....

Precisely!
Hope my 8800GT doesn't get renamed to a 9800GS or something.

[naokaji]

Precisely!
Hope my 8800GT doesn't get renamed to a 9800GS or something.

nah... that would be too simple, 9775 xXx KO GTO Superclocked OMGWTF cooled by Thermalcrap WC 128bit 16 GB DDR5 Edition would be more like it.

anyone looked at the inno3d graphicscards retail boxes? they dont even print the full product name on it anymore, they just write 8800 Series somewhere and then add a sticker to it cause nvidia changes chip names so often.

[[XC] NetburstXE]

NVidia has really lost all innovation. Very sad...

[gOJDO]

NVidia has really lost all innovation. Very sad...

I disagree! Lately nVidia are very innovate with the products renaming.

expect nothing from nvidia

I expect them to change their name into Renamedia.

[jbartlett323]

so... what the diference in all these cards again... cause i'm lookin for two 9950WTFX4 to run in octSLI... or should i just stick with the good ol' 8899GTWTF Market Share Mainia edition?

[Yori1989]

I disagree! Lately nVidia are very innovate with the products renaming.

I expect them to change their name into Renamedia.

Very innovate

[BullGod]

This is really ty. They could have cut the price on that card and maybe people would have bought them. But there is no reason in the world to just rename the card just to sell more. I think that a good argument for false advertising could be made in a court of law regarding this...