Nvidia crushes MSI's Lucid - RETRACTED

[Utnorris]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I do know that MSI never intended to launch the Big Bang FuZion at the end of the countdown.

It is (and was) scheduled for a later date, AFTER the NF200 based board.

Yes I do believe I read a while back it was slated for January, so it will be interesting to see if they come to market with it or not and do what Charlie has stated and let it die quietly. I can see where neither AMD nor Nvidia would want this chip, but since Intel is somewhat backing it I could see them hording it for their own integrated GPU design as a way of combining the integrated gpu with a dedicated gpu giving them a significant advantage over both AMD and Nvidia.

[Hu1kamania]

Yes, you are correct, it was Charlie that had posted it, but Anandtech posted it and they usually verify something before posting it.

Thanks, just wanted to make sure.

I will agree that Charlie seems to get "semi-accurate" news, but...and i will say it again...it's his spin, or interpretation of the information he gets that I do not appreciate.

[trinibwoy]

Wow, things have really gotten pathetic when Nvidia is being blamed for another company's vapourware. I guess it's easier to blame Nvidia than face reality. Anyhooo....

Lol. That piece made me chuckle. Charlie has been right about VGA a lot lately, but when it comes to this... it just came from a place where the sun doesn't shine... A lot of speculation and pretty much off too. Trinergy exists. We've had an early Trinergy engineering sample in the office for ages.... and I'm sure as hell certain that it wasn't 'photoshopped'. Big Bang Trinergy should be available before the end of the year. I've already seen allocation numbers, dates and prices... and furthermore we've got some interesting Big Bang related events coming up.

[Utnorris]

No doubt it is usually spun dried like there is no tomorrow, but if it is true then it will only hurt the "us" the consumer.

[Utnorris]

Wow, things have really gotten pathetic when Nvidia is being blamed for another company's vapourware. I guess it's easier to blame Nvidia than face reality. Anyhooo....

I will believe it when I see it on the shelves.

[saaya]

Lucid Hydra is an Intel financed project and gets great support from Intel.
No one can kill Lucid unless it is not ready yet.
Lucid should be more careful about announcing great Big Bang products they cannot deliver.
They lose credibility this way.
Big bang - count down from MSI - Lucid hydra and poof - soap bubbles once again.

well the weird thing is that intel doesnt make a board with hydra on it... then again intel boards are close to non existent on the market, and they arent exactly very popular and regarded as highend mainboards... so hydra needs msi asus gigabyte or another big player to actually implement it...

i really have no idea what happened here... i just hope things are really just delayed and not cancelled...

[SKYMTL]

I am sure Charlie is reading this thread and smiling at how many fertile (read: uninformed) minds his seed has found soil in....

[570091D]

Yes I do believe I read a while back it was slated for January, so it will be interesting to see if they come to market with it or not and do what Charlie has stated and let it die quietly. I can see where neither AMD nor Nvidia would want this chip, but since Intel is somewhat backing it I could see them hording it for their own integrated GPU design as a way of combining the integrated gpu with a dedicated gpu giving them a significant advantage over both AMD and Nvidia.

i do believe this chip will be intel's justification for larrabee, the pitch line looking something like this: "sure larrabee isn't as good as the hd5870 or the gtx380 for games, but with the hydra chip it can still help out and do all of your encoding/crunching/physics without ever having to change drivers or cards. brand agnostic multi gpu tech is very good for intel's baby gfx business, now when that baby grows up we'll see how long they keep hydra around....

I am sure Charlie is reading this thread and smiling at how many fertile (read: uninformed) minds his seed has found soil in....

i was just thinking the same thing.

[saaya]

I am sure Charlie is reading this thread and smiling at how many fertile (read: uninformed) minds his seed has found soil in....

lol... i think he has better things to do...

[Wiggy McShades]

So if this does come out nvidia is inline to lose a lot of money from sli licenses. Shouldn't ati be backing this thing full force? they lose nothing by this thing working, in reality they gain by having better multi gpu performance. That is why I wonder if this thing really works, if it did do what it claims I would think ati would be doing cartwheels down the hall ways in their headquarters just thinking about how much nvidia stands to lose and they could gain by using this on thier x2 variant cards.

[Tim]

lol... i think he has better things to do...

After reading his articles, I doubt he's got anything better to do.

[tajoh111]

So if this does come out nvidia is inline to lose a lot of money from sli licenses. Shouldn't ati be backing this thing full force? they lose nothing by this thing working, in reality they gain by having better multi gpu performance. That is why I wonder if this thing really works, if it did do what it claims I would think ati would be doing cartwheels down the hall ways in their headquarters just thinking about how much nvidia stands to lose and they could gain by using this on thier x2 variant cards.

It could be good or bad for NV or AMD. Basically, depending on how strong the branding in at the time. The weaker name will typically get the worse end of this deal.

No longer do people have to buy the same model of card, when they go dual card. They can get whatever model they want from whatever company they want. Additionally, it changes how people upgrade which makes things alot more complicated.

This really doesn't benefit AMD as much as it hurt NV from get SLI licencing fees.

[Sadasius]

This really doesn't benefit AMD as much as it hurt NV from get SLI licencing fees.

Yes it does benefit AMD directly by weakening their competitor by reducing their income. But in retrospect the Hydra chip will also correct NV's bad PR when it comes to SLi and I am sure AMD does not like someone coming in and correcting the ignorance of their competitor either. After all AMD can count on NV for acting like a 'bunch of dancing bananas'. One thing about always acting like a bunch of dancing bananas is that it makes you predictable. I am sure AMD and Intel love that about NV. NV still has not figured out yet that they can hide much more behind a smile then they ever could by bearing teeth. When it comes to business they are pretty much retarded and love to shoot themselves in the foot repeatedly. What a bunch of dancing bananas!

[Xoulz]

I thought posting Garbage from Charlie's fat fingers was banned from these forums? next time in the thread header, make sure it says (Charlie), why people keep quoting this troll is amazing. Dont you guys know he is on AMD's payroll?

Yes, but amazingly, Charlie is right, more often than not. You cannot entirely dismiss what he is babbling about. He is a source of good information.

[VoodooProphetII]

I came

I saw

I leave

I buy my next Nvidia card.

[Blacky]

Yes, but amazingly, Charlie is right, more often than not. You cannot entirely dismiss what he is babbling about. He is a source of good information.

lol

[it_is_me]

if this turns out to be true (which wouldn.t surprise me considering recent nVidias behavior), as one poster said, my next vga - ATI based MSI card.

When it comes to business they [nVidia] are pretty much retarded and love to shoot themselves in the foot repeatedly. What a bunch of dancing bananas!

+1

Yes, but amazingly, Charlie is right, more often than not. You cannot entirely dismiss what he is babbling about.

surprisingly, but yes, recently Charlie writes quite a bit of info, much of which sooner or later turns out to be true

[shaolin95]

Yet another Nvidia is Evil thread...this is so much fun...why don't you guys joing PETA(TI) or something...

[Stanley Pain]

Yet another Nvidia is Evil thread...this is so much fun...why don't you guys joing PETA(TI) or something...

Let's do a google is evil one next

[Jp7]

soap bubbles

[Ket]

If all this is true.. theres one hell of a strong grounds for a lawsuit. You wouldn't even need to be a big company with a crack team of lawyers to win it. I have detested nvidia for some time now due to their.. "business philosophy", if you can even call it that. I hope NV get spanked hard by AMD/ATi and intel in the coming months with Larrabee and the HD5k.

[G0ldBr1ck]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I do know that MSI never intended to launch the Big Bang FuZion at the end of the countdown.

It is (and was) scheduled for a later date, AFTER the NF200 based board.

You know this based on what? Thats some realy lame marketing if true.

[BrowncoatGR]

So if this does come out nvidia is inline to lose a lot of money from sli licenses. Shouldn't ati be backing this thing full force? they lose nothing by this thing working, in reality they gain by having better multi gpu performance. That is why I wonder if this thing really works, if it did do what it claims I would think ati would be doing cartwheels down the hall ways in their headquarters just thinking about how much nvidia stands to lose and they could gain by using this on thier x2 variant cards.

They had a Hydra chip on a RD890 reference board pictured a while back. Crossfire(X) is open so i agree AMD can only gain from this tech

[saaya]

If all this is true.. theres one hell of a strong grounds for a lawsuit. You wouldn't even need to be a big company with a crack team of lawyers to win it. I have detested nvidia for some time now due to their.. "business philosophy", if you can even call it that. I hope NV get spanked hard by AMD/ATi and intel in the coming months with Larrabee and the HD5k.

who would sue them though? and yes, i think you would need an expensive team of lawyers, nvidia isnt just going to sit back... for sake of pr alone they would build up a strong defense...

[SKYMTL]

You know this based on what? Thats some realy lame marketing if true.

Based on Linus actually being one of the few people to be "in the know" about such things. There isn't anyone here who would refute that.