GeForce GTX 490 exists!

[Rava6e]

NVIDIA cancelled this card for ever!

Guess they didnt want some 500 watt publicity hehe. Wonder when graphics cards will be subject to "green" laws here in the EU, cant be long.

[RaZz!]

Sorry for ressurecting buried thread, but something new is about GTX 490. We already have complete card design, manufactured, tested, packed! Launch time was planned around this weekend, but NVIDIA cancelled this card for ever!

well, you know what to do now, right? get some of these packed cards and have some fun

[Zed_X]

they are not packed for consumer market but for test labs! No photo, of course, i love my job so much!

ajaidev - no dual card for this year! No GTX 490, no GTX 495, No anything Dual.

[Calmatory]

Guess they didnt want some 500 watt publicity hehe. Wonder when graphics cards will be subject to "green" laws here in the EU, cant be long.

They can not release > 300 W cards anyway. Only AIBs can do their own designs.

There is no need for such laws, because of that. We're already at the limits(130-140 W for the CPU, 300 W for the GPU, except AIBs own designs with 10 GF100 cores and 2500 W TDP if they so please.).

ATX standards also limit the card size, PCI-E standards limit the power draw and CPU socket limits the CPU power draw.

[SKYMTL]

Makes sense to be considering where the market is going. Still a bit disappointing though.

[Vinas]

It's true.
Like I said before, nVIDIA will release a Dual-GPU Fermi this summer ( looks like in late July - August ) and if things go as planned, we'll also have the GTX 485 in Sep.

right.

[DosDuoNo]

It's true.
Like I said before, nVIDIA will release a Dual-GPU Fermi this summer ( looks like in late July - August ) and if things go as planned, we'll also have the GTX 485 in Sep.

Okey Dokey

[BenchZowner]

So my info was incorrect.








edited the rest out. Not called for.

[SKYMTL]

Okey Dokey

Info changes all the time as companies shift their roadmaps. Many of our contacts were saying exactly the same things about the cards in question so at the time BenchZowner's statement was spot on.

[informal]

So are there any new dates for the Dual Fermi card?

[tajoh111]

Hiiiilarious.

Seriously do you work for AMD or former ATI?

Its seems like you like to throw rocks on the company just as much as charlie and you want them to go under.

In another thread you were ragging on nvidia for somewhat dishonest advertising. When has AMD been really that honest in its GPU advertising lately? Every recent bar graph comparison has never started at 0 but something like .8 to make it look like a 100% improvement over the competition and also the extreme mudslinging is completely ridiculous lately.

Your even spreading your particular brand of venom on other forums.

"If I won the GTX480, and I won't be entering, I'll hawk it off to some idiot who wants to pay for the card and then spend the money on a SSD ... and a 5850."

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/spons.../#post10576572

You must really hate NV if you wouldn't even keep a free card and calling all gtx 480 owners idiots.

[jmke]

he has a point that a 5850 + SSD will give a bigger speed boost compared to just the VGA

[Iconyu]

So are there any new dates for the Dual Fermi card?

Sounds like nvidia have decided to just weather the 40nm storm, I agree with their choice, too far behind on transistor per sq mm to really strike back at this point.

[tajoh111]

he has a point that a 5850 + SSD will give a bigger speed boost compared to just the VGA

In what those? And to call people who are willing to buy a gtx 480 idiots, thats too far.

[SamHughe]

My feeling is it is not canned. It's just delayed due to market conditions. We will see 2x460 = 490 eventually even as a limited edition card.

[Ejizz]

it's canned for sure...

[Russian]

Nvidia is going to let AIBs endure the risk and R&D if they want a dual Fermi card. That's what I expect to occur. I could be wrong though, a dual 460 card is entirely possible but I don't know if Nvidia wants to do it or not... Will the R&D < Income? Not likely?

[G.Foyle]

a dual 460 card is entirely possible

This is the n-th time there's been a rumor about a dual mid-range gpu card, and there's never been one. Possible, yes, likely - no.

[570091D]

Seriously do you work for AMD or former ATI?

Its seems like you like to throw rocks on the company just as much as charlie and you want them to go under.

In another thread you were ragging on nvidia for somewhat dishonest advertising. When has AMD been really that honest in its GPU advertising lately? Every recent bar graph comparison has never started at 0 but something like .8 to make it look like a 100% improvement over the competition and also the extreme mudslinging is completely ridiculous lately.

Your even spreading your particular brand of venom on other forums.

"If I won the GTX480, and I won't be entering, I'll hawk it off to some idiot who wants to pay for the card and then spend the money on a SSD ... and a 5850."

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/spons.../#post10576572

You must really hate NV if you wouldn't even keep a free card and calling all gtx 480 owners idiots.

he's been trolling for some time, just let it go. or, better yet, ignore.



i'm glad nvidia canned this card, it doesn't make sense for them to spend a lot of money and man-hours on a card that will have an increadibly short life span and won't decimate the competition. nvidia needs to spend all of it's time/money improving fremi and getting it ready for a node shrink.

[takamishanoku]

Let's be honest a dual fermi single card at the moment would just have too many issues. Sli will always be faster If you wanted the dual route. Like I've always said for me the 485 is a much more interesting card. You can see fermi scream with potential. A shrink and some tightening up in general is what is needed.

[slaveondope]

I feel the dual fermi isnt happening because Nvidia cant top the 5970 and there for would rather not be a contest in the dual gpu card this round.

Having the best single chip card is just a settlement at this point realizing ones limitations.

I look forward to a good fight at 28nm.

[Russian]

This is the n-th time there's been a rumor about a dual mid-range gpu card, and there's never been one. Possible, yes, likely - no.

I know... why are you writing to agree with me then?

[[XC] gomeler]

My feeling is it is not canned. It's just delayed due to market conditions. We will see 2x460 = 490 eventually even as a limited edition card.

ASUS, Gainward or ZOTAC will release something silly

[Chickenfeed]

If a 6970 sees the light of day this year, there is no point in a GF100 dual card on 40nm. The GTX295 made sense. This wouldn't.

Even if they could release a limited run card today that edged out a 5970, I don't see it being worth the fuss for a mere 2 or 3 months of glory because face it these top end flagship cards are generally PR material.

Don't get me wrong, I've owned various top of the line cards from various series over the last few years but in reality the average consumer can't afford one / or its unpratical, it merely draws marketing attention to the brand ( ie we have the fastest possible product thus our products are superior in general ) That said don't take that as me saying there is no place for these type of products. There is and always will be, they just aren't make or break releases. The success of the mid range products are of upmost importance in the end. The 460s success so far is much more important for Nvidia than some dual gpu monster ever would be.

Now depending on the time frame of the next generation releases (and obviously their performance ), a 28nm dual gpu Nvidia sku should have a place worth its silicon but thats another thing altogether

[Russian]

ASUS, Gainward or ZOTAC will release something silly

That's exactly what i've been saying. Glad we're on the same page.