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Author:  Satis [ Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:49 am ]
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FYI, looks like September / October will show a new line of graphics cards. Nvidia is changing it naming strategy again and will be purportedly shipping the new cards some time in October. The same article mentions AMD's new card may ship in September.

short article in its entirety:
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090819PD216.html
Quote:
Nvidia's new 40nm GeForce 210 (GT218) GPU-based graphics cards will be available in the retail channel in October, as yield of the 40nm process at foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has improved, according to industry sources.

The GeForce 210 graphics cards will feature either DDR2 or DDR3 memory, and support DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1.

In addition to GeForce 210, Nvidia is also expected to launch GPUs codenamed GT230 and GT300 in the fourth quarter of 2009, the sources said.

Nvidia has recently adjusted its GPU naming scheme and removed marks such as GTX, GT and G, and will instead just simply use GeForce plus the number.

Shipments of AMD's long-awaited RV870 GPU are expected to kick off in September at the earliest, the sources added.
Author:  Peltz [ Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:45 pm ]
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Heh, renaming probably equals mucho money in the marketing departments of Nvidia and ATI.
Author:  Satis [ Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:28 pm ]
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oh yea, definitely. Though nvidia got in some trouble recently for 'aggressively' naming its video cards... ie, the 280gtx mobile or whatever was nowhere remotely close to the performance of a 280gtx. But whatever, marketing folks are psychotic anyway.
Author:  Peltz [ Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:08 am ]
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Yes i read that, it was actually a downclocked 8800GTS what they renamed as GTX280M
Author:  Satis [ Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:33 am ]
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yea, that's what it was. Pretty sneaky crap, but at the same time, it still was faster than anything out there. :roll: Oh well, whatever. I'm just hoping the next bunch of cards has some major performance increases.
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