Tuesday, March 30th 2010
XFX Abandons GeForce GTX 400 Series
XFX is getting cozier with AMD by the day, which is an eyesore for NVIDIA. Amidst the launch of GeForce GTX 400 series, XFX did what could have been unimaginable a few months ago: abandon NVIDIA's high-end GPU launch. That's right, XFX has decided against making and selling GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 graphics cards, saying that it favours high-end GPUs from AMD, instead. This comes even as XFX seemed to have been ready with its own product art. Apart from making new non-reference design SKUs for pretty-much every Radeon HD 5000 series GPU, the company is working on even more premium graphics cards targeted at NVIDIA's high-end GPUs.
The rift between XFX and NVIDIA became quite apparent when XFX outright bashed NVIDIA's high-end lineup in a recent press communication about a new high-end Radeon-based graphics card it's designing. "XFX have always developed the most powerful, versatile Gaming weapons in the world - and have just stepped up to the gaming plate and launched something spectacular that may well literally blow the current NVIDIA offerings clean away," adding "GTX480 and GTX470 are upon us, but perhaps the time has come to Ferm up who really has the big Guns." The move may come to the disappointment of some potential buyers of GTX 400 series, as XFX's popular Double Lifetime Warranty scheme would be missed. XFX however, maintains that it may choose to work on lower-end Fermi-derivatives.
Source:
HardwareCanucks
The rift between XFX and NVIDIA became quite apparent when XFX outright bashed NVIDIA's high-end lineup in a recent press communication about a new high-end Radeon-based graphics card it's designing. "XFX have always developed the most powerful, versatile Gaming weapons in the world - and have just stepped up to the gaming plate and launched something spectacular that may well literally blow the current NVIDIA offerings clean away," adding "GTX480 and GTX470 are upon us, but perhaps the time has come to Ferm up who really has the big Guns." The move may come to the disappointment of some potential buyers of GTX 400 series, as XFX's popular Double Lifetime Warranty scheme would be missed. XFX however, maintains that it may choose to work on lower-end Fermi-derivatives.
199 Comments on XFX Abandons GeForce GTX 400 Series
but they will be selling the midrange 4XX cards, they just don't wanna take the risk with the 2 top ones
LOL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=If0Bkfnifi4
www.legitreviews.com/news/7707/
It doesn't really matter who did it, the important part is that it was done.Really, if the GTX470 actually does perform the same as the HD5870 like the reviews seem to suggest(I'm waiting for a W1z review though), and it is $50 less than the HD5870 as the MSRP suggests, I'd buy one. Performance for the buck is all I really care about, the 30w power consumption doesn't really bother me. If performance per watt was a concern, I would have never bought an HD4890.
the 470 is a good card. . . . . amd seems to be increasing prices.
Watts is something I consider, but is unlikely to be a deal-breaker. Unless the difference is seemingly huge, as it is with the 5870 vs 480, then it gains more weight in the decision making process (as the electricity cost over the lifetime of the product may become significant). Noise is a factor that I also consider important.
blogs.adobe.com/genesisproject/2009/11/technology_sneek_peek_adobe_me.html , holly sh.it this is fast , you can't have this with any CPU on the market , i want this.
Also that is with a quadro 4800 , a GT200 version with 192 shaders , imagine GTX480 in adobe premiere CS5.
Other than speeding up applications i don't care for Nvidia much , in games i prefer the cheaper Ati versions.
They have different bios, and drivers, well I guess you can change them, but over 1k usd is their official price.
You think they could still make profit off of the fermi line so they would do it, I really wonder why they arent?!?!
blogs.adobe.com/genesisproject/2009/11/technology_sneek_peek_adobe_me.htmlMaybe quadro cards have that price for people who work with 3d , i don't need that.
I will not buy a 4xx series due to the heat as it's asking for issue's for sure. If any thing this makes me like XFX even more.
I called my broker at Smith Barney yesterday, for some advice on my continuously shrinking
portfolio.
I was advised against the short sell, but was also told that Nvidia Chairmen have already sold large percentages of their own shares.
Hsun is one of three names he mentioned, having sold more than 70,000 shares of late.
I inquired about purchasing more shares for myself since it is down so low.
He replied "As to the future of Nvidia I can't say, I'm only a stock broker. But, when the top Brass starts jumping ship, it is wise to sit back and see if the ship is actually sinking or not.
These are often calculated maneuvers, or exactly what they seem."
This is not the first time Nvidia was late for the dance. I personally do not want to believe they are in that deep, first quarter reports will be out soon.
Really?????
Folding doesn't necessarily have a benefit for starters, secondly people see it as being "free" without factoring in bills etc.
The amount of users I see on this forum with their own farms is crazy.
Surely it would make more sense to save the money you would be spending yourself on folding and sending it directly to the institutions running these sort of folding programs etc.
They can buy efficient server farms with no latency etc.
Or hell send the money direct to cancer research facilities etc.
Thought I'd show the other side of the coin XD
Off topic though so reply to me via PM or make a new thread about folding discussion in this way.
I'll see it trust me :p
Fu** em is what I say, why should I pay more money for nothing?
And why do we need the middle-man? For a 'step-up program?' that's just another carnival scheme that's not worth your time.
These vendors don't make the cards or the technology, ATi and Nvidia do, and that's the products I'm buying.
BTW - Here is my spoiler, got this back in early Febuary from NewEgg when I was building my system!
:rockout::rockout::rockout::rockout:
I'm personally very disappointed with the GTX480, but the GTX470 seems to be turning into a decent card. Yes, power consumption is still higher than the HD5870, but performance is right about the same, and price is shaping out to be the same also. The GTX480 is turning into another 8800GTX/Ultra, insanely price, insanely hot, but the single GPU performance leader, but the real winner is the next step down(8800GTS/GTX470).
You know, up until a few months ago, I wouldn't have considered noise as a buying factor. However, when I put the HD4890 in my main rig, it really has changed my mind! It is so much more annoying than most of the previous cards I've had in the computer, it is really the first card that actually bothers me during gaming, and with the GTX480 being even louder, screw that.