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Graphics Nvidia GT480 & 470

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by javaman, 2 Feb 2010.

  1. javaman

    javaman May irritate Eyes

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    Came across this on Anandtech.

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    Whats your views on it?
     
  2. j_jay4

    j_jay4 Minimodder

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    Nvidia are obviously going to start renaming all the 200 series cards with 300 series names to confuse the general public into buying the same card twice and believing they are going to get better performance
     
  3. javaman

    javaman May irritate Eyes

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    the only thing the 210 offered was DX10.1 not particulary worthy of a whole generation. Maybe its the bad press already associated with the 3xx cards??
     
  4. barndoor101

    barndoor101 Bring back the demote thread!

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    or maybe nvidia didnt want to appear too far 'behind' ATi (ie 3xx compared to 5xxx). silly thing yes, but look at nvidias past naming schemes.
     
  5. Pete J

    Pete J Employed scum

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    Woohoo! 480s for me!

    I don't understand why they're bothering to jump the '300' series gap though. I mean, in the case of other series, the equivalent 'x10/x20' is simply a rehash of the previous generation whilst the 'x60'+ is is the current generation. Maybe Nvidia are worried that people will think that all cards of the 300 series would be DX11 compatible, when this wouldn't be the case.

    Ah well, it's not like I ever understood Nvidia/Intel naming practices anyway ;)
     
  6. Horizon

    Horizon Dremel Worthy

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    No, there doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason if you look it that way

    AT I: NVIDIA

    9X00 series : 5X00 series
    X8X0 series : 6X00 series
    19X0 series : 7X00 series
    29X0 series : 8X00 series
    38X0 series : 9X00 series
    48X0 series : GTX 200 series
    58X0 series : GTX 400 series

    both parties, pretty much have been sequential
     
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  7. Zero_UK

    Zero_UK What's a Dremel?

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    Knowing the name stratagies of hardware companies it'll be somewhat like this with the next few genoration of card naming:

    200 series
    400 series
    600 series
    900 series
    800 series
    300 series


    Yup, makes sense to them!
     
  8. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    I can already hear the marketing spin for this: "Fermi: It's so good, we skipped a generation!" :p
     
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  9. mjm25

    mjm25 What's a Dremel?

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    +1 they've probably got old boards to shift
     
  10. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    well, they did burn off the 3 series by releasing Dx10.1 low-end hardware. so it makes sense to start a new series.
     
  11. LithiumDesign

    LithiumDesign 3dsMax User

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    Why can't they just go up and up...i.e. 310, 320, 340, then when that range is done go to 4xx
    Who names these anyways...?
     
  12. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Nvidia marketing team: "Fermi is SOOO POWERFUL... it doesn't deserve the 300 series name, it should be in the 400's"

    [​IMG]
     
  13. javaman

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    out of interest what happened to the 1xx series too o_O
     
  14. brave758

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    Good old Nvidia out to use them smoke and mirrors again
     
  15. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    I guess they tried to avoid people calling it 10 000, as the last gen was 9000. I don't know.. it's marketing...

    Nothing goes over 9000 series:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMMDIRS4ZE
     
  16. barndoor101

    barndoor101 Bring back the demote thread!

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  18. barndoor101

    barndoor101 Bring back the demote thread!

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    so they can sell old products with shiny new names?

    place your money on what the 8800GTS/9800GTX/GTS250 will be called next...
     
  19. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    i'd say GT340 :)
     
  20. barndoor101

    barndoor101 Bring back the demote thread!

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    but surely they have to sell it at retail? so GT340 AND GT440 aswell.

    nvidia is like the obsessive compulsive who cant seem to throw anything away. they would probably sell the G80/G92 in ten years if they could get away with it.
     

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