NV30 Launch Date

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• there is none, u cant check your temps for a video card because there is no on board thermistor for it. ... : 666devilman666

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• Because I want to play other games before Doom 3 comes out : Juicemann

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  *calls authorities to reduce Toraz Chryx well fare* ;) : Grigory
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    It's money I inherited : Toraz Chryx
    • * 3 D F X ' D* : jhof
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      No offence, but i don't get the sense that you know what your doing. : jonc
      • neither do I! : Toraz Chryx
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  Dude their stock is garbage now. They are buying back employee shares cause it's so bad. They have lost 9... : phil_mckraken
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    hence the idea of buying a bunch of stock with money that I wasn't actually doing anything with anyway an... : Toraz Chryx
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      That is very bad investing. Don't put all that money in one stock. I have made money on NVDA and Acti : indeego
      • actually, I wasn't planning on putting everything on Nvidia.. I was going to spread it around between a f : Toraz Chryx

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• Releasing the spec's of the NV30 wouldn't change anything on the ATI boards. Or did I understand you wro... : BNA!
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  competition does not equal cheaper video cards. tiered pricing equals cheaper cards. what i mean by tiere... : DoubleAnal
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    LOL that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard : Cpt. Baseballbat
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      No its not. Have you checked the prices lately? ATI and Nvidia are going at each others throats but the... : johnny rotten
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        First of all competition forces faster releases and more revised cards which leads to faster product cycl... : killah
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          youre an idiot I'll use your example as an example If the 8xagp ti4600's lowers the price range of the ... : DoubleAnal
          • an addendum to my post: yes, it would be rediculous to set a higher price point than the current $350 - ... : DoubleAnal
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            Competition from ATI and others caused Nvidia to release AGP 8x cards, nothing else. Competition causes t... : diehlr
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              Yes, competition has caused ATI and NVidia to release new products faster, but it's also causing the vide : Cpt. Baseballbat
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                Obsolete? I don't think so with the exception of SOF2, my Athlon 750 with a GF1 DDR will still run any ga... : UTSD3DSUCKS
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                  have you been smoking crack? you are terribly wrong. : josheq
                  • I like this post. : indeego
      • dumdum, thats TIERED pricing. The 4600 has dropped in price because its no longer the big boy on the blo... : johnny rotten
      • "competition only drives the companies to come up with better cards not lower prices" -??? How much would... : Juicemann
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      dont LOL @ me, I'm not the one setting the prices, however i disagree with youre sayiing that price tieri... : DoubleAnal
      • I'm not exactly LOL@you, but at what you wrote. You're probably a nice guy and I have nothing against you... : Juicemann
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  ^^ gg fucking reply button, this should have been to #34 : johnny rotten
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    OMG!!! : johnny rotten
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      so owned :~( : king_darius
      • It's amazing how one little post of one person's opinion can start a bitching war. : reVy79

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  Oh, our graphics research lead says that he is going to hold off on the NV30 and wait for the next chip. ... : Fred Garvin
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    heh, So your waiting a year before getting the nv35/40? Well hopefully you dont plan on enjoying doom3 at... : killah
    • Fairly simple. I don't need to run a game at 1600x1200 and since the Xbox is a target platform I think my... : Fred Garvin
• And what about that UT 2K3 demo? It was supposed to be out a long time ago, but its really late, and i... : reVy79

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• nah, I'd go with an ATI or NV30 solution as soon as prices hit the first fall barrier. You'll be assured... : smart1
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  NV 30 will have it's spring refresh, AMD will have several new techs out, Serial-ATA will be on it's test : indeego
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    yeah somwhere along the line nvidia is going to want to get its key releases back on a spring/fall schedu... : johnny rotten
    • Before it could easily control it's refreshes... it had no competition in the 3d market. Now it must tru : indeego

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  this is why my next big upgrade isn't going to be until after February. : the archvile
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    Mine's gonna be in May : MacGyver
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      mines gonna be d3 release. : Turd Ferguson
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        Descent 3 has been released a long time. ;) : Grigory
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          He is from the past. : iamgoat
          • I was there yesterday! : smoy
• Gotta buy sometime, you cant just keep waiting for the next big thing, on the other hand the NV30 does se... : xenoeye
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  Geezus dude. If you keep your systems that long just buy a 2.53 P4/9700Pro system now. You'll be FINE f... : johnny rotten
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    haha, well said! although i would wait for the budget R300 at least.. buying top of the line is retarded. : diehlr
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      Imo buying top of the line is retarded only if you're going to upgrade anyway in 6 months. If you're not... : johnny rotten
      • Buying 1 generation behind is always what I've done and it has served my wallet very well. : diehlr
• well carmack did say what he was planning for the next engine after doom3 was based on what is made capab... : marku5
• Holy shit man..UPGRADE ALREADY! I doubt the nv30 will be even 20% faster than the 9700. : 5150 Joker
• You'll be waiting until Februray before you can actually get them. We don't even have beta boards yet. : Fred Garvin

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  it is better and probably more expensive then 9700, thats all that's known. : ansuble
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    And you KNOW it's better how? I would assume it will be better. But you say you KNOW it will be better.... : Cpt. Baseballbat
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      Easy there fanboy. What we KNOW is that the drivers will be better for starters. Thats enough info right ... : Cygnus X-1
      • "Easy there fanboy." I imagined a man speaking to a horse in a calm manner. =) : Grigory
• Hence the ANNOUNCEMENT! : indeego

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  It'll be out by early summer. : johnny rotten
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    What will be out? Doom 3? hahaha. Look at id's past software releases.. all of them out at xmas, don't... : Foozmelon
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      Rephrase: all of the recent releases have been out around xmas. : Foozmelon
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        past != future. Example: 3d realms released a game a few times with a character called Duke . : indeego
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          Yes, but the past is most likely is a good indicator of the future.. unless, you can predict the future, ... : Foozmelon
          • Ok bub. Well... there are technically only about 7 days that one can say are a release after Christmas, : indeego
        • And your point being that it looks like they'll never release the new one ;) : xenoeye
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        they have hinted at a before xmas release. : Turd Ferguson
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          They have hinted several times at a before E3 2003 release. : johnny rotten
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            I believe Epic also hinted at a Spring release for UT2k3- means nothing. : Foozmelon
            • John Carmack who has done the hinting has a lot more credibility in my eyes than epic marketing weasel ma... : johnny rotten
            • where have they hinted this? : johnny rotten
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  But other than that, yeah. I'm going to make do with this lil Ti200 even though UT2K3 is crying for more... : johnny rotten
  • Ut2003 is about all you might want an NV30 for, DOOM 3 is too far off and my GF4 isn't all that hot at ru... : xenoeye

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• It will have Speculative Mexel Tagging (tm) and the Bizare Sharetex Spotter(tm). The high end cards will ... : Grigory
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  ATI? respond? haha I love the 9700, but i dont think i'm the only one who thinks its a fluke. it's their ... : Polish Sausage
  • I had a GF2 Pro. Got an opportunity to get an 8500 very cheap so did. I have had no problems with it, ... : bb_forrest
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    The 8500 is about as fast as a Ti4600 when you turn on anisotropic filtering. : yakz
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      LOL! That's like saying "The Ferarri 360 Modena is about as fast as a Yugo if you drive it offroad". : LoveGravy
      • that isn't a very good analogy conisdering the small difference in speed between the two video cards and ... : Turd Ferguson
      • That is the stupidest comparison I've ever heard, ansiotropic filtering increases image quality, that is ... : Toraz Chryx
      • Um not it's not. Anisotropic filtering is just an important feature as FSAA. If all the vette can do is a... : 5150 Joker
  • How's it a fluke? It kicks the shit out of the leadtek ti4600 I sold in every category--especially image ... : 5150 Joker

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  yeah I have a GF2 64 meg... all my games are limited by the GF now... do i wait for NV30 or get a GF4 Ti ... : namelessone
  • "do i wait for NV30 or get a GF4 Ti 4xxx when/if the price drops due to nv30.... " thats up to you : DoubleAnal
  • well when nv30 is released, the price of other stuff will drop :) : artillery
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  "I went from a Pentium 2 800Mhz skiped to Pentium4 2.4Ghz" Liar. The fastest Pentium 2's ran at 450mhz. : DoubleAnal
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    OC mine :-) fool :-) with an Abit MB : alsey7
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      whatever, I caught you in another lie. The fastest Pentium 2 did not run at 450mhz, I'm not sure how fast... : DoubleAnal
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        .35 p2's were lucky to hit 600mhz, much less 800. : Polish Sausage
        • Yeah no shit. Back in those days 1GHz seemed like a dream. : MarksmanX
        • and where the fuck did he get a mainboard that would run at 178Mhz back then? Certainly wasn't a BX ch... : Toraz Chryx
      • Pentium IIs did run at 450mhz. http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=125 It came out the day after ... : rahba
      • The P2 went up to 450Mhz. But he is full of shit saying he overclocked it to 800Mhz. : johnny rotten
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      WHATEVER!! LOL!!!! You couldn't reach that high with the Pentium II 450!! Maybe if you're extremly lucky ... : MarksmanX
      • LOL! ROOFLES! : diehlr
• You mean you actually overclocked that Pentium II 450 to 800? JESUS!!! Looks like you didn't skip a gene... : MarksmanX

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  Then that would imply to wait at least 6 months after DIII is out, since I believe that is the amount of : indeego
  • Which by that time my GF2 will be an S3 Virge : diehlr
• Yeah Im only interested in the engine and the graphics power your going to need to run those games with g... : xenoeye

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• Yup, it has to be a major step forward to matter. : xenoeye

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• DAMN! Make that "We are proud to say =) : Grigory
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  R900 and NV30 on one board linked up to 10 Voodoo 5s? :) : xenoeye
  • And an external power supply that must be installed by a funny guy with a mask. : indeego

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  dumbasssss : DoubleAnal
  • not for the price I paid. I had a TNT2U until just last November, so I'll hang on the GF4 for several ye... : Dechter

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  It's not a paper launch when they say it'll be on the shelves in a month... A paper launch is releasin... : LoveGravy
  • The December date is just the Inquirer speculating. This annoucement of the upcoming announcement is a pu... : rentsboy
  • Just like nForce2? : Liquid
• And ATI didn't do this? Turnabout its fair play, besides, it also drove the price of GF's down. :) : UTSD3DSUCKS