Nvidia changes GT200 dates again

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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/12/nvidia-changes-gt200-dates

Considering the source I would take with bags of salt, if NV is considering a price drop on the 280/260 due to competition from R770 then it would be attractive, of course it depends on the size of the drop.

Also it seems there is a bag of goodies which maybe released along with the 280, like a Folding@Home client. Of course I'm just wondering if the Pande group knew about this all along and are an (un)willing part of the "marketing" of this card. I certainly hope they're not, I would hate to think a project like Folding@Home would be co-opted to market NV products instead of being run on it's own merits(such as benefiting everyone through medical research not based solely on corporate motivation).

One more week and I can't wait for the benchmarks and evals to roll in.
 
Why is it that this Inquirer always seems to be against everything nVidia related? Isn't this supposed to be an "objective" reviewing site? Seems more like an Ati-FanBoy site to me.
 
HondaCop said:
Why is it that this Inquirer always seems to be against everything nVidia related? Isn't this supposed to be an "objective" reviewing site? Seems more like an Ati-FanBoy site to me.
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Because NVIDIA doesn't invite the INQ to their events, so the INQ pretty much bashes anything and everything NVIDIA does out of spite. G80 was also bashed to hell and back. GT200 is no different it seems.
 
HondaCop said:
Why is it that this Inquirer always seems to be against everything nVidia related? Isn't this supposed to be an "objective" reviewing site? Seems more like an Ati-FanBoy site to me.
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They could at least make it more subtle. It just sounds unprofessional when they let it hang out on their sleeves that they don't like nV.
 
Alright, a day earlier which is even sweeter. Yeah, I think most of us know by now that The Inquirer is very anti NVIDIA. That Charlie dude sounds like a moron to me.

Well, may the best company win, I think ATI looks like they are going to shine this time, perhaps, unless NVIDIA has another trick up their sleeve.
 
Objective isn't a word I would choose to use where Charlie D is concerned, it's well known that he has a huge +5 axe to grind with Nvidia and takes every opportunity to flame them whenever he can do it. The INQ is definitely not known for it's objectivity at times the site makes for a humorous read, at other times..meh.
However they do leak some interesting tidbits, if you can step around the steaming piles that Charlie puts out there with his "facts"(hence the salt warning).
 
gryoung said:
Of course I'm just wondering if the Pande group knew about this all along and are an (un)willing part of the "marketing" of this card. I certainly hope they're not, I would hate to think a project like Folding@Home would be co-opted to market NV products instead of being run on it's own merits(such as benefiting everyone through medical research not based solely on corporate motivation).
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Considering where this article came from I'm not ready to pick up the pitchfork and torch yet....but then again Nvidia is an awful lot like EA in the regard that they try to get their name on everything they can. I sure hope F@H doesn't become a 'TWIMTB(Folded)' program.
 
I use to like reading all the time buy the INQ but it really is a Tabloid for tech. Its fun to read what they say and laugh when they are totally wrong. I think its even funnier now that you can post comments to the article and some of those are better then the actual article.
 
Frek77 said:
Considering where this article came from I'm not ready to pick up the pitchfork and torch yet....but then again Nvidia is an awful lot like EA in the regard that they try to get their name on everything they can. I sure hope F@H doesn't become a 'TWIMTB(Folded)' program.
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Ati has its own program for optimizing code for games, most notably HL2 fell under this one. ATi started the trend, but nvidia dumped far more money into their project, and therefore why you see their name on alot of games today. It is a marketing ploy, but how can you single out NV if ATi does the same thing.

The inq has acknowledged its bias in the past. I saw 3 or 4 days ago the title of their site said something along the lines of "were AMD fanboys", It had both the word AMD and fanboys in the same sentence, they must of taken it down rather quick, because its something different today.
 
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