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NVIDIA has responded to
a report from this
morning saying that they were exiting from the business of developing
chipsets for computer motherboards. Though that original article claims that "silence" was the response from NVIDIA
to queries about this, but The Tech Report met
with more success, getting a denial from NVIDIA, which, as they put it, leaves
"little open for interpretation." Word from NVIDIA's Bryan Del Rizzo is: 1. The story on Digitimes is completely groundless. We have no intention of getting out of the chipset business.
2. In fact, our MCP business is as strong as it ever has been for both AMD and Intel platforms:
a. Mercury Research has reported that the NVIDIA market share of AMD platforms in Q2 08 was 60%. We have been steady in this range for over two years.
b. SLI is still the preferred multi-GPU platform thanks to its stellar scaling, game compatibility and driver stability.
c. nForce 790i SLI is the recommended choice by editors worldwide due to its compelling combination of memory performance, overclocking, and support for SLI. . . .
3. We're looking forward to bring new and very exciting MCP products to the market for both AMD and Intel platforms.
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Re: Haha wow, nice koolaid |
Aug 2, 2008, 13:39 |
[THA] Hamst3r |
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I own a small business repairing and building computers for a living. Me too!  *hug*
Because everyone has the same peripherals installed that you do... You're so smart. |
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Re: GPU scalability |
Aug 2, 2008, 12:35 |
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I am tired of reading your know it all comments NKD. If you knew a tenth as much as you think you do, youd still be the smartest person on earth. How about less buffooning about what you think you know in thread after thread after thread...
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Aug 2, 2008, 08:35 |
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the only reason one would want to use nVidia's mboard chipsets is to use SLI. And the only reason to want SLI is games. Since the PC game market is at an all time low, sales I'm sure have plummeted for their chipsets. it makes sense for nVidia to get out of that market. It doesnt help that nVidia motherboards were buggy buggy buggy.
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Re: GPU scalability |
Aug 1, 2008, 19:17 |
NKD |
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Hm. Well, the 680i's were known for just dying after a few months of even a moderate overclock. The 680i, 780i, and 790i are known for data corruption on even a moderate overclock as well. Though as I understand it this problem is SUPPOSEDLY solved now...
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Re: GPU scalability |
Aug 1, 2008, 19:02 |
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This was definitely true 6 months ago, neither were in great shape in anything but synthetic benchmarks and very popular titles like HL2. ATI has made great strides with CrossFire nowadays though, it's scaling much better than SLI and any glance at a benchmarking site will confirm this.
Personally I'm dubious of the gains SLI and CrossFire provide versus the vastly increased heat and power usage you suffer as a result. SLI/CrossFire is mainly targeting very high resolution scenarios like playing on a 30" monitor. I frequently come across uninformed people who think that they need it for playing games at 1680x1050 on their 22" monitor. An 8800GT or Radeon 4850 by itself is more than adequate for current games on the market at resolutions below 1920x1200.
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GPU scalability |
Aug 1, 2008, 18:48 |
Pigeon |
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I was always under the impression GPU scalability was pretty bad with all cards, not just Nvidia's. At least where use of multiple cards/processors is concerned.
I'd also like to see the whole SLI/CROSSFIRE only on Nvidia/ATI boards thing die. I seem to remember reading somewhere the barrier is artificial, and HP actually has Nvidia boards that can run a crossfire configuration; or something to that effect.
EDIT: So one of my statements actually makes sense.
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Re: Haha wow, nice koolaid |
Aug 1, 2008, 18:33 |
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Which is probably why my system works so well, with it's nForce 680i chipset and all. You know, like, flawlessly since June of last year when I set the system up. So far, every game I've installed has worked. I'm not going to sit and compare anecdotes with you all day because it won't get us anywhere but I will say that I own a small business repairing and building computers for a living. I've been doing it a number of years and while I am certainly not god's gift to technology, I am knowledgeable enough to know the difference between regular user crap and manufacturer issues. I'm well aware of what is normal in terms of compatibility issues and we've dealt with more nforce crap than I care to remember. There's a reason the P35's are vastly more popular. Nvidia has come a long way with the drivers since the Vista launch and I'll give them credit for that but trumpeting themselves as the leader of driver stability and GPU scaling is laughtastic.
No one is saying its impossible to build a stable nforce based machine but it's certainly more of a crapshoot than grabbing a generic P35 and being off to the races.
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Re: Haha wow, nice koolaid |
Aug 1, 2008, 16:50 |
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Nothing Nvidia does from here on out will mean squat unless they correct thier faulty GPU chips. (I currently own a soon to die laptop) Everything they produce will always have a buy at your own risk attached to it. you can produce the fastest smoothest running hardware out there but if its lifespan is short why would I purchase it.
Until Nvidia does the correct thing by doing a recall or offering an upgrade path instead of a bandaid fix to get by the warranty period. Then any news regarding anything this company produces will mean nothing to me and quite a few thousand others for a very long time.
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Re: Haha wow, nice koolaid |
Aug 1, 2008, 16:42 |
Fibrocyte |
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Because everyone has the same peripherals installed that you do...
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Re: Haha wow, nice koolaid |
Aug 1, 2008, 15:30 |
[THA] Hamst3r |
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Nvidia's 6xx and 7xx SLI motherboards are notorious for hardware conflicts, shoddy drivers and unwarranted price premiums. Which is probably why my system works so well, with it's nForce 680i chipset and all. You know, like, flawlessly since June of last year when I set the system up. So far, every game I've installed has worked. |
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Haha wow, nice koolaid |
Aug 1, 2008, 14:49 |
Verno |
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b. SLI is still the preferred multi-GPU platform thanks to its stellar scaling, game compatibility and driver stability. Wow I can't believe someone said that with a straight face. Nvidia's 6xx and 7xx SLI motherboards are notorious for hardware conflicts, shoddy drivers and unwarranted price premiums. It's part of why so many gamers have gone P35 this generation.
I'd be "very excited for our future MCP's" if they could just design a stable motherboard with working drivers. That would be a huge accomplishment. Nvidia may make great videocards but their motherboards are a disaster.
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