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S_Coaster
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Read the full story here:
http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/10/06/nvidia-kills-gtx285-gtx275-gtx260-abandons-mid-and-high-end-market/
[Post edited by S_Coaster on Oct 9, 2009 - CDT 10:16 AM]
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I guess ATI will be enjoying this.
S_Coaster
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I Have to say, ATI is not what it used to be, specially after their acquisition from AMD, another "fallen" company.
I Think this creates a huge gap in the market, you have this big chunk of the high-end market which was mostly owned by nvidia now resting with no products, maybe now is the chance for a company to come out with a chip and basically claim nvidia's crown, but i have a feeling it wont be ATI.
ReaggieP
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View profile »I have always chosen ATI over NVidia, so this really doesn't affect me all that much other than ATI may coose to hike their prices up. But with three different manufactures distributing their chipsets it may not make that much of a difference.
[Post edited by ReaggieP on Oct 11, 2009 - CDT 8:54 AM]
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The only reason why NVIDIA FAILED MISERABLY is due to it's mis-management. It starts all the way from the top. I mean, if your CEO can't control his own temper, how can he control his own company?
Here's a rare glimpse at Nvidia's MOST RECENT meeting, with its CEO & top managers. Truly informative.
I never knew....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR45ja_fNzU
[Post edited by tylerdurden on Oct 11, 2009 - CDT 5:17 PM]
S_Coaster
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Although every time a "big guy" falls it's good news for the consumer. Prices get lower, and fierce competition drives these "Fallen giants" to evolve.
Look at intel and the beating it took from AMD back in the day, a couple of years under and then CoreDuo was released, claiming back their crown. (the very first dual core CPU intel showcased was reverse-engineered from the amd chip)
Or microsoft, Releasing windows Vista was the company's biggest mistake ever, with "Vista ready" certification programs failing (people buying laptops "vista certified" but not really...causing crashes etc) and a buggy software, they managed to provide smt like 10% more market share to apple. They fell, and then they made it right, windows 7 which is being released on the 23rd of this month is basically what vista should've been. I'm running the RC right now, and it's the most stable think i've tried since the initial release of win2000.
Even nvidia is no stranger at falling, back in the day 3DF/X and the voodoo2 chip were beating the NV TNT, a few years later nvidia bought 3DFX.
All im saying is that all this is good. Advancements will be made, and prices will lower.
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Sorry to tell you this but, the guy that wrote this article is known for his false statements. The brother of a close friend of mine works for nVidia, so when I saw this article I immediately called my friend and got the low down.
The guy that wrote the article twisted what nVidia put out in their press release. They're stopping production on their current video cards only because the new ones to replace them are being released in 2 or 3 months. nVidia is getting into the motherboard racket, to compete with some things that Intel is doing as well as ATI.
Don't believe everything you read. nVidia is doing fine, they aren't going anywhere, and this guy is just trying to stir a hornet's nest... which, it looks like he's good at doing.
Oh, I was also told that the guy that wrote this article used to work for "The National Enquirer". Take his info for what it's worth.
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