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    nVidia GTX 360m now available?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Dec 28, 2009.

  1. sean473

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    I don't think that article is accurate... it literally slams NVDIA into paste... certainly not a reliable source... however if it keeps on rebagging , NVDIA will be bye bye...
     
    sean473, Dec 30, 2009
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  2. Hydeo

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    Hydeo, Dec 30, 2009
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  3. v_c

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    Is it basically a rebadged GTS260M (which was never released anyway) ?
     
    v_c, Dec 30, 2009
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  4. Hydeo

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    Yes it is, so I'm guessing the GTX will also be a rebadge
     
    Hydeo, Dec 30, 2009
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  5. $immond$

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    another disappointment, well it may be a while before major improvements are released by Nvidia and ATI.
    Rebadge 10-15% performance gain if that.
     
    $immond$, Dec 30, 2009
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  6. Hydeo

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    I like how they put the 360m card under the "High Performance" category, seeing how there's nothing high performance about the specs
     
    Hydeo, Dec 30, 2009
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  7. Ayle

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    Fermi has been bushed back until the middle of the year. Nvidia should layoff the rebadges. Nobody will blame them for keeping old gen around longer but jut slapping a new name on a old product is just dishonest...
     
    Ayle, Dec 30, 2009
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  8. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    ???
    Nvidia hates intel LOL
     
    The_Moo™, Dec 30, 2009
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  9. Phinagle

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    Intel CPU with an AMD chipset would be odd but it's very common to see an Intel CPU with an AMD discrete GPU. (e.g. Mobility HD 4670)
     
    Phinagle, Dec 30, 2009
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  10. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    They could at least made it DirectX 10.1 compatible, so it would be more of a update than a new name on a "old" chip.
     
    DEagleson, Dec 30, 2009
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  11. Peon

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    Besides, since the OEMs are the ones responsible for putting the final system together, there's no inherent contradiction or irony whatsoever in having 2 components from competitors in the same system. In fact, if they failed to work together properly, I have a feeling that one or both parties would sue the other for monopolistic behavior.
     
    Peon, Dec 30, 2009
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  12. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    Best example m17x

    intel CPU
    nvidia chipset
    ati 4870 xfire

    it's like a melting pot :p
     
    The_Moo™, Dec 30, 2009
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  13. Peon

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    Depending on how you look at it, it could also be considered getting the best of all worlds ;)
     
    Peon, Dec 30, 2009
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  14. $immond$

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    agreed! My i7 does not go without its ATI counterpart!
     
    $immond$, Dec 30, 2009
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  15. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    alot of intel chipsets support crossfire natively.
     
    tianxia, Dec 30, 2009
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  16. $immond$

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    I am not sure if he is a desktop user, but yea its a choice with allot of mobo vendors.
     
    $immond$, Dec 30, 2009
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  17. Phinagle

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    Intel requires a licensing agreement with AMD/ATI and Nvidia to support Crossfire and SLi since they're both proprietary tech. Likewise Nvidia needed a licensing agreement with Intel to produce a chipset supporting Intel CPUs...which no longer exists for Nehalem based CPUs. Intel actually brought Nvidia to court to stop them from making chipsets.

    ATI hasn't made a chipset supporting Intel CPUs since they were acquired by AMD. This could however change now that Intel and AMD have free access to each others patents for the next 5 years. Also no ATI chipset has the rights to support SLI.


    Dell had to get special permissions from Nvidia and ATI (and probably Intel) to set up the M17x the way they did...and they also had to specially modify the BIOS for the system to add support to the chipset.
     
    Phinagle, Dec 30, 2009
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  18. HTWingNut

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    So it's a one way street it sounds like. If only AMD could put out an i7 killer...
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 30, 2009
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    Isn't Bulldozer supposed to be competitive with the iX architecture?
     
    Ayle, Dec 30, 2009
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  20. Phinagle

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    No it's a three way street...Intel just controls all the stop lights right now. Nvidia could've opted not to give Intel permission to support SLi...it's just that if they did Nvidia would go out of business without a CPU to run their cards.

    The current FTC suit against Intel seeks to force Intel into selling x86 licenses to anyone that wants to produce a CPU (the suit also wants to stop Intel from threatening to yank AMD's x86 license from them). If the FTC wins Nvidia could legally produce their own x86 based CPU (which they're rumored to already be secretly working on)...then they could also stop selling Intel licenses to support Nvidia's GPU (but they'd be stupid to do so).


    Bulldozer won't be out until 2011 though...squaring off against Intel's Sandy Bridge. AMD's Fusion APUs will hopefully bring them back in the fight.
     
    Phinagle, Dec 30, 2009
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  21. $immond$

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    I hope so.. I am looking foreword to another Intel killer, I haven't seen one since the days of the San Diego/Venice.
     
    $immond$, Dec 30, 2009
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  22. Peon

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    I was thinking about single-GPU systems that only require PCI-e in the quoted post, but yes, if we bring SLI and CFX into the picture, then you're right.

    By the time Bulldozer launches, Nehalem/Westmere will be yesterday's technology the way Core 2 Duo is today.

    Performance aside, there's the bigger problem of AMD never quite having gotten power consumption and heat generation down to the levels Intel has on their mobile CPUs.
     
    Peon, Dec 31, 2009
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  23. gselsidi

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    seriously moderators need to change the title of these posts, and can't you people read it says GTS not GTX, this is the second post with this error that i've seen its getting annoying, its not that hard to read unless you all have disleksia however you spell it.
     
    gselsidi, Jan 24, 2010
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  24. IKAS V

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    FYI
    It was a mistake posted by the manufactures, they posted wrong info.
    It happens.
    Not sure why I even bothered.
     
    IKAS V, Feb 14, 2010
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