Major Graphics Revolution Coming?

In the video when Voodoo's founder Rahul Sood introduced the Envy 133, he highlighted the cooling system and also said that "graphics are going to get a lot faster later this year, that's all I can tell you. The new cooling system helps us plan for the future." I really didn't think about that too much, but that is starting to make me speculate about what's happening that he knows and we don't. He also said that the line between integrated and discrete graphics is going to be "blurred". I would think that either he knows something about NVIDIA, ATI, or maybe even Intel designing much faster video cards (reason for waiting so long to announce the Envy 15" and 17"?), or somehow (very unlikely) Voodoo is going to try fit a desktop card into a 15" and/or 17" laptop. Here's the video where he mentioned that:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/voodoo-floats-13-3-inch-envy-133-in-the-air/

BTW, 2,000th post!

 

This video was posted June 10th and by now, everyone has seen it.

Rahul is just anticipating IGPs to get really fast. It's like me saying 'You'll need a new computer in 20 years'. The line isn't going to blur. That's the main difference between integrated chips and dedicated chips.

The whole concept of the terms would then be obsolete.

Sorry to disappoint.

 

mate, no offence but you keep on posting these random speculation threads. ive seen you do it on alienware subforum, apple mac subforum and this one as well. you see a tiny bit of a hint and then pounce, immediately claming something is coming.

for example, "Breed 2, New Alienware Notebooks COnfirmed". no notebooks were confirmed

 

This is a speculation thread about what Voodoo's founder said:

"graphics are going to get a lot faster later this year, that's all I can tell you. The new cooling system helps us plan for the future."

That obviously means something is coming that he knows about and we don't.

 

I believe he or anyone else who refers to blurring of graphics boundaries is referring to hybrid graphics, which utilize both an integrated IGP and a dedicated graphics card. It is a great idea, but this will most likely be available for 15" and larger systems, cause you still need a physical graphics card in the system.
The Envy 133 will no way ever support a dedicated graphics card, as it is too thin, and ZIBA never designed the laptop with Intel to support more than an integrated graphics card. If voodoo says they are putting a dedicated card in their, they are lying, cause they didnt design the system, and they surely cant manipulate the board to support a dedicated card, let alone make it fit.

K-TRON

 

The Envy may look like the Ziba, but look closer and they aren't actually the same design. Does your sources at HP tell you it is a Ziba design?

 

If it is not a Ziba, it is a Ziba clone. I wonder how copyright laws go in these situations.

Trance