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    nVidia is feeling the heat to release...just for desktops?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Larry@LPC-Digital, Feb 20, 2010.

  1. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    No I don't think so...

    On Nvidia's twitter page they have an announcement that says:

    "ARE YOU READY? Check back here on Monday morning at 9am PST for a major announcement!"

    Is this just for desktops? Will it mean that the GTX 480 and 470 are finally here, March is going to be an interesting month!

    http://twitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce
     
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    Nice find! Yep, the heat is building up. This March is gonna be very interesting, even though we can guess most of the shadow horses, still, some remaining in the dark...
     
    Aikimox, Feb 20, 2010
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    I dream of mobile fermi.
     
    5150Joker, Feb 21, 2010
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    I'll take anything Nvidia that includes DX11. A Fermi derivative would be wonderful, but I've not got problems with them grafting DX11 onto a 3xxM series and giving me DX11 that way either.

    I suspect that Monday is only for desktops however. I hope I'm wrong, but...
     
    FXi, Feb 22, 2010
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  5. Greg

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    Usually notebooks are 6-8 months behind desktops in terms of GPU development, so tomorrow's announcement (which might only be an announcement announcing Fermi's new release date)...
     
    Greg, Feb 22, 2010
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    Fermi desktop video cards will become available 1-2 weeks after CeBIT.
     
    Blacky, Feb 22, 2010
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    The wait is almost over! The world's fastest PC graphics gaming technology will be unveiled at PAX 2010. Visit: www.nvidia.com/paxeast.
    half a minute ago from web

    Back to sleep then...
     
    relax24, Feb 22, 2010
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    Quite underwhelming for a "major announcement".
     
    5482741, Feb 22, 2010
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    Yeah, actually we we're waiting for an announcement where they told us that we are going to wait for another month or so... mah...
     
    grbac, Feb 22, 2010
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  10. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    Remember CEBIT is a couple of weeks away!
     
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    Oh well at least the dropped the name of the latest cards in the the Dedication paragraph at the bottom.

    The ChrisRay Special Edition PC features dual GeForce GTX 480 GPUs in SLI (of course!), and we’re going to raffle it off at PAX.
     
    snoozeulooz, Feb 22, 2010
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    Yep that was nothing short of pathetic, an announcement for an announcement. I guess a lot of people will be getting themselves some nicely priced ATI's once those Fermi chips start shipping.
     
    Megacharge, Feb 22, 2010
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    Only desktop versions, mobile versions I would say spring 2011.
     
    Blacky, Feb 23, 2010
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    yes cheaper graphics cards.
     
    sparkguy, Feb 23, 2010
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    Looks like I'll be budgeting for an ATI card..
     
    k9hydr4, Feb 23, 2010
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    Crap!
    Next year is too long a wait,grrrrr...
    Need them sooner
     
    IKAS V, Feb 23, 2010
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  19. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    nVidia WILL have a new mobile card before this summer. It won't be a mobile version of the GTX480, but it will be an upgrade for sure to the 285M that is currently their top gaming card.
     
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    OK, as long as this mythical 380GTX ;)(or whatever it's gonna be called) is a little more than a higher clocked 285M.Don't get me wrong the 285M is a great GFX card.(wish I had one) but it's not a great leap from a 280M.
    Don't know if I care about DX11 yet, it would be great if the next offering from Nvidia had it but I wouldn't be too disappointed if it didn't.
     
    IKAS V, Feb 23, 2010
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    Yes, babyhemi is correct, this summer Nvidia will release the 380M, it will be on 40nm and with DX 10.1. I was talking about Fermi, which is the true next step in graphics technology.
     
    Blacky, Feb 24, 2010
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    OK sounds good, was going to get a new latop this summer so timing would be great.I just hope it does not disappoint.
    It's going to be a W860CU almost 100% certain now it's deciding between ATI and Nvidia.
     
    IKAS V, Feb 24, 2010
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