NVIDIA's GTX 400 Series Gets A Launch Date: March 26th
by Ryan Smith on February 22, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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On the heels of a rather unusual (and poorly received) announcement this morning that they'd be showing off the GTX 400 series at PAX East this year, NVIDIA has made a second and much more to-the-point announcement today.
And at this point that's all we know. Specifications, performance, pricing, launch quantities, etc remain to be seen. Perhaps more interesting is that this is on a Friday. We can't immediately recall a Friday GPU launch, even for a refresh part. Like everything else, the whether this has any significance remains to be seen.
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Griswold - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
Not a guess, its pretty much a given.philosofa - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
Joe's post above did set me thinking - if Nvidia are going to release Fermi as planned it'll be worth watching to see when their cards are released to reviewers, as well as when the NDA ends.I have an HD 5870, the first ATI card since an X1950 PRO (and only the second of nine or so cards), I'm crossing my fingers for Nvidia, but I have to admit I have my doubts about GF100 being anything special at all.
Grit - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
Sweet! Thanks Nvidia! Now I know what date to start looking for ATI to release the 5890 and to drop prices on the 5870. Time to unload my old nvidia card! And thanks for making be both comfortable and happy about my first ATI graphics card purchase in almost 10 years!Nvidia - convincing you to buy graphics cards, just not theirs.
Doormat - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
Typical PR move for bad news, you dump it on Friday afternoon when you hope fewer people are watching.fragMasterFlash - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
Make with the polygons, already! At this rate ATI will probably be sampling Northern Islands by the time NVidia gets Fermi into production.Lunyone - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
Then on March 19th, they will post a new release date in early April, followed up with a late release in April.....It's getting a bit old, don't you think??iGas - Monday, February 22, 2010 - link
Will Fermi be a Hammer or will it be an Itanium?
samspqr - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
it will be itanium: charlie at semiaccurate has already leaked some results, and it seems the $650 fermi will be just 5% faster than 5870 (and so hammered by 5970), while the $500 one will be just on par with 5870coldpower27 - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
Charlie is extremely biased against nVidia so no, not gonna believe any of what he says. Let's way till the cards come out shall we.Galid - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - link
So Biased that He was right about 80% of what happened about fermi for the last 6 months... read a bit before attacking for nothing.