Gainward has ditched Nvidia

I don't think Palit is Nvidia exclusive, however they are releasing 4800 series cards as well

If there is a market to be had somewhere, then its reasonable to expect companies to exploit it - I don't really understand why Gainward wouldn't sell both cards like Palit is; but I guess Palit is a much better company than Gainward for that matter.

The only exclusives Nvidia has now are EVGA and XFX. XFX would do ATI cards before EVGA would, EVGA has devoted to much time and money into their piece of crap 750i FTW board and what not. Thing was touted as the cheapest PCIE2.0 board, cheapest Nvidia 7 series chipset......it went from $140 to $190 in a week and has been at $190 since then.

I like EVGA and they are the only Nvidia brand I fully trust, but they price most of their products well over average. The warranty and Step-up arent really worth it, truly.

Plus, there really is no telling how much money these companies are actually LOSING on Nvidia due to having to pump out another revision of the same damn card every month that competes with their own products.

I think Gainward has done an ASUS and is supporting both.

Yes I saw the Gainward HD4850 on Fudzilla but I've also found these:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=831077

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=831078

come on!business is there to make money. if there is a chance they will take it. if you come up with a gtx 280 beater any brand will come to use. its no who ditch who, as gainward still make nvidia card.

Well, the 4800 series are the best by a fairly large margin in their price class, especially the 4870. So, by your reasoning, EVGA should go with ATI.

The big 3 AIB as far as nvidia goes are BFG Tech, EVGA and XFX. They are all Nvidia exclusive as far as I know.

however Didn't Palit acquire gainward?

I have never seen Gainward being sold on newegg for that matter etiehr, must be big in Taiwan or Europe or something like that?

yes there there to make cash but its up to the director to set a price that satisfies the shareholders and makes some profit for there partners, you set that price to high and you risk a backlash from the guy on the street. just look at what is happening with nvidia just now they try and squeeze every last penny/cent from the consumer and they are paying the price for there greed

And Nvidia will ditch them when they release GTX280X2

Sure, that'll help, just cut off your suppliers who are already miffed at you to help increase sales making your product even more niche and hard to find?

As for the GX2, not gonna happen with the G200 core. You'd need the 55nm refresh to definitely go 256bit GDDR5 for that to happen, and also reduce the heat for the GPU pressing right into the back of the card in front of it.

Yeah, even if yo were to just point out the ATi's are the X2 and the nVidias are the GX2.

Alright, but only because you asked nicely.

Well I think I mentioned the thermal issue directly. The Accounstics never matter much because they don't applify much when added together, and depending on intelligence of the HSf you could have sympathetic noise cancelation.

But overall the PCB design would be a nightmare, the heat would be a serious issue with the chips so close together, and the power draw would be very interesting since a single card requires a 6+8 pin while getting 75W from the single slot, well that would mean an 8+8+8+8 pin configuration to allow for the same single slot to handle the GX2.

Yeah I think it's very unlikely for many reasons, but stranger things have happened.