Nvidia is rebranding again, get your wallets out.

[blackwater11]

Looks like Nvidia is ramping up the same tech again under a different name (again). "introducing the brand new 270 & 290! We want all fanboy's on high alert! When these cards hit the market just in time for the holiday's to boost quarterly margins, you guys better be ready! I want wallets out, and mouths open because there literally are shovels full of it this time!

If you 280 guys are wondering what has happened, just take it as a glancing blow - you're not off your feet yet! Stay positive and stay in the game! Here's a tip - if you've already spent all your money on a 280 you can upgrade and trade in. To cover the remaining cost of the new 270 / 290's you can pawn your valuables with the YouPawnIt Program. Currently they are accepting broken TV's, Ipods, pleather goods, any household appliances..
Best of luck and happy holidays,
Cheers,
Blackwater11

 

[Guest]

NTLB.

 

[aevm]

LOL, I bet a GTX 280 would be much better than whatever you have right now But yeah, I too find nVidia's business practices rather annoying this year.

 

[spathotan]

lol @ pleather

 

[eklipz330]

wait, i thought they were under a new process?

 

[dragonsprayer]

nvidia sucks! i got burned for 1000'w with 8800gtx stock


8800gt 9800 - all the same stuff!

thank you! for the post!

 

[L1qu1d]

get over it and research before purchasing stop blaming companies Nvidia doing a good thing, they get idiots to buy their revisions and then creates price drops

Don't worry... be happy

 

[rangers]

i don't think overcharging from the start of a new revision is a good thing, for a start it will piss off your customers that have all ready purchased and put off your future customers from buying, that lets ati come in with cheaper prices and a better product (this time). The hole nvidia find themselves in just now has got nothing to do with ati and everything to do with nvidia

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

So, nVidia may be coming in with a few 55nm cards, and get a small new naming, this is all good, and if its a new node as expected, why not? I just hope their pricing will be smart, as in nice and competitive. I expect theres a possibility that ATI may have something in the works as well. Plus, Ive been hearing about price cuts, so all is good so far

 

[L1qu1d]

That's true, but I mean look at alot of cars that come out....2008 2007. most of which are almost exactly the same as previous models. lol

Most ppl buy it think OMG soo much better, but those people don't research.

Honestly I don't kno why any1 would get mad if either ATI or Nvidia or Intel did this. I mean most people that make proper builds, research and go forum hunting to see what card is which.

Anywho Plz buy their cards so it can driver ATI prices down so i can grab another X2

Thank you!!!!

 

[rangers]

its not that there mad at ati, nvidia, intel, its buyers remorse, that's what makes people mad

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

This time, at least its a legit reason to rename, and not stupid by adding a + on the end heheh. nVidias made themselves look abit foolish in all this renaming, and theyll have to live with it, but this time, to me its legit, for a good reason. And maybe well see better perf or pricing or both from the green team, and as L1qu1d said, lower the ATI prices as well

 

[rangers]

we will have to see what happens but i dont think this shrink will take the crown from ati, bay be have to wait till 2009 for a new arch

 

[L1qu1d]

We thought the GX2 was pure cr@p when it came, right now its one of the most wanted cards

So u never know. i mean remember the 280 GTX is still the strongest single GPU out to date.

 

[spathotan]

i mean remember the 280 GTX is still the strongest single GPU out to date.

Too bad the $200-$300 4870 and GTX 260 are good enough for anybody and any game. The GTX 280 is nothing more than a vanity purchase. I guess you can say the same for the 4870 X2 unless you are running dual monitors/high res.

 

[L1qu1d]

Its just an increase in e-penis or just a way for enthusiasts consume their time.

 

[L1qu1d]

thats because u have and X2 which is a pretty big e-penis I congrad u

 

[wh3resmycar]

errr he has a pair of penis?

 

[L1qu1d]

no its only 1 4870 X2 has the GPU soldered on it so technically only 1. The GX2 has 2 since it has 2 physical PCBs

 

[anonymous x]

who cares, it just means more choices for me
as an enthusiast i like making my own decisions for my PC hardware, and I want to have the exact specs I want for the price. If you are too lazy to read reviews to see which card is faster, then go buy a prebuilt system where someone makes the choices for you.
people get very finicky about their cpu choices (look at how many cpus ,revisions and steppings intel has released), why not GPUs?