Eden's been there done that, but I was (still am 'till Tuesday) on Vacation and didn't see this until now. And I'm suddenly compelled to comment because of your reply to Eden.
First, it's been done, and better by others, so nothing new here other than being able to comment up to more recent cards. Interesting but you should fix the errors as pointed out. It's been how long since this was brought to your attention (at the very least, baring everyone else not caring, since the 28th of December) and still it's unchanged.
Second, your idea of a 'LAUNCH' is really and ANNOUNCE/Introduce not a complete launch (which was even paper when it happened the following January [true 'LAUNCH' date). Included in that you should reword your whole sentence because it gives the impression that any of the cards came in 2002.
Year 2002: Geforce FX: Codename: NV 30
It was late 2002, around November, when NVIDIA launched their FX Series of cards, at first 5800 and 5800 ultra were available, then variants like 5200, 5200 ultra, 5500, 5600, 5600 Ultra, 5600 XT, 5700, 5700 Ultra, 5700 LE, 5900, 5900 Ultra, 5900 XT, 5950 Ultra and 5950 Ultra Extreme editions came, either released by NVIDIA or by Launch Partners like ASUS and EVGA.
At first, the 5800 and 5800Ultra were AVAILABLE in 2003.... Later other variants cam along, including... (btw you missed both variants of the FX5600U, and I've never seen an FX5950UE DO YOU HAVE A LINK TO A REVIEW OR PRODUCT?). Then in 2004 they launched/sold/ there appeared the 5500, 5700, 5950....
And since you want to quote Lars' work to back up your 'research', how about his review at the <A HREF="http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030127/index.html" target="_new">ACTUAL Launch</A>, which mentiones the following opening line:
<font color=green>"After NVIDIA introduced its new GeForceFX GPU at Comdex in Las Vegas in November, anticipation levels were very high. However, the company was not able to live up to its announced intention to release first samples as early as December. So it's all the more astonishing to see the hectic pace at which NVIDIA has finally launched its cards. We were given just about three days to test the card - not enough time to test all aspects of the card in full detail, but enough to bring you an extensive overview of the chip's performance. "</font color=green>
Now I'd say that confirms Eden's statement and makes yours incorrect. I say that based on <i>'NVIDIA has finally launched its cards.'</i> being somewhat indicative of the perception of announcement / launch / release / availability. Sounds more like an 'introduction' as was mentioned.
Of course if there's another authority that's fine, but if this is where you did your research (did you acknowledge Lars?), best to check all the info he provided.
I'd say an update is in order. Of course if it's just another thing to add to the list of 'published' works, I guess it doesn't really matter if there's errors in it or not.
Just some other items to potentially correct;
<font color=purple>"Some of these series of cards are PCI-E compatible, like 5900 Ultra,"</font color=purple>
Can you show me an FX/PCX5900U that is PCIe? I have checked my sources and I see only the PCX5950 (non ultra).
You also mention a 6600Ultra in the GF6 series, however that's not an official card either.
The following statement is also incorrect;
<font color=purple>"These cards are supposed to be for PCI-E architecture, but since the PCI-E mobos are getting cheaper, these PCI-E versions of cards (good ones) are getting extinct. "</font color=purple>
The GF6800 are first AGP, and the GF6600 are firstPCIe, only afterwards are their other iterations a factor, so the one you're a fan of is not PCIe. Also you may want to look deeper into the reasons there are card shortages it's not the sudden surge adoption of PCIe because they are in any way significantly 'cheaper'.
Also you say the GF6 is (peak) 16 pixel per clock, but IIRC with just just point+colour (no Z) it can do 32. Of course I may be wrong, but then again I'm not publishing it.
Also SLI is not unique as you say, ALX was announced before (I even guessed at SLI before it's introduction thanks to ALX's laying the 'announcement' groundwork). Also saying this technology is the future of ATI overstates it's importance, saying that there will be a similar technology in ATI's future plans would better match reality.
Also your conslusion is so full of bluster, mistakes, and simple oversimplification that you should re-write it so it at least matches reality better. nVidia can beat anyone, if they learned anything from 3Dfx itr'd be that anyone (nV or ATI) can be toppled from top dog. so keep working to stay on top. Definitely NOT that they can defeat anyone.
As for top level gaming, you'd have to back that up for it to be anything more than a fanboi statement, which is something that shouldn't be found in a serious review/article.
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