Nvidia Reportedly Postpones Dual-GPU Videocard
Nvidia Reportedly Postpones Dual-GPU Videocard
Posted 11/19/2010 at 9:37am
| by Paul Lilly
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Let's start with the good news. According to Fudzilla, Nvidia is definitely planning to release a dual-GPU videocard, and relatively soon. Ready for the bad? It won't ship in time for the holiday shopping season.
Citing "sources close to the company," Fudzilla says Nvidia wants to wait for AMD's dual-GPU Antilles Radeon HD 6990 before releasing its own dual-chip videocard. Nvidia already owns the single-GPU performance crown (GeForce GTX 580) and wants to go after the dual-GPU crown as well, but is reluctant to do so before knowing what AMD's upcoming part will be capable of, Fudzilla suggests.
The GTX 590, as it's rumored to be card, will almost certainly be faster than AMD's current flagship part, the HD 5970. But if it's not faster than the Radeon HD 6990, Nvidia may opt to tweak the design until it's certain it has the best performing videocard on the planet.
No, this really long card isn't an actual prototype, just a quick and dirty mockup.
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steven4570
November 19, 2010 at 7:26pm
anyone else notice the double wide sli connection up there? that has to be a fake picture, unless they are planning for driver releases that support 3 way sli on dual gpu cards
BuLLg0d
November 19, 2010 at 2:56pm
"No, this really long card isn't an actual prototype, just a quick and dirty mockup."
I was about to say, looks like 3dfx was returning.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2642046870_9d64b41dd6_o.jpg
misha573
November 19, 2010 at 10:22am
So they're waiting on AMD to see what the 6990's like. Suppose, then, that AMD decides to wait on Nvidia to see what the 580 is like?
Just release the damn thing and tweak it after you get your butts kicked! If you've got it, release it. If both parties played like this then we, the all important consumer, won't get to give them the cheddar they're fighting over.
Quit with the shenanigans and flip the switch!
LatiosXT
November 21, 2010 at 1:30pm
Releasing a video card shortly after the competitor as a means to regain the crown is not worthwhile because...
- It still makes you look weak
- It royally ticks off everyone else who bought the original card
- If you announce too early, nobody will buy the original card anyway, announce to late, and you're stuck with the previous point anyway.
Like I'm sure a lot of people were upset with NVIDIA when they released the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which was released two months after the original. And NVIDIA already lost a lot of ground to the HD 5000 series. They need to play it safer now.
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