9800 series released!!

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: n7
I knew this thread was a waste of time from the title.

A short ban might be a good thing to prevent more of this kinda crap :roll:

That sounds a bit harsh for a simple (bad) joke.

 

[ArchAngel777]

You know, I fell for it... Yeah, a bad joke, but the guy was just being funny... Yeah, kinda pissed for the let down, but I should have known better! LOL... Good one OP, you got me.. 😀

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Originally posted by: xtwells
Well, not actually released but demoed at IDF running in SLI on the ASUS Maximus X38 motherboard.

nVidia spokesperson Renob Blackinches was heard saying, "It owns. Hard."

At least do it right. 😀isgust;

 

[bryanW1995]

I think that xtwells should be forced to click this link. That would be much worse than a short ban.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
You know, I wouldn't be surprised if they can't use the 9800 name with these cards. I wouldn't put it past AMD to sue them on behalf of ATI for stealing the name.

So many dumb lawsuits these days anyway you know.

I think they already would have over the 8500 name. 😛

Correct - you can't trademark or copyright a number. That's why Intel actually came up with the "Pentium" name with the 80586... they wanted a name to register so that AMD/Cyrix/IDT/World+Dog couldn't use the 586 moniker as synonymous with Intel's product. That's why we also now have Core, Opteron, Athlon, Duron, Sempron, Phenom, etc...

On the right track, but incorrect overall. Intel sued AMD and Cyrix in a joint lawsuit over their use of the numbers 286, 386 and 486 to describe their processors. The Pentium was only known as the P5 at that time...to which everyone assumed was shorthand for "Processor 586", no one knew that P5 would later be noted by Intel as only a product codename.

The claim by Intel was not trademark or copyright: it was intellectual property. NBC did the same thing to David Letterman with the Top 10 List when he left for CBS...except CBS didn't want to pay to fight it, and Dave renamed it specifically to "The Late Show Top 10 List".

Intel knew they would lose the lawsuit the day they filed it. And in fact, their court date lasted a single date before it was thrown out. Intel certainly hoped it would last more than a day or two before getting tossed because...

Despite the loss in court, it was Intel's largest victory in their company's history (yes, vastly eclipsing Core2). Please ignore the fact that fighting the lawsuit financially crippled AMD and Cyrix finally called it quits...Intel was filing additionals facts and papers several times a week leading up to their day in court in order to generate news stories. Each time something new was mentioned by the media, the P5 processor, with its superscalar pipeline architecture (something that sounded soooo cool), also was mentioned.

Shortly before the lawsuit was to be heard, Intel tried to "solidify" their intellectual property rights by giving their processor an actual name instead of calling it 586 (no, nobody could figure out the reasoning behind that strategy).

In other words, they got about a billion dollars worth of free advertising.

Pentium became a household word.

History was guaranteed.

 

[Slugbait]

Oh yeah, almost forgot...

Dumbest. Thread. Ever.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Originally posted by: Slugbait
Oh yeah, almost forgot...

Dumbest. Thread. Ever.

And yet you came, you saw, you replied then areplied again. Whats dumber ? The dumb thread or the dumb"ass" that pays attention to it ?

And yes, I fell for it too -_- Burn in hell xtwells . . . burn in hell. You're a mean one, mister grinch.

 

[Slappy00]

wonder if this new video card uses that new AGP port?

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: Dazed and Confused

Originally posted by: Slugbait
Oh yeah, almost forgot...

Dumbest. Thread. Ever.

And yet you came, you saw, you replied then areplied again. Whats dumber ? The dumb thread or the dumb"ass" that pays attention to it ?

Some of these threads actually become amusing...which is why I paid attention.

If you think I was a dumb "ass" about Intel, ask me about the New Coke campaign sometime...it was a vastly more wicked and financially successful advertising campaign than Intel's lawsuit.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Originally posted by: Slappy00
wonder if this new video card uses that new AGP port?

Probably uses the up and coming ISA II slot. I hear ISA II is going to be so fast that the video data is going to bypass the monitor completely and go straight to your brain.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

i guess he is retarded after all.

 

[Aznguy1872]

Bah, I wasted my time reading all the posts! Oh well.

 

[PowerRanger]

I see what you did there.

 

[biostud]

from the review:

At $300 MSRP, the RADEON 9800 is a bit on the high side

if that was the prices of the high end cards today.........

 

[Cookie Monster]

Ahh all those suckers who fell for this thread..

now wheres that popcorn emoticon 😀

 

[sandorski]

My broken 9800 Pro has just jumped in value!!! 😀

 

[Capt Caveman]

Please give this asshat a vacation.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Please give this asshat a vacation.

x2

Not only was it a bad joke, its been done countless times before

BAN

 

[Munky]

The fun part of this thread is watching peoples (over)reactions.

 

[clickynext]

lol I'm so out of the graphics loop that when I saw the topic, I thought "heh... didn't ati release that just a while ago ago?"

 

[ArchAngel777]

Oops! N/M... My bad... I thought XTKnight, not XTWells...

 

[manowar821]

i hate you i hate you i hate you




... 😛

 

[CP5670]

Originally posted by: munky
The fun part of this thread is watching peoples (over)reactions.

:thumbsup:

 

[daveybrat]

There will be coal in your stocking this year!