ATi released limited edition 520 - only 6 of them

[Pabster]

Story here.

Well, I guess yields really ARE bad. Only 6 cards and you have to get them autographed?

 

[xtknight]

lol...

 

[gsellis]

Those are the one step up from a paper release. No chips, but you get the board.

 

[Xcobra]

LMAO

 

[Duvie]

What I find funny is the INQ got number 4....I can see there is clearly some back scratching going on here...Another reason why Apoppin's beloved INQ should always be suspect when it comes to reporting ATi news...almost like a PR company now...LOL!!!

Crazy Dingo what say you???

 

[jiffylube1024]

All I can say, is that the world does not conspire for ATI and Nvidia. There are bigger things out there than this...

 

[Ackmed]

Whats sad is some people will believe that ATi only made 6 of the XT's. Looks like some already have in this thread.

 

[Unkno]

if it only came with the chips...just imagine the price on those on ebay...

 

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Whats sad is some people will believe that ATi only made 6 of the XT's. Looks like some already have in this thread.

Ignorance is bliss.

 

[Hacp]

Lol only 6 made? I mean if they want to make it widely availble by november 5th, they will have to step it up alot, or else ATI will go bankrupt and Sis will rule the world.

 

[tuteja1986]

NVIDIA did that with a limited edition G70 but they sold on eBay. The only thing that made it limited was it was signed by the CEO of NVIDIA. Anyways what kind of self respective computer hardware geek buys a G70 card signed by the CEO of the company. The CEO couldn?t care lees what product was launched, as long as it made the company carloads of profit. I would have bid on it if it was signed by the head engineer who developed the G70 core. Anyways I wouldn?t buy anything limited of G70 has they didn?t do as cool engineering as ATI R520.

 

[apoppin]

no one can read?

And so when the firm introduced the graphics processor a couple of week's back, CEO Dave Orton autographed the 520 Fudo boards in a limited edition of six.

:roll:

there is no problem with x1800xt availability . . . soon
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Originally posted by: Duvie
What I find funny is the INQ got number 4....I can see there is clearly some back scratching going on here...Another reason why Apoppin's beloved INQ should always be suspect when it comes to reporting ATi news...almost like a PR company now...LOL!!!

Crazy Dingo what say you???

i can answer for him: learn to read . . . BEFORE commenting
:thumbsdown:

and the r520 chip - codenamed FUDO is NAMED after FUDO of the Inq
:roll:

 

[KeepItRed]

W00t Ky Ho is innocent!

 

[BigfootKevin]

ebay

 

[OvErHeAtInG]

Why does the inquirer always put a greek mu at the end of each article?

 

[rgreen83]

Originally posted by: OvErHeAtInG
Why does the inquirer always put a greek mu at the end of each article?

I always thought it was their "leet" way of undersigning their articles, as the greek letter mu is actually pronounced "mi" or "mee".

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: rgreen83

Originally posted by: OvErHeAtInG
Why does the inquirer always put a greek mu at the end of each article?

I always thought it was their "leet" way of undersigning their articles, as the greek letter mu is actually pronounced "mi" or "mee".

and is typically a prefix for micro-. µs=microseconds.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Lol only 6 made? I mean if they want to make it widely availble by november 5th, they will have to step it up alot, or else ATI will go bankrupt and Sis will rule the world.

I agree. They should at least make 10 to stay competitive. Nvidia 4 Evar!!! Die ATI scum! Die!

 

[coomar]

i though it was pronouced "mhue"

 

[bersl2]

The name of the Greek letter mu is spelled with a mu itself, and the Greek letter upsilon. I am not sure of the modern pronunciation, but the ancient pronunciation of the upsilon was somewhere between an "i" and a "u". To get a sense of this, look at the vowel chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, and listen to some examples using this interactive version. It's somewhere around close-central, but I wouldn't know which one exactly.

 

[Pocatello]

I've always suspected that the Inq is nothing more than an ATi's mouthpiece.

 

[Madellga]

Originally posted by: M0RPH

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Whats sad is some people will believe that ATi only made 6 of the XT's. Looks like some already have in this thread.

Ignorance is bliss.

I agree. I wish I would have never noticed shimmering on my video card.

 

[fliguy84]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
NVIDIA did that with a limited edition G70 but they sold on eBay. The only thing that made it limited was it was signed by the CEO of NVIDIA. Anyways what kind of self respective computer hardware geek buys a G70 card signed by the CEO of the company. The CEO couldn?t care lees what product was launched, as long as it made the company carloads of profit. I would have bid on it if it was signed by the head engineer who developed the G70 core. Anyways I wouldn?t buy anything limited of G70 has they didn?t do as cool engineering as ATI R520.

weren't those cards auctioned for the hurricance katrina relief effort?

 

[Hacp]

That was a seperate thing I think,