NV20 release date?

[ErikaeanLogic]

Has anybody heard what the official release date of the NV20 is?

 

[Finality]

Bump!

 

[Daemon_UK]

It must be close, release should be close to the end of the month!

And the updated version should be in October??

Man, the MX version of the NV20 should rock.

ATI eat your heart out!

 

[Finality]

I believe NVidia already said that there wont be an NV20 budget for quite a while seeing as they are just starting to push the MX as there low end version.

Have they stopped selling TNT2s yet?

 

[ErikaeanLogic]

You mean with 3dfx out of the way that they aren't going to stick with their 6-month product cycles?! Nah!

 

[OmnipotentSpleen]

Fist off Daemon_UK, it is a bad thing that Nvidia will most likely whoop ATI. It was also bad to see S3, Matrox, and 3Dfx drop out. All this means LESS COMPITITOIN! Do you really think AMD would have prices so low if there was no Intel? Nvidia will be able to have high prices, because there will be no compition.

Now, on the good side of that argument, game developers will be able to focus all their time on just one GPU chipset, making for much better graphics.

Also, one of the things that made nvidia great, was their 6 month product cycles. No other company was able to do that. In this market, if you skip even one product cycle, it could mean the companies end. (3dfx's VooDoo5)

With that being said...I wan't nvidia to really get desperate for sales. that'll make it better for the customer.

 

[Deeko]

There is no set release date yet, I believe I saw rumors that said around 2/21. There is not supposed to be a budget version of MV20, that's what the GTS will be used for.

OmnipotentSpleen, you have your 3DMark score in your sig...I'm restraining myself here....

 

[ErikaeanLogic]

Word I got was that the NV20 will officially be unveiled on the evening of February 26, and the reviews will start to flying on the 27th. Man, nVidia sure ain't fooling with security, eh?

 

[BFG10K]

The rumour is that it will be announced at the Intel Developer expo, which is on the 27 Feb 2001.

 

[Finality]

Linkage

Take a look at that thread for the skinny.