NV38 to be quiter than 9800xt

[Pete]

Further, said the source, the fan is quiet and beats the ATI XT offering by 30dbs or so.
The Inquirer

BS. 30dB or 30db, I think either number was pulled out of a body part other than a brain. This is likely a misprint similar to the one we got with Gainward's 5800U, which was rumored to lower noice by a huge amount. The rumor was also off by a factor of 10, IIRC.

(Speaking of ludicrous rumors, neither Fuad nor Mike have replied to an e-mail I sent them asking if Fuad actually attended the ATi meeting in which those leaked slides were used, as Fuad's article on the subject implied.)

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I would really like it if either nVidia or ATI made a joke of this numbering system, and made a card called the GeForce FX 94,000,000,000 Ultimate Super Duper ... or the Radeon 128,000,000,000 Super Fantastic Pro.

No the Matrox Spectacular 256,000,000,000 Ultimate Awesome Super Hypersonic Pro2

No biggie, The Inquirer had the Matrox Spectacular 256,000,000,000 Ultimate Awesome Super Hypersonic Pro2 Special Edition (and as we all know, the SE has 14 Ghz Quad data rate memory!)

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
Who cares? Im more interested in performance than noise. I wear a pair of sennheiser hd 280 pro studio monitor headphones. I could care less how loud it is

I second that

Tell that to the thousands upon thousands (probably millions) who complained about the "Dust Buster" FX.

 

[AndrewKu]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I would really like it if either nVidia or ATI made a joke of this numbering system, and made a card called the GeForce FX 94,000,000,000 Ultimate Super Duper ... or the Radeon 128,000,000,000 Super Fantastic Pro.

I would be laughing until Armageddon. :lol:

Hehehe... That would be very entertaining indeed. Actually, we do know that ATI and NVIDIA are gearing up for their next gen stuff (R400 and NV40), which are both going to use new name derivitations. Or so we hear.

 

[vss1980]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Further, said the source, the fan is quiet and beats the ATI XT offering by 30dbs or so.

Lol, don't take this away from nvidia, it may be the only selling point which they can't cheat on or deteriorate in quality with a driver upgrade.

 

[AndrewKu]

Originally posted by: vss1980

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Further, said the source, the fan is quiet and beats the ATI XT offering by 30dbs or so.

Lol, don't take this away from nvidia, it may be the only selling point which they can't cheat on or deteriorate in quality with a driver upgrade.

Interesting thoughts.

 

[Genx87]

Tell that to the thousands upon thousands (probably millions) who complained about the "Dust Buster" FX.


I am sure millions would of wanted to complain because it was the "in" thing to do. But Nvidia only got 100,000 5800 Ultra GPUs.
And I am sure millions did complain eventhough they never touched, owned, or even saw a 5800 Ultra.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Tell that to the thousands upon thousands (probably millions) who complained about the "Dust Buster" FX.


I am sure millions would of wanted to complain because it was the "in" thing to do. But Nvidia only got 100,000 5800 Ultra GPUs.
And I am sure millions did complain eventhough they never touched, owned, or even saw a 5800 Ultra.

LOL... isn't that the truth! =)

 

[Genx87]

Heh sadly it is.

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
Who cares? Im more interested in performance than noise. I wear a pair of sennheiser hd 280 pro studio monitor headphones. I could care less how loud it is

I agree. I have the rest of my noisy system to drown out ANY video card