nVidia : Annoucement Monday morning, 9am PST

[Lonyo]

It may not even be that. Looking at the page, it sounds like it might be a rehash of what they did at CES.

Well it does only say unveiled, not launched.
26th unveiled, 29th reviews, 1st April (hahahahahahaha) "launched".
1st April comes round: APRIL FOOLS. Fermi will be out next week.

 

[DefRef]

The key phrase that interests me on the page is this: If you’re even vaguely a fan of PC games and miss this special event, you’ll likely be spending the next few months kicking yourself."

I'm reading that as meaning they'll be announcing something at PAX, but we won't be able to actually buy it for several months afterward. If they were gonna hard launch something, people would be able to buy it immediately and it's no big deal to miss the PAX show. Very lame.

Thank goodness my SLIed 8800GTs are humming along nicely and running everything I'm playing quite well. I've got a huge backlog of console games I can chew on for a couple of years while Big Green gets their act together.

 

[SunnyD]

Question for thought: Is it still a hard launch if they provide 1 piece of retail hardware to someone?

 

[nitromullet]

lol! This is wanky, even for NVIDIA. Although, I'm not too surprised.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/paxeast.html I like the, "Are you ready?".

...um, I don't think it's me being ready they need to worry about.

 

[badb0y]

"ARE YOU READY? ...TO WAIT SOME MORE!!"

LOL, that was epic. Finally joined after lurking for years .

 

[ZipSpeed]

/facepalm

I was going to wait until today to give Nvidia a chance to tell me why I should buy Fermi but suffice it to say, after work, I'm going to grab me a shiny 5870.

 

[Lonyo]

Question for thought: Is it still a hard launch if they provide 1 piece of retail hardware to someone?

I'd call that a marshmallow launch. Super soft.

 

[Rent]

/facepalm

I was going to wait until today to give Nvidia a chance to tell me why I should buy Fermi but suffice it to say, after work, I'm going to grab me a shiny 5870.

If I were in the market to get a card today, I would say the same thing.

There isn't any reason to wait for Fermi.

 

[akugami]

I'll be honest. I'm flabbergasted. I thought we would at least have a nugget or two of information. I think nVidia would have been better off on Friday just saying they would be making announcements at PAX.

 

[KIAman]

PAX 2010 featuring... the NVidia dancers!

*6 dancers each wearing the letters N V I D I A on their green shirts come to the front stage and start gyrating to the song "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"*

*Song fades out in the middle and the announcer comes to stage*

"Are you ready!?! Are you ready for THIS?!?"

*Crowd goes wild with anticipation*

Curtains are drawn and a 10 minute slideshow ensues showing how Fermi is 2x faster than HD5870 in non-existent games. Crowd scratches head looking for the actual card or any explanation on how they benched.

*Announcer back to stage*

"We are taking pre-orders at $500 a pop, only the first 10,000 pre-orders will be accepted. Now, who's WITH ME!?!"

 

[Piotrsama]

Some pics I saw at other forums, hope you like them....

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XS

 

[scooterlibby]

Man that is awful. Most likely going the 5970 route now.

 

[Qbah]

Reminds me of the Fermi NDA lift. All thought we would get some scores or anything substantial... and all we got was a cut and paste of the information that was already available on numerous sites... Total failure.

And this is some sick joke... An announcement of an announcement? I laugh when other ATF members suggest something like that (cause it's funny), but seeing it actually done by nVidia is just sad (read: pathetic). Why did they even mention that? They could just release a statement, but no... Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if on PAX we will hear that they will announce pricing and performance numbers "in the coming weeks" and the PAX launch will be just to show the cards are working and will be ready to ship "soon"...

 

[bryanW1995]

You gotta admit. NV's PR team is doing a fantastic job of keeping the buzz alive considering they've had nothing but their dicks in their hands for two quarters. I mean, we're talking bit boyz level vapor is all they had to work with since September, yet they're still keeping a chunk of mindshare.

I don't know what their PR dept makes, but it's not enough. Those guys do some serious badass samurai maneuvers every so often, and they have not disappointed with the fermi fiasco thus far. AMD has certainly improved ati's marketing dept, but I honestly think that nvidia marketing could sell something cobbled together with twigs, glue, rubber bands and duct tape. Wait, you say they tried that last year? They probably get psyched up when a new card is late/sucks/has major issues because it lets them get really REALLY creative.

 

[mhouck]

lol! This is wanky, even for NVIDIA. Although, I'm not too surprised.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/paxeast.html I like the, "Are you ready?".

...um, I don't think it's me being ready they need to worry about.

+1.

I already bought my 5870 and shouldn't care what nvidia is going to come out with, but still... for the love of Pete folks, get it together. What about even DX 10.1 300 GTX relaunch of the 200 GTX series. Anything.

 

[aigomorla]

Man that is awful. Most likely going the 5970 route now.

drivers are still fubarded for the 5970.

i was gonna go that route, as its the only real upgrade from my HD4870X2's.

But i heard its a safer approach to get 2 hd5870's and bask in the sunlight of whats called eyefinity. :hmm:

 

[SlowSpyder]

This just makes me think even more that Fermi isn't going to blow away the 5870.

 

[scooterlibby]

drivers are still fubarded for the 5970.

How so? Well, by the time I can actually get a 5970 for less than $650 they will probably have good drivers out. Unfortunately I cannot do crossfire 5870's.

 

[crazylegs]

Thats nothing other than a gigantic piss take.

I don't see myself as a 'fanboi' of any hardware brand, just want a nice competative market so all consumers can benefit... this appears to be about the wrost possible outcome from a consumer point of view

Seems i'll be waiting longer than i thought to replace my 4890.

 

[VashHT]

But i heard its a safer approach to get 2 hd5870's and bask in the sunlight of whats called eyefinity. :hmm:

I think you mean bask in the LCD Backlights of eyefinity

 

[bryanW1995]

what is wrong with 5970 drivers? I heard that they the new cats had worked out most of the kinks.

more importantly, is nvidia continuing to optimize gt200 drivers? At the rate we're going, my gtx 260 will still be "high end" at xmas!

 

[waffleironhead]

Nv(Son)dia I am disapoint.

 

[sandorski]

On March 27th Duke Nukem Forever will be released much to the surprise of Gamers the world over. For the next 48 hours Gamers will play it non-stop with such wild enthusiasm that when they reach the grand finale they will reach the worlds first Hypegasm that is so massive that total satisfaction is achieved. They will then Logout, unplug their PCs, and go outside where fuzzy bunnies and rainbows greet them on a bright sunny day. Never again shall they return to their Desks or their PCs.

 

[Hauk]

You know, unless Charlie's hitting, I simply can't see how nV wouldn't take this opportunity to at least announce some benchmarks. Think of how many people worldwide will make a purchase in the next 30 days. Stupid!!! Arrogant? Wait a little longer for what?? I feel like ordering a couple 5870's just for the hell of it..

 

[AdamK47]

I'm glad it is Ati surviving the 3D graphics accelerator wars which started back in 95. Rendition, S3, Matrox, 3Dfx, and now nVidia. RIP nVidia.