What is GT?

[CraigRT]

It doesn't mean anything.... you just have to read up on what the designations are...

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: formulav8
Umm, I believe the GT in cars means - Grand Touring, not Turismo. At least the Mustangs, Pontiac's and such called it Grand Touring.



Jason

no, in fact for the pontiac gtos it meant "Gran Turismo Omologato"

Reading that made me think:

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto...

😛

 

[Zepper]

It was a classification in world automobiles and racing long before it was used in cars' (or computer add-on cards') names here - Gran Turismo - the anglicization is Grand Touring. GTO was the racing category which means that it is a Gran Turismo class vehicle and was built within the specs and in sufficient quantity to meet the rules for the class. Omologato has been anglicized to "homologated". As far as the Pontiac goes, GTO just sounded tough to them. It was never involved in international class racing as it handled like a brick on ice scates relative to the fancy European touring cars of the time.
. For more history, I believe that the Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk was the first car to use it in the states (early '60s). One should remember that Andy Granatelli was a high muckety-muck in Studebaker before it died. The Avanti also had a nice Italian ring to it. I know most of you are too young to remember or care about this stuff - sorry.
.bh.

 

[Budman]

Great Tits 😛

 

[imported_pendragon]

Zepper
Elite Member said

It was a classification in world automobiles and racing long before it was used in cars' (or computer add-on cards') names here - Gran Turismo - the anglicization is Grand Touring. GTO was the racing category which means that it is a Gran Turismo class vehicle and was built within the specs and in sufficient quantity to meet the rules for the class. Omologato has been anglicized to "homologated". As far as the Pontiac goes, GTO just sounded tough to them. It was never involved in international class racing as it handled like a brick on ice scates relative to the fancy European touring cars of the time.

I'm 55, I remember, and you sir are correct.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
And what about GTX? 😀

a muscle car.

 

[d2arcturus]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: formulav8
Umm, I believe the GT in cars means - Grand Touring, not Turismo. At least the Mustangs, Pontiac's and such called it Grand Touring.



Jason

no, in fact for the pontiac gtos it meant "Gran Turismo Omologato"

Reading that made me think:

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto...

😛

Made me think of: "Momma says alligators are angry because they have all those teeth and no toothbrush." Well, the answer was actually an enlarged Medulla Oblongata, but, whatever. Anyone know what movie that quote is from? 😀

 

[yosuke188]

GT=Gorilla Tactics
GTX=Gorilla Tactics Xtreme
😀

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: d2arcturus

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: formulav8
Umm, I believe the GT in cars means - Grand Touring, not Turismo. At least the Mustangs, Pontiac's and such called it Grand Touring.



Jason

no, in fact for the pontiac gtos it meant "Gran Turismo Omologato"

Reading that made me think:

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto...

😛

Made me think of: "Momma says alligators are angry because they have all those teeth and no toothbrush." Well, the answer was actually an enlarged Medulla Oblongata, but, whatever. Anyone know what movie that quote is from? 😀

The Waterboy

 

[happy medium]

It means "Grand Touring" when it comes to cars. It's a speed thing.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
And what about GTX? 😀

greater TO THE EXTREME!!! or grand touring TO THE EXTREME!!!! or grand tourismo TO THE EXTREME!!! or maybe Greater Extra? or Grand Touring Extra? or Grand Tourismo Extra?

 

[johnnqq]

gt cars are gran turismo cars or they are grand touring. they sound cool on cars, so companies try to create that fast cool feeling on their video cards. i think it comes off dorky 🙂.

 

[JackMDS]

Grand Touting (English) = Grand Tourismo (Italian).

Invented to separate Cars like the Ferrari and Lamborghini from the rest of the crowd.

I.e. they are suitable for Grand Touring (fast).

XL - (Extra Luxury) Invented by American car?s manufacturers to mark the top of the Model, the one with the leather and the trim.

Since most people understand more about Cars than they do about computers, make sense the use idioms that they can identify with.

Next thing I guess XXXL DDR for (tripple extra large) memory modules. 😉

:sun:

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Gots Towel



"A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta?wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat?wrap it around your head to ward off noxious fumes?any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it ? win through, and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

winnar.

 

[Matt2]

Giga Texel Shader was a legit name for that card as it was the first graphics card with multi-textured fillrate over 1 gigatexel. Those were the days.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Originally posted by: corkyg
In cars, "GT" has always stood for "Gran Turismo." Doesn't make much sense for a video card. 🙂

Yes but in english that's "Grand Touring".

I believe Gran Turismo is Italian, but kick me if I'm wrong.

 

[nycdude]

Originally posted by: Rankor

Originally posted by: corkyg
In cars, "GT" has always stood for "Gran Turismo." Doesn't make much sense for a video card. 🙂

For the price when these first came out, they may as well be the Gran Turismo of cards.

lmao