GT200(b), GT300 SKUs Make for Early Sighting

[swaaye]

Well I've had a 8800GTX for almost 2 years now, through a few launches. No reason that GTX 260 can't do the same for you as long as you don't just jump at their whim.

 

[DarkMatter]

Well I've had a 8800GTX for almost 2 years now, through a few launches. No reason that GTX 260 can't do the same for you as long as you don't just jump at their whim.

The difference is that 8800GTX had no competition.

 

[soldier242]

i know that the gtx 260 is a great card but now at the "rise" of the new gtx 260, i think i need one of these and now seeing there is a gt200(b) and a gt300 on the horizon i am a bit pissed that gt200 won't last longer

 

[PCpraiser100]

I'm hoping Nvidia will lower the power demands of their GT300 and GT200b cards so that it won't give a stroke to a 500W PSU. It was on sale!

 

[soldier242]

huh your gt200 card toasted your 500w psu?! omg

 

[DarkMatter]

I'm hoping Nvidia will lower the power demands of their GT300 and GT200b cards so that it won't give a stroke to a 500W PSU. It was on sale!

GT200b should require a good amount of less power, but don't expect GT300 to have smaller power consumption than current GTX cards considering the trend. Just look at the HD4870 X2, it has an absurdingly higher power consumtion and far worse perf/watt than GTX cards. It has also higher temps, but despite all those things it is much more successful. Apparently most people don't give a thing about power efficiency, only performance and Nvidia will surely learn from this. If 300W TDP is not an issue with the X2, they will take as much as they need up to that mark in order to offer the best performance they can, and with 40nm (I will continue considering GT300 a 40nm part) that could be a good amount of performance.

IMHO I think they have decided to not care about what Ati could release and release the best thing they can, and try to leave Ati far behind, even though that's VERY risky as they can easily become overkill cards = pointless for anyone except benchmarking whores.
Game developers will always develop for the lowest common denominator, so if Ati doesn't follow up with a similar performing card (aditionally to taking into account consoles), releasing a much faster card would have a negative impact on their economy, rather than a good one. That's the main reason they "sandbagged" when the G80 was on top. That's something that very few people understand properly and think that Nvidia was lazy or evil by deliverately postponing the launch of faster hardware, even if they could release it.

 

[Selene]

i know that the gtx 260 is a great card but now at the "rise" of the new gtx 260, i think i need one of these and now seeing there is a gt200(b) and a gt300 on the horizon i am a bit pissed that gt200 won't last longer

what do you mean last longer?
Its still the same card, it still playes the games the same.
Maybe you mean you want be the guy who has the best card out?

trying to always have the top card, is a no win situation, they are now on a 4-6 month program that will insure that I cant keep up, not that I every realy tried after the FX cards.

 

[soldier242]

uhm i kinda thought of the EOL of my gtx 260 and i am pissed about that and the short period it lasted

 

[Darkrealms]

GT200b should require a good amount of less power, but don't expect GT300 to have smaller power consumption than current GTX cards considering the trend. Just look at the HD4870 X2, it has an absurdingly higher power consumtion and far worse perf/watt than GTX cards. It has also higher temps, but despite all those things it is much more successful. Apparently most people don't give a thing about power efficiency, only performance and Nvidia will surely learn from this. If 300W TDP is not an issue with the X2, they will take as much as they need up to that mark in order to offer the best performance they can, and with 40nm (I will continue considering GT300 a 40nm part) that could be a good amount of performance.

IMHO I think they have decided to not care about what Ati could release and release the best thing they can, and try to leave Ati far behind, even though that's VERY risky as they can easily become overkill cards = pointless for anyone except benchmarking whores.
Game developers will always develop for the lowest common denominator, so if Ati doesn't follow up with a similar performing card (aditionally to taking into account consoles), releasing a much faster card would have a negative impact on their economy, rather than a good one. That's the main reason they "sandbagged" when the G80 was on top. That's something that very few people understand properly and think that Nvidia was lazy or evil by deliverately postponing the launch of faster hardware, even if they could release it.

Thanks, theres not many people that think in long term or market effects.


I have a reason to upgrade to a GT300 or GT200b, my techpowerup! f@h score is taking too long : (