Nvidia Releases GeForce GT 300 OEM Series Bump

[Mousemonkey]

I'm slagging them off now because they deserved to be slagged off now? It's gotten silly really with this rebadging rename scheme as if it's an evil plot to confuse the consumers. Well, if you'd like to buy one now there are probably stalls in the Hong Kong or Taiwan grey markets but no worries, just wait and NVidia will deliver their latest act soon.

So it's safe to say that you don't understand the concept of OEM only, just checking as I like to know the level of intelligence that I'm having to deal with.

 

[rhino13]

Note this quote by mousemonkey in relation to the rebranding of nVidia's chips since the 8xxxs:

And what 'Brand' would that be then? Motorola?, 3DFX? Cross & Blackwell? Nvidia is the brand and that has never been changed.

Now he's calling other people's intelligence into question.

That's like being told by William Hung that you can't carry a tune.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Note this quote by mousemonkey in relation to the rebranding of nVidia's chips since the 8xxxs:

And what 'Brand' would that be then? Motorola?, 3DFX? Cross & Blackwell? Nvidia is the brand and that has never been changed.

Now he's calling other people's intelligence into question.

That's like being told by William Hung that you can't carry a tune.

So what was the brand of the cards before they re branded, indeed what is the brand of the cards.


brand noun (PRODUCT)
/brænd/ n [C]
a type of product made by a particular company
This isn't my usual brand of deodorant.
When I go to a supermarket I usually buy own (US store/Australian generic) brands (= the cheaper products with the shop's own name on them).

 

[tikrjee]

... oh, for the love all that's sacred left in this world, STOP IT, NVIDIA!
Quit pretending to release a "brand new" product and actually release a brand new product!
At this rate, those damn Fermi cards better cure cancer, end world hunger, and find Jimmy Hoffa...
Oh, how the mighty hath fallen...

 

[aundy]

I dont understand. Toshiba Qosimo's have been sold for months with the new 3xx series on them. Isn't News supposed to be "new"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114797&cm_re=qosimo-_-34-114-797-_-Product

 

[athreex]

[citation][nom]scrumworks[/nom]"The GT 340 appears to be a GT 240 but with a GDDR5 bump"What are you talking about? There has been GDDR5 version of GT240 from the day it launched.[/citation]

Yep, you're right. There's even a Palit version with 1GB GDDR5 (as opposed to their adversaries with 512 MB GDDR5 flavor). Also, Palit can't be the only one with 1GB GDDR5 ( Geforce GT 240)

 

[CptTripps]

[citation][nom]JohnnyLucky[/nom]It seems to me nvidia is just offering more video cards in an effort to generate more revenue.[/citation]

Hahahaha, ya think? Shame on them for releasing OEM cards and trying to make money.

 

[idisarmu]

[citation][nom]Fermi_Shquermi[/nom]Just to clarify, they've rebranded the 8000 series yet again, right?[/citation]

G92 will live on well into 2010 and probably 2011 as low end cards. This seems pretty pathetic to me since G92 was really just G80 with a die-shrink to 65nm and a memory bus reduction from 384 to 256 bit.

Sooo... the 8800GTX which came out in near the end of 2006 will continue to be sold (in spirit) 4 YEARS after it's birth, I bet that it will be 5 years before nvidia FINALLY switches to a new architecture.

 

[Tomtompiper]

"What do you think about this?"

Fake, seems Nvidia is keeping the thing undercover. This can mean one of two things, A. it's a killer card and they don't want ATI to know, or B. it's a piece of junk, and they don't want us to know.

 

[hundredislandsboy]

So it's safe to say that you don't understand the concept of OEM only, just checking as I like to know the level of intelligence that I'm having to deal with.

Not sure what your question is - but I traveled extensively throughout Asia (Ly Nam De Street for example in Hanoi) and managed to find streets with nothing but computer stores, used, new, parts, used Dell systems, used Dell parts, new Dell parts, etc.... and also these non-branded generic looking parts which could have been meant for OEM only. But yes, generally OEM only means OEM only. not for general public, but anything can be bought by the general public in some of my travels.
Corruption is rife in Asia and parts manage to slip outside the factory gates so who knows? So I can show you the street at least...

 

[hundredislandsboy]

http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/NVidia-debuts-OEM-only-GeForce-300-series.html

GeForce GT 340, GT 330 and GT 320.
The card numbers go up as if newer generation but how come the memory interface gets slower and the number of cores gets fewer? Epic.

 

[jacobdrj]

I have an 8800GT. Works fine, for the most part. Oddly, it has some incompatibilities with some games I occasionally use (WarRock most notably). I blame GamersFirst. Anyways, I am upgrading, in large part because I am making a whole system upgrade going to CrossFire and lapping my CPU (Q6600 bottle-necked by my P6N) and so I can switch more easily between single and dual monitor modes... I figure I can get my money back with the 8800 GT, being that it still does well on normal resolutions on most games. But preliminary tests show that the 4770 is doing a lot better, all by itself, on the crappy P6N mobo... Shame on nVidia for rebranding...

 

[tacobravo]

Fermi gonna cost way too much for me. Why does Nvidia have to rename old crap to make it seem newer. Lame