Nvidia's new naming scheme revealed

[Final8y]

Remember that report regarding Nvidia's plan of renaming its current graphics cards? Well it's true and, courtesy of the recently-released GeForce 178.15 driver we now know what to expect from the Green Graphics Goblin.

Three lines sourced from the 178.15 reveal Nvidia's renaming plan and they are:

NVIDIA_G92.DEV_0615.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150"
NVIDIA_G94.DEV_0626.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 130"
NVIDIA_G96.DEV_0646.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 120"

These suggest that the G92-powered cards (GeForce 9800 models) will be renamed to GeForce GTS 1x0, while the G94 and G96 cards (GeForce 9600, 9500s) will be known as GeForce GT 1x0. This new naming scheme, which should help with making Nvidia's card offer easier to grasp, is expected to be introduced in about two weeks.

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[Rimsy]

makes sense but why the hell they couldnt have had this brain wave sooner....

 

[drunkenmaster]

makes sense, except now they will be selling the original 9800gtx, a new version, a gtx+ and a new version, and the whole range will still be in stores for a while. The 9800 is already a barely different 8800 series so there will be loads of almost identical cards with a whole range of newly added names for essentially identical cards.

They should not bring out a new naming range except for new cards, as the old cards are phased out, its fine.

 

[Lightnix]

Oh for ****'s sake...

I mean aside from the obvious, how come the 9600 GT gets lumped in with the 9500 GT (i.e. the GT 1xx series) when the 9600 GT performs much closer to the 9800 GT (or 8800 GT, whatever floats your boat)?

 

[Cairnsey]

Oh for ****'s sake...

I mean aside from the obvious, how come the 9600 GT gets lumped in with the 9500 GT (i.e. the GT 1xx series) when the 9600 GT performs much closer to the 9800 GT (or 8800 GT, whatever floats your boat)?

Because they were both previously GT's anyway it's the number that matters not the suffix in this case.

 

[knowlesy]

a tad better i guess....

 

[TheCenturion]

nvidia are all over the place atm thanks to ati's strong reply of cards

 

[OCdude]

Don't worry: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/03/nvidia-sticks-names-old-cards

that should clear things up, hah!

 

[jrodga2k5]

Oh lets rename things again it works lets be honest we all know that, people think oh new cards and buy them!

 

[easyrider]

NV are nothing but annoying at the moment.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Wonder how much the prices are going to go up by then, i can't wait to ******* see.

 

[OCdude]

When are the DX11 cards going to appear? I'm thinking... Q1 2009?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Their next cards are Q2 next year, so they could be them.

 

[Major_Disaster]

At least its not as bad as i7

 

[Peter450]

So there renaming there cards? why all the negative comments about something so trivial

 

[LoadsaMoney]

So there renaming there cards? why all the negative comments about something so trivial

As they put the prices up as well.

 

[OneTime]

renaming will be confusing. And to see them put the prices up, people will think they are brand new cards lol.

 

[Schnippzle]

The story of the new manager presented with the three envelopes rings a bell here.

 

[Strife212]

As they put the prices up as well.

This isn't like 8xxx to 9xxx though they are literally changing the name and thats it

 

[Major_Disaster]

Well, they had to do something to be fair. Average consumer - which is better 8800 or 280? The bigger number of course.