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How many time have Nvidia re-branded old cards as new ?
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Who ? You just let me know who it is
I would really like to know, I'm thinking of doing a GPU buyers guide sticky. I blew my knee out and I'm getting board.
Unlucky re the knee - I know your pain (did my ACL back in 2006).
Please don't attempt a GPU buyer's guide as going by your previous posts it will just be "Buy ATI, don't Buy Nvidia". Which, while largely true at the moment, will probably have to be updated to something a bit less biased. Are you sure you're capable of this?
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8800gts 512 > 9800gtx > 9800gtx+ > GTS250
I think Nvidia need to sort themselves out quick smart, and me giving them stick is only going to help. Yes the guide would be full of ATI cards but thats because they have the better range.
A lot of cards have become irrelevant and the range is confusing, but lets wait for Nvidia to get their act together, and just use this thread to poke some more fun at Nvidia then. I guess the guide would be a little to topical for most to handle anyway.
Are you a Nvidia fanboy yourself ? Come over to the ATI pool the waters lovely
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you forget how many versions there has been in the mobile sector, iirc 8800m, 9800m, 260/280m's and it might well be the GTS360M, as that doesn't have dx10.1, only dx10, while the other 40nm parts have dx10 so it might well be a higher shader 9800 part rather than anything based off a GT200b/40nm version. Hard to tell to be honest. Maybe its a 40nm shrink of the older core or something? I really have no idea what that GTS360M is, clearly not Fermi, doesn't have dx10.1 so is very unlikely the 40nm dx10.1 version of the GT200b chip, it could be anything from old 9800m's rebranded to a 40n shrink of that part.
So in answer, the safe bet is 42 for comedy reasons(and might not end up that far off in reality in another year or two
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First time I'm aware of was GeForce 2 MX > GeForce 4 MX - tho the 4 does have some minor advances.
As drunkenmaster said - the Mobile sector is a whole book of renaming on its own.
Don't get confused over the 8 and 9 series tho... saying 250 is basically a 8800GT isn't really correct... and the G92 cores are a reasonable advancement on the G80 tech wise even if there is some performance overlap.
As drunkenmaster said - the Mobile sector is a whole book of renaming on its own.
Don't get confused over the 8 and 9 series tho... saying 250 is basically a 8800GT isn't really correct... and the G92 cores are a reasonable advancement on the G80 tech wise even if there is some performance overlap.
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G92/b
8800GT 256MB/512MB > 8800GTS > 8800GSO > 9600GSO > 9800GT > 9800GTX > 9800GTX+ (9800GX2) > GTS150 > GTS240> GTS250 > GTX260M > GTX280M
You've then got 8800M and 9800M chips that use G92s.
Plus other chips that they've rebranded:
GT218
Geforce 205 > GT210 > Geforce G210M > GT310
There are plans to rebrand even more cards for the G300 line.
Anyone who tries to claim you don't need a buyer's guide for nVidia cards is simply deluded.
Half of those aren't rebranding - same core but differen't configuration of SPs, ROPs, etc.
8800GT>9800GT is - tho the 9800GT has tri-sli and some other minor tweaks to power management, etc.
8800GTS (G92) > 9800GTX > 9800GTX+ > 250 - most of the difference is just clock speed and the odd die shrink - but same core layout.
You _could_ include the 260m and 280m in there but they are very slightly different configuration - more like die shrunk 9800GT with a bit of jigging around.
8800GSO AFAIK isn't an official nVidia model and something one of the brands came up with... the 9600GSO has 2 different specs of it - one half the speed of the other.
The 8600GT is a very different card to the 9600GT.
End of the day its still extremely confusing to joe public.
8800GT>9800GT is - tho the 9800GT has tri-sli and some other minor tweaks to power management, etc.
8800GTS (G92) > 9800GTX > 9800GTX+ > 250 - most of the difference is just clock speed and the odd die shrink - but same core layout.
You _could_ include the 260m and 280m in there but they are very slightly different configuration - more like die shrunk 9800GT with a bit of jigging around.
8800GSO AFAIK isn't an official nVidia model and something one of the brands came up with... the 9600GSO has 2 different specs of it - one half the speed of the other.
The 8600GT is a very different card to the 9600GT.
End of the day its still extremely confusing to joe public.
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those gt's arent the same as the gts, the gts has more shaders and is more closely to the 8800gtx performace wise.
Its very confusing.
8800gs is the same one type of 9600gso, but you can buy three different versions of the 9600gso and two are slower.
But WTF is the GTS360M ?
How many people are going to be disappointed when they realise its not even a dx11 card. Its been made to look like its a mobile version of a GF100 deliberately IMO.
8800gs is the same one type of 9600gso, but you can buy three different versions of the 9600gso and two are slower.
But WTF is the GTS360M ?
How many people are going to be disappointed when they realise its not even a dx11 card. Its been made to look like its a mobile version of a GF100 deliberately IMO.