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I have to admit I was really surprised when I was watching the streaming. I thought it was going to be more of we got more FPS in a game than you ATI, Muahahaha! Then show a clip of them saying F yo couch!
The technology they were showing was cool, but a little boring for my taste. I see that what they are trying to do is get into more markets and possibly more devices in the future. Which really makes sense for Nvidia. Amd can make CPU's, chipsets and GPU's. Intel can make CPU's and really crappy GPU's, and semi decent motherboards. Nvidia can really only make GPU's so why not make a technology that makes their GPU do more and get them into other areas of technology. They probably realized they can't just sell Geforce cards now of days and live off of that. Unless if of course ATI cards had no chance in competing with them.
In my mind it makes sense what Nvidia did and I hope their card does decently in games which I believe it will. Then Amd's cards will go down and then I can get my tri-display!!!
Also I have to sell my PS3, snowboard, and left nut. Totally worth it though.
*also I realize I was a little blunt on what each company can make. Ok really just kind of wrong, but you know what I mean
For sixteen years, NVIDIA has dedicated itself to building the world’s fastest graphics
processors. While G80 was a pioneering architecture in GPU computing, and GT200 a major
refinement, their designs were nevertheless deeply rooted in the world of graphics. The Fermi
architecture represents a new direction for NVIDIA. Far from being merely the successor to
GT200, Fermi is the outcome of a radical rethinking of the role, purpose, and capability of the
GPU.
Pretty sure there will be another conference held down the road for the gaming segment.. this one was purely meant to focus on GPU "computing."
The graphics processing unit (GPU), first invented by NVIDIA in 1999
what what? 3dfx who? matrox who? i love it when nvidia is talking out their ass. the only reason we have this white paper crap is because they're getting slapped by the 5800 cards and everybody knows it. i'll be impressed when its on the shelf for a reasonable price.
well thats because nvida purchased 3dfx.
But it does emphasize their current focus now, which has changed as per their whitepaper
what what? 3dfx who? matrox who? i love it when nvidia is talking out their ass.
Yay.. another paper launch. Great job nvidia.
The "GPU" term was coined when they launched the Geforce in 1999. Was probably the biggest addition the Geforce offered, as it allowed forum goers of the future to no longer have to type out "graphics chipset" or "3d accelerator chipset" over and over
This isn't a launch, it's an announcement about an upcoming product.
So Nvidia is improving CUDA while ATI released Eyefinity.
Sorry Nvidia, but Eyefinity made me jizz my pants while CUDA makes me go "meh".
One thing that scares me is that so far they aren't really addressing what Fermi can do as a GPU in games. If all this computational power doesn't perform well in games your average gamer and enthusiast isn't going to care what the hell it can do with CUDA or anything else.
Well Fermi looks awesome for folding... But will it play Crysis at 60 FPS.
will the geforce variants support ECC memory?
anandtech suggested it would be a tesla specific feature, and nVidia are not exactly unknown for removing functionality from geforce drivers that are present in quadro equivalents.It's builded into the GPU architecture...*hint-hint*
Yes, they did the coin the marketing term GPU when they launched the Geforce brand.You guys laughing at Nvidia for saying they created the first GPU.... they did. The original GeForce DDR was the first card (consumer level anyway) that could do Transform & Lighting in hardware.
NVIDIA needs to accomplish two things with Fermi:
1.) NVIDIA needs to be able best AMD's 5800 series in game performance or at least match it.
2.) NVIDIA needs to either match Eyefinity with a similar feature, or provide a more attractive feature that would make people choose thier products sacrificing Eyefinity.
but it's a weak show after AMD hard launched a completely kick ass new line of GPUs. If thie announcement had come sometime before the 23rd, it wouldn't seem quite so pathetic.
How can you even pretend to compare the launch of a product to a white paper?