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    Posted: 20 Oct 2008 at 8:32am
Nvidia to leave only six partners

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Very well informed sources said that Nvidia will cut all but six partners. The ones to stay are EVGA, PC partner (Zotac), Asus, MSI, Palit and XFX.

We don't know anything more than the list and it looks that Nvidia will announce this very shortly.

Everyone else who is not on this list will be cut off and this will make much better breathing space for the remaining six partners. At press time we don't have any more details than that.


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As long as XFX/ASUS/EVGA is with em, Nvidia isnt heading for crappers.
 
Did you hear FC2 will be dx 10.1? Nvid gotta hurry  up and release a vid. card that supports dx 10.1 and is better than 4870x2; it has to be in 600$ range, not 700$+. Embarrassed


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they are in a bit of bind, but at the same time the games are not at a point to take advantage of all this GPU technology.

so ya they are behind, but because of games themselves, were they are at is plenty.

I mean say you put two 4870x2 in one system, what are you trying to run with that, that two 280 GTX can't do?

but ya from a GPU vs GPU point of view, they do need to come out with something if they want to compete with ATI GPU.

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What is the main difference between DX10 and 10.1? Is it really going to effect the people who have DX10 gpus?
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well how many games are in dx10 let along 10.1

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Originally posted by DST4ME

well how many games are in dx10 let along 10.1
       what do you mean by “let along 10.1” ?
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I mean there are not that many games out there that use dx 10, by the time games start using dx 10.1, it will be time for a new PC or something. its gonna be a while.

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Cool, I don't want to be forced to buy new gpus a few months down the road.
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I really don't think its gonna be that soon.


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There are already games coming out thatll support dx 10.1 so you might as well pick up a vid. card to go with it.
 
Why wouldnt you? Embarrassed
 
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what games?

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Theres one game atm that i know of, Far Cry 2. Probly more coming depending on FC2s success and implementation of it.
 
And i recall nvids pledge never to go dx10.1 due to its uselessness, which could also be attributed to current dx10. Geek - but you do get prettier lights. More reasons to go ATI! LOL
 
 
[edit] Assassins creed recent or not so recent patch removed dx10.1 support, because nvid put a big stink about it. Worth mentioning that dx10.1 provided gains in performance but their buggy implementation of it led them to disable support for it, permanently. Smile
 


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I have only used ati gpu's and am ready for a change. I'm tired of there crappy driver support.
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OK so then there are not many games coming out with it, there is only one game.

and I'm sure there are not going to be many following it anytime soon.

I'm an ex ATI customer also. I liked ATI till AMD took it over.

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Originally posted by DST4ME

OK so then there are not many games coming out with it, there is only one game. and I'm sure there are not going to be many following it anytime soon. I'm an ex ATI customer also. I liked ATI till AMD took it over.
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What happend when AMD took over? Their crappy driver support became crappier or you cant stand AMD logo? Approve
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The driver support was fine until they took over.
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I didn't have any ATI problems till AMD took over either

also I read that nvidia is waiting for dx11.0 to come-out and they are just gonna skip over dx10.1

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Originally posted by DST4ME

I didn't have any ATI problems till AMD took over either also I read that nvidia is waiting for dx11.0 to come-out and they are just gonna skip over dx10.1
       You also will not need a different OS to use DX11 like you do with DX10.
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Poor BFG getting screwed by nivida. PNY and Gigabite as well.

 
 
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ya bfg got screwed big time.

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BFG is staying, 99% certain.

Nvidia won't survive much longer if they continue to treat their customer like garbage.
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star.
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Aside from defective chips fiasco, which they tried their best to write off on someone else, where exactly are they treating their customers like garbage?
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I hope BFG stays, ALL my cards have always been BFG for as long as I can remember, and ive never had a problem.
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Originally posted by DST4ME

I didn't have any ATI problems till AMD took over either

also I read that nvidia is waiting for dx11.0 to come-out and they are just gonna skip over dx10.1


I've never had any issues with ATI drivers, nor have I had problems with AMD. I've not heard of issues with ATI drivers not keeping current. I have had driver issues with my nVidia chipset however. My current mobo has certain compatibility issues and I haven't found any fix yet. The nVidia nTune program is useless. It never has been able to produce a stable overclock and there's no way to control how aggressive to OC.
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forget ntune use rivatuner I use it on all my GPUs.

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I never had a problem w/ ATI, but everyone seems to have a different opinion/experience.
 
What i did have the (mis)fortune of seeing first hand were problems with crappy nvid mobos, which resulted, most of the time, in having to repalce the whole board.
 
"Let us quote him: “This is absolutely not true” and we apologize for all the confusion that we might have created. These six will get  special treatment, but it looks like the rest won’t be cut off. There will be cuts, but the holy six won't be the only ones to stay on board."
 
 


 


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lol I guess we will have to wait and see

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