We waited. We waited some more. Another 8 months went by and we were still
waiting. Well, we are still technically waiting. NewEgg and ENPC are now taking
pre-orders for GeForceFX 5800 cards. As rumor would hold true, it does appear
as if the 5800 Ultra has been canceled, but those who already pre-ordered a
card will still receive one.
More problems seem to have plagued the card as ridicule and speculation has
forced NVIDIA to recall the current 5800 cards from production in order to redesign
the fan and packaging on the card. Most sources speculate we will see the card
finally available for retail on March 31/April 1st. Hopefully, that is not some
kind of cruel April Fool's joke. GeForceFX's strange journey seems almost freakishly
akin to the rise and fall of the Voodoo4/5 series video cards.
Also absent are the Ti4600 cards from this week's guide. Unfortunately, it
seems like manufacturers are trying their best to dump inventory of these old
cards. The cards that were not relabled as Ti4800's or Ti4600-8X have simply
been dumped due to lack of demand. What further complicates matters is that NV31 appears to be the inevitable replacement for the Ti4600 and thus directly compete with RV350. NVIDIA also seems to be largely ignoring GeForceFX 5800 NV30 in favor of developing NV35 to directly compete with R350. Yes, NVIDIA's marketing confuses us too.
Furthermore, controversy has spun its web around the upcoming GeForceFX NV30 chip
as the "4x2" architecture issues continue to surface. For those of
you who are not familiar, apparently many sources are claiming that the NV30
chipset contains only 4 rendering pipelines as opposed to the 8 that NVIDIA
unveiled at COMDEX. The catch is that each pipeline contains 2 TMUs which should
result in the the promised 8 textures per clock, but only when multitexturing.
On an unrelated note longtime NVIDIA partner VisionTek
continues their anti-NVIDIA campaign while still lacking any production products.
Perhaps Hartford is relying on VisionTek's "good name" in order to
build a stronger base of operations before actually releasing cards to the public.
Maybe RV350 vs NV31 will be more interesting than extra delayed R300
and NV30 matchup. Hopefully we do not have to wait another 9 months to see any NVIDIA developments.
Meh.
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