NVidia: DX11 Will NOT Drive GPU Sales
Hey guys, Icarus here!
Today, I thought I’d take a little side step and propose another theory about a topic that’s been discussed recently:
GPU sales.
So, for the last year or so, the defining factor in GPU sales was definitely new hardware and software that came out with the graphics cards.
However, is this the case for DX11, a new generation of graphics engine?
NVidia said, in a recent press conference, that DX11 will not be the main reason for the stimulation of graphics card sales.
Instead, the new software that will accompany DX11 will be the main reason stimulation for sales.
Now, is this true?
Well, here’s what I think.
I believe that NVidia is right in saying that the graphics engine DX11 will not be the leading factor in sales.
In the beginning of the release of DX11, there will not be as many programs or games taking full advantage of DX11 because it’s still relatively new.
As DX11 continues to mature over the next few months and more companies create software to take full advantage of DX11, then consumers will be fully immersed in DX11.
However, I think that NVidia left a vital part of the industry out of the future: the graphics cards themselves.
Now, let’s face it; when NVidia/AMD release new graphics cards, most of us look at it and go “wow, that’s awesome!”
And unlike you who’s reading this post, most consumers don’t have a clue about efficiency or price-per-performance, and consequently buy graphics cards based on rumors or how cool it looks.
So, hardware aesthetics and consumer myths may also be a huge stimulation of graphics card sales.
But why did NVidia make an announcement like this? Well, you’ll find out tomorrow in my new post!
Hope you guys enjoyed this one! Stay tuned for more to come.
Cheers!
~| Icarus
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NVidia GT300 with 2% Yield!?
Hey guys, Icarus here!
So, I just heard more bad news regarding NVidia’s GT300.
Now, they went from having a horrible, 20% yield to a terrifying, 2% yield.
So how’d they get this number?
Well, they sent a batch of 416(4×104) GT300 GPUs to be tested andd… they only came back with 7 good chips.
So if you do the math and divide 7 by 416, you get around 1.7%. And that’s after rounding up.
With further, more idealistic rounding up, you get the number “2%”.
That’s just horrible; 20% was bad enough, but 2% is just unacceptable. What’s happening at NVidia!!??
Maybe the rush of getting a presentable prototype out in time is messing with NVidia?
While we’re on the topic of GPUs, I’m going to tell you my honest opinion about the whole GPU arena. Especially between:
AMD vs NVidia
I honestly think that AMD is going to take this round by a long shot, seeing as NVidia can’t even get a yield higher than 20%.
AMD looks like they’re in tip-top shape, while NVidia is at an abysmal 2% yield. And they only have a few weeks left to fix this, and create a presentable demo version of the GT300.
And looking at the prices that vendors are selling these GPUs, they’re going to have an awesome price-per-performance ratio.
Some of AMD’s DX11 GPUs are even cheaper than some of NVidia’s older, DX10 graphics cards.
Anyways, that’s all for today! Hope you guys enjoyed it!
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~| Icarus
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Intel Jasper Forest: Less Energy, More Space
Hey guys, Icarus here!
Recently, there’s been a bit of buzz around Intel’s announcement about its new Jasper Forest server CPU, so I thought I’d talk about that today!
Intel’s new Jasper Forest CPU will integrate the I/O hub into the CPU itself, saving space on the motherboard and using less energy in the process.
By integrating the I/O hub into the CPU, there’s no need to have a north bridge on the motherboard anymore.
So, since we already got rid of the southbridge, all he had left was the north bridge.
Now that that’s gone… wow no more bridges on the motherboard! That’s amazing!
It seems as though many computer hardware innovators are moving toward integrating more and more into the CPU and less on the motherboard.
So from this, I came up with a hypothesis:
Could Intel be moving toward integrating everything into the CPU, and getting rid of the motherboard all together?
I can’t really think of a way to connect all of the other components to the CPU itself, but when that becomes possible in the near future, all we may have in our tiny little boxes we used to loathe carrying around may be just a tiny little box the size of your hand.
However, I don’t think Intel will be able to throw out the motherboard all together; motherboard vendors will have something to say about that.
Also, if Intel is trying to integrate EVERYTHING into the CPU, they will have the problem of shrinking every component in the computer down to the size of a chip or a transistor and integrating them into the CPU.
Well, that’s my theory! But what do you guys think?
Leave your opinion in the comments below!
~| Icarus
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AMD’s Eyefinity: To Infinity… and Beyond?
Hey guys, Icarus here!
I’ve been talking about some of NVidia’s cutting-edge innovations, so I thought I’d bring you guys some of AMD’s newest technology.
Have you guys ever seen multi-monitor PC set-ups? They look absolutely awesome, and multitasking is great when you have more than one monitor, able to have more than one window open at the same time.
We’ve all dreamed of having multiple monitors in our set-up because it just looks so cool. And you can brag to your friends. If you want.
AMD took that dream… to the extreme.
Eyefinity is AMD’s brand name for their new multi-monitor technology. At the low-end, they’re looking to power at least 3 monitors from a single graphics card, and at least six for the high-end.
It seems like a gamer’s paradise at first, but when you think about it, businessmen and women and others with general work on the computer might get more out of this technology.
Now, AMD also created Catalyst Control Center, which gives you an extremely flexible layout of your monitors.
You can have three monitors landscape style and have another three going vertical, have three monitors next to each other horizontally and have one more on top of the middle monitor, the configurations are pretty much endless.
And as dual-monitor configurations become more common, I think that AMD’s Eyefinity may have a big impact on consumers.
However, here’s my problem with it.
The low-end, which they’re looking to power at least three monitors, sounds good to me; three monitors, many windows open at the same time wherever I want, multitasking sounds great.
But the high-end? You can have six monitors, and open applications at the same time.
I don’t know about you, but that seems like too much multitasking to me. And too much power for one person to use efficiently.
What do you think?
Well, that’s all for this post! Hope you guys enjoyed it!
Stay tuned for more! Make sure to voice your thoughts in the comment boxes below!
Cheers!
~| Icarus
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NVidia Brings 3-D Home with Vision?
Hey guys, Icarus here!
Have you ever seen a 3-D movie or show in a movie theater or an amusement park?
You wear the trademark 3-D glasses that makes things look “weird” when you’re not looking at the screen, and when you’re looking at the screen, things seem to pop out.
3-D movies and shows have been restricted to movie theaters and amusement parks. Until now.
NVidia released its new 3D Vision Glasses in Taiwan!
It’s basically black, sports sunglasses with special LCD lenses that allow you to see, on certain, specially-made screens, in 3D.
Acer and Asustek are first up with “3D Vision Ready”, high-profile notebooks in Q4 of 2009.
Next up are TVs, with Sony, Hyundai, Samsung, Panasonic, Philips, and LG with their new LCD TVs that were shown at IFA in early 2009. Sony will release a 3D Vision Ready LCD TV in Q1 of 2010.
And along with all of that, there will be numerous games that will be released on PS3’s and other game consoles in Blu-Ray disks.
But… what’s the point of all this?
I mean, it’s good moving forward on home technology but who’s going to watch a 3D movie on a laptop?
I’d rather watch an awesome movie on an awesome HD channel on a huge LCD TV without 3D. The movie would be way more intense compared to watching it on a 17″ laptop with 3D vision enabled.
I see the point of having 3D Vision on LCD TVs though, because then you can watch 3D movies at home. But then again, it doesn’t look like the movie industry is planning any 3D movies you can watch at home anytime soon(other than that movie… “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”)
Games, I also see the point. It’d bring out some realism, but it’s going to take a while until there are enough titles on the market to be able to fully say that having 3D Vision Ready displays are worth the money.
And the displays are probably going to be expensive too.
Well, that’s all for today! Hope you guys enjoyed it!
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Cheers!
~| Icarus
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