9600GT and 9800GT naming..

Anyone who has been into computers long enough will remember the ATI
9600 and 9800 range of cards. Can't work out why nVidia chose similar
names.

Is it me or is this a golden opportunity for the Ebay scammers?

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Conor wrote:
Anyone who has been into computers long enough will remember the ATI
9600 and 9800 range of cards. Can't work out why nVidia chose similar
names.

I wonder how Nvidia could call the next generation card?

GeForce 10600? or A600?

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On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:11:35 +0800, Man-wai Chang
ToDie wrote:

Conor wrote:
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I wonder how Nvidia could call the next generation card?

GeForce 10600? or A600?

how bout"anything but ati"

Conor wrote:
Anyone who has been into computers long enough will remember the ATI
9600 and 9800 range of cards. Can't work out why nVidia chose similar
names.

Is it me or is this a golden opportunity for the Ebay scammers?


Well ATI looped around and went back to 1000 numbers, so NVIDIA will
probably manage a similar feat. Considering they never had 1800's
through 3800's, there's enough room for at least 3-4 more generations
and by then the name Geforce could be retired.

Geforce 1800K Ultra WTF?

"Conor" wrote in message
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Anyone who has been into computers long enough will remember the ATI
9600 and 9800 range of cards. Can't work out why nVidia chose similar
names.

What did the 9800XT use again, GDDR3? :-)

Is it me or is this a golden opportunity for the Ebay scammers?

To make matters more interesting, some vendors like Asus and MSI made cards
for both camps...

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