Nvidia’s GTX 280 - Price Plunge
July 5, 2008
Launched not more than a few weeks ago, Nvidia’s GTX 280 is said to be receiving a price-drop.
Why? Well, it looks like AMD’s cheap and powerful HD 4800 has them second guessing their dominance. And there’s no better way to gain a few extra enthusiasts than by dropping the price to match the competition.
The card is said to be dipping to as low as $499. Of course, this is pure speculation but it doesn’t seem to be too far fetched.
So, if you’re considering the GTX 280 it may be in your best interest to hold off for a couple of weeks.
AMD secures $622 million
November 18, 2007
hasn’t exactly been on-top of their financial game since Intel decided to throw in the towel for them. Intel’s Core series took all of us by storm and AMD saw a drastic fall in market share.
Once AMD purchased ATI, their money problems looked like they were going to overtake the company and cause some chapter 11 filings.
However, it seems that an investment company based in the United Arab Emirates believes their is still potential with AMD. Mubadala has purchased a 8.1% share in AMD for $622-million. Good news or Bad news for AMD — Only time will tell.
The Good news in our opinion is that AMD will stay kicking for some time. Consumers need competition between Intel and another company or we will be at the mercy of Intel’s share holders.
ATI fanboys rejoice….NVidia’s fairy pissed!
April 24, 2007
Today is a day that will surely be etched in the books of ATI fanboys everywhere. ATI’s Radeon HD 2900XT has been benchmarked to the next level by DailyTech. I’m an ATI fanboy and I have been waiting some time for a card like this.
No doubt Nvidia has something up their sleeves to help extinguish the fire but for now the ATI Radeon HD 2900XT is the “king.” How much is thing going to cost?
The numbers/features are quite impressive! The features include DirextX 10, R600 GPU, 512mb GDDR3 which is clocked in at 1.65GHz across an 8 channel 512bit memory interface. The numbers….Oblivion 47.9 FPS compared to 39.5 FPS on the 8800GTS, Call of Duty 2 73.5 FPS compared with 56.7 FPS on the 8800GTS, etc…
