..... ONE...............

April 26 has now passed with no word from Ati on the R420/X800.

Seem as if the article in "The Register" may have been spot
on..........

John Lewis

"John Lewis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> .... ONE...............
>
> April 26 has now passed with no word from Ati on the R420/X800.
>
> Seem as if the article in "The Register" may have been spot
> on..........
>
> John Lewis

There s an article somewhere where ATI state they never said it would be
april 26th, said that was a rumour propigated by others.

ATI have never said they would release the card on the 26th That was just a
rumor started by The Inquirer. When they later found out the official
release date (May 4.) they created a new spin. Instead of telling everybody
they were wrong in their April 26. guess, the said the card was delayed. The
nextgen ATI card will be released on WinHEC 2004 (May 4.)

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>
> April 26 has now passed with no word from Ati on the R420/X800.
>
> Seem as if the article in "The Register" may have been spot
> on..........
>
> John Lewis

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:54:29 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (John Lewis)
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>.... ONE...............
>
>April 26 has now passed with no word from Ati on the R420/X800.
>
>Seem as if the article in "The Register" may have been spot
>on..........
>
>John Lewis

Or their prediction of the 26th was wrong in the first place.


Crash7
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>Instead of telling everybody
> they [the inquirer] were wrong in their April 26. guess, the said the card
was delayed. The
> nextgen ATI card will be released on WinHEC 2004 (May 4.)

You can't buy *any* flavour of the nvidia or ati cards until June
anyway, so relax everyone.

rms

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> April 26 has now passed with no word from Ati on the R420/X800.
>
> Seem as if the article in "The Register" may have been spot
> on..........

No, they were just perpetuating a myth spread around by Nvidia fanboys.

I don't see any Nvidia GeForce 6800 series cards on the shelves right now,
do you? Smells like another paper launch to me....

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" I don't see any Nvidia GeForce 6800 series cards on the shelves right
now, do you? Smells like another paper launch to me.... "


One way for nVidia to save time and money is to *launch* the card, ship them
to partners and developers (which I understand they already have done), and
let them be the guinea-pigs. As they report back with teething-problems,
the nVidia driver-development team gain an accelerated-rate of knowledge on
the compatibility and stability problems. By the time the retail cards
ship, they will be further ahead with the drivers than if they did all of
the testing themselves.


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> "somnambulist" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> " I don't see any Nvidia GeForce 6800 series cards on the shelves right
> now, do you? Smells like another paper launch to me.... "
>
> One way for nVidia to save time and money is to *launch* the card, ship
them
> to partners and developers (which I understand they already have done),
and
> let them be the guinea-pigs. As they report back with teething-problems,
> the nVidia driver-development team gain an accelerated-rate of knowledge
on
> the compatibility and stability problems. By the time the retail cards
> ship, they will be further ahead with the drivers than if they did all of
> the testing themselves.

Derek Perez and his team couldn't have said it better themselves.

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>" I don't see any Nvidia GeForce 6800 series cards on the shelves right
>now, do you? Smells like another paper launch to me.... "
>
>
>One way for nVidia to save time and money is to *launch* the card, ship them
>to partners and developers (which I understand they already have done), and
>let them be the guinea-pigs. As they report back with teething-problems,
>the nVidia driver-development team gain an accelerated-rate of knowledge on
>the compatibility and stability problems. By the time the retail cards
>ship, they will be further ahead with the drivers than if they did all of
>the testing themselves.
>

Substitute "Ati" for "nVidia" in the above statement. Such a plan
seems a winner for both companies with their new-gen silicon when it
is available in sufficient volume to ship to the appropriate partners.

John lewis

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> wrote:
>
> >"somnambulist" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:Brvjc.3487$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >" I don't see any Nvidia GeForce 6800 series cards on the shelves right
> >now, do you? Smells like another paper launch to me.... "
> >
> >
> >One way for nVidia to save time and money is to *launch* the card, ship
them
> >to partners and developers (which I understand they already have done),
and
> >let them be the guinea-pigs. As they report back with teething-problems,
> >the nVidia driver-development team gain an accelerated-rate of knowledge
on
> >the compatibility and stability problems. By the time the retail cards
> >ship, they will be further ahead with the drivers than if they did all of
> >the testing themselves.
> >
>
> Substitute "Ati" for "nVidia" in the above statement. Such a plan
> seems a winner for both companies with their new-gen silicon when it
> is available in sufficient volume to ship to the appropriate partners.

I think both companies are getting a little like Chimpzilla and Chipzilla
when they paper launch new parts. Still, I suppose it always generates some
healthy debate about MCIBTYC!!

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