DrumDub
2003-07-03, 12:56:58
So, the packages are different, the frequencies are different but the names are the same. On the store shelves you can see video cards based on the different chips (like GeForce4 Ti 4200 and 4600) but with the same words on the boxes and cards: GeForce FX 5600 Ultra.
It's simply a disgrace! One has to call a spade a spade. First ATI confused us with their RADEON 9000 - RADEON 9200 which were equal in speed and the RADEON 9200 turned to be slower than the 9100, and now there are two different 5600 Ultra and something wrong happening in the NVIDIA's marketing department.
Users will again have difficulty in choosing cards because the traders can easily pass off 350MHz cards as 400MHz ones, and most people who don't use the Internet or PC press can be easily deceived. I just hope that companies which have already released the GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 350 MHz will name 400MHz cards differently. However, the rumor has it that there are currently some problems with the mass production of the new ultras.
But while the new revision is still on its way to the market, the 350 MHz cards are already on sale. That is why we decided to find out what such cards can offer us, especially because there were several driver versions released after the preproduction samples got here.
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/gffx-12.html
schade, dass es die ihvs einfach nicht raffen... der kunde muss es wieder ausbaden... :(
It's simply a disgrace! One has to call a spade a spade. First ATI confused us with their RADEON 9000 - RADEON 9200 which were equal in speed and the RADEON 9200 turned to be slower than the 9100, and now there are two different 5600 Ultra and something wrong happening in the NVIDIA's marketing department.
Users will again have difficulty in choosing cards because the traders can easily pass off 350MHz cards as 400MHz ones, and most people who don't use the Internet or PC press can be easily deceived. I just hope that companies which have already released the GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 350 MHz will name 400MHz cards differently. However, the rumor has it that there are currently some problems with the mass production of the new ultras.
But while the new revision is still on its way to the market, the 350 MHz cards are already on sale. That is why we decided to find out what such cards can offer us, especially because there were several driver versions released after the preproduction samples got here.
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/gffx-12.html
schade, dass es die ihvs einfach nicht raffen... der kunde muss es wieder ausbaden... :(