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   #36. Posted at 08:44 AM on Oct 4th 2008, Edited at 08:46 AM on Oct 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
sdack
They should have done this much earlier. Not too long ago did ATI products carry 9000-numbers in their names and it was surprising to see Nvidia now releasing cards with an almost identical numbering scheme.

ATI Radeon 9200, 9250, 9500, 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800

versus

Nvidia GeForce 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800

and all with abbreviations like GT, GX, GTX, XT, GS and GSO in their names. It may not confuse the enthusiast but I can see how sales&distribution may dislike it.
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   #20. Posted at 08:55 PM on Sep 25th 2008, Edited at 08:55 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
derFunkenstein
Soooo...8600GT -> 9500GT -> G100, and they're all the same card. Nice.
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#20, the 9500gt and 8600gt are NOT the same cards and use complet...  :  toyota  (#23)  «
#20, It should be 8800GT = 9800GT // 8800GTS = 9600GSO 9500, 9400 ...  :  pogsnet  (#35)  «

   #17. Posted at 05:54 PM on Sep 25th 2008, Edited at 08:01 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
MadManOriginal
NVs product lineyup is a hideous sight to behold with way to much renaming. At least ATi tends to keep things consistent within a series of GPUs and mostly keeps them based upon the same architecture, I know there are some older examples from the low end that are rehashes though but they don't do it wholesale to 3/4 of their lineup. The other thing that bothers me about NVs renaming is it can mean fewer driver updates for the 'old' cards even though they are jsut a BIOS flash from being 'new' ones.

On the other hand clearly differentiating the 55nm versions is a good thing for us *shudders at saying NVs naming scheme is a good thing*
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#17, Why can't the idiots at nVidia just use AMD's naming scheme....  :  ImSpartacus  (#19)  «
#17, Ati was down that path before too. For suffixes, they have Pr...  :  Flying Fox  (#31)  «
#31, Actually, the 8500 was rebadged as the 9100; it was the R...  :  DreadCthulhu  (#32)  «
#31, I did say...I know there are some older examples from the...  :  MadManOriginal  (#34)  «

   #33. Posted at 10:49 AM on Sep 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
pogsnet
Nvidia will no longer release more architecture, instead more names everytime new ATI VC comes out =D
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   #30. Posted at 07:15 AM on Sep 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
smilingcrow
nVIDIA’s marketing drones seem to have been having problems with the packaging material of their brains overheating with the result that their performance has degraded. I expect nVIDIA will make an announcement confirming this sometime in H2 2009.
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   #28. Posted at 06:03 AM on Sep 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
Walkintarget
GTX280+ OC CheddarX2

Two times the cheddar, cause its sooo much better !!

I'm not a rapper, but I did stay at a holiday Inn last night *chuckle*
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#28, I'll wait for the GTX280+ OC CheddarX2 W/ XTreme Smoked Saus...  :  no51  (#29)  «

   #26. Posted at 02:25 AM on Sep 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
MrJP
"By the end of 2008, Nvidia will be offering today's 9000 series as G100, GT120, GT130, GT140 and GT150 models."

Should the G100 be GT100? It's getting to the point where I'm not sure if this is a misprint or just part of Nvidia's utterly logical naming "strategy".
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#26, GTX+100 Get with the program.  :  kvndoom  (#27)  «

   #25. Posted at 02:20 AM on Sep 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
xmz
Geez, nVidia. You completely lost what suppose to be used for process your thoughts! (Brain)

(Well, since you seem to have problem with simple names for your products)
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   #24. Posted at 02:05 AM on Sep 26th 2008 Edit   Reply
vojc
sooooo lame
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   #12. Posted at 04:20 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
kpo6969
ASUS EN9800GT ULTIMATE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121266
Multiple choice:
a) it's a 9800GT
b) it used to be a 8800GT
c) it's an ultimate so it's a 9800GT+ , or maybe an 8800GT+
d) it's really a 8800GTS with 128SP, flashed to a 9800GT
e) it's a 9800GTS
Nvidia what has become of you?
The answer btw is all of the above
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#12, z) Sorry, I bought a 4800 card since it was better bang for ...  :  Bauxite  (#22)  «

   #21. Posted at 09:23 PM on Sep 25th 2008, Edited at 09:28 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
pogsnet
Thats it now... Im going to ATI

Fuzilla named this as "action of a desperate man"
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   #5. Posted at 03:29 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
ClickClick5
Who do these naming people at Nvidia think they are?

What now? Here is a name example: 9600GTnwa55+^2

Translation, it is a 9600GT Now With A 55nm proc..um...plus! Oh, Squared.

YAY!
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#5, (9600GTnwa55+)^2 Non OC Edition w/ Extra Cheese  :  shaq_mobile  (#9)  «
#9, ...can of whoop-ass edition +  :  Suspenders  (#18)  «

   #16. Posted at 05:41 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
kvndoom
55nm GeForce 8-series cards to get new names

Fixed that for 'ya. :)

So, does this mean, yet again, that SLI won't work with two identical cards, just because their name got changed in firmware?
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   #15. Posted at 05:31 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
Hattig
Does that mean we can collectively ignore all cards that aren't GT1x0 or GT2x0 from NVIDIA now because the morass of codenames is unmanageable and incomprehensible without a serious bit of internet technology site browsing.
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   #14. Posted at 04:50 PM on Sep 25th 2008, Edited at 07:06 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
cobalt
Okay, if they'd called the 8800GT the 9800GT to begin with, it would have been fine. But once you decide to call it an 8800GT, if that weren't confusing enough, then adding 9800GT as a secondary name for the chip is worse, not better.

Same thing again -- if they'd called the 55nm G92's GT100 to begin with, that would have been fine. Calling both the 55nm and 65nm ones 9800GT was confusing. But now that there are 55nm 9800's floating around, adding GT100 as a secondary name is worse than if they'd just stuck with the 9800 moniker.

At least it sounds like we'll be guaranteed to get a 55nm one now, instead of having to guess. So maybe there's an upside here?
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   #13. Posted at 04:22 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
Joerdgs
I guess that went they dumped a part of their personnel not too long ago, the branding department wasn't included...
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   #11. Posted at 04:17 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
tay
Since AFAIK there is no real reason to buy NV the best thing to do is boycott until they fix this
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   #10. Posted at 04:14 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
Bummer
Bummer Bummer Bummer
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   #8. Posted at 03:40 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
Krogoth
Marketing drones at Nvidia are having the easy life, despite the lean times........
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   #7. Posted at 03:32 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
OneArmedScissor
lolocaust on a stick
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   #6. Posted at 03:30 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
kcarlile
How many different times can you rename the 8800GT? It's a contest!

Don't look away, they'll change it again!

Wait, now it's the GTX220!
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   #4. Posted at 03:15 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
Helmore
Maybe a direct link to the source might be useful.....just a small hint.
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   #3. Posted at 03:06 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
marvelous
Why couldn't they name these GT1xx before?
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   #2. Posted at 03:06 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
CampinCarl
Oh.

My.

God.

HEAD
ASPLODE
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   #1. Posted at 03:03 PM on Sep 25th 2008 Edit   Reply
Asif1924
Yeeeeeeeeeeehaw!
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