Quad SLI doesn't work on XP!
"No QUAD SLI for XP users! "
Published: 27th March 2008 | Source: Nvidia |
Quad SLI doesn't work on XP!
If you are looking forward to grabbing yourself two 9800GX2's for your computer but it is running XP then forget it. Nvidia have announced that the Quad driver doesn't work under XP and only on 32bit and 64bit Vista. Rumors of Microsoft pushing some money towards Nvidia have popped up here and there as this could be yet another good marketing ploy from MS. What is interesting is that after Nvidia saying XP doesn't support it they said "For now" which brings hope to the XP gamers of the world.
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And tbh, my reckoning is nvidia are indeed waiting for a powerful card from ATI until they delve into NEW technologies.
Nvidia should have spent more time developing the 9xxx series
and the 9xxx series should be based on a new architecture
with more power
etc
This problem says one thing to me
Nvidia should have spent more time developing the 9xxx series
Exactly.
If your going for this sort of card, you want desktop/office type performance with perhaps some media prospects.
You certainly wouldn`t upgrade from a 8400/8500 unless you were needing to spend for the sake of it.
Even still, these cards don`t exactly empty shelves quickly, and to be fair, when the next gen is on the horizon u can pick them up for £20-£30 easy.. or pay more for a 9 series low end card ?
Q4 08 would probably be a viable time for release.
Pah, it's just good marketing sense. Delay the release of the new cards to help disty's and partners get rid of old stock, been happening for years
But why announce them in the first place? I mean 8XXX series are a very strong series in my opinion, shouldnt they be here longer before new cards come out? Taking in mind the fact the the 9XXX series doesn't exactly have anything new to them! I was taking a project the other week, to build a gaming PC for a customer however it was cancelled as he heard about the new 9XXX series and he decided to wait ... I explained him what i could but its just the way of numbering the cards ... For example a 8800GTS is faster than the 9600 right? Well the customer wouldnt understand that .. just because the number is higher they think its a better card! Now good luck explaining this! Or maybe that's what this companies want?
I am really confused!
Nvidia announce products to get people like us who are tech savvy to anticipate their release. They keep the old cards on the shelves and don't release the new ones for the exact reason you've been saying....if they released the newer high numbered cards then people wouldn't buy the old ones.
Thusly: good marketing strategy
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