nVidia GF4's are already arriving!

[isochar]

http://www.computers4sure.com/product.asp?productid=476131&affid=2163&adid=2163

[dZeus]

so?

[Jammrock]

yeah, yeah...we've been talking about it for a week in teh Crystal Ball...

http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30852

Jammrock

[isochar]

That thread seems more like a discussion of Matrox's past failures, as well as a few Matrox-faithful hoping that the next Matrox vaporware will be released this year.

The GF4 is real, and can be ordered now.

[Guru]

Originally posted by cking4@ford.com
So now, in addition to the GeForce2s, GeForce2Ultras, GeForce2GTSs,
GeForce 2MXs, GeForce2MX400s, GeForce3s, GeForce3Ti200s, and
GeForce3Ti500s currently in the marketplace, we're now going to add GeForce4MX420 cards.

Anyone else besides nVidia's muddled Marketing department keeping track of
how good this one is supposed to be relative to the older product?

You forgot the GF2 TI and also that there are sdram and ddr versions of the MX series plus that you have 32mb, 64mb and 128mb versions of the cards!

[Gurm]

Considering that the first GF2's weren't any faster than the fastest GF1's... and that the GF3Ti200 is slower than a standard GF3...

Why can't they make cards called:

- Pretty Fast
- Very Fast
- Bitchin' Fast
- Extremo-Spazzmatic Fast

- Gurm

[Novdid]

I say look at the price. Pretty good. Seems like the age of extremely high price G-Farts are finally over. I know this is a MX modell, and I guess the baddest models will cost a fortune though.

What the hell am I talking about!!!

[Indiana]

Originally posted by Novdid
I say look at the price. Pretty good. Seems like the age of extremely high price G-Farts are finally over.

And you can have a guess who's achievement this is. Seems NVidia got a bit scared about the Radeon8500 (and it's very competitive price).
A new good - as opposed to the G450 and G450.5 (a.k.a.G550) cripple-cards - Matrox product would really help the market as well, even if it was expensive.

[isochar]

Originally posted by cking4@ford.com
So now, in addition to the GeForce2s, GeForce2Ultras, GeForce2GTSs,
GeForce 2MXs, GeForce2MX400s, GeForce3s, GeForce3Ti200s, and
GeForce3Ti500s currently in the marketplace, we're now going to add GeForce4MX420 cards.

Anyone else besides nVidia's muddled Marketing department keeping track of
how good this one is supposed to be relative to the older product?

Actually, add the Geforce SDR and DDR to the series, since they were released after the G400Max! (It really has been that long! )

[DuRaNgO]

In Stock: 0

[Wombat]

You know, Computers4Sure having it listed means absolutely nothing. They don't even have a picture. I wouldn't be surprised if people never get it for that price either?

Don't you remember when the G400 was coming out? buy.com or some other big online retailer was taking orders for them. People waited for months, and their orders were still on "backorder." You couldn't cancel the order or you were charged the "restocking fee." And when said retailer finally got the cards in stock they cancelled all of the pre-orders by selling the the Matrox cards as a different inventory number, for a higher price. They tried to lean on Matrox to lower the price (I bet), but Matrox wouldn't budge.

I wouldn't be surprised if Computers4Sure is just taking the orders so they can try to lean on VisionTek for a lower price based on large numbers of pre-orders.

[Grail]

Originally posted by Gurm
Why can't they make cards called:

- Pretty Fast
- Very Fast
- Bitchin' Fast
- Extremo-Spazzmatic Fast
- Gurm

Wow, a card speed named after Gurm. Will they release a B*tchin' Fast Gurm edition? What software bundle comes with it? Did they steal more Matrox employees to integrate Render Nude Feature into it?

Sorry Gurm, I couldn't resist.

[[GDI]Raptor]

GF4 MX = GF3 MX

The "GeForce4 MX" chip is codenamed NV17, and should realy be called "GeForce3 MX"

Well, well, a PR trick from the nVidiots

[roadie]

if you want pics of these new cards, go here , they have a funny heatsink

[Gurm]

It's ok Grail, I noticed as soon as I hit reply that my name looked like part of that list.

But I decided to leave it. Amazingly, only you got the joke!

- Gurm