NVIDIA's NV40 unchallenged in the power race
Power to the people
In the near future, we are pretty sure that NVIDIA is going to win the graphics crown back from ATI, but not by a huge amount. This will, as usual, last for about two weeks until the next product cycle kicks in, and the brass ring is once again up for grabs. If you think ATI will sit still, think again, it will fight tooth and nail.
NVIDIA will win one race hands down, the power race. I am sure you have seen the pictures of the NV40 boards floating around here and there, and saw the two molex connectors sticking off the back. If this didn’t clue you in, let me tell you right out, NV will be unchallenged in the power race.
Not only will the card lie closer to Prescott than Tejas on the power scale, but it will also have some really nasty asterisks after the two molex connectors on the requirements sheet. Those asterisks are the killer.
It seems each of those connectors will need to be plugged into a separate power rail, and nothing else can be plugged into that rail. OK, they will let you put a fan into it, but anything more is strictly forbidden. You can just hear the good folk at Antec doing the happy dance. Power supply upgrade time people.
Now, before you go off and start criticising NVIDIA the same way you are rapping Intel, let me say there is a big difference. Intel was *****-slapped by the press over Prescott because it didn’t perform and it sucked power. The NV40 will, by all accounts, will perform, and perform well. The juice sucking is secondary.
What I mean is that if you deliver, you are effectively dangling a shiny thing in front of the public, and they overlook the occasional wart. NVIDIA has a whopper of a shiny thing here, what was that about power again?
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Power to the people
In the near future, we are pretty sure that NVIDIA is going to win the graphics crown back from ATI, but not by a huge amount. This will, as usual, last for about two weeks until the next product cycle kicks in, and the brass ring is once again up for grabs. If you think ATI will sit still, think again, it will fight tooth and nail.
NVIDIA will win one race hands down, the power race. I am sure you have seen the pictures of the NV40 boards floating around here and there, and saw the two molex connectors sticking off the back. If this didn’t clue you in, let me tell you right out, NV will be unchallenged in the power race.
Not only will the card lie closer to Prescott than Tejas on the power scale, but it will also have some really nasty asterisks after the two molex connectors on the requirements sheet. Those asterisks are the killer.
It seems each of those connectors will need to be plugged into a separate power rail, and nothing else can be plugged into that rail. OK, they will let you put a fan into it, but anything more is strictly forbidden. You can just hear the good folk at Antec doing the happy dance. Power supply upgrade time people.
Now, before you go off and start criticising NVIDIA the same way you are rapping Intel, let me say there is a big difference. Intel was *****-slapped by the press over Prescott because it didn’t perform and it sucked power. The NV40 will, by all accounts, will perform, and perform well. The juice sucking is secondary.
What I mean is that if you deliver, you are effectively dangling a shiny thing in front of the public, and they overlook the occasional wart. NVIDIA has a whopper of a shiny thing here, what was that about power again?
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