http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Agreed. Competition drives innovation. AMD/ATI needs a good solid competitor, and I haven't seen anything that suggests Larrabee will be it.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 7th 2009 3:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Detailed point of view about Tesla and Tegra: http://bit.ly/tesla-and-tegra-what-are-they

A very nice howdy writeup from Anandtech CEO]]>Jan 3rd 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/They next four years are going to be very interesting for hand held or tablet devices. Every technology including low power displays will advance except battery technology which seems to have slammed into a brick wall.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
As always, interesting article Anand!]]>Dec 4th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
On second thought, just keep at what you're doing. We all love it.]]>Dec 4th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
so the ATI gobbling up market share is BS]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
It just a matter of the final finishing touch and nVidia lost the Linux HTPC market aswell.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Except that the current onslaught of atom processors mixed with ion graphic chipsets have completely changed the scope of the HTPC market in the last year or so, and represent the majority of new HTPC systems. I'll go a step farther and say that that platform in many ways has saved / resurrected the HTPC market, and until ion chipsets no longer play nice with intel architecture, will most likely represent the majority of HTPC builds.]]>Dec 4th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/]]>Dec 5th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/It was 9300/9400 730i. I had it less than a month and it broke. I had to get it RMA and they replaced the chip. Temp was only around 28/35 and spiked at 60 even though I wasn't using the machine for around 50 minutes and 30 for the intel chip. It was a faulty chip and I wasn't the only person. Not a single problem with anything AMD. The drivers are the worst for nvidia. Again AMD I don't have a problem.]]>Dec 4th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Get over it, that hasn't been true for almost 4 years now.]]>Dec 5th 2009 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Stop being a fanboy and admit ATIs drivers have issues that never get resolved. Have you been on rage3d dot com in the last 4 years?]]>Dec 5th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Well you've got two people here who haven't had problems with ati drivers. The new nvidia drivers are having a lot of problems. It won't allow me to turn the screen backlight off and not even installing properly while talking three hours.]]>Dec 5th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Making a netbook a pleasure to use, and make it seem more powerful than it actually is.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
on the other hand, luxury as they once were regarded-- nv chipsets have always been huge power hogs.]]>Dec 4th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
I'm looking forward to Fermi.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Well if Anand is on the money you'll have to be dusting off the C code again soon ;)]]>Dec 5th 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/I second for that. Heck, just buy VIA and you have a low cost, hight end graphics platform.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Even though I'm an ATi fan, I like to see both compete well so that prices drop for us! Plus I'm not a diehard fanboy so I'll make the switch whenever I see it fit.

Good luck, nVidia. I hope their next series of GPUs is going to be awesome (like the 5xxx).]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
If I recall correctly.... the 5xxx line was terrible. At least in comparison to the ATI offerings at the time. I had a 5950 and I remember it being really mediocre.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
That said, good luck nvidia. Hopefully you'll consider selling ARM IP, and not just your particular Tegra; the mobile world really needs more freefloating IP to power it.]]>Dec 4th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
I'm pretty sure he is referring to the new ATi 5xxx cards]]>Dec 4th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Thank you.
I guarantee he's talking about the ATI 5 series.

Apparently it's easier to shoot someone down than to use common sense. ]]>Dec 4th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Yeah I was talking about the ATi 5xxx series, not the nVidia FX 5xxx series ;)]]>Dec 5th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
AnandTech rocks ]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
This article as well as a reply expanding button would be sex!!]]>Dec 4th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/Dec 4th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
1) Good graphics competition from Intel. So far their chipsets have been severely lacking, to the point of being sluggish even in 2D acceleration.

2) Lightweight (read: non-catalyst) Windows drivers from AMD. NVIDIA drivers install cleanly onto a system with no fuss and no additional bullshit. Ever since the introduction of CCC, AMD drivers have been bloatware. You used to be able to get the drivers without it, but AMD has been pushing it hard lately.

3) Decent AMD drivers for linux. I'm really impressed with how well documented and easy to use the NVIDIA drivers are for linux. It's gotten to the point that regardless of cost and performance, whenever I'm about to put together a non-Windows machine, I just get an NVIDIA graphics card by default.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
And more importantly, AMD open sources its device specs, which is why in a growing number of cases the open source AMD drivers are the most performant drivers out there. You might not care now, but when you're running WebGL in ChromeOS in another three years and its leaving everything else in the dust, I think people will begin to reconsider.]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/core-values-whats-next-for-nvidia/
Maybe that's true for their newer products, but their newer drivers for older products have gotten worse. I have a Radeon 9800 in my desktop and recently reinstalled with Windows 7. When I went looking for drivers, I found that I couldn't get ones without all the Catalyst bloatware.

Two or three years ago when I did this the last time, I was able to find WDM style simple drivers from ATI for my card. Now I can't do that anymore. You download the bloatware version and the checkbox to get rid of it is grayed out. Makes me sad. I shouldn't need the C# runtime environment for my graphics card driver.

And it's really good that AMD has released the datasheets for its parts, but that's something of a token gesture. Implementing the software to use it still takes lots of manhours and the open source drivers are still lagging far behind the NVIDIA proprietary drivers. The AMD linux drivers were a pain to package the last time I did it (about six months ago).

The biggest barrier here is honest high end competition in discrete graphics from Intel. The other two things aren't so hard to accomplish. NVIDIA has been doing it for years and it hasn't seemed to be much of a tax on their business. AMD just hasn't bothered yet.]]>Dec 4th 2009 5:02PM