[CS-FSLUG] Nvidia Dying?

[Fred A. Miller]

Timothy Butler wrote:
>
> On Oct 25, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Ed Hurst wrote:
>
>> Personally, I have come to prefer Intel, since even the newest chipsets
>> are supported by current X.org releases almost as quickly as the
>> hardware comes out. ATI is somewhat behind that curve.
>
>     I suspect there is, but I'd be sad to see it. I am absolutely
> amazed with the GeForce 9400M chipset and the power efficient punch it
> packs (which is several orders of magnitude faster than Intel's
> integrated chips). When Apple went from GMA to the 9400M it made a
> huge difference on laptop performance while also coinciding with an
> increase in battery life (admittedly, for all I know to link the 9400M
> to that battery life improvement may be post hoc).
>
>     I've been an ATI guy for years, but ATI doesn't have anything to
> compete against that line. No one does. I'd really like to see more
> companies LIKE nVidia that aren't tied to a particular architecture.
> Since ATI merged with AMD, there have been areas that nVidia really
> has only had to compete against Intel against.
>
>     I'm hoping Larabee will help on the Intel front, but I suppose if
> it does, that could also kill nVidia...  it would be a sad day. My
> first 3D accelerator was an nVidia based on the S3 ViRGE...
The only thing that will save nVidia, IMHO, is to replace most if not
all management from the top down, AND open source ALL of their drivers.

Fred

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