The Party is Febuary 5th
Yes, that's when the NV25 party is, according to various sites including nvnewsnet. The NV25 is supposedly the codename for nVidia's next big thing, the GeForce 4. Where is this party being held? San Francisco. That's right down the street from Apple Headquarters, and I would be inclined to think Apple might be attending this little bash.
A lot of things point to this little get together as the introduction for new PowerMacs, including the promotions ending on January 3st (or 1st of Febuary??). Also, we all know what nVidia and Apple did last year at MWTY.
Just fueling the fire in future hardware.
A lot of things point to this little get together as the introduction for new PowerMacs, including the promotions ending on January 3st (or 1st of Febuary??). Also, we all know what nVidia and Apple did last year at MWTY.
Just fueling the fire in future hardware.
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<strong>So Apple will debut the towers at nVidia's show? Sounds unusual.</strong><hr></blockquote>
After party.
*\tName: GeForce4 Ti600
*\tCore Clock: 300 MHz
*\tMemory: 3.3ns Hynix 128MB DDR
*\tPipelines: More
SJ's seems like the kind of guy who likes control & I don't think this really workes in well with that. Besides at the Nvida event SJ's couldn't talk for 1 hour about the new PM (which I'm sure he'd like to do, especially if it's a G5 or 1.6Ghz G4). Never know though, perhaps they'll have a special event on the 6th ...
3DChipset has got some info about the NV25 party, taking place in San Francisco, on the 5th of February. Let's just take a quick peek @ what we're looking at...
*\tName: GeForce4 Ti600
*\tCore Clock: 300 MHz
*\tMemory: 3.3ns Hynix 128MB DDR
*\tPipelines: More
Announcing a new 1.6Ghz processor may not sound amazing to an uninformed audiance. Seems unlikely to me.
The bus, RAM, Gigawire, Firewire2, USB2 are all expected to receive significant bumps, and the NV25, while perhaps a BTO option at the Apple store, WILL NOT be the built in card on all models. I mean, the GF3 is still not the default card!
Apple might be their, and might announce support for the chipset, but the PMs would have to be unveiled in a special event before Nvidia's party, in order to allow Apple to say that they have a big OEM deal with Nvidia.
Will the party-goers spend their time listening to Steve's speech? (loooong RDF session )
<strong>Another question is:
Will the party-goers spend their time listening to Steve's speech? (loooong RDF session )</strong><hr></blockquote>
Exactly, I'm sure most of the people there could care less about macs. Who's this card aimed at? I'd assume primarily gamers. Is the Mac the best platform for gaming? Not even close, although it's a decent platform it's certainly not going to convert hardcore gamers (who are the only ones who'll spring for the N25). What this crowd will want to see is the fps difference in a P4 & the Athlon XP when using the N25.
Link..
<a href="http://www.macedition.com/nmr/nmr_20020114.php" target="_blank">http://www.macedition.com/nmr/nmr_20020114.php</a>
- Mark
<strong>The party is around Jan 20th according to todays naked mole rat report. New G4's up to 1.4 GHz are noted in the report.
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Ah, the Naked Mole Rat... Thank goodness there's still hope for the Power Mac line.
Escher
Believe me, I would have prefered to quote a source such as EEtimes.
- Mark
The GeForce 4 should be at least BTO on the new PowerMacs when it comes out. You're forgetting MWTY last year.