MSI’s Powered by ATI RV380 Graphics Cards Exposed
Posted by crusher on 05 April 2004 - 08:10 · 11 comments & 1125 views
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#1 Posted by amdme2600 on 05 Apr 2004 - 09:13
- Cool down with nvidia
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#1.1 Posted by LordHatrus on 05 Apr 2004 - 18:57
- *caugh* fanboy...
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#2 Posted by Puskas on 05 Apr 2004 - 09:21
- who cares ?? if someone is looking for a new card are they ONLY looking for a card made from MSI or whoever ? when I look for a new one I look for chipset then features, last I look for is who made it.
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#2.2 Posted by Puskas on 05 Apr 2004 - 11:16
- if I want an nVIDIA card I will get one, doesnt matter to me if MSI or Asus made the card
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#2.3 Posted by ~Bull}{Dog~ on 05 Apr 2004 - 12:21
- I really like MSI hardware. In the last couple of years they have gone from some obscure chipmaker into a really big and trusted name.
I'd be a lot happier to buy an MSI graphics card than one made in some Hong Kong basement by a team of blind men.
Ok, so thats a bit of an over exaggeration but one more big and well known name in the ATi graphics card market can only be a good thing for the consumer.
Mr magoo-
#3 Posted by Tikimotel on 05 Apr 2004 - 09:57
- MS-8966, is the NV40 card (AGP)
MS-8961, is RV380 (PCI-Express)
Big deal...
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#4 Posted by Chicane-UK on 05 Apr 2004 - 11:46
- Well i'm all for this competition and stuff...
nVidia don't really seem to have many friends left in the market now do they.. ATI are forming new alliances almost daily, especially from companies who always traditionally did nVidia cards - Asus, Creative, and now MSI.
Weird.
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#5 Posted by divertom15 on 05 Apr 2004 - 20:04
- The big point is why should a company have to go only one way. Why is it alright to bplay both amd and intel but then get stares when they want to do ati and nvidia?
While the fact that one of the main add-in card partners of NVIDIA Corporation, Microstar International, was going to include at least some “Powered by ATI” graphics cards into its lineup has been known for quite some time, it was probably a little shock to finally see the real evidence for such plans.
Chinese web-site GZeasy published a picture of PCI Express x16 graphics card reportedly based on ATI RV380 graphics processor and having MSI sticker on the cooling fan and MSI’s numbers on the PCB, which is probably be a sign of the card’s origin – an MSI fab. The product is equipped with 128MB of memory and installs D-Sub, DVI-I and TV-Out connectors.
Rumours about ATI’s collaborations with MSI and ASUSTeK – NVIDIA’s largest add-in-board partners – have been going around for a couple of years and while partnership between ASUS and ATI was confirmed last year, any graphics cards-related affiliation between MSI and ATI is denied. The last time we reported about possible deal between ATI and MSI with estimated announcement date in mid-January, the information did not materialize. Making graphics cards based on VPUs from ATI Technologies is not going to be something totally new for MSI. The company already produces such kind of hardware for its partner Medion. Microstar International also makes RADEON 9100 IGP-based mainboards.