Well its new graphics cards time again, with Ati's new range upon us, and Nvidia just starting to showcase their new technology.
Seeing how Ati managed the launch of their cards and how Nvidia have started off theirs, do you think we have seen the last of proper hard launches, where the cards are shown to the public and available for sale that same day in plentiful quantities.
ATI's launch this time round was to start up the hype machine, with a big event on an aircraft carrier no less and then show off one of the features of the new range without actually telling people what they really wanted to know, then a few weeks latter release the NDA so that the press can showcase the cards, with very poor availability in store but improving after a week or so. saying that Ati decided to only show us one of their new cards holding back the other variant for another week or so.
NVIDIA's launch this time round we are yet to see, but they have started off by showcasing what certainly seems to be a potentially very powerful processor, without really telling us anything that we want to know about it.
So what are you views on this launch strategy, and what do we call it hard....medium....soft or maybe hard....semi....soft.....
Discuss.
Seeing how Ati managed the launch of their cards and how Nvidia have started off theirs, do you think we have seen the last of proper hard launches, where the cards are shown to the public and available for sale that same day in plentiful quantities.
ATI's launch this time round was to start up the hype machine, with a big event on an aircraft carrier no less and then show off one of the features of the new range without actually telling people what they really wanted to know, then a few weeks latter release the NDA so that the press can showcase the cards, with very poor availability in store but improving after a week or so. saying that Ati decided to only show us one of their new cards holding back the other variant for another week or so.
NVIDIA's launch this time round we are yet to see, but they have started off by showcasing what certainly seems to be a potentially very powerful processor, without really telling us anything that we want to know about it.
So what are you views on this launch strategy, and what do we call it hard....medium....soft or maybe hard....semi....soft.....
Discuss.