Nvidia changes core business...starts selling crowbars ;)

[BallaTheFeared]

I love my company and my company loves me.

 

[blastingcap]

How awesome would it be if this were a promotional tie-up of some kind... like, NVIDIA launches the gtx 690 and bundles it with free download keys for the upcoming launch of HL2: Episode 3?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Maybe GTAV!

 

[Olikan]

I love my company and my company loves me.

do you work for/with Nvidia?

 

[blastingcap]

do you work for/with Nvidia?

There could be other explanations, you know. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2185998

 

[blckgrffn]

How awesome would it be if this were a promotional tie-up of some kind... like, NVIDIA launches the gtx 690 and bundles it with free download keys for the upcoming launch of HL2: Episode 3?

Very awesome - but if you've read the news about "ricochet 2" it seems exceedingly unlikely.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

do you work for/with Nvidia?

Nope, they work for me! :wub:

 

[Insomniator]

Bundled with HL3 is probably the only thing that would get me to upgrade my GTX470 at this point.

 

[WelshBloke]

HL3 methinks

Please let this be true.

Please.

[reality]No chance in hell[/reality]

F**k you reality!

Please let this be true.

 

[yh125d]

Guys, it's -not- HL3

Do you really think valve/NV would take the time and trouble to put together a launch/announcement like that and then use a completely wrong crow bar?


No way. The fanboys would eat them alive.

 

[destrekor]

FYI, those crowbars are likely to be used to open a wooden crate or something similar.

I guess the 590 was "revealed" in ammo cans marked "top secret" so it's possible this time around they'll be using wooden crates.

If that's the case, I would actually be very surprised if it's anything BUT the 690 (be it BigK or a dual-GPU card) - I don't think they'd have that kind of media launch/reveal for a 670.

 

[Attic]

I'm so excited for HL3 that i'm going to replay HL2.


err.... thanks nVidia?

 

[Don Karnage]

690 coming out in a week and the 7990 scheduled for june? Ouch Amd...

 

[blastingcap]

I'm so excited for HL3 that i'm going to replay HL2.


err.... thanks nVidia?

If it's not HL2: EP3 then judging by the "zombie" reference on the crowbar, maybe it's Left4Dead 3 or some other zombie game...

 

[yh125d]

You know, I hope I'm wrong about the HL3 thing really

 

[destrekor]

If it's not HL2: EP3 then judging by the "zombie" reference on the crowbar, maybe it's Left4Dead 3 or some other zombie game...

You know, I hope I'm wrong about the HL3 thing really

As much as it would be great, I don't see it happening.
Wrong type of crowbar, wrong color to boot.

The zombies thing, I think, is just a play on the crowbar reference in general.
More importantly, that's why they say "zombies, or..." and half the Nvidia logo after that. That same half logo was also displayed on the 590 box/crate used for the press reveal. Not sure if they'd used that approach at any other time (quite possible), but usually they use the full logo for anything/everything, as opposed to that fancy splash of only a part of the logo.

HL3 should be sometime in the next year or two, I'd reckon.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Zombies = undead amd fanboys

 

[Aquila76]

Maybe they're taking credit for Flashback? Lots of nVidia mGPUs in all those zombie Macs.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Obviously they must be using nails instead of wood screws now.