April would be a good time for NV to release, if they are able. Lots of new builds with IB releasing around the same time.
April would be a good time for NV to release, if they are able. Lots of new builds with IB releasing around the same time.
I'm waiting for April to make a move as well. It just makes sense to upgrade everything at once. Assuming some people are in the same situation and waiting for IB anyway, it might not be too bad for Nvidia to release in April. Of course, if April isn't the release date for GK, people aren't to wait indefinitely!
April would be a good time for NV to release, if they are able. Lots of new builds with IB releasing around the same time.
Isn't the majority of IV delayed until June/July or something? And I also doubt there will be a huge influx of new customers over that anyways. So I doubt an April release wouldn't make a huge difference or not. (Unless you count us as being alot of new builds on intels 'the customers we really care about chart' chart :\)
Intel is only delaying dual core mobile Ivy Bridge CPUs
Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-i...bile-ivy-bridge-cpus/14933.html#ixzz1mweXRFkT
As far as the mobile Core i3's are concerned, it looks like we have to hold on until sometime in August or September before these models land. Sadly we can't offer a specific launch window for the desktop Core i3's as yet, but judging by the information we've seen, Intel will be releasing new models at an even pace throughout the year with some quad core desktop Core i5 models arriving in Q3. For what it's worth it looks like Ivy Bridge will be a drawn out launch with Intel replacing Sandy Bridge model as and when the company and its partners have depleted their stock.
Good if thats all then!
Yeah, performance Desktop CPUs should ship on-time. As other linked-to, lower-tier and mobile CPUs may be slightly delayed into May/June.
If NV misses April/May, that will be a pretty sizable opportunity cost they give-up as folks choose 78xx and 79xx AMD parts instead.
April would be a good time for NV to release, if they are able. Lots of new builds with IB releasing around the same time.
Last month would have been a good time. As of now, the sooner the better. It's never good to be later than your competition to market. The later you are the worse it is.
I wouldn't be so sure. Though not to the same extent, Nvidia has a cult following just like Apple. Plenty of people out there are willing to wait however long it takes for them to release new products, even if they are way later and slower than the competition.
I wouldn't be so sure. Though not to the same extent, Nvidia has a cult following just like Apple. Plenty of people out there are willing to wait however long it takes for them to release new products, even if they are way later and slower than the competition.
Sampled in September?
Last month would have been a good time. As of now, the sooner the better. It's never good to be later than your competition to market. The later you are the worse it is.
Maybe I should clarify. I wasn't saying April was the THE best time release, more that they should release by that timeframe or face losing-out on a big upgrade cycle that will be hitting this year. With AMD out of the Desktop CPU performance market (essentially) IB will be THE biggest upgrade cycle for mid to high-end PCs in 2012. With February 2/3 gone, it doesn't seem likely NV would launch anything in early March either. That leaves late March/April timeframe as really the soonest you could expect parts to hit the retail channels. Even that is pretty optimistic.
If NV doesn't ship until May or later, they will lose-out on a great opportunity for folks that are getting new CPU/GPU re-builds. Unfortunately, we are back to a time in PCs where your GPU is 2x your CPU/MB investment for most people. Those that get a nice 2500K/MB combo at MC for ~$250 then chalk-up $400-500 for a mid to high-end GPU. :/
market bulges are pretty important to time right. the evergreen family still dominates the dx11 gpu steam hardware survey even 2+ years later.
windows 7 and dx11 was a big driver of upgrades, absent a must play game at the time. sandybridge and bf3/skyrim havent seemingly done as much for the adoption of northern islands or gf 6xx series. that initial rush of people upgrading for w7 at chirstmas time was just too big and not enough of those people migrated to the next gen.
ivybridge desktop has been getting a lukewarm reception in the AT cpu/oc section. It may not be enough to kickstart a large upgrade/newbuild cycle.