This article I found seems to be from COMDEX, but the information is still pretty recent. Check it out here: http://www.hightekpc.com/articles/nvidiagpu/nvidiaconf.html
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Mr. Desai even admitted the insane noise level of the first FX's was actually somewhat geared toward geeks [or someone like me] who used to compete for the loudest computer at LAN parties. This went too far, obviously.
Originally posted by leukotriene
So the fact that it had an incredibly loud cooler was not a result of a terribly hot die running at insane clock speeds on a process it wasnt meant to. No sir!
Actually it wasnt. The core didnt need it, it was the ultra hot ram that needed it.
Half the APPEAL of having a really nice system is the ability to tweak it out and get better graphics and higher FPS than other people with the same hardware. I guess it's good I'm sticking to ATI then..."The Way It's Meant to be Played," which seems to be showing up on games left and right. nVidia wants to make sure people don't understand this as "Optimized for nVidia" or even "Only for nVidia."....[instead] This is their attempt at providing a "console-like" experience for gamers..."pop the CD in and grab the controller"
no no no. they said that the loud fan was a bad thing. My buddy that was with me brought up his recent noise competitions at some LANS.
Actually it wasnt. The core didnt need it, it was the ultra hot ram that needed it.
Originally posted by leukotriene
Please, reference the claim that the core was cool running - we know the RAM was hot, because it had to be clocked insanely high in order to attempt to make up for the sad 128 bit memory bus. We know the core was put out on the standard process rather than the low-k dielectric variant, and we know the clock speed was very high and the power draw was quite significant.
Originally posted by fallguy
Its pretty common knowledge that the ram is what needed it, with DDR2, not the core. Dont believe me? Go look.
Thats what I recall as well, but apprently I'm wrong!IIRC It was both...