Nvidia Fakes Fermi Boards At GPU Tech Conference 212
fragMasterFlash writes with this excerpt from SemiAccurate:
'In a really pathetic display, Nvidia actually faked the introduction of its latest video card, because it simply doesn't have boards to show. Why? Because it didn't get enough parts to properly bring them up, much less make demo boards. ... Notice that the three screws that hold the end plate on are, well, generic wood screws. Large flat -head Phillips screws. Home Depot-grade screws that don't even sit flush. If a card is real, you hold it on with the bolts on either side of the DVI connector. Go look at any GPU you have; do you see wood screws that don't mount flush or DVI flanking bolts? ... If you look at the back of the fake Fermi, [from this PC Watch picture], you can see that the expected DVI connector wires are not there, just solder-filled holes. No stubs, no tool marks from where they would be cut out. Basically, the DVI port isn't connected to anything with solder, so they had to use screws on the plate."
Re:Lies! (Score:4, Funny)
What the article didn't see fit to mention is that the combination of wooden NVIDIA card and NVIDIA Linux driver still outperform the equivalent production ATI card and ATI Linux driver.
Re:This is actually a lot more common... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who cares... (Score:2, Funny)
The second I saw NVidia articles I knew that this was just a PR thing just so that people don't forget about them after ATI's launch. I knew their product wasn't finished and they had to show *something* in development, but c'mon, you have to admit this is pretty funny. I mean--wooden screws and boards!
I didn't know it would be *this* bad, LOL.
Re:Oh, dear: keep programmers away from screwdrive (Score:5, Funny)
Shocker, a Slashdot author unfamiliar with screwing.
Re:Totally faked. (Score:5, Funny)
Ferocious nerds with no life? Check.
Re:Who cares... (Score:5, Funny)
I mean--wooden screws and boards!
They are wood screws, not wooden screws. Wooden screws are made of wood, wood screws are made to screw into wood, and are made of steel.
The boards themselves look legit - except for the odd screws and lack of an actual DVI connection to the board.
Re:This is actually a lot more common... (Score:5, Funny)
More like "any sufficiently rigged demo is indistinguishable from advanced technology"
Re:Ya well (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who cares... (Score:3, Funny)
But the mounting screws weren't actual Fermi mounting screws. How can we ever trust you again!?