Nvidia Fakes Fermi Boards At GPU Tech Conference

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 3, 2009 @12:19AM from the red-handed dept.

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."

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Re:Who cares... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-03 01:51 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Total BS. Look again. Those are fillister head screws not wood screws. This guy just has an nVidia vendetta.
This crowd voted overwhelmingly for Obama by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-03 10:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Going for bling with no substance is par for the course.
See how Obama jumped in over his head, floundered, and only asked "What went wrong" after it was too late..
Like a complete amateur.
Hmmm, am I talking about cap-and-trade (dead), Obamacare (dead), Afghanistan (failing), closing Gitmo (not happening), pulling out of Iraq (we're waiting...), Iranian nukes (be good or the UN will send you a sternly-worded letter...) or the 2016 Olympics (major FAIL)? Could be any of those, couldn't it?
Read that NY Times editorial and find out.