Nvidia launches all out attack on Via

Dom · Jun 27, 2003, 11:47 PM

GRAPHICS CHIP and chipset company Nzilla is distributing a document dissing Via's VT600A chipset.
Headed "How Via claims the Performance Crown", the five page document seen by the INQUIRER earlier this week, says the Taiwanese firm has "cherry picked" three benchmarks, configurations and resolutions and said its [Via's] figures aren't comparing what it describes as the real world. The real world, says Nzilla, is games.

It claims its own Nforce 2 chipset in boards from Asus and Gigabyte beats Via's on a number of benchmarks including Serious Sam Valley of the Jaguar, the Anand Antalus- Botmatch, Jedi Knight, the Comanche 4 Demo and Q3 Arena 1.17.

It produces a graph claiming that the list of benchmarks Nvidia's Nforce 2 wins at amounts to 56, using all resolutions.

And it ends by quoting a review from Sharky Extreme which describes the Nforce 2 SPP (Ultra 400) as the "most popular option for high end AMD gaming systems".

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Source: TheInquirer

Matth · Jun 28, 2003, 02:39 PM

Rearrange the words "Pot, kettle, black, calling, the"

A bit rich of Nvidia to accuse others of not playing fair with benchmarks!

RIV@NVX · Jun 29, 2003, 09:41 AM

NVIDIA = t3h suxx0r

Jun 27, 2003, 11:47 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Nvidia launches all out attack on Via GRAPHICS CHIP and chipset company Nzilla is distributing a document dissing Via's VT600A chipset. Headed "How Via claims the Performance Crown", the five page document seen by the INQUIRER earlier this week, says the Taiwanese firm has "cherry picked" three benchmarks, configurations and resolutions and said its [Via's] figures aren't comparing what it describes as the real world. The real world, says Nzilla, is games. It claims its own Nforce 2 chipset in boards from Asus and Gigabyte beats Via's on a number of benchmarks including Serious Sam Valley of the Jaguar, the Anand Antalus- Botmatch, Jedi Knight, the Comanche 4 Demo and Q3 Arena 1.17. It produces a graph claiming that the list of benchmarks Nvidia's Nforce 2 wins at amounts to 56, using all resolutions. And it ends by quoting a review from Sharky Extreme which describes the Nforce 2 SPP (Ultra 400) as the "most popular option for high end AMD gaming systems". ________________________ Source: TheInquirer

Jun 29, 2003, 09:41 AM	#3
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	NVIDIA = t3h suxx0r __________________ -- Vedran

Jun 28, 2003, 02:39 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Rearrange the words "Pot, kettle, black, calling, the" A bit rich of Nvidia to accuse others of not playing fair with benchmarks!