Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Nvidia, not Apple the Reason for 30 inch Cinema Display Delay
Posted by James Fee in "NEWS" @ 08:00 AM
"Following reports that Apple Computer has delayed its new 30-inch high-definition Cinema display into October, The Inquirer is reporting that the company's third party graphics card supplier Nvidia may be to blame. According to the report, Apple is "raring to go" forth with the new displays, but Nvidia is unable to produce stable versions of its new GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL card, which are required to power the 2560x1600 pixel mammoths. "With 6800 Ultras in short supply on the PC, and the marketing machine telling everyone to buy 6800GTs, this special edition 6800 Ultra must be a niche of a niche of a niche - and possibly even less viable to produce." The report also notes the massive size of the graphics card, suggesting that it is neither cheap nor easy to manufacture.
Not that any of us here are lining up to get one of these, but it is interesting that new Apple users will have to put up with the problems associated with high end Nvidia cards that PC users have dealt with for the past few years including the fact that they are just too damn wide for their own good. Coupled with the G5 processor, this must be about the hottest (temperature) desktop out there.
No need to heat my house in the winter, I have a Macintosh.
Not that any of us here are lining up to get one of these, but it is interesting that new Apple users will have to put up with the problems associated with high end Nvidia cards that PC users have dealt with for the past few years including the fact that they are just too damn wide for their own good. Coupled with the G5 processor, this must be about the hottest (temperature) desktop out there.
No need to heat my house in the winter, I have a Macintosh.
