iGames UK announce exclusive Nvidia upgrade

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	spicyjj 12:28 18/4/2003	leet [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	spicyjj 12:28 18/4/2003	i only said that so i could get 1st post. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Pen 12:28 18/4/2003	Depends on what it is, if its the FX5200 or 5600 then its s***, but 5800 and 5800 Ultra would be cool. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	spicyjj 12:29 18/4/2003	read: The actual card(s) which will be used are the Gainward GeForce FX 5600 ultra and the Gainward GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 12:29 18/4/2003	The actual card(s) which will be used are the Gainward GeForce FX 5600 ultra and the Gainward GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Pen 12:31 18/4/2003	:o [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	messeh deliverance 12:33 18/4/2003	guna b better than most cards in centres atm tho innit :x [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rode0 12:37 18/4/2003	/me buys lan centre's old gf4 ti4200's [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 12:39 18/4/2003	'tis a good deal, a lot of the lans seemed to have old gf4mxs [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Kronikal Anti-Climax 12:43 18/4/2003	The LAN centre in my 6000 populated town have onboard graphics cards, sound cards, 2 button ball mice and 400 CPU's, and that probably explains why it isn't a VGA centre [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 13:25 18/4/2003	"could we see more games being specifically designed to suit the Nvidia gfx cards?" No, but you'll see more "f***, ATi have better graphics cards than us, so let's give away as many FXs as possible to make them look great!" Not that the LAN centres being upgraded is a bad thing, quite the contrary, but the reasons for the deal are hardly Good Samaritan-like. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	phonics 13:26 18/4/2003	ure mixing fx with mx, fx is the new card. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 13:28 18/4/2003	Yeah cs really need a geforceFX to run acceptably, heh, so will myers get one for free being part of the igames 'crew'? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	polaris church 13:29 18/4/2003	Does it matter really Pen, I mean yeh it would be great to have the better version, but the FX5200 or 5600 is alot better then the Geforce 4 Mx 440 my gaming centre has. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 13:33 18/4/2003	lol nick, it's a bit of mutual back scratching, igames get a load of free cards and nvidia get to look like they are supporting the community. LAN centers around the UK will be filled with the evil whirring noise of the FX. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 13:37 18/4/2003	the cards aren't free in all cases. Some centres get them heavily discounted and i mean heavily. So its a good deal for both parties, whatever the reasoning. Especially for the people who use the igamesuk cafe's [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Pen 13:42 18/4/2003	Does it matter really Pen, I mean yeh it would be great to have the better version, but the FX5200 or 5600 is alot better then the Geforce 4 Mx 440 my gaming centre has. The 5200 is on par with a gf4mx460. Thats only a lil faster than ur 440 :< [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	phonics 13:44 18/4/2003	cs isnt the only game played u know, but wc3 and ut2003 etc all run fine on the fx5XXX [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 14:17 18/4/2003	"lol nick, it's a bit of mutual back scratching, igames get a load of free cards and nvidia get to look like they are supporting the community. " That's what I just said? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 14:50 18/4/2003	I wasn't disputing what you said, erm maybe should have looked like this... No, but you'll see more "f***, ATi have better graphics cards than us, so let's give away as many FXs as possible to make them look great!" lol Nice bit of mutual back scratching, igames get a load of free cards and nvidia get to look like they are supporting the community. LAN centers around the UK will be filled with the evil whirring noise of the FX. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 15:18 18/4/2003	Maybe you should re-read what I posted about 50 times until you "get it". [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	LordOfBlood 15:21 18/4/2003	Nick take a chill pill maaaaaan [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 15:29 18/4/2003	/me re-reads 50 times. Well what you said implied that the resons for it were to make the geforceFX look like a good card. whilst i said that it would look like they are supporting the gaming community. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	polaris church 15:31 18/4/2003	The actual card(s) which will be used are the Gainward GeForce FX 5600 ultra and the Gainward GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. What about if they are using those cards then? I'm sure people will see significant difference between the mx 440 used now in gaming centres, and the 5800 which will be used ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 15:36 18/4/2003	"Well what you said implied that the resons for it were to make the geforceFX look like a good card. whilst i said that it would look like they are supporting the gaming community." Brand image and the quality of cards are intertwined. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Wolfie WanadooWolfie 15:41 18/4/2003	ah well, at least some people have LAN centers, the nearest one 2 me has 4 PC's and a 56k modem connection, pc's that are from the stone age, ie. one of them is a Pentium 1 233mhz :\| and i dont wanna know wot graphics card it has:P [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 15:43 18/4/2003	The image of the company has no relation to the quality of the card itself, only the quality precieved by the public who choose to judge the quality of a card from the companys image. I mean a good card can make the company look good, but a good brand image dosen't make the cards performance any better. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	omg ! Sarge Shoot First Ask Later 15:43 18/4/2003	5600 gets outdone by a ti4800 in every test 5800 ultra is the best they have to offer, but it wouldve been better to hook up with Ati and got some 9700 pro's in there, their dominatnig all atm. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 15:46 18/4/2003	Thats a pretty shoddy 'LAN center' Wolfie. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 16:05 18/4/2003	"The image of the company has no relation to the quality of the card itself, only the quality precieved by the public who choose to judge the quality of a card from the companys image. I mean a good card can make the company look good, but a good brand image dosen't make the cards performance any better." Sigh. How do you think companies get good reputations in the first place? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 16:10 18/4/2003	By buying out the competion? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 16:12 18/4/2003	Argh, or competition even :/. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ShekkyBoy 16:20 18/4/2003	Wibble [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	phonics 16:55 18/4/2003	the fx5xxx is the budget range version hence in no competition with 9700 or fastest g4 (although itll be faster when games are designed for directx 9) www.tomshardware.com [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Wolfie WanadooWolfie 17:05 18/4/2003	thats wot i mean mango:) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 17:25 18/4/2003	NVidia was unheard of until they produced the GeForce 256 which creamed absolutely everything. From there they went onto the GeForce 2 which was one of, if not the, most popular graphics card of all time. That's how you get a good reputation, by churning out excellent graphics cards. Up until the FX range their image has been spotless... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 17:25 18/4/2003	What? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Genics thed0n 17:31 18/4/2003	Nick why do you post on here, your obviously far to clever for us, shouldnt you be working for one of these comapnys and running them how they should be done? Oh Wise One [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	kirium 17:39 18/4/2003	hes not just a pretty face!...umm...oh wait.. :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 18:02 18/4/2003	f* off back to the cave you came from Genics you king of tts. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 18:06 18/4/2003	ahh the days of two Voodoo 2's runing on an SLI, thank go they are over. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rich 18:07 18/4/2003	The cards arent free to the lan centres, they're just much cheaper than retail (50% or something). That means they'd still have to invest a good 3 grand+ for a 30 PC centre in which case, 4200's will probably do. Especially when RAM upgrades would be much more benificial for around the same cost (most have 256). [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rich 18:09 18/4/2003	Oh there's me ignoring Dev, nevermind. :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 18:11 18/4/2003	hehe. Newer centres get them at a HEAVY discounted price whilst older popular centres get them free with the not so popular centres getting them at like 50% discount is my understanding. overall though you can expect like 80% of the igamesuk centres to have the new FX5xxx series in their machines. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 18:13 18/4/2003	Hmm if that's the case shouldn't iGames UK apologise for publishing a misleading statement? It's almost as the centres are being forced to upgrade... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stu^ 18:20 18/4/2003	Man Nick knows everything [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 18:21 18/4/2003	Nick^, am I circumcised? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 18:24 18/4/2003	You have a c**k? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stu^ 18:24 18/4/2003	such a comedian aswell ! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ZaG Online Multiplayer Gaming 18:25 18/4/2003	Refresh [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Messiah Game2XS.Monkey Magic 18:27 18/4/2003	Reload [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rich 18:27 18/4/2003	Surely the older centres should get them cheaper since new centres will have relitively recent cards in their machines anyhow? Useless! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ZaG Online Multiplayer Gaming 18:28 18/4/2003	Recharge [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 18:29 18/4/2003	This is a business, it's not meant to be done efficiently or fairly, otherwise there'd soon be little need for it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 18:30 18/4/2003	i am not 100% on how its working but some centres are getting them free and others have to pay to get the cards (but a massive discount is offered). All around i think it is a TOP move for both parties. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stu^ 18:31 18/4/2003	exactly [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ZaG Online Multiplayer Gaming 18:31 18/4/2003	i'll swap 5 empty cans of diet coke for a discount on a Geforce FX :( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 18:32 18/4/2003	They should just upgrade centers with the capacity for holding major tournaments, and then give us - the gamers - the rest of the cards ;-) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ZaG Online Multiplayer Gaming 18:33 18/4/2003	I totally agree with Doz on this one [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rich 18:36 18/4/2003	Well ours isn't :( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 18:37 18/4/2003	Wehay free graphics cards all round! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 18:37 18/4/2003	Only a triad from Newcastle would have 5+ ppl in it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rich 18:38 18/4/2003	Only people from the south would accuse a lan centre's CS team of cheating :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Pen 19:59 18/4/2003	the fx5xxx is the budget range version hence in no competition with 9700 or fastest g4 (although itll be faster when games are designed for directx 9) poo! 5800Ultra is no budget card (£330), it was designed to be the fastest thing out there, and briefly it was but only in raw power. The 5600 is pretty expensive too @ £200 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rich 19:14 20/4/2003	None of the centres are getting any cards for free. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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