Evidence that Nvidia renamed 9xxx GPUs tips up

With PhysX logo and spin
By Charlie Demerjian Saturday, 3 January 2009

Thanks to reader Ray, we have the first evidence of this, so these retreads will likely be 'out' at CES. The official proof comes in a PDF from the German retailer Mediamarkt, here. As you can see, they are listing a GeForce G100, GT120, and GT130. We guess the green goblin didn't have the guts to say 8800GS, er... 9600GSO and 9500GT anymore. Luckily Nvidia didn't forget the first rule of marketing: if your products suck, spin. In case you hadn't noticed, Nvidia hasn't put out any lower end SKUs based on the GT200 because... well, it is spinning a lot. It is also sitting on a huge inventory of 9xxx series parts that no one really wants because a good chunk of them likely contain the defective materials set. So, rather than come clean, Nvidia is changing the names hoping to whitewash the issue. How consumer friendly. If your products suck, spin.

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