Nvidia quietly intros first GeForce 300-series graphics card

Agree

I can't believe Nvidia is starting the 3xx series with a low end rebranded card. Someone really needs to talk to Nvidia's marketing/PR department

nVidia is not dying. They are encountering the same manufacturing problems as ATI. Just because nVidia is releasing their cards late does not mean they are dying. They do the same thing with all of their new GPU lines, they release the little guys first that seemingly copy the generation before and than they introduce their new line with update specifications and hardware. It seems as though most people in this thread need to jump off the ATI/AMD bandwagon and do a little research before posting. nVidia has stated in several differnt articles and even in the convention they held that their new GT300 line will release in Q1. I realize with me posting this I am going to be labeled as an nVidia fan boy. Ive got 3 words for that, bring it on.

I wonder if nvidia reads any of this?? there should be a way of letting nvidia know what is the costumer really wants...i mean i 've been waiting for some official news of the geforce 300
series since the end of summer (sept/oct) there were news floating around the internet since april saying that the new 300 series was going to be released late 09!!! Wtf happened!!!
this is all f$&@# up ati already released their top of the line directx11 card shortly after win7 came out... But nvidia not even a word only this slap in the face bull $h!t card.. So wtf ati comes up with its top of the line gpu an nvidia anwers with the lowest of the lowest end gpu WTF!!!! either nvidia is has to come up with a superior card for the same price or a superdeal cheap and powerful card or they can just give up the bussines specially if the keep rebranding their old gpus into newer ones.

That suks Fermi architecture remains dormant.
Nvidia is slowly and painfully dying.... Nvidia continues teasing us hope they stop before they don't get anyone to tease at.

nVidia has consistently re-branded their mobile GPUs from different generations. For example, the GT130 is better than the GT220. They're basically the same exact card, the 130 just has slightly higher clocks... utterly annoying and pathetic.

This is just ridiculous. The first 400-series card will probably be a rebranded 6600.

I don't understand nvidias logic behind naming this thing a 300 series card. Did they just want to keep the Fermi hype up and at least have something released before x-mas?
If they don't get their act together and soon, ATI will steal their lunch. How much has changed in a couple of years.

Nvidia is not dying, and they're not having second thoughts. They only offer a flourish, pomp, and circumstance with worthwhile cards. This is obviously not a worthwhile card. It may be the first one of the series, but it's by far not their best and ANYONE can see that quite plainly. Anyone suggesting otherwise is either trying to put down Nvidia, or they don't understand business and marketing practice.

Why rebrand an old card with the new series? People will buy it for that reason alone, that is why....

As long as it is inexpensive, this could be a good alternative to IGPs.

This doesn't seem like an improvement on the 210, which already has heavy competition from the 4650. This kind of news makes it look like the fermi architecture isn't going to get released any time soon.

I was today at that shop and the price for 7200GS is 20 euro same as a 8400GS - both cards are new and selling very well at that shop.

I was so hoping NVIDIA won't do this. I really hated them for the 4mx farce, and there they go again, confusing consumers who will surely end up buying this thinking it has the same features as higher end 300 cards. (That's assuming that new generation cards will be the 300 line. And ever come out.)

Why do they keep using DDR2 for video cards and on sizes that are totally unpractical (like 1gb of DDR2, a card with this kind of vram is unlikely to take advantage that much memory)? GDDR5 is becoming more and more common on new models so the budget cards should be getting at least GDDR3.

Is there a difference between the 8800GT and the 9800GT?
I couldn't find one...

By "business and marketing practice", you're obviously referring to the "let's swindle the customer by making them think they're getting something new, while all we're doing is putting a new sticker on it"

All it is is a scam. Their entire product-naming methodology is designed to rip-off the consumer. At least auto manufacturers just use the year. If nVidia wanted to play the honesty game, they should have called this card the 210-09 or the 2009 210. It sickens me. NVidia isn't the only one doing this though, they just play the game.

I can't believe people still buy move nvidia than ATI.
It is unfortunate that people are blinded by the brand. I really can't see any reason why anyone should buy a nvidia card these days.
ATI doesn't just provide better cards, but also cheaper.
Maybe I will become ATI crazy like all those other Nvidia guys ).

nvidia is doing this for one reason because they can. the rebranding thing is just a ploy to get unexpecting people to buy old hardware thinking its new really its just a tragedy in and of itself nvidia will probably bring out the 330 series and it will be good but i have lost all faith in them and am an avid ati fan now

I don't really see the point of releasing a card like this and calling it new and especially branding it a 300 series.
I can't wait to see what Nvidia comes out with as far as their high end 300 series cards with DX 11. I was hoping they would have answered new Radeons by now but still no definite word on when the new line of cards will be out.