[geeks] Sun to adopt newest Intel Xeon chips for upcoming servers (link)

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Wed Jan 24 21:36:57 CST 2007


Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 08:05:32PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
>>>> I've no idea about the other brands, and I'm afraid to try them out with
>>>> my own money.
>>> PNY is, if I'm not mistaken, owned by Nvidia.
>> Are you sure of that?  If PNY were owned by nVidia, then why is it that
>> eVGA, not PNY, builds all of nVidia's reference boards?  Surely if
>> nVidia owned PNY, they'd have PNY make them.
> 
> No, I'm not sure of that.  However, if eVGA makes all of the reference
> boards, then why isn't eVGA listed as a board partner for the Quadros?
> The only ones listed there are PNY, Leadtek, and Elsa.  And my recall is
> that at NAB, PNY is what Nvidia is pimping in the booth.  I don't know
> about you, but I find the Quadro FX540 PVE to be an interesting looking
> card,

Yeah, the Quadros are interesting pieces of hardware indeed.



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