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Originally Posted by Zhaoman

Yes the pendulum swings both ways, I understand this has always been the case with ATi and nVidia (both have been guilty of dirty tactics before and performance and optimisations vary with the seasons) but right now we are talking about nVidia's apparent sly tactics and dealings so it is their turn to come up with answers. This is the topic of discussion. We are not discussing history here we are addressing the issues in the present.

Talking about minor revisions to your last generation, what do you call the 8800GTX, 9800GTX and GTX250, oh and the 8800GT and 9800GT. Improving on a previous proven generation's architecture followed by a die shrink is a logical technique for advancing tech and there is nothing wrong with that. Even when the same product has clearly been rebranded with a new sticker.

Don't start about the naming scheme for their notebook parts:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html

The naming scheme seems to have no baring with the desktop parts!! The GTX260M basically has nothing to do with the GT200 series as it is basically an 8800GT based on the G92 core.

Lets look at the renaming in more detail
1.)8800GTS 320MB and 8800GTS 640MB - G80 core(65nm,96 shaders,384mb bit memory access)
2.)8800GTS 512MB - G92 core(65nm,128 shaders,256 bit memory access) to 9800GTX(same core) to 9800GTX+(65nm and 55nm,same core) to GTS250(55nm,same core)
3.)8800GT -G92 core (65nm,112 shaders.256 bit memory access) to 9800GT(65nm and 55nm,same core) to GT240(same core for OEM)
4.)8800GS -G92 core(65nm,96 shaders,192 bit memory access) to 9600GSO(same core) to 9600GSO G94 core(48 shaders,256 bit memory access)

There are some other rebrands around but I cannot be bothered to list them all.