NVIDIA seems to have grown tired of launching new products for a failing market. Last we heard about new graphics cards called GeForce GTS that turned out to be just rebranded GeForce 9800 series cards. NVIDIA seems to be doing the same thing to its “new” Phenom II AM3 chipsets. NVIDIA is said to launch the nForce 980a SLI chipset next month, but the circuit appeared already when ASUS launched its new Socket AM3 motherboards, but it looks like it is just a new suit.
The source claims that NVIDIA will simply rename rename nForce 780a SLI to nForce 980a SLI, without really changing anything but the name. We’ll try to leave the judging up to you. NVIDIA’s current chipsets has all the features needed to handle AMD’s AM3 processors, but at the same time it feels like they are trying to drain this old product a bit too much with this whole renaming scheme.
Below is NVIDIA’s message to partners;
The NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI SPP is an enthusiast-class high performance interface to AMD AM3 CPUs. It is RoHS-compliant. It includes 2×16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes (also configurable as 1 x16, 2 x8) and 3×1 PCI Express 1.0 lanes, 12 USB ports, six SATA ports, and single GigE. To ensure timely availability and flexibility, we encourage customers to qualify and release products using the NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI SPP.
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