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And the 580 was just a rebranded 480, which was released in June 2016.
by elabajaba 3y ago
And the 580 was just a rebranded 480, which was released in June 2016.
- ktta 3y agoThis just makes the case for supporting it even further, because then they'd be supporting multiple years worth of hardware with just the effort for one uarch
- imtringued 3y agoNothing like having a lottery of 2-6 years of support for your hardware to make your customers confident they are getting value out of the products they are buying. The manufacturer can smugly proclaim they offered six years of support for a product that was on the shelf four years into the driver's lifecycle.
- latchkey 3y agoSpeaking from having run tens of thousands of both 580 and 480, they weren't just rebranded. Maybe on paper they seemed similar, but they didn't run similar.