Rumors about NVIDIA opposition to the release of products on base of lucid logix hydra 200 chip already forced the first companies to come out with the public refutations, even MSI representatives reported that the delay of big bang fuzion motherboard announcement on base of this chip was dictated by the need for updating drivers.
Associate published the commentaries of all interested party representatives : NVIDIA, MSI and Lucid logix. Here we deal about the reasons for announcement delay of MSI big bang fuzion on base of lucid hydra 200 chip.
MSI explained, that the delay with the announcement of this motherboard was caused by the need for releasing driver for Windows 7. Announcement preparation precisely for this driver was given less attention, since under Windows XP and Windows vista all works more or less normally. In MSI plans also enters the announcement of motherboard with hydra 200 chip on base of chipset Intel x58, which will work with the processors LGA 1366. The corresponding product will be released in the second quarter 2010.
NVIDIA representatives reported that NVIDIA company , is not going to block the work of lucid hydra 200 chip at the drivers level . As a whole, NVIDIA greets the appearance Of lucid hydra 200 on the market, since this is good for the amateurs of games, it is good for NVIDIA. If this chip will scale the productivity of NVIDIA video chip better than SLI technology, this will attract more buyers for NVIDIA. If Hydra 200 will more effectively scale the productivity of two video chip AMD, for this NVIDIA it will work at driver improvement .