what GPU is nvidia coming out with now ??

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wonder what it will be




- any suggestions
 

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didnt they do some stupid game like that a month or two ago for some AGP card? Right now that banner is showing a "Come get your 7600" which leads me to believe its just some crappy refresh on something that they;ve quietly introduced.
 

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I'm thinking the G80 series. Maybe something else, but we have to wait.

Dont hold your breath. There's no way....the G80 and R6xx are same time realeses based around Vista. Seeing how its been delayed past the November date, might as well get that out of our heads.

I"m afraid the 7900 and X1900 will be with us for quite some time...
 

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I know, I'm just saying. It wouldn't make sense for them to release anything new before Vista.
Look at it on the marketing side; say Nvidia releases the G80, they'll be able to say "The first Direct X10 graphics processor". We all know 64-bit was instantly picked up at its release. :lol:
 

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I know, I'm just saying. It wouldn't make sense for them to release anything new before Vista.
Look at it on the marketing side; say Nvidia releases the G80, they'll be able to say "The first Direct X10 graphics processor". We all know 64-bit was instantly picked up at its release. :lol:

Not necessarily....look at the Itanium and how that went.
 

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I very much realize that, however I simply making an anology.
You said how 64bit was "instantly picked up" ---therefore you went outside
of the Nvidia speach...(not pointing fingers or being an ass)

I realize the two companies are very different. However the basical underlining principal is still the same....whats the point of supporting something when there wont be anything to utilize with for at least another 8 months.

O yeah, Nvidia did the exact same thing with SM 3.0.....duh
 

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heh maybe it will be like the old FX series cards and go with something like a 7950GTX, but most likely nothin to get ur pantys in a bundle
 

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Just wondering.
Does anyone know how many bits wide or addressable are CURRENT GPUs?
I heard the GPUs: 7900 and X1900s are 64bit, 128 bit, 256, 1024 bit??
For raw power, it blows a '64 bit dual core" X2 out of the water.
Something like ?
G70(512)=24 SIMD channels * 16 FLOPs * 0.55GHz = 211 GFLOPs
R580=16 SIMD channels * 36 FLOPs * 0.65GHz = 374 GFLOPs

AMD 4400 x2
Whetstone FPU : 8041 MFLOPS
Whetstone iSSE2 : 10404 MFLOPS

Please don't yell if these numbers arn't 100% correct. I'm just trying to get a rough idea how good these GPUs are and how many "bits" the GPUs are.
 

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I've heard from an inside source at EA Games that they'll be recieving 8 Series cards for hardware testing soon. I've also heard that the 8 series will be available for the public in June. This time would make that rumor seem accurate.

My gut is telling me the same thing. Let's face it, the 7900GTX and 7900GT, while supposedly on a different core, are almost exactly the same as the 7800 series. Very subtle differences. So I think the 7900GTX IS the refresh for the high-end 7 series. This is just me though.

I'll be keeping my 7800GT until they squeeze out these 8 series cards (which will most definitely need to be DirectX 10 compatible).
 

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I've heard from an inside source at EA Games that they'll be recieving 8 Series cards for hardware testing soon.

Whose your source? I would love to hear this. The G80 and R600 have been taped out for quite sometime and are now inhouse for testing, nothing new here. Considering I've yet to come across a properly coded EA game yet, I really couldnt give two cents what their using.

I've also heard that the 8 series will be available for the public in June. This time would make that rumor seem accurate.

Nothing's proved that, and possibly a simple clock speed bump (refresh) is logical, but highly doubtful as it would just take more time and energy away from G80 production.

So I think the 7900GTX IS the refresh for the high-end 7 series. This is just me though.

Really??? Had me fooled....

I'll be keeping my 7800GT until they squeeze out these 8 series cards (which will most definitely need to be DirectX 10 compatible).

Agreed. No point in upgrading now unless its absolutely necessary.
The G80 will have to be DX 10 compliant, otherwise your going to
see Nvidia go down like a freaking rock. (I still miss 3DFX)
 

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when i got half-life 2 , for my emachines it totally raped my Pc


and that was about a year ago now look how graphis are evolving

wonder if Ati , Nvidia can try to make a video card as best as possible so it can last longer

u know put all there efforts into making there flagship card that stands out and will last a long time

its tiresome , every 6-8 months that a new Gfx card comes out

i know hadware just keeps moving foward

hopefully vista can open new doors to the technology front ...



i got 600fps on quake 3 , could go higher

i read some forum , a while back
some guy said he could barely get 100 fps , i forgot what card he had
but it proved how new hardware can change things
 

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:twisted: Hehe sm 4.0?? They havent even managed to fully utilize sm 3.0 and you are talking about 4.0? 8O
Dx 10 wont be available for about another year at least. The inustry will be hit by customers not purchasing updated cards for Vista, Dx, and Sm. Hardley any games fully use sm 3.0 for advantage. Strange, but it just might happen.
Dont plan to race with hopes and dreams if you aint got no engine