Any News On The Geforce 8900?

Just wondering if there has been any talk about the 8900. It seems like it really hasnt been talked about for several months and no news has surfaced on it to my knowledge but I was wondering if you guys may have heard any rumors.

I know people were speculating that it would be released right around this time.

So whats the news?

Ever heard of the 2900xl?

That information is long ago expired.

nV already said there will in fact be bringing out a GF8600Ultra which will compete against the RV670/HD2900Pro, and considering the leakage problems with 80nm it's unlikely any high-end part is going to be 80nm, might as well move to 65nm at this point. Also of course no GF8800Ultra on that list.

That list (which first surfaced at OCW) has pretty much been debunked as a credible roadmap.

in order for 8900s to come out, ati-amd must steps up. yes the 8800 ultra just came out. i dont see the points of nvidia releasing new cards, they has been selling well so far. i think ati-amd is holding back nvidia. what happened to ati since amd took over, we need the two companies to compete so we can new cards to play with.

lol, i dont thinks youll get anything better from ATI, the 2900s are huge and noisier.

Except for the fact that it still costs them more to make the GF8800 than it would be to make a smaller version (smaller not less capable folks).

And the GTS-320 is a very inefficient chip for it's price range, same cost as a GTX for the chip.

I've heard of it... it will SUCK! Suck your money out of your wallet and the electricity out of you wall outlet. The one thing that every Nvidia fanboi needs to worry about now is if Nvidia can do a die-shrink to thier gpu's to lower their power usage and heat output. I beleive the 8900 will be an "unlocked" G80 core with more stream processors and GDDR4 memory. It will be a nice card all in all and probablly suck just as much power as a 2900xt. After the release of the 8900 though Nvidia will be tapped out and Microsoft will probablly end up buying them. Remember this post!

Well ATI is supposed to have a high-end card out sometime in Q3. Whether its the 2900xtx or the 2950, it'll be 9 months late to the party, and with all that design time, it should outperform the 8800gtx. I can't see any other reason to further delay launching a highend product unless it was to pinch every bit of performance from it.

I'd expect Nvidia to launch the 8900's right around the same time in order to remain on top.

wait a minute what happened to the ATI 2800s? wouldnt that compare with the NV 8800's just like 1800s vs. 7800s? 2900 vs 8900?

A die-shrink would be nice.

Why compare the 8900 GTX with the 2900 XT, it's 3 generations above it. Let's count, 8800 GTS a bit better than 2900 XT, 8800 GTX a lot faster than 8800 GTS, 8900 GTX better be faster than 8800 GTX or there' no point in releasing it.

Why in heck would Microsoft buy nVidia???

I think you're confused what a "generation" is. Overall I agree that an 8900 GTX should not be compared to a 2900 XT... just think you could have worded it better.

And as far as Microsoft... nah... they're not buying Nvidia... Intel is the one to watch.

True, sorry.

I wish Intel would buy nVidia already and help them go to 45 nm fast... On the other hand, there's some cross-licensing going on, that might be just as good.

About the card sucking electricity: a computer running between 6 pm and midnight every weekday, plus 10 hours on Saturday and 10 hours on Sunday, for 5 years, consuming 600W all the time, will consume a total of 7800 KWh (where I live that's about US$ 1000). A graphics card that reduces its consumption by a third will save me about 1/6h of that, which is about US$ 170 over 5 years in total. Yeah, it's nice, but not that important.
Plus, in real life, the computer won't be under full load all the time.

You need to stop posting such degrading posts. You have yet to post anything constructive that I have seen...

Yes I have, I crapped one out and flushed it this morning.

How in the world do you figure that when it's the top choice in a decent/budget gaming rig right now?
I think he means that the G80 GPU on the 8800GTS card costs nVidia just as much to make as the G80 GPU on an 8800GTX card, since it's the same part with some of the shaders disabled, but they sell the card for a lot less than the GTX sells for.

Yes it is ;-)

Well you have to remember that R600 is based on before the AMD technology. Let's hope that some "Cool and quiet" technology from old K8 will land gpu development in coming years. R650 is only shrink update and R700 has been at drawing board for a while. Maybe R750 or R800 can go sleep mode when pixel grunshing is not needed...

By then high-Metal gate technology should be proven by cpu manufactures.

Ah, I see what you're saying.

Yeah, that really doesn't make sense that companies do that..

I hate to burst you bubble, but ATI cards have traditionally been more power hungry than their nVidia counterparts. For example, nVidia's 7900GTX uses 84w, while the Radeon X1900XTX uses 121w.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/v [...] ise_3.html



Here's how much the 2900XT uses:



From:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/v [...] re_14.html


If you are waiting for an ATI to use less power than it's competitor, then you may need to wait a very long time.

That reasoning would fly in the face of the existence of the 8800 Ultra, don't you think?

It may be 9 months between the launch of the GF8800GTX and a superior performing part, but that's not like saying the part itself is 9months late which is what you wrote. You could say AMD is 9months late to the party, but what you wrote it just wrong.

We call that relevant costing.

Well said.

*twiddles thumbs waiting for 65nm GPU's*