Nvidia G92 GPU launch brought forward - October 29

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Nvidia G92 GPU launch brought forward
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Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 9 October 2007]


Nvidia is bringing forward the launch date of its upcoming GeForce 8800 GT (G92) GPU to October 29 from the original November 12, targeting AMD's new Radeon HD 2950PRO (RV670) as the major competitor, according to sources at graphics card makers.

With G92 and RV670 having a tight performance/price ratio, Nvidia's earlier launch should give the company an advantage in the market, noted the sources.

In addition to G92, Nvidia will also launch the G98 GPU to replace the GeForce 8600 series, however the launch date has not yet been set, added the sources.

Nvidia was invited to comment on this report, but did not respond by the time of publication.

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20071009PD207.html
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Its just been speculation until now. Now its official. I guess it puts to rest any rumors of a 9xxx series this year.

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Wondering the same thing...

It won't kill me if the 8800GTX I just got is not totally obsolete for a few more months.

True, same here.

Maybe they should take a break and figure out how to make cards at 45 nm before they cram more transistors in there.

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Huh?

No specs for any cards, just speculation.

64steam processors but much higher clocks for core and shader then the 8800gts's, which is what catches them up with them. Single slot cooler and 512mb of memory, although im sure a dual slot card will appear.

But aside from that none are confirmed.

It'd be nice for ATI to give the 8800GTX some competition and keep their competition either as quiet or quieter and as fast or faster than the GTX. We shall see, we shall indeed see.

mmm Now I wonder if I should wait for the 8800GT 512mb, or just buy a 8800 GTS 320mb now, decisions decisions..

Wow, seriously? The 8800 GTS 320 is the most recommended card on this forum. They're nuts if they stop making it.

I wonder if the 512 will actually be better then the 320 GTS, Seems like its in between the 256 and 512 since they are boosting up the 640mb.

yeah, if the 8800gt is meant to replace the 8800gts320 it should outperfom it aswell, it wouldn't make any sense otherwise..

Maybe for the 640mb(I don't think they will end it considering they are updating it) Also if I don't see why they would give it a boost IF the 512 didn't come a little too close to it, perhaps even closer then the 320 came to the 640, just my 2 cents.

Because of how they compete. The GTS-320 is expensive to make, and it's likely got limited return at or below $200. The GF8800GT is a smaller chip selling at it's maximum value, and riding on a cheaper PCB, but unknown memory quality/cost.

Now the GTS-320 is somewhat memory limited, so the GF8800GT could beat it in situations where the memory size becomes a problem, especially because of the texture memory error, but at the same time the GTS-640 has to concern itself with competition from both the new HD2900 and the OLD HD2900, as well as the HD2950. For nVidia if it's not to much trouble to enable aditional SPUs on the GTSs, then it makes sense to start selling a GTS+ to combat the opposition, while giving it additional value breathing room from it's own product, which they are looking to launch at $250.

Removing the current stock of GTSs gives them a better value spread for their current lineup. Simply removing the GTS-320 would put some pressure on a continued GTS-640, especially if the G92 does its job for much less power useage as well. The other concern will be once the GF8800GT drops to $200, 2 in SLi would likely do very favourably against an old GTS-640.

k wtf... that is perhaps the gayest news i have heard in like 5 months.. maybe my entire life.. holy crap wow

WTF was that queer at Nvidia talking about... how they were going to release this special product for the release of Crysis.. holy **** that makes me so mad WTF QUEER DOUCHE bags... omfg I blame this entire situation im in on the R600... i thought it was going to own the 8800 gtx so i waited and then i found out it sucked balls.. and then now iv waited so long.. and now im waiting for Penryn and the new 9800 cards BECAUSE again those queer bags from Nvidia on an official press release said NOVEMBER FOLKS for the new family... EACH YEAR from now on.. what a bunch of bu11 ****... ******* *** ****** ****.... ****

so this basically means no Crysis for me.. i refuse to play that game on anything but totally max settings no lag at all...

i dont understand what that guy from Nvidia was talking about.. a new card for the release of Crysis... BS.. unless hes talking about the 8800GT.. if so then thats totally useless like release a 8600 for Crysis.... omg is all i have to say to that ****

*i havent totally given up hope however.. not until the very end when November and December finally roll by will i finally give up and get mad that i dont have Crysis running on my pc. and then become very sad hahaha lol

when did i say i didnt find the graphics good enough for my tastes? i said i did not want to play anything but on the very highest settings

What do you have now I wonder

I wonder if this 8800gt will be DX10.1 capable?

Man, I just finally got my 8800GTS 320mb and now it's gonna be obsolete...

The 8800GTX isn't that bad. ...not that bad at all. I'm seriously considering getting another for SLi, along with a respectable PSU. Hmmm...9800 next year...well, I might get hit by a truck next week, so I'm going to enjoy today.

Cheers.

I want to play crysis on low with no lag at all

Supposedly the next high end nvidia card will be 2x 8800gt on one base?? That sounds cool.

Dude, these posts are crackin me up. I am with randomizer on this one. I have been delaying my upgrade for so long my system would probably crash if I started Crysis on ultra low settings. I am actually so far behind upgrading…it’s more like overhauling. The release of the G92 works out nice for me since I was planning on building a new system in the spring. I feel bad to those who cashed out back in the 7 series…solid cards but DX9 is toast.

I was actually a little shocked that PS3 came out at the end of DX9. Knowing the DX10 was around the corner, I honestly wasn’t too impressed. Even though programmers haven’t pushed the PS3 to its full potential yet, PC gaming with DX10 and holds far more promises. Hopefully PCIx 2.0 makes a difference too. My goal is to build a system to kill the PS3 and have it run new titles like Crysis on max. That should keep me set till the quad core GPUs come out

My die hand throwing specs arent high enough to play that, neither my table to put it on.

Yeah and actually have the GMA X3000 as Baltic Ave.

Pass go collect 200 Bungholiomarks.