Nvidia 9 series / G100

Im sure I read elsewhere that the 9800GTX was the next 3 way sli card... That should eat crysis for breakfast...

He thinks you cute.

Or he thinks that your ignorant bliss over likely false information is cute.

Its ok, you are forgiven.

The specs certainly are within the realm of reality though. I wouldnt be suprised if we do see something like that down the road a bit. But I dont think it will be the 9 series.

But then I dont really know anything about nVidia's secret plans.

You've read Michael Crichton's books haven't you?

Particularly "State of Fear."

If you havent, you should. Good stuff.

HOLY CRAP!

That is all I can say about G100


Could it be true though? NV's former plans was just to refresh the 9800 series cards with 55nm parts in summer, but that seams kinda silly to me... They should be ready with a G100 by then, as this old 9800 and 8800 tech was developed a looooong time ago now. (Yes the 9800 chips are old, basically just more G80's lol).
Those numbers don't sound ridiculous to me, I think the G100 specs should come in close to those numbers.

Have i LOST SOMETHING? - LIKE THE PLOT HERE??

Nobody in this thread mentioned the word "cute" before his post, thus I am convinced that he\she\it is mentally challenged

*nobody mentioned the lover novel either lol*

Specs don't add up under the current architecture, so there's some major changes to ratios internally.

At first blush it sounds more like an R680 style product, where it's 2 x a 192shader solution, with each being 900million transistors.

Using the old architecture (not changing the composition of the shaders), that would mean a 50% increase in SPUs while maintaining the same TMU/ROP ration for the end result of tripling the shaders while doubling the back end from the G80-92. The problem with that is a change in the ROP-bitwidth ratio as well.

Anywhoo, I'd take that info with a grain of salt, because even at 55nm a 1.8 billiion transistor chip is going to be pretty big surface area wise, and I have a feeling that it's more likely two 900 million transistor chips with an approach similar to the R700.

Might still be available, but you know that nVidia and AMD will test it as soon as Samsung et al can give them some, because they're probably their most influential customers (with the AIB being the actual larget 'purchasers').

I would suspect you might see support for GDDR5 in those chips, but they might not actually use them in the cards until a refresh, especially depending on price/performance/availability.

How much?

Sorry its far less glamorous than that. Its a quote from the simpsons where homer is working for that global billionare crazed maniac genius. In it he says "but were well ahead of the germ warfare and weather machine divisions".

I have read "prey" by Crichton, the snazzy cover drew me in, and i actually really enjoyed it. Will keep an eye out for the others you mentioned.