DX10.1s not for nvidia

[rangers]

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/13972/1/

Nvidia is preparing to launch a new 40nm mobile generation and we hear that they might have a lot of design wins with this generation. Sources believe that ATI didn’t manage to deliver 40nm chips on time and that is why Nvidia won so many design wins.

If you remember RV740 in mobile variation 40nm was out in March at Cebit, but so far we haven’t seen a single notebook shipping with it.

Nvidia’s 40nm notebook stuff is DirectX 10.1 and you can expect very good performance per watt, something that is very important for notebook users. Many Calpella notebooks will jump for Nvidia’s 40nm as Calpella has to have discrete graphics to work as its P55 mobile chipset doesn’t have any integrated graphics.

after going on about it for years (that it does not matter) there finally getting it out the door

 

[megamanx00]

Considering AMD is selling every 4770 they can make I don't think they are too worried about it. You'll see 40nm RV740s make their way into notebooks after the demand for the discreet product tapers off a bit. AMD may not move other parts to 40nm since they will be focusing on DX11 parts soon. It makes more sense for them to focus on developing 40nm DX11 parts for all segments rather than redoing their current parts for 40nm when they will be replaced by the DX11 parts just a few months after.

 

[megamanx00]

And another thing, just what 40nm part is this NV chip gonna be? If it's a 40nm 9500GT I'm just not gonna be impressed

 

[Mousemonkey]

Seeing as we are inundated with DX10 and DX10.1 games it's a real hardship that so keeps me awake at night.

 

[rangers]

i just find it funny that nvidia said DX10.1 was no good yet they are doing a complete 360

 

[Mousemonkey]

As there is just one game that I know of that is DX10 'only' and it plays just fine on a 7900GT the whole 'Gotta have DX10.1' issue is cobblers and until DX11 specific titles turn up and by that I mean games that will not install and cannot be played on anything other than DX11 capable hardware this kind of thread is pointless

 

[daedalus685]

And another thing, just what 40nm part is this NV chip gonna be? If it's a 40nm 9500GT I'm just not gonna be impressed

I'm also pretty curious, couldn't care less bout 10.1.. but I'm interested to see what the first nvidia 40nm will be.. 9400Go!

 

[Mousemonkey]

I'm also pretty curious, couldn't care less bout 10.1.. but I'm interested to see what the first nvidia 40nm will be.. 9400Go!

Ahh, the guessing game!, now that's a bit more fun. still pointless though as they will be re-badged before the ink on the boxes is dry, but still fun.

 

[daedalus685]

lets see.. before teh 4890 and 4770 people thought the 40nm would be high end and names like 4995x2 were thrown around.... How about the GTX240M?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Nah, it's gonna get car like, with the GTXxxxR then the GTXxxxType-R followed by the GTXxxxZR's :lol:

 

[IzzyCraft]

Then they can bring back the FX5700 fan cooler (i think i'm thinking of the right card) then your GPU can sound like a Car you can hear it rev up.

I'm guessing this is just R/D stuff they just produced to prove to ati fanboys yes we can and are able to do that *** but choose not to until we find it usefull.

 

[B-Unit]

No no no, it will be the NLB240M (No Lead Bumps).

 

[Dekasav]

Or maybe they're saying it's DX10.1, but because nothing really uses it, no one will actually know....

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Regardless of your thoughts of the usefulness of the feature itself (same was said about DX8, 8.1, 9, SM3.0, DX10 versus previous gens), I'm just waiting to see the marketing.

After all the talking down nV did of the feature, what will their marketing department have to say about it, especially if they launch beside the rest of their line which doesn't support the feature?

The only real possibility is for them to hope it stops ATi from mentioning the feature advantage for that line, but they it would play to ATi mentioning it about nV other lines.

Nice to see more adoption for install base, but a little late in the game where upcoming DX11 makes it a moot point other than how it relates to other potential areas like GPGPU, etc.

 

[rangers]

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14034/1/