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Xal
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 Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:49 am Post subject: Nvidia 8000 series on the way. |
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| Quote: | - Unified Shader Architecture;
- Support FP16 HDR+MSAA;
- Support GDDR4 memories;
- Close to 700M transistors (G71 - 278M / G70 - 302M);
- New AA mode: VCAA;
- Core clock scalable up to 1.5GHz;
- Shader performance: 2x Pixel/12x Vertex over G71;
- 8 TCPs & 128 stream processors;
- Much more efficient than traditional architecture;
- 384-bit memory interface (256-bit+128-bit);
- 768MB memory size (512MB+256MB)
The G80 is expected to be released anywhere from November to December of 2006. It will be the first Direct3D 10 and Shader Model 4.0 card to be released.
There will be 2 cards released at launch, the flagship 8800GTX and the slightly slower 8800GT. The 8800GTX will have 768 MB of ram while the 8800GT will have 384 MB of RAM and will also have slower core and memory clock speeds, and possibly fewer pipelines, than the 8800GTX.
The launch price of the 8800GTX will be $649 while the 8800GT will initially cost $449-499. Following the introduction of the flagship 8800 range, NVIDIA will introduce cheaper, slower versions of the card .
The G80 has most recently been claimed to be based on a unified shader architecture, with shading performance of 2x pixel and 12x vertex above G71. Somewhat contrarily, it has also been recently described as having separate or
hybrid pipelines for DX9 and DX10, and possibly separate cores.
The G80 die will be large - 20x20 mm, with nearly 700 million transistors. The memory interface is said to be Samsung's new GDDR4 specification. The 8800GTX will have a 384-bit memory interface, and the 8800GT's will be 320-bit.
The series is also rumored to have fast memory and core clocks (with the core scaling up to 1.5GHz on a future process), but will still be built on 90nm technology to avoid unnecessary risks. Core clocks are estimated to be in the 700 to 850 MHz range upon initial release.
Anandtech reports that the next generation of GPUs will range in power consumption from 130W to 300W. This increase in power consumption will make for higher-wattage Power Supply Units (in the 800 to 1100 Watt range) and/or the addition of internal, secondary PSUs solely for powering the GPUs.
The 8800GTX's cooler will be a hybrid water/fan design. The 8800GT will use a traditional fan cooler. The G80 should also feature HDMI, or possibly UDI, connections with full HDCP support. The G80 will have a new antialiasing mode known as VCAA. |
Not sure how true this is but I figured its worth posting 
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All I know is that Im saving up about $3000 for my next build in the next year or two. I wanna wait for quad core and a more stable build in quad SLI. It should be sweet.
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Yeah it makes me gladder and gladder that I'm waiting to do another system build. The next one I do is going to be as good as it can be, so I don't have to worry about another system for awhile.
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Xal
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Found this on one of the 3d art forums I frequent.
http://www.sync3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=63
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