Geforce pcx

[unforgiven]

"Nvidia has unveiled the industry’s first top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics processing units (GPUs), all designed to take full advantage of the additional bandwidth and features that this new I/O interconnection standard delivers. By using an innovative PCI Express (PCX) high-speed interconnect (HSI), a complex piece of networking technology that performs seamless, bi-directional interconnect protocol conversion at incredible speed lines, Nvidia can transform its current GeForce FX series into a full-family of PCI Express GPUs.

The new family includes:

Nvidia GeForce PCX 5950 – based on the DX9 GeForce architecture, this new GPU will be the jewel in the crown of the PCX line.
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 – designed for high-performance gaming this will be the 5950s second-in-command.
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 – will serve as the budget DX9 board

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300 – provides entry-level pricing coupled with strong performance and DVD playback.

The PCI Express transition is going to be an exciting time for the PC industry, stated Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO at NVIDIA. By aligning ourselves closely with Intel and helping define this new specification, we were able to engineer an innovative protocol engine, in HSI, that delivers the full-PCI Express feature set without any compromises. HSI and PCI Express will enable a new level of performance for high bandwidth applications like graphics and networking.

In addition, last week in Taipei, Taiwan, NVIDIA validated its family of GeForce PCX products with the industry’s top motherboard, chipset, and BIOS vendors. NVIDIA has already shipped more than 1,000 PCI Express boards to customers and partners.

Products based on this new design are expected to become available in the second half of 2004 from the world’s leading add-in card manufacturers including: Albatron Technology, Co. Ltd, AOpen, Anextek, ASUS Computer International, Chaintech, Gainward Co., Ltd., Gigabyte Technology, Co., Ltd., Leadtek Research, Inc., MSI, Palit Microsystems, Inc., Pine, XFX, a Division of Pine, Prolink Computer Inc,, and Sparkle.

As a Gold Sponsor of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Spring 2004, NVIDIA is showcasing the results of their collaborative engineering efforts with industry players, such as Intel. NVIDIA and Intel processors form the foundation for many PCs, notebooks, workstations, gaming systems, media centers, and handheld devices being produced worldwide, and they are all on display at IDF. Intel and companies like Nvidia enjoy a long-standing collaborative relationship with the common goal of driving progress in PC technology, including transitioning the PC industry to an advanced PC bus architecture, PCI Express. Since the graphics processing unit (GPU) has the largest bandwidth demand of all the PC subsystems, NVIDIA has been a key contributor to the joint definition, development, and deployment of PCI Express solutions."                    

[Arucard-D]

oh my lord...that's alot to read                    

[TriniXaeno]

but it is GOOD reading.

Exciting times indeed                    

[Czar]

My understanding tho is that they will be utilising a bridge for PCX to AGP so performance will not be as high as in the ATI camp since ATI has decided to forego a bridge design by offering a full PCX solution with no AGP conversions etc. Can't find the article where I read it now but I'll keep looking. Anyone else read anything along these lines?                    

[TriniXaeno]

can't wait for it in reality.

benchmark and gaming heaven here I come.                    

[unforgiven]

a little more news about pci-x

"As the Intel Developer Forum drew to a close visitors were left with a strange feeling that they had not seen all there is to see from the two major graphics rivals. Both were very loud and made sure everyone knew that their PCI Express cards will be the fastest and both, ATI and Nvidia, had cards with the coveted bus even though compatible mainboards are not expected before early summer.
The shouting about PCI-E was definitely not the main topic of conversation however, which as you might expect was how the two firms will do once their new chips are released.

The absence of any physical evidence of the NV40 and R420 and the way in which both companies chose not to officially mention those chips were the real reasons behind any visitor disappointment. To fill the gap both companies had their PR machines working overtime with strange rumors and details surfacing of how each company would definitely come out on top this time round.

Strangely enough, the most convincing whispers seemed to come from the Nvidia camp which seemed extremely confident that the NV40 will rule supreme once both chips are released.

Pure hype or is there some truth to the claims? We will have to wait until CeBit in Hannover, Germany, (18 to 24 March) when both companies are expected to preview, in some physical form or other, their newest offerings."                    

[Czar]

/me patiently awaits the news from CeBit                    

[TrinireturnofGamez]

nvidia promises 4x speed increase with the PCX series.... lies.... maybe 4x the fill rate but it is impossible to get such a boost in one new series of cards unless they are using 1024 bit RAM interfaces... 1GHZ DDRII and 1.5GHZ cores


 now ati is more beleivable with a 2x increase in SOME areas....