By Q4 2007 (Xmas) NVIDIA will be releasing their GeForce 9800 series GPUs.Unlike previously expected the codename for nVidia's next generation GPU will NOT be "G90" but instead be "G92".I have some info form NVIDIA insider about the upcoming G92 graphics processors.G92 will be released in November 2007 timeframe in the form of "GeForce 9800" series."G92" GeForce 9800 GTX specs.- 65nm process technology at TSMC.- Over one billion transistors.- Second Generation Unified Shader Architecture.- Double precsion support (FP64).- GPGPU native.- Over one TeraFLOPS of shader processing power.- MADD+ADD configuration for the shader untis (2+1 FLOPS=3 FLOPS per ALU)- Fully Scalar design.- 512-bit memory interface.- 1024MB GDDR4 graphics memory.- DirectX 10.1 support.- OpenGL 3.0 Support.- eDRAM die for "FREE 4xAA".- built in Audio Chip.- built in tesselation unit (in the graphics core"- Improved AA and AF quality levelsPros. 65nm process will allow for better yields and better power consumption. power consumption will be lower than that of a GeForce 8800 GTX.GeForce 9800 GTX will be over two times faster than a GeForce 8800 Ultra in real world games and applcations.Release date : November 2007. There will be TWO products at launch: The flagship GeForce 9800 GTX and the second fastest GeForce 9800 GTS.price for the GeForce 9800 GTX will be 549-649 USD.price for the GeForce 9800 GTS will be 399-449 USD.http://www.xbitlabs.com/discussion/3953.html
Damn didnt 8800 just come out this is why i hate pc gaming grr >.<.
No, but it makes em look and run REAL SWEEEET. Gimme my 'bestest and newest' yes.
No you cannot. Both cards must have the same GPU. So you can have two 7900 GTs from different vendors (e.g BFG and XFX)but not, say a 7900 GS and 7900 GT from the same vendor. Also, SLI is inherently inefficient, so the money you'll spend on a motherboard,PSU (yes, PSU is VERY important) and CPU (to fully utilise SLI power), may not be very cost-effective.
G92 gunning for 800 MHz+ clockMuch improved hardware specs, speedBy Theo Valich: Tuesday 21 August 2007, 16:25NVIDIA WANTS TO keep details about G92 and G98 under-wraps, but as the product is getting ready some details are slowly, but certainly slipping out of Graphzilla's cave.Even though the company is trying to keep everyone in the dark, we managed to dig some information out for you. For starters, Nvidia is strongly on-board with DisplayPort and it is committed onto delivering DisplayPort in time for Dell's launch of the 2x08 series of displays, all of which should support DisplayPort connections. The launch should coincide with CES 2008 in Las Vegas. However, the company still has to sort out the problems that Charlie reported last week.When it comes to performance, even if this chip was just a shrunk-down G80, the clock would give significant benefits in performance thanks to increased clock of the GPU itself. Luckily, for future owners, that is not the case - Nvidia reworked quite a lot of things from the original marchitecture to make this thing work faster.We managed to learn that GPU clock has surpassed 800 MHz and that company plans to deliver the boards depending on yields they will get. So far, launch clock could be anywhere between 800 and 850 MHz, with 812/3, 824/5 and 830/5 being usual suspects. This time around, there is no hurry and Nvidia knows they can afford the launch of GTS/GTX and wait for R680 to show up and launch the Ultra version as a counter attack.There is quite a lot Nvidia has to support with the G92 series of chips, and what yours truly wonders the most is will the G92 support just Open GL 3 (Long Peak), or will the chip support Mount Evans as well (upgrade of Long's Peak). Of course, DirectX 10.1 is also a moot point at this time, and worst case scenario would be support for DX10.0+, but somehow we don't feel that source was right on target.Overall, one thing is certain - G92 will deliver significant performance boost at 8800 price standpoint. µ
