Geforce 6800

CivilServant

Here's some pix of nvidia's NV40, it's most likely going to be called Geforce 6800.
linky

The full unveiling is this Tuesday, so expect a lot more info on the card then.

Woden

was just reading around that site there, some interesting articles on it, how reliably is that site typically?

anywho 12535 or so 3d 03 marks is interesting, however also interesting was an article that said the cards won't be around for a few months whilest ati's will be on the shelves in about 30 days after product launch which if this is the case the 16 pipeline ati card will be out around the same time as nvidia one, again i anticipate the release of these cards

data

CivilServant

The inquirer likes to get articles out as soon as possible before the rest of the net usually, so the integrity of the stories is sometimes questionably. It provides a source for info hungry tech people like myself. They have a policy of not signing NDAs so speculation is rife. Take it with a pinch of salt, but usually they're quite good when it comes to new pricing structures for the latest processors and graphics cards.

joePC

The latest twist in the pipeline saga comes from ATI's camp and claims that ATI are about to announce a product carrying a 16x pipeline architecture. It is not clear if this refers to ATI's Radeon X800 (R420) chip or to some revised version. It would however be extremely unlikely that ATI had the time or resources necessary to have reacted to nVidia's 16x announcement so soon.

The first sign that there might be some substance to this report of ATIs increasing pipelines comes from its timing. Just as the first, triumphant, nVidia 3DMark benchmarks started coming in, indicating that boards are now out there, this story surfaces raising doubt over nVidia's expected supremacy. The other is that ATIs early announcement of a 12x pipeline architecture may have been used to get nVidia to confirm the number that the NV40 will carry.

The impact of a 16 pipeline ATI board on the fight for the crown will be considerable. Recently the two new chips were tested against each other and reports claimed that nVidia's baby had come out on top but only just. If the ATI board being tested carried a 12x chip then it is clear that a 16x chip will surpass its rival by a decent margin. Was the ATI chip tested the R420? We will have to wait and see.

Another problem which seems to be currently troubling nVidia is that of availability. Although the company plans to officially announce its new chip very soon, recent reports from partners claim that 3-4 months will be needed to get them ready for the public, giving the GeForce 6800 Ultra a street date of July or August. ATI however are expected to have their new boards out by July, at the latest. If they beat nVidia to retail and come out with a 16x product then they will have made a great big step towards winning this chapter of the graphics war.

bus77

Had a dream last night.
A girl walked up to me and said "Im a member of the masons" and showed me her -masons ring, during the dream I was thinking that definatly looks like a masons ring with the all seeing eye on it.

when I woke up this morning I realised it was the Nvidia logo

Sir Random

NV40:



Enough said .

Sir Random

The NV40:

Sir Random

Apparently, the 6800 and 6800 Ultra will be US$299 and US$399 respectively.
http://www.darkcrow.co.kr/Home/home.asp?idx=#3018

That's just €330 for the Ultra :eek: . I suppose it'll be more like €500+ here in the EU .

Sir Random

Here's the Asus V9999:

http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?103832

Woden

thats a pretty sexy looking card i think and no i couldn't think of a better adjective

Big Chief

about the asus card, someone pointed this out in irc -

(19:27:20) (@DD`) u not think the cooler is stupid Big-Chief ?
(19:27:41) (@DD`) it should be the other way round , currently it puts hot air back into the case

and i know it isnt ready yet but has a point?

yes it does look pretty sexeh though

Creamy Goodness

tbh it think they should of expelled the hot air from the fan out the back of the pc not into the case :dunno:

Celt

Originally posted by Big Chief
about the asus card, someone pointed this out in irc -

(19:27:20) (@DD`) u not think the cooler is stupid Big-Chief ?
(19:27:41) (@DD`) it should be the other way round , currently it puts hot air back into the case

and i know it isnt ready yet but has a point?

yes it does look pretty sexeh though

Eh?

It obviously(currently) doesnt extract or dispel air out the back of the case.

Creamy Goodness

wow this showed how much i paid attention to the thread

/me retracts into little hole

Señor Juárez

aye, it was a better idea. but then people were like "omfg it takes up two slots"

so by only using a single one, people now ignore it, despite the fact that you need AT LEAST one empty beside the gfx.


bring on these new cards. i wonder if theyll live up to the promises. and will they be PCI Express only? i remember reading somewhere about Nvidia bleating about how they would be the first to have PCI Express cards... or is it spelt "Xpress"? i cant keep up with these silly marketing names any more.

Creamy Goodness

is it just me or in that picture is there two molex connectors at the right hand side of the card?

if it is why on earth it need two for?

CivilServant

Lots of power needed to pump electricity through 222 million transistors. Nvidia recommends a 480 watt psu and single molexes aren't enough apparently. One thing is certain, it's going to be damn hot. Hopefully it'll be damn good too.

Creamy Goodness

ooh

here's another shot so you guys can see it in perspective




that's one big heatsink

CivilServant

I thought we were going to get the info yesterday but it looks like it's going to be today.... at 2.30pm... getting verry restless ....

CivilServant

some small tech vids of what the nv40 can do link

Woden

i find clips like that amusing in the sense that if the clip was made on an nv40 but then to show you how good an nv40 is they display it on your computer with a radeon or whatever.

like the time when they adverstised dvd's and there quality on vhs

Mutant_Fruit

still... i just saw a benchmark for this, and while i'm a bit dubious until i see a few more with the same results, this looks like one KICKASS card!

In the benchmark i saw it beat the radeon 9800XT by 60% right the way up to 133% faster!

CivilServant

Here's the first preview/review of the card. link

I'll be waiting for the anandtech review myself. But if the benchmarks are true, woweee!!!!

CivilServant

From a stock 3.4 northwood.

CivilServant

2 years down the line, but wow!!!

CivilServant

CivilServant

Another review tomshardware

Mutant_Fruit

holy (expletive removed). That's one hell of a lovely looking image! I can't wait til games look like that... or even better. Thats pretty damn sreet.

Praetorian

Nvidia are hitting back with everything they can after last years disastrous gpu releases. ATI should be thinking about attaching a large heatsink / fan to their R420

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by Dataisgod
like the time when they adverstised dvd's and there quality on vhs

and i thought i was the only one who noticed that. seemed such a flawed strategy

CivilServant

Anandtech's review says they were able to achieve smooth frame rates at 2048x1536 with Halo, and 34fps with Far Cry!! Can't wait for the R420 to go head to head with this beast!

Mutant_Fruit

this thing is the BOMB. I'd love to see ATI's response to this beast of a card, unless its something absolutely fantastic, it looks like NVidia has won my cash for my next purchase...

satchmo

There's a camcorder video of that unreal engine 3 presentation at http://www.hanners.nildram.co.uk/unreal3_0002.wmv, looks luv-er-ley...

L5

that link seems to be down

a working link here

WizZard

drool.....
Well, looks like I'll be waiting til ATI's rebuke come out on April 26th... then throwing some money away :D :cool: :rolleyes:

L5

That video is insane!, the part where the monster is getting lit by a stained glass window :eek: :eek:

D

benchmarking from gamespy

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/505/505998p1.html