NVIDIA novinky

[Masster]

Documents Leak NVIDIA's Quatum Physics Engine

Quantum utilizes some of the shaders from NVIDIA's G80 processor specifically for physics calculations.

NVIDIA and Havok partnered up this year claiming that SLI systems would get massive performance gains by utilizing additional GeForce GPUs as physics processors. Quantum may be the fruits of that partnership, though NVIDIA documentation clearly states that Quantum will work just fine without SLI.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4444

[Masster]

Mainstream Nvidia DirectX 10 to arrive in spring

Nvidia is keeping up with its deadlines and is working hard on its next G8x mainstream part. It schedules it for spring probably Cebit-ish time - March or so, 2007. We don’t know the specs but we believe that it won't be unified, either as it will derived from the G80 marchitecture.

An entry level, sub $99 DirectX 10 part should also follow around spring time, at least in Nvidia's case

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35061

[ALFik]

Ja bych si pral kdyby se nekdo zamyslel a High-end grafika se se spotrebou vesla tak to tech 75W max....
Takovy nuklearni zrouti me uprime moc nelakaji.... Vypada to ze G80 bude narvana grafarna ale s ohledem na spotrebu, no vyvoj novych produktu si predstavuju jinak (jak u nV tak ATi)

[Haste]

No ja osobne vydrzim s X1900 a pockam az tato generace vyjde na 65nm, to bude nekdy Q3, max. Q4 2007 a to uz bude snad za neco stat...

[Masster]

NVIDIA working on combined CPU and graphics?

WE MANAGED to confirm that Nvidia has started to develop a CPU.

Charlie wrote about the interesting implications of Nvidia's good fortune in acquiring some folk from Stexar, a company that was known for its X86 marchitectural expertise.

And now we hear that development is underway at Nvidia's just-announced Portland, Oregon, Design Center, where chip folk are beaving away on 45 nanometre designs.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35216

[Masster]

NVIDIA speeds up 80nm production schedule to beat ATI

While ATI prepares to roll out five 80nm grahics processor units (GPUs) in November, Nvidia plans to speed up its 80nm-production schedule of by rolling out revised versions of its G72 and G73 chips to compete with the rival, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

The revised versions of G73 (codenamed G73-B1) and G72, along with the highly anticipated G80, will be targeted to compete with ATI solutions from mid-range to high-end market segments, the paper noted.

http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20061103PB208.html

[Masster]

More "G80" Derivatives in February

The GeForce 8800 powerhouse was announced earlier today with much fanfare, but it appears as more products are already in the pipeline. According to internal NVIDIA roadmaps released yesterday, the company is expecting at least one more G80 derivative in February of 2007.
Although vendors are tight lipped about the upcoming card, it seems that the only two options the card may be is either another cut down -- which is common as yields mature -- or a multi-GPU solution similar to the GeForce 7950GX2.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4867

Je mozne, ze se dockame GF8800GX2?

[K!ll3r]

ano je , ale az po snizeni vyrobniho procesu a nasazeni R600, je to jakasi reakce na R600

[Masster]

G84 is the next Nvidia chip

We only know that the chip is derived from G80 and will have less real pipelines and of course will end up smaller.

It is scheduled for late March or early April 2007 introduction and we can also confirm that AMD won't have its mainstream DirectX 10 to compete with this in time. So this one might once more be the dominant mainstream chip in the market.

This means the birth of $199 to $249 DirectX 10 part is not that far away after all.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36172


Partners fight Nvidia for an overclocked G80

THE OVERCLOCKED G80 will eventually see daylight. The only question is when the manufacturers are going to win this fight.

There are two possible dates, the optimistic one would be in pre Yule time but we are kind of running out of time on this one as there is only three weeks to go.

The second, more realistic date, would be January 2007. This would allow Nvidia to give manufacturers a chance to make a faster clocked card and the market is here to embrace it.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36173

[Masster]

Nvidia steals ATI's mobile thunder

WHO would have thought that Nvidia might take ATI's market share in mobile business? Out of the blue, Nvidia managed to get some strong OEM business deals for its notebook division. We haven't seen this happening for years.

Nvidia's Geforce 7600 got rather popular and more than a few manufacturers are using the Geforce 6150 integrated graphic. Sony and some others like the Geforce 7300 too. Nvidia also dominates with its MXM modules and can put even two 7900 GTX mobile cards together in SLI.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36432

[mraky]

Takze nevim jak vy, ale ja vidim snuzku spekulaci od neverohodneho deniku, ktery neuvedl jedine cislo (oznaceni karet nepocitam) a ani zdroj. Nerikam, ze to nemuze byt pravda, ale vime jak to v inquireru chodi.

Dale tu vidim quotes, ktere se nam hodi do kramu a nasledujici jsi radsi neuvedl.

ATI is having a strong moment now with a bunch of Turion-based integrated boards and we can see this growing. We see a big potential for a comeback in 2007

[Masster]

Jiste, budu kopirovat rovnou cely clanek...
Proc je na konci asi odkaz?

[Over]

OCZ GeForce 8800 GTX

...Each OCZ 8800 GTX is equipped with premium GDDR3 memory. The memory is also additionally screened to give users greater overclocking headroom...

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5508

[Masster]

Nvidia finally shows off Vole a Vista 32 bit driver

WE STILL CAN'T get it but we have, at least, seen and played with one. Nvidia finally has a Vista 32 bit driver version 10.30. We saw it at multiple locations and we even saw Crysis running on it. Of course it is a "non public" beta version.

So the driver exists and Nvidia got to the number 10 in its driver seriess. It was running some demomstations and games AOK. At least we know that there is something around the corner as we only have three weeks before the big Vole-a-Vista launch.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36858

Jen nechapu, proc ten driver oznacuji jako 10.30, kdyz na obrazku je jasne videt 100.30...

[Masster]

nVidia GeForce 8600/8300



Zdroj: 8600Ultra/GT 8300GT/GS

A nejak info anglicky se objevilo na Anandtechu

[Baron]

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,5442.html

[Masster]

G80 is more CPU than GPU

A WELL-CONNECTED source says Nvidia's G80 is as programmable as the average CPU. Nvidia’s flagship chip powering the Geforce 8800 GTX and GTS has, he said, almost everything that a CPU needs.

This may answer the question, can and will Nvidia make a CPU? Certainly the chip is not meant to be X86 compatible but it is apparently super programmable. We hear that it could probably handle X86 instructions as well.

AMD techies took a deep look at the G80 and confirmed the claims. G80 has all the features of CPU but it is big, hot and bulky. However, Nvidia still has to shrink the chip to make it cost effective.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36798

[Masster]

NVIDIA ordering 80nm G80s

Since the chips are being migrated to 80nm, we can expect some pretty hefty changes in the way the 8800 series of cards are sold. As well, the change should have some particularly beneficial performance enhancements.

First of all, the die shrink should reduce the core's surface area from 420mm² to a bit under 380mm² if the process shrink involves perfect scaling. Power consumption will also drop due to the shorter distances between transistor gates. The two of these things combined mean that we should see some lower temperatures from the next round of G80s, which would be a blessing and a half - current models are not unknown to hit a blistering 90C under load.

The second blessing will come with cost - the die shrink means that there will be quite a few more chips per wafer. On the 90nm process, NVIDIA gets about 80 chips gross (meaning before defective chips are thrown out) out of each wafer. The move down to 80nm should increase this turnout to roughly 90 chips, a 12.5% increase. The increased yield will allow NVIDIA to drop the cost of the chips a bit, which we will hopefully see filter into the marketplace sooner than later.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01...ders_80nm_g80s

[THX]

GeForce 8600 Has 128-bit Memory Interface

he recent rumors regarding the GeForce 8600 (G84) of having a 256-bit memory interface is incorrect. We are able to confirm at this point of time that GeForce 8600 series will be 128-bit and has 256MB GDDR3 memories onboard. Onto the rumours, We heard there are 2 versions; 8600GT and 8600GS clocked at 650/1800MHz and 550/1400MHz respectively for core and memories. Both come with 64 shader processors.

http://vr-zone.com/?i=4498

[BlackMC]

http://itbbs.pconline.com.cn/topic.j...92&topicPage=2

Radeony X2K už máme za sebou, tak se pojďme podívat, jaké další karty z řady GeForce 8 chystá nVidia.


Model Stream Processors Frekvence Paměť. sběrnice Kapacita pamětí Cena
GeForce 8950GX2 2×96 550/2000MHz 2×256b 2×512MB GDDR4 $599
GeForce 8900GTX 128 700/2200MHz 384b 768MB GDDR4 $549
GeForce 8900GTS 128 600/2000MHz 320b 640MB GDDR4 $499
GeForce 8800GTX 128 575/1800MHz 384b 768MB GDDR3 $449
GeForce 8900GT 96 600/1800MHz 256b 512MB GDDR3 $399
GeForce 8800GTS 96 500/1600MHz 320b 640MB GDDR3 $399
GeForce 8900GS 96 550/1600MHz 256b 512/256MB GDDR3 $299/$249
GeForce 8600GT 64 650/1800MHz 128b 256MB GDDR3 $199
GeForce 8600GS 64 550/1400MHz 128b 256MB GDDR3 $149
GeForce 8300GT 32 600/1600MHz 128b 256MB GDDR3 $99
GeForce 8300GS 32 500/1400MHz 128b 256/128MB GDDR3 $79/$69
GeForce 8300LE 32 500/800MHz 128b 128MB GDDR2 $59
GeForce 8100GS 32 450/800MHz 64b 128MB GDDR2 $49

Takto má tedy vypadat řada GeForce 8 v celé své kráse. Vlajkovou lodí je opět karta se dvěma GPU (v tomto případě G81), GeForce 8950GX2. Dále zde máme první zmínku o GeForce 8900GTX, která by měla běžet na 700/2200MHz a stát o 50 dolarů méně než soupeř v podobě Radeonu X2800XTX. GeForce 8900GTS bude takovým hybridem - bude totiž mít funkčních všech 128 Stream Processorů (jako dnešní GF8800GTX), jeden blok ROPs a tudíž i jeden paměťový kanál však bude deaktivován (stejně jako u GF8800GTS). GeForce 8900 budou existovat i ve variantách s 256bitovou sběrnicí a GeForce 8600 (G84) budou nakonec mít 128bitovou sběrnici, ne 256bitovou, jak jsme psali nedávno. Tuto informaci potvrdil i server VR-Zone.

Informace z Beyond3D fóra v tomto případě trochu popírají ty z PConline. Podle nich má v březnu vyjít GeForce 8600GTS (G84), v polovině dubna pak GeForce 8600GT, přičemž budou existovat i verze s HDMI výstupem a podporou HDCP. Koncem dubna pak budou vydány GeForce 8300 (jádro G86 & paměti GDDR2), ještě před nimi se však mají objevit GeForce 8500. Tyto karty, taktéž s low-endovým čipem G86, budou vybaveny HDMI výstupem a HDCP a budou dostupné ve variantách s pamětmi GDDR3 i GDDR2.

Stejně jako ATi, i nVidia zvolila pro chystané čipy (G81, G84, G86) 80nm výrobní proces.

[MK2]

GeForce 8600 Has 128-bit Memory Interface



http://vr-zone.com/?i=4498

Mám pocit ze 8600GS s vynikajúcim overclocking potenciálom, hlavne s rýchlimi pameťami, budú v tejto triede najzaujímavejšie

celkovo ma uz trieda 8600 dost sklamala, ked stale budu mat 128bitov a 256mb tak to naozaj nebude velka vyhra pre directX 10, najlepsie bude pockat na cenovu vojnu Nvidie a Ati a kupit normalnu 8900gs 512mb, a tato karticka by uz mala nejaku tu dobu vydrzat

[Masster]

NVIDIA Invests In GPU Accelerated Software Company

"We're delighted to make this strategic investment in Acceleware. The investment reflects our ongoing commitment and enthusiasm toward the ecosystem of high performance computing based on GPU technologies," said Jeff Herbst, Vice President of Business Development at NVIDIA. "We have the highest regard for Acceleware and its management team, and believe they will quickly emerge as leaders in the GPU Computing revolution."

"We've been collaborating with NVIDIA for over two years on the deployment of GPUs to accelerate non-graphics software applications such as cell-phone design, seismic data processing, printed circuit board design, drug discovery, nanophotonic communications device design, reservoir simulation, lithography mask design, and others," said Sean Krakiwsky, CEO of Acceleware. "NVIDIA's investment in Acceleware is an endorsement of these efforts and provides us with significant additional funding to execute our business plan and to capitalize on the rapidly growing demand for GPU-based computing products."

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4512

[Masster]

Next NVIDIA high-end chip will be the G81?

THE G80 replacement looks like it might be known as G81, and it appears that Nvidia will take the radical step of making it at 65 nanometre. That is what's been rumoured in China and Taiwan and according to sources close to or inside TSMC.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37199

[Masster]

NVIDIA Windows Vista driver news

NVIDIA's plan is to make a driver available for end users on NVIDIA.com on January 30, 2007. This driver is a beta driver and the first SLI driver, intended to support GeForce 8, 7, and 6 series GPUs, and will add support for GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS DirectX 9 SLI on the top applications. NVIDIA will continue to work on optimizing our Windows Vista drivers to ensure maximum performance on 3D applications.

In additon, NVIDIA is working very closely with Microsoft to finalize the WHQL certified DirectX 10 driver for the GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS GPU. Both companies have been in close communication to ensure that the logo kit gets finalized to enable the certification of the driver as soon as possible to enable getting it into the hands of customers.

http://console.hardocp.com/news.html...9uc29sZSwsLDE=

[crux2005]

D3D 10 - geometry shader @ GeForce 8800GTX

http://rapidshare.com/files/13360164...-38-1.wmv.html