G84 chip from Nvidia

[HamidFULL]

NVIDIA is working like beavers to expand its DirectX 10 capable generation. It had and still has a great success with its expensive line of G80 chips known as Geforce 8800 GTX and GTS, as they are selling like veritable hot cakes.
Well they are hot cakes and there's no competition at the moment. But the DirectX 10 capable generation needs a mainstream contender and that’s what G84 is all about. 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. End of 2007 will be DirectX 10 hardware for everyone as both Nvidia and ATI will full switch to DX 10 compatible chips and will try to get rid of the DirectX 9 parts as soon as it gets

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

[phelan1777]

Okay so any news on what ATI's answer will be?:)

And no I am not a ATI fanboy so save any future flaming :-P Just wanted to be the first to ask.:D

This will make upgrading a little easier for a lot of people.

[gOJDO]

it's from the_INQ....

[Starscream]

didnt we already know that Nvidia had their mainstream Dx10 planned for end of Q1 or begin of Q2 2007?

[wickedld9]

So let me get this straight, 15 days ago Digitimes says they weren't selling, now the Inq claims they are "selling like hot cakes."

[[XC] Teroedni]

Its The_Inquirer

Please stop using them as source:stick:

[nn_step]

isn't something like this expected anyways?

[Timmay]

Now this is what I'm waiting for!

[Kanavit]

Now this is what I'm waiting for!
that is what i'm talking about! woot:woot:

2x $199 for SLI , should be getting pretty decent 3dmarks.

[HamidFULL]

didnt we already know that Nvidia had their mainstream Dx10 planned for end of Q1 or begin of Q2 2007?
I heard end of Q1
Please stop using them as source
Why? tell me

[nn_step]

Why? tell me
umm I think they stopped being considered a serious news source after putting up an article in their Archives about the Queen of England being beaten to death with a [Censored]

[Timmay]

that is what i'm talking about! woot:woot:

2x $199 for SLI , should be getting pretty decent 3dmarks.

Not so much SLi for me, but as long as its faster then a 7900GT and is at a decent price point ($200~ USD) then I'm all over it.

[Pinnacle]

umm I think they stopped being considered a serious news source after putting up an article in their Archives about the Queen of England being beaten to death with a [Censored]


Yup, useless.

I stopped using them awhile ago

[turtle]

Nvidia did it wrong with their lineup


they should have released and afterwards,..

GTX 786mb---GDDR4 refreshing
open space---(1)GT = full gtx but with 640mb )
GTS same but with 512MB---(2)8700GTX = bey bey GTS, GTS specs +DDR4
open space---3)8600 1/4GTX specs GDRR3 1.1ns 512Mb
open space---3)8300 1/6GTX specs GDRR3 1.4ns 256MB

Nvidia will do it the way they always do...If there's one thing you can give them credit for, it's being predictable in how they scale their family and doing it well. While this rough guesstimate may not be exact, it follows nvidia's history:

(x)800GTX (100%) ala 128 shaders
(x)800GT ala 112 shaders?
(x)800GTS ala 96 shaders
(x)800GS ala 80 shaders
(x)600GT (50%) ala 64 shaders
(x)600gs ala 48 shaders
(x)300 family (25%) ala 32 shaders

High-end first, then slightly more midrange, then low-end, then high-end refresh, with neutered versions of former higher-end cards to fill the line-up. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[perkam]

Thats way too far away. I'm not waiting till April next year and neither am I spending upwards of $450 for a dx10 card.

Going to wait to see how dx9 cards handle q1 2k7 games (supreme command, ut2k7, quake wars) and might just take the plunge then.

Perkam

[NickS]

that is what i'm talking about! woot:woot:

2x $199 for SLI , should be getting pretty decent 3dmarks.

That's waht I'm plannin! Take 2x 7600GT out, drop in 2x 8600GT! :D

[mr_knowitall15]

Its The_Inquirer

Please stop using them as source:stick:
QFT!!!
I vote for an immediate beating of anyone who posts from them. Repeat offenders should be banned and shot, in that order. *cough* turtle_1*cough*