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sob... right when I'm ready to upgrade there's always more stuff to wait for. First the DFI SLI-DR Expert and now this. By the time those come out there will be something else in another 1-2 months... lol. Sigh, dont know what to buy or wait for now.
Hmm I wonder if this will actually be a 7900 with 512bit bus and 512 mem? Wouldn't suprise me if Nvidia did that considering thats what they did with the 5800 to 5900 when the 128bit 5800 couldn't beat the 256bit 9700.
the only bit i dont get is why the Inq says the 6800GS will perform like the 6800GT.
isnt the NV42 wich the 6800GS uses a 12pipe GPU wich was used for the PCI-Expres 6800 and 6800LE?
so the 6800GS should have a 12 pipe max were the GT has 16.
Maybe wel see a GS with NV40 core wich is bios flashable to GT just like the GTO2.
Well, it has to be better than the NU, since the NU msrp is $199 now. So you figure it's either 12 pipes at a much higher clockspeed or it's flashable to a gt. Either way, it means the x1600xt has some serious competition.
Yeah usauly i hate it when companies copy eachother but i shurly wont dislike it if Nvidia would copy the GTO2 bit.
but i doubt this GS has a long life, most likely Nvidia is emptying its stock on these GPUs.
but ur right it is either bios flashable to 16 pipes or it has quick GDDR3 memory.
First Nvidia 512Mb card...
For Nvidia it's very good, because for very high resolutions with AA8 AF16 at least Nvidia needs more MB of Vram, than ATI cards.
And this is based on...........Quote:
Originally Posted by Kasparz
I would just like to know ;)
You probably have a lot of theories but do you have any benchmarks proving this?
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...l#3d_mark_2005
6600gt with 128MB...
I think 512MB for Nvidia cards are better than 512MB for ATI cards...sounds stupid, but thats my opinion.
Article: "The cards compete in the $250 range, where NVIDIA has previously had the 6600 GT - a slower card than the X1600."
???
The 6600GT has always been under 200$, and also, they are pretty even with the X1600XT.
I told, that Nvidia's CAN'T run 1600x1200 AA4 AF8, but ATI CAN!
So Nvidia cards needs more Vram for AA and AF, than ATI.
What are you talking about kasparz, NVidia's 7800gtx runs MOST games fine at 2048* resolution playably.
Totally...Quote:
Originally Posted by MickeyMouse
Frame rate speed boosts with the larger buffer will only increase performance in newer games at high resolutions, but this is all I care about anyway, SO BRING EM.Quote:
Originally Posted by MickeyMouse
My 7800GTX's will be going up for sale i can sense it already.
7800 Ultra will just be a die shrink of the GTX, and likely upped to 512mb RAM for the n00bs who think "ooh 512mb must be better card than a 256mb!"
expect 500mhz stock clocks, and anywhere upto 575mhz from the overclocking companies like Gainward and BFG Tech.
this WILL be an X1800XT beater.
512mb of 1.26ns ram at that...
the X1800XT may be a better card then the 7800 GTX and all that (but honestly in my opinion, I have yet to see anything that really swayed me to believe it is...)
but for me, it still comes down to this...
comparing something, to something that barely exists, to something I been able to buy for months, is really no comparison.
at the moment, the X1800XT might as well not even exist, cause if I can't get it, then all the screen shots, and rumours, and bragging in the world, isn't gonna mean a thing to me...
on a side note...
if anyone remembers how fast Nvidia had the 7800 GTX available, it really wouldn't suprise me, if the 7800 ultra, was already sitting in stacks in some Nvidia factory, and getting ready for a quick release into the market.
Atleast, 1 of the major videocard companies on the market knows how to lauch hardware... without smoke and mirrors...
What amazes me is the tightlippyness (sorry for the word, don't know how to spell it) from nVidia...how many Ultra rumours did we have uptil now? Not much I can tell you that....they only told it because they wanted their shareholders to stick with them...so they told them their little secret..and we now it now too...
Knowing nVidia...it's almost ready to go to stores to be available the 1st of November :)
what i think is the older 7800 ultra which is canceled has 32 pipes and nvidia holds it for r580 the new 7800 ultra which they gonna launch soon will going to have again 24pipes but with higer clocks and better ram with a high possibility of 90nm die
NVidia has the G72(a dual core, not dual gpu G70) for the R580, it's slated to release early next year. What purpose would they have to hold off a 32-piped G70 if they indeed have one?
^^ where did you read the g72 is dual core???? i think there is not purpose in the gpu to have another core where they are xtremely paralalel right now....
Opps, read the article wrong, the G72 is meant to usher in NVidia's reference dual-gpu. Not dual core gpu.
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20051005A7033.html
I feel this is a bunch of BS. They released this to get ATI worried but nothing is going to happen but they are going to beat ATI at the 2006 release too it seems.
I bet if the 7800 Ultra beats the x1800xt by a small amout of FPS, ATi may update their xt to a x1800xt-pe with faster memory and higher clocksQuote:
Originally Posted by live2game2003
and you think turok that is possible if ati said they were having problems to reproduce the core speed cuz is too high.....
lol then you're completely wrong.
Both the X1800XL and the X1800XT easily max out ATI CCC, from what I've seen.
I dont know , I just find the inquirer to not be a very trustable source.