Photos of GeForce GTX 280 graphics card

[RPGWiZaRD]

yup this is pretty close to final design i reckon

If I wasn't so lazy I would make an animated GIF from a war scene with an anti-tank weapon where I'd replace the weapon with nvidia card.

[LexDiamonds]

Obviously the card of choice for Quake XI: Murder Simulator.

[Tim]

I can't wait to see what the cooler is going to be for this. I hope it is incredibly efficient at keeping things cool while still maintaining relatively low volume levels. I find my 8800 Ultra quite quiet at 100% fan speed. I hope I can say the same for this new card.

Cooler pics have already been leaked, it's similar to the 9800GTX.

[..::ABSOLUT::..]

Close pic of GTX280



1.4 billion transistors @ 576 mm^2 (24 mm x 24 mm) on a huge chip.

(G80 was 484 mm^2)

[Luka_Aveiro]

I have a CPU water block just lying there, i think it might fit the whole IHS

[jas420221]

Post 45 ABSOLUTE... beat ya to it!

Looks to be a monster... like the rv770...Here's t hoping there is some solid competition!

[YukonTrooper]

It's... it's... it's beautiful.

[Nuker_]

It is so big, how are they gonna cool it? It will overheat and explode like a nuke.

[Hornet331]

lol, its funny how people stare at the IHS and say its huge...

as we all know the g80 was notorious for overheating and exploding like a nuke.

[ownage]

G80 = 484mm2
GT200 = 576mm2
RV770 = 256mm2

This is one huge chip , and the RV770 so small?

[[XC] 2long4u]

Why don't they make the cards wider instead of longer?

[justageek95]

Why don't they make the cards wider instead of longer?

They can't, they are already using the maximum width of the PCI-E spec. Although it would be nice to see a slightly wider card if it was shorter.

[bluehaze]

Any leaks on pricing yet? If it's really faster than 9800GX2 then probably more than 600 dollars? Hope not as it's hard to justify 600 for a graphics card when there really aren't that many games to lpay anymore

[largon]

So, what's with the rumoured name "GT200" as the IHS clearly reads "G200"?

[fellix_bg]

If the die size of G200 turned out to be that big (576 mm&#178, the yields should be between 32 and 43 good candidate chips per wafer, for final selection. That's really tight supply.

[CoolZone]

it is nice...now they took the matrox g200 code name

[largon]

Stupid nV not using 55nm for G200.

[Hornet331]

Stupid nV not using 55nm for G200.

highend parts never were on the latest process node, so why the unnecessary anger?

[largon]

I should be allowed my rightful anger because nV uses an inferior process only because of their sheer incompetence. :/
55nm would have shrinked the chip to about the size of G80.

[bedlamite]

I have feeling that price of these monsters will be high.
I think they'll have problems with yelds...

[Sr7]

I should be allowed my rightful anger because nV uses an inferior process only because of their sheer incompetence. :/
55nm would have shrinked the chip to about the size of G80.

Incompetence != Risking millions if not billions on a new process which can make or break your business...

[largon]

Incompetence = not being able to do such a thing when competitor has done it ages ago.

[Calmatory]

I have feeling that price of these monsters will be high.
I think they'll have problems with yelds...

They are high end chips. Something like GX2 cards are. Not something 8800-series are. G92b will be here to replace the 8800-series.

Basically some 2% of "gamers" will buy GT200 based cards. Rest of them will buy G92b. Just like some 2% of gamers will bought 9800GX2.

[Nuker_]

They are high end chips. Something like GX2 cards are. Not something 8800-series are. G92b will be here to replace the 8800-series.

Basically some 2% of "gamers" will buy GT200 based cards. Rest of them will buy G92b. Just like some 2% of gamers will bought 9800GX2.

So you are claiming no one will buy ati gfx cards?

[Calmatory]

Incompetence = not being able to do such a thing when competitor has done it ages ago.

So when has ATI made 576mm² chips @ 55nm?