Nvidia GT200-successor on 22th October?

[DMH]

Hey just letting you know man, I don't think the Step up program covers the factory overclocked versions, so you may lose more money if you try to upgrade.

Although my sig says the GTX 260 I have is superclocked, it's just the regular stock version.

However, it overclocks just as well, and surpassed EVGA's factory overclocked version handily.

The GTX 200 series seem to be highly overclockable, so I wouldn't recommend spending extra cash on the factory overclocked versions.

THE GTX260 are but the GTX280 have serious problems overclocking the shaders

[cantankerous]

THE GTX260 are but the GTX280 have serious problems overclocking the shaders

My GTX 260 can't clock the shaders stable above 1350, pretty pathetic eh? I think these cards in general are pretty hit and miss when it comes to that.

[initialised]

I just gave a headstart and posted it on 6 other forums!


I stumbled upon a Hardspell article written July 18, 2008 that speaks of a GTX 350 engineering sample with the same specs as listed above:

HardSpell.com - NVIDIA GTX 350 ES version is ready and the specs revealed?!

We got to know the related news but we are not so sure about this:

NVIDIA GTX 350
GT300 core
55nm technology
576mm
512bit
DDR5 2GB memory, doubled GTX280
480SP doubled GTX280
Grating operation units are 64 the same with GTX280
216G bandwidth
Default 830/2075/3360MHZ
Pixel filling 36.3G pixels/s
Texture filling 84.4Gpixels/s
Cannot support D10.1 .10.0/SM4.0

From those specs I am guessing that this is the GX2 dual GT200 GPU monster I predicted a while back!

[billdavis]

and they will be out when?

[tajoh111]

Tomshardware had something about this hardware coming out on the 15th.

[Barys]

Something new about new NVIDIA Gpus? Two weeks to launch day and absolutely no info about new GPUs. Seems little strange or maybe NVIDIA has canceled it`s 55nm part of GT200?

[Kondik]

Silence before the tornado eh ?

[bedlamite]

or maybe NVIDIA has canceled it`s 55nm part of GT200?

Nope

[T_Flight]

Something awesome is coming. It's right before the Christmas shopping season. It is awful quiet. It's almost like a graphics card ambush. They are getting ready to fire out something big. Everybody wire your backside tight and stay alert. We could be hit any minute.

[Barys]

Nope

How do you know that if there is ANY info about it? I remember before GT200 launch or even before G92 launch there were some leaks about performance (mainly 3D marks but still...)or something else. Now there is completely nothing about it - how many Shaders, what clocks, what price, die size.

Maybe we have this situation because NVIDIAs new 55nm parts will be simply too weak to win battle with ATIs Rv770 series?


PS. I wonder if there will be only GT200B launch or maybe NVIDIA will launch GT206 too (GTX260 successor according ELSA slides) and maybe this GPU will be a worthy successor of G92

[webwilli]

i hope that the 55nm GT200 launch very soon. i need new hardware

[bedlamite]

How do you know that if there is ANY info about it?

Well I can't say much more than that and that 4870x2 is in big trouble :P

[webwilli]

Well I can't say much more than that and that 4870x2 is in big trouble :P

can you tell us the date? month?

october?

[Barys]

Well I can't say much more than that and that 4870x2 is in big trouble :P

Who cares about HD4870x2?

Could you tell me only one thing? - Will i see a worthy competitor to HD4870? Faster than the current GTX260 (and faster HD4870) and cheaper than it? I`m completely not interested on GX2 or X2 solutions. I would like to see a single GPU from NVIDIA which will win performance/ratio fight against HD4870. The second GF8800GT

I hope NVIDIA isn`t going to release another Extreme Highend GPU to beat HD4870X2 only

[Hoboclese]

strikes me as odd that the first place i would see a new card is on a e-tailer. But GTX 350?

[gojirasan]

So we are talking not only 55nm but a GX2 monster. I'm still skeptical. I'd definitely have to upgrade my power supply and that would hurt. Also no practical water cooling since the GX2 water blocks cost half the MSRP of the cards. Although the X2 cards are also expensive to water cool. But there is at least some alternative with dual discrete blocks. Not so with the back-to-back GX2 layout. What would be great is if Nvidia could switch to a dual GPU single PCB solution like AMD.

[GAR]

I think its the big bang drivers coming, not a new gpu.

[TurboDiv]

lol Big bang drivers. Those drivers will probably make your DDR3 transform into DDR5. Maybe some voodoo magic in it and the GPU duplicates itself...

[T_Flight]

So we are talking not only 55nm but a GX2 monster. I'm still skeptical. I'd definitely have to upgrade my power supply and that would hurt. Also no practical water cooling since the GX2 water blocks cost half the MSRP of the cards. Although the X2 cards are also expensive to water cool. But there is at least some alternative with dual discrete blocks. Not so with the back-to-back GX2 layout. What would be great is if Nvidia could switch to a dual GPU single PCB solution like AMD.

That would not be great. Most nVidia users are using nVidia cards because they want the performance all on one GPU. Right now nVidia has the best single GPU solution out there. I wouldn't see any reason at all for them to go to that double cheesburger arrangement again. I will never buy a dual GPU card. Not ever. It was a mistake going down that road to begin with.

[T_Flight]

lol Big bang drivers. Those drivers will probably make your DDR3 transform into DDR5. Maybe some voodoo magic in it and the GPU duplicates itself...

That is an actual term peiople use for THE driver that is refined and finally makes the cards come alive after a new high perforkance card is released. GTX2xx cards are already showing some substantial gains from drivers. It's a serious matter, and it makes it alot of difference after these drivers are tweaked. No it won't grow new RAM, or a GPU, but it does give better performance.

[BenchZowner]

The only thing that I'm currently aware of is the release of the 180.xx drivers ( in a few days ).
GX2 monster this month ? Nowhere to be seen, and maybe...never in 2008.

I haven't heard any update regarding the "GT200b" ( notice the quotes, they're there for a reason ) recently, and thus I don't expect a launch anytime soon.

Come on nVIDIA, move your butt.
I'd be satisfied with a new beast from AMD.
I just want something better than the GTX 280 and the HD4870X2, be it a Radeon or a GeForce I don't care, I'm just a new hardware excitement whore and I want it now God damn it

[ahmad]

That is an actual term peiople use for THE driver that is refined and finally makes the cards come alive after a new high perforkance card is released. GTX2xx cards are already showing some substantial gains from drivers. It's a serious matter, and it makes it alot of difference after these drivers are tweaked. No it won't grow new RAM, or a GPU, but it does give better performance.

Its good you have already tested these drivers and come up with these conclusions. Could you please should me actual benchmark numbers?

Assuming you aren't talking out of your you know what of course

[Barys]

The only thing that I'm currently aware of is the release of the 180.xx drivers ( in a few days ).
GX2 monster this month ? Nowhere to be seen, and maybe...never in 2008.

I haven't heard any update regarding the "GT200b" ( notice the quotes, they're there for a reason ) recently, and thus I don't expect a launch anytime soon.

...

Hmm you are saying you don`t expect that GT200b would be released soon. So what will be released 22 Oct. this year? Some guy on NvNews have said refresh of GT200 will be here 22 Oct.. If it`s not GT200b so what it is supposed to be?

I hope it`s definitely NOT GX2 alike card and at most i would like to see a REAL competitor in performance/price ratio to HD4870 - as i`ve written above "the second GF8800GT"

[BenchZowner]

I haven't heard of a hardware release for this month ( it's October now, isn't it ? ).
Only thing approaching to my knowledge is software based ( drivers )

[Blacky]

Well I can't say much more than that and that 4870x2 is in big trouble :P

please no more mystery games again