Chat with the representative of nVidia France

[youpla]

In a recent chat with the tech representative of nVidia France, Stéphane Quentin, internauts have asked a few questions concerning what's coming out from nVidia in a near future.

The chat was in French but I thought it could be informative so here are some info I translated.

nVidia project, initially rumoured 8950GTX2 and based on the G92 will possibly be out in a couple of weeks. But it may not be called GTX2!

The new 8800GTS2 will be out on december 11th for approximatly 299 euros.

Hybrid SLI is scheduled for next year and will let you use different cards in SLI as long as the cards are both DX10, no need to have 2x 8800, one 8800 and one 8600 will work. Hybrid SLI will also have advanced power management.

The upcoming 3-ways SLI will finally let you play Crysis max out. 3-ways SLI is also expected in 2008.

New high end card like a 9800 will mostlikely be single slot card.

 

[jabski]

intersting.

 

[Ham]

Source?

 

[youpla]

source: Yahoo News

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/grp_test/20071126/ttc-le-responsable-technique-des-produit-549fc7d_1.html

and original article here:

http://www.01net.com/editorial/365099/stephane-quentin-(nvidia)/

In French only.

I have not translated the whole chat anyway just a few parts.

It's also interesting to read wht he has to say about DX10.1 and that apparently most developpers won't developp for 10.1 and will remain on 10 cause 10.1 does not bring anything!

 

[duke]

teeheehee his name is gaylord

 

[Mr. Smith]

So there is a new dual card due very soon - like the GX2 but with 88GT's?

Hybrid sli sounds cool as long as the most powerful card can remain primary (in the past with mixed sli the card archtecture had to be almost identical, saw 7300 with 7600, but the weaker card had to be the primary card)

Any indication of when the new flagship will be out?

 

[mrapoc]

Does it indeed say anything about the new single slot, single card p00nage?

Really want a 9800 within 3 months (step up from EVGA :yumyum or whatever will play crysis "good"

 

[tsinc80697]

Not long to wait! Hope its all true

 

[youpla]

So there is a new dual card due very soon - like the GX2 but with 88GT's?

Well the question was pointing to a 8950GTX2 based on a G92 and the reply was that although he cannot talk about unannounced product yet he admitted that nVidia was indeed working on this sort of project and that it should be out in the coming weeks. In addition there is a mention that a 8800GT SLI system is already good enough... so does it means that this new 8950GTX2, or whatever name it is, will be better than a 8800GT SLI configuration!?

Any indication of when the new flagship will be out?

No precise date given, just that the new flagship cards will be out in 2008.

Does it indeed say anything about the new single slot, single card p00nage?

Really want a 9800 within 3 months (step up from EVGA ) or whatever will play crysis "good"

No no information about the specs of the new flagship, 9800 or whatever it will be, except that it maybe single slot card.

Not sure about 3 months for the new cards, as indeed nVidia is getting ready to release the 3-ways SLI system first. I would expect to see the new cards after the 3-ways SLI, thus maybe second quarter of 2008!