NVIDIA G80 & ATi R600 Info

scorchio

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The G80 will be in time for launch in June during Computex and the process technology is likely to be 80nm at TSMC. In the recent statement, NVIDIA has said that they will be backing the 80nm "half-node" process by TSMC where it allows reduction of die size by 19%. We have previously mentioned that G80 is likely to take on the Unified Shader approach and supports Shader Model 4.0. G80 is likely to be paired up with the Samsung GDDR4 memories reaching a speed of 2.5Gbps. As for ATi, the next generation R600 is slated for launch end of this year according to the roadmap the process technology is 65nm. It seems that the leaked specs of the R600 that surfaced in June last year is pretty likely.

Quad SLI itself can be implemented on a single card with two chips solution because it will carry the first dual core GPU ever with the support of DirectX10 and Shader Model 4.0. The development of G80 is also mentioned as being running very intensive since NVIDIA's acquisition over ULi. As for the upcoming G71, there will be 32pipes, increase in ROPs and a little speed bump over the core clock.
  • 65nm
  • 64 Shader pipelines (Vec4+Scalar)
  • 32 TMU's
  • 32 ROPs
  • 128 Shader Operations per Cycle
  • 800MHz Core
  • 102.4 billion shader ops/sec
  • 512GFLOPs for the shaders
  • 2 Billion triangles/sec
  • 25.6 Gpixels/Gtexels/sec
  • 256-bit 512MB 1.8GHz GDDR4 Memory
  • 57.6 GB/sec Bandwidth (at 1.8GHz)
  • WGF2.0 Unified Shader
 
hmmm think i might leave the g71s now lol and buy the g80s. Only a few months between them? thx for the info scorchio.

Dave
 
I find it hard enough to keep up as it is without these 6 monthly releases.

Does make you wonder if the 71 is a weak part, oh well guess it means waiting for an 80 - but then again I am weak :$ so 71 it is then lol.

regards,

Matt
 
Well its two fold for me, I want the G71 and I roadmapped two GPU updates this year in my previous statement - I see no reason to change that now.

I dont think you can call anything with increased ROPS and 32 pipes 'weak' and the G80 is going to be released at that time (probs August is more likely though) coz thats when the new OS is released (VISTA).

GPU lanches are like comedy - the secret si timing.

Mav
 
They are bringing them out so quickly - I wonder if the non-enthusiasts have any idea what's what at this pace?! I'm struggling to keep up with it all!

I think I'll go for one of these G71's, any ideas if there's going to be a GT/GTX versions?
 
Yes both flavours will be availble - rumour mill suggest that both are 90nm parts but Gt will have 24 pipes versus 32 pipes on GTX.

Be intersting to see if the extra pipes can be unlocked - 90nm yields on top product do not appear to be as good as 80nm at the moment.

Ati is moving to 65nm in next chip whereas Nvidia are going to 80nm.
 
We need CPUs that can cope with these monsters. Cheers for the info Scorchio, I might wait for the G80 aswell, mind you thats what I said about the the G70 when I had my NV40.
 
name='maverik-sg1' said:
Yes both flavours will be available - rumour mill suggest that both are 90nm parts but GT will have 24 pipes versus 32 pipes on GTX.

So the 7900GT will be like a super-clocked 7800GTX? Maybe more along the lines of the GTX512 but on a smaller tech node? :)
 
Hmmmm. I wonder which will cost more- the 7800GTX 512 or the 7900GT :) If the 7900GT is around the same as the GTX but on a smaller tech node, I might stay put.
 
I think that the 7800GTX 512MB would be more, as people seem to be paying a premium at the mo - just for that small increase in performance...

I might have my eye on a single 7900GTX :D, but probably won't be able to afford it! :(
 
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