Nvidia's next-gen GPU, GT200 reported being taped out

[helmutcheese]

QUOTED :


" The discrete graphics market has been extremely active lately and the situation is not about to change anytime soon as both Nvidia and AMD are preparing new chips for the 2008 summer-autumn period.

After releasing quite a few G92 cards, the latest being the GeForce 9800 GTX, Nvidia is finally getting ready to move to an evolved architecture with the GT200 GPU(s). Set to power the next high-end offer, the GT200 is apparently taped out some six weeks ago and it is moving towards a Q3/Q4 release with the 'best' estimate seeing it arrive this fall.

The GT200 is a 1 billion transistor chip that is supposed to have over 200 Stream Processors and a 512-bit memory bus. "



http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments.php?shownews=19285&catid=2

 

[chaparral]

The GT200 is a 1 billion transistor chip that is supposed to have over 2 Stream Processors and a 12-bit memory bus. "

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[Dutch Guy]

If it is taped out why does it still take so long to get it in the shops?

 

[Greebo]

The GT200 is a 760 million transistor chip that is supposed to have 128 Stream Processors and a 256-bit memory bus just like the G92. "

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[Tom|Nbk]

If it is taped out why does it still take so long to get it in the shops?

Because the market is not ready yet. Taping out is done at last and I'm now hanging tight for this card.

 

[james.miller]

will i get to upgrade my 8800gtx then?

 

[Tute]

Pity the drivers might follow by next Easter. :/

 

[Greebo]

Because the market is not ready yet. Taping out is done at last and I'm now hanging tight for this card.

The market is ready now. Lack of competition isn't there though. Some people would buy the next gen just because it is next gen.

Anyway I expect they are waiting to roll out physics drivers bringing all our cards to about 10 fps with some big game in summer before releasing their more powerful cards.

Create a demand then sell at a premium.

 

[Greebo]

Pity the drivers might follow by next Easter. :/

That soon? I wasn't expecting them till Q3 next year at least, followed every day with new ones for about two months then no further releases for about 2 years. Well that's how they normally do it anyway

 

[LoadsaMoney]

If it is taped out why does it still take so long to get it in the shops?

As they are still in the middle of releasing their old 2006 8800's, they won't release anything new while half way through some other cards, they got to get the rest of the 8800's out the way first.

 

[-iceblade^]

*says it before loadsa says it*

because as we all know, the 9800GTX is just an 8800GTS 512

 

[LoadsaMoney]

... and the dual card being 2x taped together.

BOOM TISH.

 

[Jokester]

If it is taped out why does it still take so long to get it in the shops?

Who says they won't need to tape it out again .

 

[Duke]

will i get to upgrade my 8800gtx then?

Hope so, would be nice to have something new to play with

 

[willhub]

Its my birthday on june 17th anyone wanna buy me a GT200?

 

[Lightnix]

'Taped out' doesn't mean released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taped_out

It means it's about to be manufactured.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Its my birthday on june 17th anyone wanna buy me a GT200?

Happy fifteenth..

 

[willhub]

Happy fifteenth..

15th? nineteenth

 

[tutu]

Some people would buy the next gen just because it is next gen.

Some people will buy it to double there 3DMark 08 (Vantage) score

 

[Tom|Nbk]

The market is ready now. Lack of competition isn't there though. Some people would buy the next gen just because it is next gen.

Anyway I expect they are waiting to roll out physics drivers bringing all our cards to about 10 fps with some big game in summer before releasing their more powerful cards.

Create a demand then sell at a premium.

NVIDIA will bring the card out when ATi start to make some noise and not before.