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nvidia 2011

syfer1987

syfer1987

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Hi I am wondering is nvidia plan to release a 2gb graphics card in 2011? It seems I am waiting for nvidia 2gb graphics card but I want to know if anyone has herd any rumour or if they know if they plan to make a 2gb graphics card in 2011.
 
Dude there are already 2 gig cards out there, made by third parties, the only reason for a two gig card would be to have a higher resolution monitor, perhaps beyond 30 inch resolutions.

Also, the 2 gig card then takes 2 gig away from your system RAM, because for some reason according to what I have read, video card RAM must use system RAM, so perhaps 2 2gig cards would suck a lot of system RAM up...therefore slowing down a 4 gig Sandybridge system.

Otheres may disagree, but thats my tuppance worth.
 
I'm sure Nvidia's second round of high end DX11 cards will be 2Gb + but it could be 12 months before we see them.

From my reckoning. Nvidia will have the 500 range done by the new year, then we should get the planned Fermi shrink to 28nm for September ~ possibly a little later if it looks like ATI have anything ready for the usual November time. Then 9 months after that we should get the new gen 28nm Fermi 2. I'm amusing Nvidia are still on a 18 tech to tech cycle and they dont run into problems.
 
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The GeForce GTX 580 is nice but I will wait for 2gb graphics card in 2011 I am pretty sure I read somewhere that next year nvidia will release 2gb card. I think the story somewhere that I read cant remember what site now but I do think its coming a 2gb card.
 
VonScar said:
Dude there are already 2 gig cards out there, made by third parties, the only reason for a two gig card would be to have a higher resolution monitor, perhaps beyond 30 inch resolutions.

Also, the 2 gig card then takes 2 gig away from your system RAM, because for some reason according to what I have read, video card RAM must use system RAM, so perhaps 2 2gig cards would suck a lot of system RAM up...therefore slowing down a 4 gig Sandybridge system.

Otheres may disagree, but thats my tuppance worth.
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There is a slight amount of truth here. I have a two gig 5870, and I have 0% problems with the card or with games.

However, twice in the last 4 monnths a message appears after a gaming session that says something about there is not enough ram available for aero to run and that my pc is operating slowly :eek:

However like I said, this has had 0% impact on my game fps etc...

I just press the 'sod off' button and carry on as usual.
 
syfer1987 said:
The GeForce GTX 580 is nice but I will wait for 2gb graphics card in 2011 I am pretty sure I read somewhere that next year nvidia will release 2gb card. I think the story somewhere that I read cant remember what site now but I do think its coming a 2gb card.
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The new ATI cards coming soon are rumored to be 2 gig.
 
billysielu said:
I'd like to be able to run new games at max quality at 2560 x 1600 (30")

I'll be happy if 2011 can bring that.
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A single GTX580 will already give you very good performance at 2560 (as will the new ATI offering when it arrives, undoubtedly). If you want any more, performance you can add a second card.

Regarding 2Gb Nvidia cards; short of some custom 3rd party solutions, you'll be looking at late 2011, for the 28nm Kepler range (the successor to Fermi), according to Nvidia's roadmap.

But as pointed out earlier, 2Gb is really pretty irrelevant right now. Even with a triple 30" setup, the 1.5Gb of the GTX480 / 580 is sufficient to run just about everything. With single-screen setups it's total overkill. Having more GPU memory does not improve performance (unless the game scene has used all the available memory already).
 
Out of interest, are nVidia going to GlobalFoundries for their next node or sticking with TSMC?
 
VonScar said:
Dude there are already 2 gig cards out there, made by third parties, the only reason for a two gig card would be to have a higher resolution monitor, perhaps beyond 30 inch resolutions.

Also, the 2 gig card then takes 2 gig away from your system RAM, because for some reason according to what I have read, video card RAM must use system RAM, so perhaps 2 2gig cards would suck a lot of system RAM up...therefore slowing down a 4 gig Sandybridge system.

Otheres may disagree, but thats my tuppance worth.
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Assume you are running 32bit if your losing system RAM to graphics?

If so its the old 32 bit 4GB limitiation kicking in. Ie 32 bit can only address 4GB of memory, total. So if you have 2GB on a graphics card it can only address 2GB of system RAM (ie 4-2 = 2).
64bit OS gets round this, it can address something like 128GB and hence isnt going to be an issue for a while yet ;)
 
Duff-Man said:
Nvidia are sticking with TSMC, whereas AMD are heading to global foundries. At least as far as I'm aware.
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So we're going to have fab wars as well. I've always wanted to see if GF have the ability to play in with the big boys. Fantastic. :D
 
It would be silly of ATi to dump TSMC altogether. By keeping orders in they can reduce risk and stand a better chance of having hard launches and decent stock levels beyond that. They might also deny nVidia time slots depending on how the fab works and how many clients are booked at the time.
 
robskinner said:
Assume you are running 32bit if your losing system RAM to graphics?

If so its the old 32 bit 4GB limitiation kicking in. Ie 32 bit can only address 4GB of memory, total. So if you have 2GB on a graphics card it can only address 2GB of system RAM (ie 4-2 = 2).
64bit OS gets round this, it can address something like 128GB and hence isnt going to be an issue for a while yet ;)
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Unless your running 32bit applications.....
 
opethdisciple said:
Unless your running 32bit applications.....
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The applications are irrelevant. Whilst a 32bit app on a 64bit OS may not address more than 2GB (without a bit of wrangling), the OS still resolves the 4GB address limitation that is inherent to 32bit OSs.
 
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