G80 specs finally confirmed! NOT old news!

Scoobie Dave · 6 Oct 2006 at 08:53

AWBbox said:
waitaminute! That article said the 8800 GTX has 2, 6 pin power adaptors does that mean it's gonna use up both pci-e connectors my psu has?

Both? That one juicy motherplucker!

Voltage · 6 Oct 2006 at 09:18

specs say 450w for just one card....tis a bit silly

Scoobie Dave · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:31

Confusion said:
specs say 450w for just one card....tis a bit silly

I think they always overate the power requirements though just to cover themselves if you know what I mean.

ihatelag · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:46

Looks like im gonna have to get a nuclear power plant built to support the damn card...freakin hell, if they cant make better use of components, they decided to throw in a few hundred volts to make it faster..grr

I can see paying loads more for my elec bill if I get this card lol

fornowagain · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:55

16X AA and 128-bit HDR

wizardmaxx · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:59

Sorry if this has been posted already, but may be of interest.

"nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX / GT (G80) GPU is expected to be released in H2. G80 expected to be released on TSMC's new 80nm process is expected to be the first DirectX 10 / Shader Model 4 compliant GPU on the market. G80 is expected to feature around 700M transistors (compared to 278M in G71). G80 is a total core redesign over G70/G71 with the implementation of a Unified Shader Model, which processes vertices and pixels through the same dual purpose pipelines. The G80 architecture is expected to feature up to 8 TCPs and 128 stream processors and will interface to GDDR4 memory over a 384-bit (256-bit+128-bit) memory interface. G80 is expected to feature SM4 support, improved SM3 performance, FP16 HDR+MSAA, a new VCAA Anti Aliasing mode and enhancements to the texture filtering engine. G80 clock speeds are expected to be up to 1.5Ghz (! Previous reports were around 700Mhz) interfacing to 768MB (512MB + 256MB) of GDDR4 memory.
The initial members of the GeForce 8800 range are expected to be:

GeForce 8800GTX - 7 TCPs, 384-bit memory interface, Hybrid water/fan cooler. $649
GeForce 8800GT : 6 TCPs, 320-bit memory interface, Standard fan cooler. $449-499

G80 is expected to offer up to 2 x the Pixel Shader performance and 12 x the Vertex Shader performance of G71.

nVidia G83 GPU is expected to be released in November. G83 is a mid range GPU and the successor to the GeForce 7600, featuring the enhancements found in the G80 core.

nVidia G82 GPU is expected to be released in November. G82 is a low end GPU and the successor to the GeForce 7200, featuring the enhancements found in the G80 core."

mrthingyx · 6 Oct 2006 at 12:06

easyrider said:
But then us lot will be discussing GFX,shaders,differences(if any) in the new tech.

By the time you buy.. Us lot will have 12 months experience with the cards and make valid judgements based on experience.

You will be a DX 10 Virgin and comment,not from experience,but from conjecture.

A clever man learns from his mistakes; a wise man learns from others'.

It does indeed appear that we are heading for the next paradigm in terms of gaming experiences with this next generation of cards if these 'specs' are anything to go by... similar to ATi's 9700Pro, the X800/6800 show, etc. It's going to be an exciting twelves months, regardless.

Cyber-Mav · 6 Oct 2006 at 12:26

these specs are probably blag since they seem to be double the power of r600. ati have go no chance against such a monster of a core. :eek:

LoadsaMoney · 6 Oct 2006 at 12:28

Thats some crystal ball you got there, R600 specs are not known yet.

Cyber-Mav · 6 Oct 2006 at 12:31

LoadsaMoney said:
Thats some crystal ball you got there, R600 specs are not known yet.

yes they are know, in one word: "crap"

Darkwave · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:04

Cyber-Mav said:
yes they are know, in one word: "crap"

All we know about R600 is that it will have unified shader architecture, nothing else.

mcc49 · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:05

so is that 450W for just the GFX card or for the PC?

Cyber-Mav · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:10

rumours have it that r600 has 64 shaders.

Voltage · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:24

for the whole pc

ugly ferret · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:35

Confusion said:
for the whole pc

Not any worse than a x1900xt then? I don't see why people are comlaining about the power consumption if it's true. Seems pretty good to me.

Macro · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:39

HighlandeR said:
Quad Core + G80 and then play what?

.....

Anything you want on a 24" WS Monitor at 1900x1200 with full HDR/AA/AF/anyotheroptionyoucanthinkof

UKTopGun · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:39

ugly ferret said:
Not any worse than a x1900xt then? I don't see why people are comlaining about the power consumption if it's true. Seems pretty good to me.

Esspecially as most of the people who can afford a G80 have very efficient 500W PSU's or more anyway.

fornowagain · 6 Oct 2006 at 13:50

ugly ferret said:
Not any worse than a x1900xt then? I don't see why people are comlaining about the power consumption if it's true. Seems pretty good to me.

The say 400W for a GX2 and 450W for a G80. The GX2 consumes 140w at stock, based on that, its around the 190/200w mark. Two PCI-e connecters needed over 150w. 200W might see some older dual rail PSU's getting near the 240VA rail overcurrent limit, depending on what's connected elsewhere and how closely the PSU follows ATX spec.

Voltage · 6 Oct 2006 at 14:08

looking at these specs, a very 500w psu wont be enough for sli.