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Next, next-gen GPU's ?

XD-3

XD-3

XD-3

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Hi all,

Just thought I would make a thread for speculation about the next, next-gen GPU's alla G90, R700.

I am in the market for a new graphics card to go with my new system and was going for SLI'd 8800GTX's as the HD2900 does not interest me. But now I am not sure whether to wait seeing the poor performance in the few DX-10 benchmarks and demo's out there.

So any info/speculation on what is coming next weather that be multi GPU,
GPU-PPU hybrids, multiple small GPU's on one die etc etc get it in here pleases.


Little Snip...
ATI R600 will represent the last of its breed, the monolithic GPU. It will be replaced by a cluster of smaller GPUs with the R700 generation. It takes a good bit of software magic to make this work, but word has it that ATI has figured out this secret sauce. R700 boards will be more modular, more scalable, more consistent top to bottom, and cheaper to fab. In fact, when they launch one SKU, they will have the capability to launch them all. There have been several code names floating around for weeks on this, and we hear it is pretty much a done deal. Less concrete is the rumour that G90 will take a similar path, but things are pointing in that direction.

Unfortunately my source is the Inquire

Any thoughts guys
XD-3.
 
inq has some smelling of truth. and the fact they are saying ATI and Nvidia are trying to be more cost effective cantbe wrong either. As any company will try to be.

it just depends if you can wait :)

personally i have an X800 XT PE, and i cant wait. Ill prob get a 65nm R650 or whatever it is. hopefully thats around june / july and ill fork out.
 
The dates are probably wrong, but I have heard the G90 is supposed to be out end of this year, but will only be a refresh of the 8800 core. The G100 is supposed to be the proper next gen chip which will be out early next year.
Personally I hate refresh cards and will be waiting for the G100 :)
 
Vai said:
The dates are probably wrong, but I have heard the G90 is supposed to be out end of this year, but will only be a refresh of the 8800 core. The G100 is supposed to be the proper next gen chip which will be out early next year.
Personally I hate refresh cards and will be waiting for the G100 :)
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I smell a dual chip 8800 card coming this fall.

If thats the Case will wait on the next gen for early next year ;)
 
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