Rumors 9800GTX

Talrinys · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:12

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=218890
- Codenamed G100
- 65nm process
- 256 shader processors
- 780MHz core clock
- 3200MHz memory clock
- 512-bit memory width
- 2048MB (256X8) GDDR5 chips
- GDDR5 @ 0.25-0.5ns
- Dual DVI-out
- Supports DX 10.1, VP3
- 15-25% lower TDP than 8800GTS

Believable?
I would expect 512-bit memory but i really doubt that 2GB is managable for a good price

gary996 · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:14

3200 memclock wow if thats true

Talrinys · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:16

Could be if(and they will) they use GDDR5, but that's a crazy boost, imagine the bandwidth with a 512-bit bus

Lightnix · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:25

Why do they need that much bandwidth?

rippling · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:26

why use gddr5 when they still aint making use of the band width of gddr4?

Lightnix · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:29

I could see a 256-bit bus and GDDR5 or a 512-bit bus and GDDR4 but this just sounds really bloomin' expensive.

rippling · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:30

Gadzooks gamers, Samsung just announced what they are calling the world's fastest memory: GDDR5. The new series five, double-data rate memory chip transfers data at a lickity quick 6Gbps -- about 4x faster while using 20% less power than the GDDR3 memory found in modern GPUs and the PS3. Compare that to their 4Gbps GDDR4 chips and you'll understand the fuss. The chips have already been delivered in samples to the likes of NVIDIA and ATI. Samsung expects the series five chips to capture more than 50 percent of the high-end PC graphics market by 2010.

and link

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/03/samsung-announces-world-fastest-memory-gddr5/

Now if samsung had JUST announced gddr5 i dont think Nvidia will be using it on a card next year , unless they intend to sell it for £1k
but who knows , would be great if they did !

Lightnix · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:34

Qimonda shipped samples of GDDR5 out to people way before Samsung.

Inazuma · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:35

they intend to sell it for £1k

would be great if they did !

Someone, I don't think these two phrases belong in the same sentence

Cyanide · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:47

Talrinys said:
- 2048MB (256X8) GDDR5 chips

Well that pretty much kills off x32 OS's then

londonbairn · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:48

Cyanide said:
Well that pretty much kills off x32 OS's then

That's a good point, with new cards hitting 1gb+, using a 32 bit OS is perhaps not a good idea....more people should move to Vista x64

Firegod · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:50

Hmm 2Gb of GDDR5... I think 1Gb of GDDR4 and a 512-bit bus.

Cyanide · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:51

rafster said:
That's a good point, with new cards hitting 1gb+, using a 32 bit OS is perhaps not a good idea....more people should move to Vista x64

Oooooh! Microsoft Conspiracy!!!11one lolz!

psychas · 28 Dec 2007 at 12:01

wow that looks bit sick 400£ ore more :eek:

Phemo · 28 Dec 2007 at 12:07

Very much doubt it'll have 2GB of RAM, that's too big a jump in too short a time period and as has already been said, GDDR5 has pretty much just been announced. I would say 1GB of GDDR4 is a more realistic guess.

tbh · 28 Dec 2007 at 12:17

Looks to me like someones wishlist rather than anything which we can actually expect to see in a few months time.

perox · 28 Dec 2007 at 12:19

Well I really hope it doesn't have 2GB of vram, I don't want to move to vista or any other 64bit OS yet. Looks like a beast though if true.

Lightnix · 28 Dec 2007 at 12:21

- 65nm process
- 256 shader processors
- 780MHz core clock
- 15-25% lower TDP than 8800GTS

Those four points together make it completely infeasible.

[HoL]Cobra · 28 Dec 2007 at 13:12

Roll on March time, I hate rumours

Scougar · 28 Dec 2007 at 13:14

Lightnix said:
- 65nm process
- 256 shader processors
- 780MHz core clock
- 15-25% lower TDP than 8800GTS

Those four points together make it completely infeasible.

I don't see why. The only point there that may be slightly unrealistic is the TDP quote. 256 shaders seems realistic to me for a top end card. 780 Core? What's wrong with that? ATI are at 775 anyway, and easily go above 800Mhz. Lastly 65mn process, haven't they just done that?

Matthew