Nvidia GT212 with 384 SPs until Q2/2009?

[josiahsuarez]

yay new rumors :D

original article
http://www.hardware-infos.com/news.php?news=2495

machine translated
http://translate.google.co.nz/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hardware-infos.com%2Fnews.php%3Fnews%3D2495&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Nvidia GT212 with 384 SPs until Q2/2009?

Yesterday surprised the British cuisine The Inquirer rumors that Nvidia's in 55 nm chip manufactured GT200 (GT206) seem no more time in this year could imagine. Nvidia allegedly had an unexpectedly now Respin third of the chips in time. It is also our few weeks previously published Nvidia roadmap no longer fully up to date, as we were confirmed on demand.

Specifically, it is this is the GT212, which manufactured in 40 nm high-end chip, according to NVIDIA's original plan in the first quarter of 2009 and should hit at the same time the first 40 nm chip of Californians ever be. Because of the trouble GT206, it has been decided, however, the safe, traditional route, from which one after the FX Geforce Desaster also no longer abwich, namely initially a known, less complex chip in the new process to produce.

This is technically GT216 hot and probably with the same number of execution units as the GT200 start. Since the launch date for the first quarter of 2009 envisaged, remains questionable whether there is still a GT200 in 55 nm will. Our sources are silent about yet.

Manage the transition to the 40-nm technology by the GT216 successful, it will be shortly thereafter, in the second quarter of 2009, the GT212 also present. An Nvidia confidant assured us in this context that the chip over total of 384 shader units will be available. The 60 percent higher shader power compared GT200 should help the RV870 and its possible variants of multi-catch.

Whether the postponement of the GT212 and the GT300 is affected, according to recent statements in the fourth quarter of 2009 should hit, we do not know.
One, however, we know: It is us a brilliant, first half of 2009 graphics card before.

:O

[k0py]

Ug! Google translator sux!

[zer0]

i want it now.

[CaptNKILL]

A 60% increase in shader processors is good. Hopefully the rest of the specs get a similar boost.

I'm just glad they're making a single GPU card.

[Bman212121]

Yay! (nana2)

[Xion X2]

That has to be the worst translation I've ever attempted to read.

Good news if true, though, so thanks for posting.

[zer0]

A 60% increase in shader processors is good. Hopefully the rest of the specs get a similar boost.

I'm just glad they're making a single GPU card.

i hope there would be a revised gtx280, maybe a gtx290 but much more cheaper considering the next cards are 60% better.

[Runningman]

Wake me up when they do something new with SLI tech....yawnnn...

[Redeemed]

Wake me up when they do something new with SLI tech....yawnnn...

I'm betting SLi is going to go the way of AT's X2 cards... being "SLi" on just one card (or multiple PCBs in nVidia's case). Of course, you could probably SLi those but I'm doubting we'll see a continuing trend of cramming more phsyical video cards into a computer. As is a rig with 3 GTX280s leaves practically no room for any other add-in cards. I'm sure as dies shrink we'll see more and more video cards with multiple physical GPUs.

What would be nice though is if there could be standardized support for them. If Microsoft would get behind the multi-GPU market this could happen. If implemented properly it'd eliminate a lot of stability and odd performance problems.

[methimpikehoses]

Wake me up when they do something new with SLI tech....yawnnn...

*draws benis on runningman's cheek*

[walterman]

Remember, GT300 in Q4/2009.

[ASUSEN7900GTX]

wonder if ATI can match the 48xx series later on like next summer or so i guess a I7+ATI+X58+8gb DDR2/3 might give a kick ?

or if this GT300 is the new king although NV´s cards are more expensive

[Feyy]

More readable version, translated by me:



Yesterday, the british rumour mill The Inquirer surprised everyone by saying that Nvidia wouldn't be able to bring out its 55nm GT200-Chip (GT206) in time for this year.

Apparently Nvidia had to do a third re-spin of the Chip.
Due to this, the Nvidia roadmap that we posted a few weeks ago is no longer up-to date, which we later got confirmed.

Basically we are talking about the GT212, the 40nm High End Chip that according to Nvidias plans were to launch in Q1 2009 and at the same time be their first 40nm Chip.

Due to the problems with the GT206, Nvidia seems to have taken the safe bet, which they also took after the Geforce FX disaster, by first releasing a less complex chip (not high end) in 40nm.

This will be called the GT216, technically it will probably have the same amount of shaders as the GT200. Being that Q1 2009 is being viewed as the launch timeframe, it's rather questionable if Nvidia will bother with releasing a 55nm GT200 variant.
Our sources remain quiet on this.

If the change to 40nm is successful with the GT216, Nvidia should shortly after present the GT212 in Q2 2009. Our source in Nvidia told us that the chip will have 384 shaders. The 60% higher shader power should help against the GT200 and the RV870 along with it's variants.

We are unsure if the delay caused by the GT212 will also effect the GT300, which was proposed to launch in Q4 2009.

However, we are sure about one thing: 2009 will be full of sweet new graphic cards.

[josiahsuarez]

thanks, that's much easier to understand :)

[walterman]

http://en.expreview.com/2009/01/05/specs-of-gt212-detailed.html#more-1827

GT212
40 nm
< 300 mm^2
1.8 billion transistors
384 SPs
96 TMUs
256 bit memory bus
GDDR5
Q2 2009

My bandwidth estimation:
4.5 GHz = 144 GB/s
5 GHz = 160 GB/s
7 GHz = 224 GB/s

Remember the news about the 7 GHz GDDR5 chips:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=123639

I think that they will use at least the 5 GHz chips, because the GTX285 features 160 GB/s.

Anyway, remember that the GT300 will arrive before the end of the year, and it will feature DX11.

[walterman]

Nvidia's 40nm GT212 to have 384 SPs, 96 TMUs

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11237&Itemid=1

The memory interface of GT212 will decrease from 512-bit on GT200 to 256-bit, which is quite similar to what occurred with AMD's RV770. To compensate, however, Nvidia will follow suit by incorporating Hynix 7Gbps GDDR5 into its GT212 as well as into the rest of its 40nm lineup. In addition, the stream processor count of GT212 will increase from 240 in GT200 to 384, and the number of texture mapping units will increase from 80 to 96.

So, with the 7 GHz GDDR5 chips -> 224 GB/s

112fps @ 1920x1200 SSAA 2x2 :)

[slaWter]

Can't wait :D

[josiahsuarez]

wow, nvidia is rolling out high end products like mad. GTX295 will hit shortly and then GT212 in April or May. that gives GTX 295 a very short life at the top of the heap!

[walterman]

& do not forget the GT300 with DirectX 11 support.

[mojoman0]

theyll prolly end up spacing them out a bit to reap some benefits from the R&D. Otherwise this many high end chips might be shooting themselves in the foot..unless they are cheap to produce and aggressively priced.

[methimpikehoses]

& do not forget the GT300 with DirectX 11 support.

nor the gt400 w/ DX 12.1.

[walterman]

Nvidia GT300 core: Speculation
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=49139

GeForce GTX 285 to officially launch on January 15th
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11263&Itemid=1
While the new 55nm card is expected to have an average 10% performance gain over its 65nm GTX 280 predecessor, it is important to note that Nvidia's 40nm GT212s are just around the corner and may even be introduced at lower price points due to effective reductions in manufacturing costs.

[nekrosoft13]

nor the gt400 w/ DX 12.1.

GT500 with Shelby version of DX14.442 is where it's at ;)

[blurter]

GT500 with Shelby version of DX14.442 is where it's at ;)


Nah, Geeeforce GTXGTZXTGTZXUUUltra UltraGTZXGT1,000,000,000 will support DX1billion-gazallion and it's also rumoured that the sun shines out of it's ar$e (nana2)

[rage10]

Nvidia GT300 core: Speculation
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=49139
the gt300 is supposed to be a new arcitecture. 216 gbs bandwidth? it has a 512 bit GDDR5 memory bus. at 7ghz thats 448 gbs or so. at 5 its probobly about 320 gbs bandwidth.

EDIT: and it says only dx 10.1 support?
I call bs.