what's the difference between G8x and NV5x?

[Telomerase]

is the G8x and NV5x one in the same are entirely different archs?

[agentkay]

is the G8x and NV5x one in the same are entirely different archs?

Thats a good question which I actually was thinking about yesterday as well. Since the G70 is actually the NV48, the G71 might either be related to the RSX or NV50, since back in the day the rumors were already strong saying the NV50 would have 32 Pipelines. If I remember it correctly, Nvidia never said why or if they really "canned" the NV50

We don´t know enough about the NV50 (and G80) to truely say if its architextures similar or different but I think the G80 will differ to a good degree from the G70 architexture and will not just be a small evolution step from G70 because the DX10 standard probably demands quite drastic changes architexture-wise.

[Redeemed]

I've been wondering this myself. Maybe one (let's just say the NV50) is gonna' be the "flip-chip" design, and the other (let's just say G80) is gonna' be the standard vcard we're all familiar with. It's a possibility, though not really a probability in my opinion.

[Red_Shift]

I think they are the same, wether they'll call it G80 or NV50 I don't know. G70 is NV47, G71 is also based on NV4x architecture. Nv50 will be an entirely new architecture, a SM4 one, as I said before I don't know if they'll call it G80.

[Dazz]

I would have to say different archs as there is quite a jump in the number scheme from G70,71,72.

[nutball]

You know before the numbering scheme changed there were both NV47 and NV48 being mentioned as arriving before NV50. NV47 became G70... what I've been wondering since is whether it was not NV50 but rather NV48 that became G80. If so then G80 likely wouldn't be a major architectural shift from G7x.

[shabby]

So whats the g71, nv47.5?
The fall card i believe will be a completly new architecture, unified, ala nv50.

[Red_Shift]

You know before the numbering scheme changed there were both NV47 and NV48 being mentioned as arriving before NV50. NV47 became G70... what I've been wondering since is whether it was not NV50 but rather NV48 that became G80. If so then G80 likely wouldn't be a major architectural shift from G7x.
NV48 already exists, it's the pci-e version of 6800 series (take a look at nv4_disp.dll). G80 is NV50 and definitively a brand new architecture.

So whats the g71, nv47.5?
The fall card i believe will be a completly new architecture, unified, ala nv50.
It might change as much as R420 did from R360 but I really doubt it, I guess it's a G70(NV47) with more pipes and with some very minor tweaks.