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trinibwoy
03-08-06, 08:17 PM
Just thought I'd share some comments from Nvidia with you guys with respect to upcoming parts. Some interesting stuff in there. Props to Uttar for the summary.
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28999
mikechai
03-08-06, 10:55 PM
Uttar is the master of dictation.
Red_Shift
03-09-06, 09:47 PM
So it seems they'll soon shift the production of geforce 7 series parts to 80nm and G80 will be on 65nm.
"Our next generation product is the combination of 3 years of heavy-duty work. We started architecting it about 4 years ago, and, you know, my best calculations have this investing $250M into it already, and by the time it launches as well as the entire product family, we will have invested about $500M in R&D."
:eek: :eek: :eek: G80 is going to be a bombshell :eek: :eek: :eek:
Ancient
03-09-06, 10:11 PM
3 years of heavy-duty work? 4 years of architecting?
Considering the timeline, could some 3dfx technology be factoring into this architecture.
im really wondering if nv is going to have some sort of new radical memory interface with the g80...gddr4 anybody?
nutball
03-10-06, 02:29 PM
im really wondering if nv is going to have some sort of new radical memory interface with the g80...gddr4 anybody?
Does GDDR4 *really* count as radical? Sounds like more of the same to me.
|MaguS|
03-10-06, 03:00 PM
XDR would be nice, IMO.
Graphicmaniac
03-10-06, 03:26 PM
i just hope they will have new AA less heavy on performance
3 years of heavy-duty work? 4 years of architecting?
Considering the timeline, could some 3dfx technology be factoring into this architecture.
Voodoo 7000, or should we just go ahead and call it 8000 to match the Geforce naming scheme? ;)
CrazyIvan
03-10-06, 03:31 PM
I want new image quality improvements.
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang:
"It is the most important contribution we've made to the graphics industry since the founding of this company"
"Nvidia has invested two years of research and nearly US$400 million to develop the XXXX chip"
Guess the GPU Jen-Hsun Huang is reffering too and earn a cookie plus the links to the answer !:D
My point is don't bite into prelaunch marketing.;)
I'm sure G80 will be great though.(pirate) (nana2)
They havent really talked that highly of a chip since NV30. And we all know that was a hit!!!!!!!!!!....
Shamrock
03-11-06, 12:01 AM
I want my holographic video and monitors NOW! (like Minority Report)
madmartyau
03-11-06, 12:22 AM
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang:
"It is the most important contribution we've made to the graphics industry since the founding of this company"
"Nvidia has invested two years of research and nearly US$400 million to develop the XXXX chip"
Guess the GPU Jen-Hsun Huang is reffering too and earn a cookie plus the links to the answer !:D
My point is don't bite into prelaunch marketing.;)
I'm sure G80 will be great though.(pirate) (nana2)
NV30
Where's my cookie?
NV30
Where's my cookie?
your too slow ;) no cookie.
I want better image quality, less bullsh*t shimmering. And a better method of using aa/af to make less of a performance hit.
rudedog
03-14-06, 12:10 PM
With this news released today:
Microsoft Windows Vista
Posted By: Greg Randall(grandall@microsoft.com)
Date: March 13, 2006
This is the year… the year that Microsoft releases the newest version of Windows. Yes, Vista will be released in November of this year. So what is so compelling that our customers would want to spend money upgrading to the Vista operating system? Let’s take a quick look at all that Vista offers a small business.
from the Official Microsoft Connections blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/conblog/archive/2006/03/14/550826.aspx)
Does this mean we can exspect a DX10 part from the red and green team before Nov.? I hope so....
Redeemed
03-14-06, 02:59 PM
There wasn't much new info, except that November release date. I sure hope that is when it is out, and that it'll be complete. MS cut enough features out already.
I'm just curious, is there going to be both a 32bit and a 64 bit version of Vista, or just one version that will automatically detect your computer's hardware configuration?
agentkay
03-14-06, 03:16 PM
I'm just curious, is there going to be both a 32bit and a 64 bit version of Vista, or just one version that will automatically detect your computer's hardware configuration?
Yes most likely. They already released the info that there will be 7 versions I think (don´t beat on the number, I´m just guessing), and I´m sure they would have mentioned it if all versions were available as seperate 32/64 bit versions.
Yes most likely. They already released the info that there will be 7 versions I think (don´t beat on the number, I´m just guessing), and I´m sure they would have mentioned it if all versions were available as seperate 32/64 bit versions.
Yes there will be a 32 & 64, I'm currently testing the 64bit version as we speak and it seems to be holding up very well. Microsoft plans on releasing about 12 versions of vista, 6 per x32 and 6 per x64. Half of those you wont see because they are targeted for the european markets.
agentkay
03-15-06, 02:19 PM
Yes there will be a 32 & 64, I'm currently testing the 64bit version as we speak and it seems to be holding up very well. Microsoft plans on releasing about 12 versions of vista, 6 per x32 and 6 per x64. Half of those you wont see because they are targeted for the european markets.
Well I´m in Europe, so I´ll see them. lol I heard its the versions that have no pre-installed WMP and IE. I´m VERY surprised that the 32/64 bit will be seperatly available, but I guess it´s compartibilty reasons why they can´t release an OS that supports both and installs the correct version (32 or 64) after doing a system scan. I definitly pick up the 64bit version, since I want to build a new rig with a 64bit CPU when Vista comes out. BTW, thanks for the info!!
Redeemed
03-15-06, 02:53 PM
Why so many different versions? That just sounds rediculous.
Well I´m in Europe, so I´ll see them. lol I heard its the versions that have no pre-installed WMP and IE. I´m VERY surprised that the 32/64 bit will be seperatly available, but I guess it´s compartibilty reasons why they can´t release an OS that supports both and installs the correct version (32 or 64) after doing a system scan. I definitly pick up the 64bit version, since I want to build a new rig with a 64bit CPU when Vista comes out. BTW, thanks for the info!!
The main reason is to avoid all the issues that come along with trying to integrate a x32 and x64bit OS into one (I can only Imagine the bugs!), plus there are still a number of users who dont have 64bit procs so having a OS thats made specifically for the x32 procs insures u hit both the low end market and the high end. Why so many versions? Microsoft has a built in upgrade kit in vista. So say u want the most basic flavor of Vista when it first comes out just to get your tounge wet then lf u choose to upgrade to a more professional version of Vista, instead of running to the store to pick up a upgrade kit all u do is open your control panel and choose your upgrade and pay from there. Now as far as the european versions go, it has to do with software on the OS and other stuff im sure. I think what is alllll boils down to is $$$ and thats music to microsofts ears!
a12ctic
03-15-06, 06:04 PM
Why so many different versions? That just sounds rediculous.
I think quite a bit that microsoft does is pretty rediculous :p
Why so many different versions? That just sounds rediculous.
Not when you consider everything.
Plenty of apps have multiple SKU's and if the lower-priced SKU's allow for even the cheaper systems to get VISTA on their systems, why not?
There are plenty of different m$ sku's for all their product lines. It makes sense from a financial perspective to have multiple licenses.
Even unix/linux related products have multiple sku's available. For licensing and needs based reasons, this is a god-send.
It is only confusing and overkill if you don't work on things like this on a daily basis.
Personally I am looking forward to this :D
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