G80 Leaked pictures

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: Creig
VERY clean. Nice job.

You would probably have an aneursym if you saw my main rig. But since it's mostly water-cooled, perfect airflow doesn't mean a whole lot to me.

Its just a peeve of mine. I dislike seeing a high powered PC, with a crappy wire job, that restricts air flow, and looks bad.

Ive had several watercooled (and even a phase change and watercooled PC), all with decent wiring.

Mach II This is probably one of my worst, but I did clean it up after this pic. The Prommy had so many extra wires, and that case was pretty small.. but anyways. Pic of Prommy temp Whats funny is that P4 3gig was at 3.9gig, and phase-changed cooled. And is slower than my current CPU right now, even though it has a 1.5gig advantage. My, how times change. The Prommy with water Obviously not running yet. Never did take pics of that, but you get the general gist.

My latest and probably greatest watercooled PC Still very clean wiring I think. Two seperate complete loops, and nice wiring. A few more ---Outside Lots o' tubing, little wires --- Mobo and USB wires from a hole in the mobo tray to keep it clean. Not coming across the bottom. And yes, thats a 6800GT, I have used many NV cards. Despite what some people think.

Yet another WC PC Not nearly as clean. I dont like it much looking back on it. Thats pretty old though. Outside shot

My first even WC PC Not as clean as todays job. Yes, thats a Kenwood 72-X Too bad it didnt read many burned CD's. Inside shot

Not hard to clean up a SFF Oh my, whats that? Yet another NV card... My, my, I have had a lot of NV cards... Even it that was my daughters PC.

Same PC I have now, but when I had SLI And old ribbon IDE cables...

I just dont understand why the dongle appears to be an issue for some people. But since they havent, and wont be using it, it doesnt really matter. I actually use the hardware I discuss.

Damn. You really like your water-cooling, don't you?

 

[Ackmed]

I did. I had several WC PC's in a row. I took a break with this one. Its the first time I havent modded the case in any way in forever. I was thinking of getting back into watercooling, but that will have to wait a while. Ill be out of town for most of the next 6 months.

 

[ronnn]

Originally posted by: gramboh
It's probably just an engineering sample, I doubt final retail will look anything like it.

I agree. Looks like a pig, but I love bacon!

 

[lopri]

Originally posted by: ronnn

Originally posted by: gramboh
It's probably just an engineering sample, I doubt final retail will look anything like it.

I agree. Looks like a pig, but I love bacon!

Yeah and I really think the current GTX HSF will do much better job cooling than the fugly one pictured.

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: lopri

Originally posted by: ronnn

Originally posted by: gramboh
It's probably just an engineering sample, I doubt final retail will look anything like it.

I agree. Looks like a pig, but I love bacon!

Yeah and I really think the current GTX HSF will do much better job cooling than the fugly one pictured.

How can you tell the effectiveness of a cooler based on looks?

 

[BFG10K]

I don't care what it looks like, as long as it's fast and quiet.

 

[josh6079]

What about software voltage controls? Will the G80 be able to control voltages from the comfort of a desktop like the X1K series or will overclockers have to do a hack job on the pcb?

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: josh6079
What about software voltage controls? Will the G80 be able to control voltages from the comfort of a desktop like the X1K series or will overclockers have to do a hack job on the pcb?

I dont think the next generation cards will be suitable for OCing, not to mention Vmod can potentially make it an oven. (If they can OC at all is the real question)

Lets wait and see.

I doubt that cooler is going to be used. Not to mention the first samples were around January, meaning this could be one of them. I think this is why INQ kept mentioning 90nm for G80 but that could possibly change. PCB layout can change, and the cooler too, so the final G80 PCB/cooler could be much different.

One thing that i like about the new cooler is that it blows hot air out of the case. Instead of the GTXs cooler which blows it both ways (in and out).

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Hopefully they rework the PCB and make the card a little shorter. The cooler looks pretty efficient... I was just wondering if those pipes are heatpipes or for watercooling.

It looks like it's going to need a dedicated PSU. It makes more sense for me to use my spare 460W Seasonic and just run it out of case or in the empty space in the 5.25 rack rather than upgrading to 700W+, which would cost $200+. Power bricks tend to be expensive for what they put out and I wouldn't trust it without active cooling.

 

[flexy]

i call shens !!!

Why ?

The card looks OLD...the packing density of the card (of the part you can see) is not very high - but then at the same time
the card is way too big.

Also...why are there pics of the cooler REMOVED - but no pics of the actual chip but only from the backside ?

SHENS - or at least some EARLY alpha prototype.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: flexy
i call shens !!!

Why ?

The card looks OLD...the packing density of the card (of the part you can see) is not very high - but then at the same time
the card is way too big.

Also...why are there pics of the cooler REMOVED - but no pics of the actual chip but only from the backside ?

SHENS - or at least some EARLY alpha prototype.

Probably they got it off some server. Or the old prototype got leaked, or NV is not letting them release it.

There are rumours that even that the R600 will be 33cm long and eat up 300W.

Im sure that the cards will come with an external PSU. Probably included in the overall cost as well.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
We may have two cores in one package here gents.

Look closely.

Mirror image placement of resistors right under where GPU sits. So, possibly two cores in one package?

I'm going to look for a rear shot of a 7900GTX and see if the mirrored resistors are there.

Here, found one. And it doesn't look like anything is mirrored. All spec, of course, but just something to take note of.

G71photo

I don't know pretty thin... I agree it will be dual identical GPU's but on same package with an SLI bridge reducing latecy big time. NV is going SLI everything on the high end. Take one core off you got the medium end cards.

 

[Matt2]

All I know is that I'm already saving for this beast. it had better not disappoint.

 

[BFG10K]

I think that cooler has taken a page out of ATi's book - it looks like it'll be exhausting hot air out of the case.

 

[josh6079]

Originally posted by: Matt2
All I know is that I'm already saving for this beast. it had better not disappoint.

Eh, it will always disappoint some. Pretty soon after its release I wouldn't be surprised if we see akshayt with a "The 8800GTX is Crap: It really is" thread or Think with a "The 8800GTX is flawed" thread as well.

Anyways, one thing is for sure. The projected November release looks like it will definately happen. And since, for the time being, ATI and Nvidia are still close competitors that means R600 should follow shortly.

Time is one our side right now. Good cards keep dropping in price, games get patched (except for BF2 which always needs a patch) and drop in price as well. Nvidia and ATI have got to start selling these products that they've put so much R&D in to counter their cost. Besides, Christmas is coming...

 

[Matt2]

i hope we see one price drop by christmas. I'd hate to have to throw $650 for a damn video card.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: josh6079

Originally posted by: Matt2
All I know is that I'm already saving for this beast. it had better not disappoint.

Eh, it will always disappoint some. Pretty soon after its release I wouldn't be surprised if we see akshayt with a "The 8800GTX is Crap: It really is" thread or Think with a "The 8800GTX is flawed" thread as well.

Anyways, one thing is for sure. The projected November release looks like it will definately happen. And since, for the time being, ATI and Nvidia are still close competitors that means R600 should follow shortly.

Time is one our side right now. Good cards keep dropping in price, games get patched (except for BF2 which always needs a patch) and drop in price as well. Nvidia and ATI have got to start selling these products that they've put so much R&D in to counter their cost. Besides, Christmas is coming...

QFT. nVIDIA asked for retailers to get rid of the 7900GTX/7950GX2 inventory. This means a very big chop is $$$. Good for us

R&D for G80 was something like 250 million dollars. I wonder if theres price gouging during the release, due to G80 having NO competition from ATi. Just like G70 against the X850XTPE.

 

[BFG10K]

Pretty soon after its release I wouldn't be surprised if we see akshayt with a "The 8800GTX is Crap:

LMAO!

 

[hardwareking]

anyone know why there are 2 pci-e connectors?This might confirm the supicions of the card being dual die.
1 core for gfx.One core for antialiasing.And antialiasing gets 128 mb of dedicated ram.

 

[BFG10K]

anyone know why there are 2 pci-e connectors?

200W-300W estimated power consumption.

 

[DeathReborn]

I think i'd have to remove a HDD to get SLI 8800GTX but if they keep the cooler (with water) it would help keep it a bit cooler & quiter, which is always a plus.

The 2 options of the cooler is a good idea as some aren't comfortable with using water just yet.

 

[imported_RedStar]

well |H| says the pics are CONFIRMED so it must be true:

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MjE1NTksLCxobmV3cywsLDE=

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: flexy
i call shens !!!

Why ?

The card looks OLD...the packing density of the card (of the part you can see) is not very high - but then at the same time
the card is way too big.

Also...why are there pics of the cooler REMOVED - but no pics of the actual chip but only from the backside ?

SHENS - or at least some EARLY alpha prototype.

2 memory busses. More traces, more layers, longer card is a no brainer. But, I guess there has to be somebody to call shens. At least for the sake of saying it.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
We may have two cores in one package here gents.

Look closely.

Mirror image placement of resistors right under where GPU sits. So, possibly two cores in one package?

I'm going to look for a rear shot of a 7900GTX and see if the mirrored resistors are there.

Here, found one. And it doesn't look like anything is mirrored. All spec, of course, but just something to take note of.

G71photo

I don't know pretty thin... I agree it will be dual identical GPU's but on same package with an SLI bridge reducing latecy big time. NV is going SLI everything on the high end. Take one core off you got the medium end cards.

I don't know how thin it is, but with 700M+ transistors, this thing HAS to be two cores. There is no way, on a 90nm process that a single 700M-T core can reach 700MHz if current single 90nm cores at under 300M-T can barely make 700MHz. It has to be two 350M-T cores (plus or minus) on a VERY refined 90nm or a hint of a possibility of 80nm (or soon to follow up with a 80nm revision). I did hear that going from 90nm to 65nm takes very little effort for some reason. (No idea what is involved.) Much easier than the shrink from 110nm to 90nm. So, I would not be totally surprised if NV skips 80nm with it's desktop parts and went right to 65nm. TSMC is said to be ready for 65nm production.

Yes, I know. A lot of speculation in my post here, but I feel that this is the stuff that makes this forum interesting. Better than flaming each other about features of their favorite vendors. This (what if) conversation is what I enjoy.

 

[MemberSince97]

I agree with you it has two cores... or looks like it does.