G92 taped out boys

[solofly]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41694

Crysis and G92 will be a sweet combo...

 

[LightningRider]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I can't wait to grab a 9800GTX, plop it in my brand spankin new rig and play all these new games that are coming out. It's going to be awesome. It's nice to see some confirmation on these, and late October/early November sounds very nice indeed.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

So long as there aren't any serious driver SNAFUs with Crysis it should be a great launch. And nvidia and 9800 together just looks strange to me.

 

[tigersty1e]

So many potential mixups and scams will probably happen with the 9800.


For sale: ATI and Nvidia cards available. Hardly used 9800. $400

I have a lot of ATI and Nvidia cards for sale. I have the brand new Nvidia DX10.1 card available!!! The 9800 is only $400. If you want the 9800 email me.

 

[TroubleM]

That's not such a good news for me. I was hoping for a decent mid-range DX10 card in between the 8800 and the 8600. Another Ultra on top of the existing Ultra doesn't do me any good.
The r670 from Ati is coming in January at best, the 2900Pro next month, I just don't believe that Nvidia will leave such a big window of opportunity to Ati.

It might still be hope: "G92 was not the only product that was taped out, but we're waiting to dig out more details of these".

Anyway, it looks like all new chips from nvidia will be on 65 nm.

 

[imported_rod]

I'm just waiting for the G92, before I buy a Quad-Core rig.

 

[Muscles]

Originally posted by: rod
I'm just waiting for the G92, before I buy a Quad-Core rig.

Same here.

 

[swtethan]

well it looks like its prime time to sell my video card (while its still high priced) LOL

 

[Fallen Kell]

Well, remember, this is "The Inq" so take a couple gains (or pounds) of salt with their "news". That said, the time-frame seems reasonable as to what we were already expecting, especially with Nvidia having released the Ultra in Spring instead of a full line update.

 

[n7]

It'll be interesting to see if they get these out before Crysis & UT3.

Certainly would be cleverly planned if so.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: TroubleM
That's not such a good news for me. I was hoping for a decent mid-range DX10 card in between the 8800 and the 8600. Another Ultra on top of the existing Ultra doesn't do me any good.
The r670 from Ati is coming in January at best, the 2900Pro next month, I just don't believe that Nvidia will leave such a big window of opportunity to Ati.

It might still be hope: "G92 was not the only product that was taped out, but we're waiting to dig out more details of these".

Anyway, it looks like all new chips from nvidia will be on 65 nm.

I believe the "other taped out part" is going to be more along the lines of what you're looking for. Earlier reports indicated it would perform similarly to an 8800GTS 640 at upper mid-range pricing. I think this is still good news for you though, since this launch will undoubtedly drive down prices of the 640 GTS and the already very affordable 320MB GTS.

I'm very interested to see the specs and performance on the next high-end NV GPU. If its anything close to what's been speculated, I think I'll be going high-end this time around.

 

[swtethan]

I've already put my vc on craigslist I guess after my step up program ran out.... This will be my new step up program?

 

[LightningRider]

Originally posted by: TroubleM
That's not such a good news for me. I was hoping for a decent mid-range DX10 card in between the 8800 and the 8600. Another Ultra on top of the existing Ultra doesn't do me any good.
The r670 from Ati is coming in January at best, the 2900Pro next month, I just don't believe that Nvidia will leave such a big window of opportunity to Ati.

It might still be hope: "G92 was not the only product that was taped out, but we're waiting to dig out more details of these".

Anyway, it looks like all new chips from nvidia will be on 65 nm.

It still is good for you. What happens when they release better cards? Prices on current ones drop. So you'll perhaps be able to pick up an 8800GTS or GTX for much less than you can now.

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: LightningRider

Originally posted by: TroubleM
That's not such a good news for me. I was hoping for a decent mid-range DX10 card in between the 8800 and the 8600. Another Ultra on top of the existing Ultra doesn't do me any good.
The r670 from Ati is coming in January at best, the 2900Pro next month, I just don't believe that Nvidia will leave such a big window of opportunity to Ati.

It might still be hope: "G92 was not the only product that was taped out, but we're waiting to dig out more details of these".

Anyway, it looks like all new chips from nvidia will be on 65 nm.

It still is good for you. What happens when they release better cards? Prices on current ones drop. So you'll perhaps be able to pick up an 8800GTS or GTX for much less than you can now.

Maybe that was the plan all along, 8800 GTS and GTX will become midrange cards. Makes sense if you ask me.

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: Muscles

Originally posted by: rod
I'm just waiting for the G92, before I buy a Quad-Core rig.

Same here.

Me three, interesting, we all of similar rigs.

 

[firewolfsm]

Nah, midrange cards are usually made on the smallest available process. The 8800 die is big and expensive, not to mention the PCB with all the power circuitry and the cooler. Nvidia will try to phase them out quickly.

 

[speckedhoncho]

Then again, when the 9800 lauches, the 8800GTX should drop in price to hopefully 350-400...maybe less.

 

[thilanliyan]

I thought the G90 was the highend no?

 

[chewietobbacca]

I don't know why the coding has gone differently.

And hopefully more details on the G90/92 come out soon. I need to plan ahead on my build!

 

[Canterwood]

I couldn't see Nvidia not releasing something before the years out.
At least things will get interesting again.

Hopefully these will run cooler, faster and draw less power than the 8000's.
Might be tempted into buying myself an Xmas prezzie if they're any good.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I still need to see Nvidia actually release some good Vista drivers. This is where ATI had outdone them receintly. Also, I can't see myself spending $600 on a video card. There is not enough games being released to warrant this. Back maybe 6-7 years ago there was a huge amount of releases. Now there's maybe 4-5 titles I can think of that I'll even consider. Not enough to make me spend so much cash.

I'm still planning to get a ~$400 card soon regardless of this announcement (rumor). Despite how powerful/fast the new card(s) can be, there's a limit I have of running at 1280x1024. I do not need the highest of the high end in video cards for that resolution.

Maybe it's just me but I wish that $500+ video cards did not exist.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Maybe it's just me but I wish that $500+ video cards did not exist.

You can't be serious ... within a year the midrange beats the ultra as the technology trickles down

i think you mean 'i wish that the high end was not priced so high.'
-i wish there were $10,000 video cards -- that were worth it

 

[NoStateofMind]

Nothing is taped out. Its INQ for gods sake!

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Maybe it's just me but I wish that $500+ video cards did not exist.

You can't be serious ... within a year the midrange beats the ultra as the technology trickles down

i think you mean 'i wish that the high end was not priced so high.'
-i wish there were $10,000 video cards -- that were worth it

The point I'm trying to make is $500 on a video card is not worth it given the life cycle of these cards. From a personal standpoint anyway.

Back in the day, the top of the line cards barely came up to $400 and hovered around $350ish which is today's midrange prices. New cards didn't show up all that often either. Today it's like every 6 months your $500 card is slow. Slow is a relative term though and I'm not implying that the cards perform poorly just because they are no longer top of the line. I guess what I'm saying is, I would like to see prices not be so steep and the power requirements and heat to go down not up. It seems like video cards get bigger, take more power, and run hotter while CPUs get smaller, take less power and run cooler.

 

[*kjm]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Maybe it's just me but I wish that $500+ video cards did not exist.

You can't be serious ... within a year the midrange beats the ultra as the technology trickles down

i think you mean 'i wish that the high end was not priced so high.'
-i wish there were $10,000 video cards -- that were worth it

The point I'm trying to make is $500 on a video card is not worth it given the life cycle of these cards. From a personal standpoint anyway.

Back in the day, the top of the line cards barely came up to $400 and hovered around $350ish which is today's midrange prices. New cards didn't show up all that often either. Today it's like every 6 months your $500 card is slow. Slow is a relative term though and I'm not implying that the cards perform poorly just because they are no longer top of the line. I guess what I'm saying is, I would like to see prices not be so steep and the power requirements and heat to go down not up. It seems like video cards get bigger, take more power, and run hotter while CPUs get smaller, take less power and run cooler.

:thumbsup: