Nvidia Website Releases NV30 Official Name. Investor article on the new chip *DDR II Confirmed* $360.00

[ed21x]

Even though I usually trust eetimes, the 'sources' that they claimed to have obtained it from is sketchy. And also, this was from rage3d:

9700 & DDR II? - 5:01 pm EST - MrB
According to EE Times ATI wasn't using DDRII in its proper mode. Here's the blurb:

Meanwhile, Nvidia is expected to garner attention at Comdex when it shows the NV30 using the faster DDR-II memory type for graphics frame buffers. The debut could help the company polish its image following a prolonged delay of the graphics part. The delay gave an edge to Nvidia's competitor ATI Technologies Inc., which launched its competing Radeon 9700 graphics chip earlier this year.
Although the ATI part has been demonstrated running with DDR-II memory, sources said the DRAM was running in a DDR-I compatibility mode. The part was not designed for use with DDR-II, according to sources.


An ATI rep mentioned this in the post:
The card demonstrated on TechTV and the ones mentioned in the ATI press release are all full DDR2 based graphics cards. ATI is the first and only company to have demonstrated the use of DDR2 in a graphics card. There are no tricks being played. In fact, the president of JEDEC demonstrated that DDR2 card on TechTV. No games.

I'll have confirmation from another ATI rep soon. Continue the discussion.

 

[First]

Expect to see some NV30 action (no benchmarks) on Monday, with the Granite Bay review due in about 8 hours or so.

Enjoy!

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Expect to see some NV30 action (no benchmarks) on Monday, with the Granite Bay review due in about 8 hours or so.

Enjoy!

I EXPECT to see preview/reviews at exactly 3:30am EST, November 18!!! Not a second later!!!

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Expect to see some NV30 action (no benchmarks) on Monday, with the Granite Bay review due in about 8 hours or so.

Enjoy!

I EXPECT to see preview/reviews at exactly 3:30am EST, November 18!!! Not a second later!!!

isn't that 3.5 hours past the NDA???? that's too long to wait!!

 

[The Sauce]

Heh... getting rid of the GeForce name would've been a bad idea i think...

I agree, considering I am the one that named the card. Won the contest they had about 5 years ago and got a 128 MB Quadro GF-1 for picking their new GPU name. Woot.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Snatchface

Heh... getting rid of the GeForce name would've been a bad idea i think...

I agree, considering I am the one that named the card. Won the contest they had about 5 years ago and got a 128 MB Quadro GF-1 for picking their new GPU name. Woot.

You joking?

 

[WyteWatt]

Finally tomorrow morning we will know if the NV30 is 128 bit or 256 bit. So far everything there are rumors for both but thats all i am taking them as. At least we will know finally early tomorrow morning

 

[Kowan]

I hope he's joking. I hated that name when they picked it.
Of course it's been out long enough that it doesn't have me rolling my eyes any more.
Thankfully, a name has no effect on performance.

When I read the "The GeForce FX chips are set to go on sale in February. Gaming enthusiasts will be able to buy a graphics card with a GeForce FX chip for about $360, Nvidia officials say."
I thought the same. They seem to have left it open as to if $360 gets you a top tier card.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: imtim83
Finally tomorrow morning we will know if the NV30 is 128 bit or 256 bit. So far everything there are rumors for both but thats all i am taking them as. At least we will know finally early tomorrow morning

If it's 256-bit, nVidia will have no excuse if they don't top ATi in every benchmark!

 

[WyteWatt]

GTaudiophile very true. Time will tell! Are you excited ?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: imtim83
GTaudiophile very true. Time will tell! Are you excited ?

Yes, I am excitied for the industry. ATi and nVidia are forcing each other to be their best, and we benefit.

 

[WyteWatt]

GTaudiophile exactly. Only bad thing right now is the Comdex is shrinking

 

[Cat]

Reading is good.

 

[allies]

Sweet! nVidia has used some 3dfx technology in their new chip! I know this 155% because look at the name! GeForce FX ... omg how off the house is that what what.

Well, actually I guess we will find out if nVidia has implemented any Gigapixel tech in their new GPU. I can't wait, I'm checking first thing tomorrow in Adv. Software Apps class. haha

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: imtim83
GTaudiophile exactly. Only bad thing right now is the Comdex is shrinking

i know many people see that as a downside, but one of the guests on the screensavers, i forget his name, said a smaller show was actually beneficial to the people going because instead of it being packed and not being able to see anything, you got to see everything at last year's show.

 

[JayPatel]

Originally posted by: allies
Sweet! nVidia has used some 3dfx technology in their new chip! I know this 155% because look at the name! GeForce FX ... omg how off the house is that what what.

Well, actually I guess we will find out if nVidia has implemented any Gigapixel tech in their new GPU. I can't wait, I'm checking first thing tomorrow in Adv. Software Apps class. haha

Multichip baby!!

 

[ChemMan]

$360!! Just imagine what that will do to the prices of the 4600's. You could probably snag a 4600 under $200. A nice upgrade from my geforce 2 pro.

 

[ViRGE]

Is anyone else worried about FX/MX confusion here? I can only imagine the slower of us accidentally buying an MX thinking they got an MX. FX makes sense for Nvidia's whole aim with the NV30(cinamatic effects), but it's asking for confusion.

 

[Ben88]

I don't like the name either. Sounds too much like mx. I'm sure it will rock though.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: ChemMan
$360!! Just imagine what that will do to the prices of the 4600's. You could probably snag a 4600 under $200. A nice upgrade from my geforce 2 pro.

I second that, but then again, I'm the one running off of regular SDRAM and a 1ghz t-bird still, so i keep having to tell myself to save for the important parts :|

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: JayPatel

Originally posted by: allies
Sweet! nVidia has used some 3dfx technology in their new chip! I know this 155% because look at the name! GeForce FX ... omg how off the house is that what what.

Well, actually I guess we will find out if nVidia has implemented any Gigapixel tech in their new GPU. I can't wait, I'm checking first thing tomorrow in Adv. Software Apps class. haha

Multichip baby!!

according to the article on beyond3d nv30 wont be able to run dual or more, the r300 can though

 

[Adul]

WHY NOT GEFORCE xXx

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: Kowan
I hope he's joking. I hated that name when they picked it.
Of course it's been out long enough that it doesn't have me rolling my eyes any more.
Thankfully, a name has no effect on performance.

Well they did have a contest to create the name of the product, and a Quadro 1 was the prize for the winning selection.
Whether or not he wa sthe winner I've no idea.
Personally I've never liked the name at all either.

 

[gunblade]

even CineFx sound better ......imho
but that is just me ...

 

[epicstruggle]

I dont like the name GeforceFX either, hope its just a way of keeping some element of the geforce name. Something like this:
"Presenting the best graphics solution ever the new XXXXXX with geforcefx." or some nonse like that. hey its all marketing.

epicstruggle