9800 Specs

[BLACKWOLF]

. By Q4 2007 (Xmas) NVIDIA will be releasing their GeForce 9800 series GPUs.
Unlike previously expected the codename for nVidia's next generation GPU will NOT be "G90" but instead be "G92".

I have some info form NVIDIA insider about the upcoming G92 graphics processors.

G92 will be released in November 2007 timeframe in the form of "GeForce 9800" series.

"G92" GeForce 9800 GTX specs.

- 65nm process technology at TSMC.
- Over one billion transistors.
- Second Generation Unified Shader Architecture.
- Double precsion support (FP64).
- GPGPU native.
- Over one TeraFLOPS of shader processing power.
- MADD+ADD configuration for the shader untis (2+1 FLOPS=3 FLOPS per ALU)
- Fully Scalar design.
- 512-bit memory interface.
- 1024MB GDDR4 graphics memory.
- DirectX 10.1 support.
- OpenGL 3.0 Support.
- eDRAM die for "FREE 4xAA".
- built in Audio Chip.
- built in tesselation unit (in the graphics core"
- Improved AA and AF quality levels

Pros.

65nm process will allow for better yields and better power consumption. power consumption will be lower than that of a GeForce 8800 GTX.

GeForce 9800 GTX will be over two times faster than a GeForce 8800 Ultra in real world games and applcations.

Release date : November 2007. There will be TWO products at launch: The flagship GeForce 9800 GTX and the second fastest GeForce 9800 GTS.

price for the GeForce 9800 GTX will be 549-649 USD.

price for the GeForce 9800 GTS will be 399-449 USD.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/discussion/3953.html

[Gambit]

WOW! NVidia is leaving ATI in the dust by the look of things, well done to them, they are pushing the bar way up.

[Chevron]

I want one of those!
Imagine the cpu you'll need to max it out.

[Frozenfireside]

I'll wait for a review before diving in and getting one.
Still it should own but you never know.

[Chevron]

Drivers will be the only problem I foresee.
I like that it supports DX10.1

[Antharias]

Anybody else noticed the ironic situation here. The CPUs that generally go with Geforce from what I have seen are made by the company that bought ATI :P

Anyways, the card sounds impressive. Would love to lay my hands on one as well.

[Gambit]

Anybody else noticed the ironic situation here. The CPUs that generally go with Geforce from what I have seen are made by the company that bought ATI :P

Anyways, the card sounds impressive. Would love to lay my hands on one as well.

WTF?? WHO SAYS AN AMD CPU GENERALLY GOES WITH AN NVIDIA GPU?

[Chevron]

Well before the nforce680 nvidias intel chipsets sucked. So if you wanted sli, you went AMD.

[Knoffelstokkie]

wait, wasn't there all ready an Ati 9800?

[Fredder]

I think we all know that the whole name thing is just gonna blow up in someones face . . .

[Frozenfireside]

Yes I know what you mean Antharias-The 9800 was an ATi card a while ago.
I wonder if Ati will get to the 5900 like Nvidia did.

[Chevron]

nVidia had a 4200 too you know. It wasn't that bad either. It's the 5200 that really stunk up the place.

[Toi]

Am I the only one that thinks that this is ridicules?

Some people are still saving up for 8 series cards and the new one is on its way.

[Chevron]

Well the first 8 series card got released a year ago. seems fine to me. Anyway the 9series is only getting released at the end of the year.

[Darkmag]

at this point in time its all speculation