Geforce 8800 GTX sneak preview & specs

2006-10-25 11:26:29

#1

Dieselboy: Flicker of beans since 1986; +87|6541|Reading, Basingrad

G80 De-Mystified; GeForce 8800GTX
* Unified Shader Architecture
* Support FP16 HDR+MSAA
* Support GDDR4 memories
* Close to 700M transistors (G71 - 278M / G70 - 302M)
* New AA mode : VCAA
* Core clock scalable up to 1.5GHz
* Shader Peformance : 2x Pixel / 12x Vertex over G71
* 8 TCPs & 128 stream processors
* Much more efficient than traditional architecture
* 384-bit memory interface (256-bit+128-bit)
* 768MB memory size (512MB+256M
* Two models at launch : GeForce 8800GTX and GeForce 8800GT
* GeForce 8800GTX : 7 TCPs chip, 384-bit memory interface, hybrid water/fan cooler, water cooling for overclocking

Now for the pics

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2006-10-25 11:28:35

#2

>LOD<Dougalachi: Teh_Complainer; +85|6546|An Hour North of Indy

wow...nice pics. thanks for the info! +1 for u

2006-10-25 11:35:13

#3

jag22: Member; +1|6657

Sweet!

2006-10-25 11:36:51

#4

*e6/TheChronic: Member; +21|6472

cool..... is it already availible

2006-10-25 11:38:29

#5

Dieselboy: Flicker of beans since 1986; +87|6541|Reading, Basingrad

November 8th is official release date

2006-10-25 13:51:00

#6

Daysniper: Member; +42|6626

What's the price?

2006-10-25 13:55:24

#7

=Karma-Kills=: "Don't post while intoxicated."; +356|6575|England

Anyone know what this 512MB+256MB and 256-bit+128-bit is about?

They just stick 2 cards together?

2006-10-25 14:05:38

#8

OrangeHound: Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...; +1,335|6640|Washington DC

droooooool.....

Water cooling. You gotta love that!

(I'm overclocking my 6200 so much it glows!).

2006-10-25 14:38:30

#9

CrazeD: Member; +368|6664|Maine

=Karma-Kills= wrote:
Anyone know what this 512MB+256MB and 256-bit+128-bit is about?

They just stick 2 cards together?

It's dual-core, each core has it's own memory bank. It's basically two cards on one PCB board.

My god that thing is LONG! You're gonna need like a full-tower ATX just to use it. I know that would definately hit the HDD's in my case.

2006-10-25 21:05:25

#10

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|6663

Nice 1 +1

2006-10-25 21:51:27

#11

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6597|Greenwood, IN

Would the second CPU be the physics CPU? Its just weird to have missed matched CPUs like that.

2006-10-26 05:43:11

#12

Dieselboy: Flicker of beans since 1986; +87|6541|Reading, Basingrad

Prices -
8800GTX will be $649
8800GTS will be $449-499

Power requirements are 450W per card/800W in SLI

2006-10-26 05:45:41

#13

ToiletTrooper: Member; +25|6766|WC

You forgot something DieselBoy: this card supports DirectX 10
Release date: half novembre?

I buy this one absolutely

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2006-10-26 06:11:42

#14

CrazeD: Member; +368|6664|Maine

Brizzzer wrote:
Would the second CPU be the physics CPU? Its just weird to have missed matched CPUs like that.

No..

It's like having SLI, but in one slot. Honestly, I don't know why there is different sized memory banks...that doesn't really make sense, but it doesn't matter to me - the R600 will pwn all.

2006-10-26 08:26:46

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<[onex]>Headstone: Member; +102|6693|New York

CrazeD wrote:
Brizzzer wrote:
Would the second CPU be the physics CPU? Its just weird to have missed matched CPUs like that.
No..

It's like having SLI, but in one slot. Honestly, I don't know why there is different sized memory banks...that doesn't really make sense, but it doesn't matter to me - the R600 will pwn all.

Your right too. Plus less heat because ATI went with less pipes and went with the Shader Archeture and Pixel processes back with the X1xxx cards with the 1950 you have 16 pipes(48 pixel shader processors ) and thats the biggest benefit with DX10. Plus theres going to be much less heat with less pipes and better Pixel Processing performance.

Only time will tell, Its a waiting game till then. Going to be a very interesting 2007 for sure.

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2006-10-26 13:31:42

#16

younggun: Member; +28|6635

ATI is screwed... Since they were taken over by AMD, R600 is their last true go at the high-end market. Amd stated a long while ago that they were going to step out of the high-end business and go more towards workstations (integrated graphics solutions).

Also G80 has such time to reign as the only DX10 card that by the time R600 is released Nvidia's G80 refresh card will be out.

Time table is like this:
G80 - Mid november
R600/G80 refresh - March
G81 - June

So that gives R600 4 months tops as crown performer until it is demolished by G81.

ATI is practically done in the high-end market....

2006-10-26 15:30:52

#17

doc. josh: Member; +48|6536

i really was hoping ATI would come back and own nvidia with an amazing GFX card

2006-10-26 19:40:31

#18

shellshox345: Member; +4|6684

So is this the only G80 card? or will there be some cheaper ones?

2006-10-26 20:01:17

#19

Masques: Black Panzer Party; +184|6713|Eastern PA

800 watts? Fuck that.

2006-10-26 20:08:26

#20

cablecopulate: Member; +449|6729|Massachusetts.

1) I will have that.

2) I am glad I have a huge case.

2006-10-26 20:09:27

#21

younggun: Member; +28|6635

shellshox345 wrote:
So is this the only G80 card? or will there be some cheaper ones?

This and the 8800GTS are the only ones being released in November.

There will be "low" and "midrange" cards released at later dates. Probably Q1 of next year I would expect a 8600GTX/GTS or something like it.

2006-10-26 20:42:10

#22

<[onex]>Headstone: Member; +102|6693|New York

Masques wrote:
800 watts? Fuck that.

Exactly, those pipes will require it.

AMD is Putting alot into ATI, Plus the fact ATI itself isnt out of the picture. Its like a silent partner type deal. so dont count them out. they didnt go the opposite direction for nothing with there architecture for nothing. Watch and see. Nvidia will have the prescott syndrome and ATI will come out swinging. Me personally im running both, like both always did, Im sitting back and waiting to see whats best for MY money. But it sure isnt going to be a card thats going to eat up 135 watts or more. That could heat my basement.

2006-10-26 20:50:52

#23

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6707

Masques wrote:
800 watts? Fuck that.

For SLI. 450 watt mininum psu for a G80

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2006-10-26 20:57:22

#24

RoosterCantrell: Goodbye :); +399|6471|Somewhere else

Wow. The lights will dim in the house, you'll get chemotherapy, and you power company will send you a gift basket if you SLI that. Look into a small fission reactor for a power supply.

Im just ready to see the mobos change. with two of those SLI, its hard to find a board with any open PCI slots after those bad boys. ATX2? is this happening yet?

2006-10-27 08:04:10

#25

vjs: Member; +19|6762

HOLY HELL

How many power connecters does one card need.

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