Next-Gen PC Nvidia video card unveiling today

[Wipeout]

Nvidia will show its next-gen pc video card today.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/02/news_6126883.html

Currently, there's only two more hour until the show starts. But right now, you could go to nvidia's site to check out their live stuff.

http://www.nvidia.com/page/home

[Auggie2k]

And it's going to be tested on a Battlefield 2 LAN party? That would be pretty frickin' cool to take part in!

[Wipeout]

Congratulation Nvidia. The new GPU is called:

GeForce™ 7800 GTX GPU

"A brand new programmable shader architecture, with more than twice the shading horsepower of the previous generation. "

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_23415.html

Let the graphics of the ps3 be on your pc !!! Cinematic Quality is becoming a reality !!! My proof is here:

" This powerful design provides film-quality visual effects, such as high dynamic range (HDR) lighting, at real-time frame rates."

" the single-slot 7800 GTX achieves this while consuming 50 percent less power than a single-slot GeForce 6800 Ultra. "

I'm wondering how in the world they can achieve that.

But this is the quote that took my breath away:

" GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs also support NVIDIA SLI technology, which allows users to combine the power of two GPUs in a single PC system for the absolute highest frame rates and 3D rendering quality attainable today, allowing for superhigh-quality settings in even the most demanding games. With two GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs and SLI technology, gamers can now crank their screen resolutions up to 2560×1600 with 4x antialiasing. "

If you want more information:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7800.html

And if you think there won't be games utilizing this technology, you're wrong:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce7_games.html

" NVIDIA does not set retail pricing, however, we anticipate the street price will be around $599. "

If you want Performance Benchmarks especially with Radeon X850 then go here:

http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-20525-2185-x-x-x&body_pagenum=2

And if you need a detailed one:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/628/628012p7.html

Currently, this is the most powerful video card in the market. Wait to see this overclocked:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/628/628199p1.html

[DOA4]

Wow. I wonder how ATI is going to beat this thing. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think ATI doesn't have the SLI technology Nvidia has. Nvidia is really the true worldwide leader in graphics and media processors.

[TheMadPenguin]

Wow. I wonder how ATI is going to beat this thing. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think ATI doesn't have the SLI technology Nvidia has. Nvidia is really the true worldwide leader in graphics and media processors.
Actually, ATI's new Crossfire SLI is superior to nVidia's SLI. Though we have to wait and see how their next-gen videocard turns out.

[Wipeout]

CrossFire vs. SLI

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2432&p=7

Something tells me the war between ATI and Nvidia gets more interesting every year.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/23/news_6128056.html

Another interesting news. ATI is not in a good condition. They are always delaying their video card codenamed R520. Part of me thinks that when ATI needs to produce graphics chips for the x360 and revolution and Nvidia only needs to produce the RSX for the ps3, ATI needs to spend more money than Nvidia.

http://www.penstarsys.com/editor/company/ati/r520/

As if you think that news article wasn't enough, this link could persuade you some more. Things are really not looking good. Let's hope that ATI can solve their problems.

With this information in hand, it looks as if NVIDIA could have a big leg up on ATI for the next several quarters. While the rumored specs of the G70 are not as impressive as that of the R520, NVIDIA looks to have no problems producing G70 chips. This is actually quite reminiscent of the R300/NV30 situation. One company decided to use a new process for a large and complex part, while the other company sacrificed die size and overall clock speed to achieve more sustainable yields (and less risk). My impression is that the R520 is not a dog, and will be a very competent SM 3.0 part, but the ability to adequately cool/power/produce the R520 is in severe doubt at this time. While ATI will most likely respin the design (or already has done so many times) to achieve better yields and lower leakage, their time to market will be severely impacted by the issues that they have encountered so far. If the latest design they have sent off for production is a success, we still will not see the R520 introduced until early Fall, and then we have to question the availability of this product. While the G70 is a huge die on 110 nm (or so the current speculation goes), that is a very well known and mature process that will allow solid yields and speed bins for a product designed for it.