[Nick Spolec]

Here's my predictions for what we will discover when the NDA is lifted...

• It WILL score over 10k on 3DMark03 (weather this is with cheats or not, I cannot say)
• It will be hot and noisy
• Almost all the article authors will proclaim it as the return of Nvidia.
  

[SsP45]

I'll add my own input to that.

• Will suck a lot of juice
  Will be a very big card, and heavy

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[Natoma]

It'll be fast and it'll be next gen and everyone will argue that it's better than r420. Did I win the prize now? :P

[tEd]

i predict that anand not realized that HQ AF option is broken

[Crusher]

It will cost more than Russian mail order bride.

[{Sniping}Waste]

Originally Posted by tEd

i predict that anand not realized that HQ AF option is broken

Nether will Tom.

[digitalwanderer]

I predict it will be a lot longer time from launch to availability than any of the reviews say it will be.


July. 8)

[anaqer]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

July. 8)

Aaand there goes another mouthful of precious coffee.

[nutball]

I predict that there will be massive flame wars over NV40 v R420 IQ, benchmarks, drivers, blah blah blah for the next 18 months until NV5x and R5xx come out.

*sigh*

[anaqer]

Originally Posted by nutball

I predict that there will be massive flame wars over NV40 v R420 IQ, benchmarks, drivers, blah blah blah for the next 18 months until NV5x and R5xx come out.

*sigh*

And then it stops? For real? Damn, I can't wait for those chips.

[volt]

• will win performance wise?

[tEd]

Originally Posted by volt

• will win performance wise?

most certainly

[jb]

I agree with this:

- Almost all the article authors will proclaim it as the return of Nvidia.

I also think the card will be "pretty good"..no idea if it will be faster than ATI. But think it will be much better than their current line up.

[rwolf]

NV40 will have a loud fan.
It will be really hot and require lots of juice.
It will have low yields and the chip will be expensive to produce.
The performance will be less than the R420 in most situations.
Nvidia will only manufacture 100,000 and then bring out a new card to replace the NV40.
Nvidia will start cheating on benchmarks to make the performance look better.
It will take ten months to get decent performance with the drivers.

[Joe DeFuria]

[cynic="Joe DeFuria"]

It WILL score over 10k on 3DMark03 (weather this is with cheats or not, I cannot say)

Agreed. On a side note, I predict that many sites who shunned 3D Mark for the past two years in lock-step with nVidia, will suddenly find a new appreciation for this benchmark.

It will be hot and noisy

Yes, but everyone (reviewers) will comment on how this isn't the final board, and how the shipping product (promises nvidia) will be much quieter, so ignore the noise.

i predict that anand not realized that HQ AF option is broken

Not only that, but will say how much better HQ looks than normal quality. Seriously though, I predict the high quality not working will be "dismissed as a bug, which nVidia is aware of, and promises to fix before release." Though no thought or mention will be made on what performance hit fixing the "bug" will have...

I also predict that everyone will have 'Ultras' to test, but the closest thing we'll have to seeing "what most people might be able to afford" (non-ultra) will be some reviewers trying to underclock the Ultra.

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[PaulS]

NV40U will beat R420P, but not by the kind of margin you'd expect from having 4 extra pipes. It'll be noisy, and everyone will comment on the overclocked memory, the heat, and the nightmare power situation.

The R420XT will come out and beat NV40U overall, without the overclocked memory, the heat, or the nightmare power situation.

ATi will win all AA IQ tests, and NV will take the AF tests whenever they get their HQ option fixed.

Neither card will have enough bandwidth to feed all the pipes anyway, particularly NV40. Stupid 8x2 modes.

[Ante P]

Some incorrect (but understandable) assumptions here

[tEd]

Originally Posted by Ante P

Some incorrect (but understandable) assumptions here

ha ha very funny

[Doomtrooper]

Not many

[Nick Spolec]

Originally Posted by Ante P

Some incorrect (but understandable) assumptions here

Really? So does that mean you won't overlook the High Quality AF "bug"?

[Doomtrooper]

Originally Posted by {Sniping}Waste

Nether will Tom.

Make that Borsti, and I-xbit..two sites that have had a field day with angle dependent AF on ATI.

[I.S.T.]

I say it is foolish to make predictions about the NV40 previews unless your name is TheBaron, DaveB, Uttar and probably a few other people on this board. ;)

[Dave Baumann]

25 pages done...

[tEd]

Originally Posted by DaveBaumann

25 pages done...

all right , you can send them to me for spell check 8)

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by DaveBaumann

25 pages done...

Not bad, given that the R300 review was 18 pages, and the NV30 one was 24 pages.

Originally Posted by tEd

all right , you can send them to me for spell check 8)

B3D don't do spell checks j/k