ELSA hints GT206 and GT212

[Cookie Monster]

4Gamer.net says there are rumors about a 40nm GTX 260 in industries since September: http://www.4gamer.net/games/095/G009528/20091105001/

Could this be the supposed GT212? Specs say 216SP, 256bit (possibly for GDDR5?) and DX10.1. Looks like a GTX260~275 filler depending on its clock speed.

That roadmap seems to make sense, using the GT21x as a filler til the rest of the DX11 Fermi derivatives arrive.

 

[CJ]

Could this be the supposed GT212? Specs say 216SP, 256bit (possibly for GDDR5?) and DX10.1.

GT212 had 384 SPs.

 

[Cookie Monster]

GT212 had 384 SPs.

Was that ever confirmed? Well I dont know, but this supposed 216SP 40nm GPU looks like a good replacement for the mid range market.

 

[CJ]

Was that ever confirmed? Well I dont know, but this supposed 216SP 40nm GPU looks like a good replacement for the mid range market.

Officially confirmed... no.... since these companies never talk about unannounced/unreleased products. But the correct specs have been spotted on roadmaps before and even posted on some sites like Hardware Infos. And before you ask... yes those specs on that site are correct.

 

[trinibwoy]

Heh, things would've been mighty different if it had actually made it to market then. Though Q2 2009 seems mighty aggressive, especially for Nvidia.

 

[no-X]

GT212 appeared in the roadmap earlier, than GT200b. It seems, that GT200b was a back-up plan.

 

[LordEC911]

GT212 appeared in the roadmap earlier, than GT200b. It seems, that GT200b was a back-up plan.

Jensen doesn't approve of backup plans.

 

[no-X]

Surprisingly, the old roadmap (w/o GT200b/GTX285) is still in the first post:

 

[Kaotik]

But wasn't deemed later that GT206 = GT200b?

 

[no-X]

Maybe CJ could tell us more(?)

 

[Arun]

GT206 was a G98 replacement that got canned.

 

[Groo The Wanderer]

Officially confirmed... no.... since these companies never talk about unannounced/unreleased products. But the correct specs have been spotted on roadmaps before and even posted on some sites like Hardware Infos. And before you ask... yes those specs on that site are correct.

Was this from the same source that gave him the 512b memory, <480mm^2, 2.xb transistor GT300 info, or the other mole that gave him the 1200 shader 'R870', and the amazing R870X2 with faster memory than the vanilla R870?

I can't honestly say which one was funnier, him posting those specs, or Theo 'confirming' them from 'his sources'. Both had me laughing quite hard.

-Chalrie

 

[DegustatoR]

GT212 appeared in the roadmap earlier, than GT200b. It seems, that GT200b was a back-up plan.

It seems that this roadmap was wrong to begin with.

 

[neliz]

It seems that this roadmap was wrong to begin with.

Other people above you already confirmed it's existence.

 

[no-X]

Local PR confirmed existence of GT212, but he also siad, that GT212 was canceled shortly after this roadmap went public.

 

[DegustatoR]

Other people above you already confirmed it's existence.

Where exactly? When Arun said that GT206 was a G98 replacement while this roadmap shows it as a GTX260 replacement?

 

[neliz]

Where exactly? When Arun said that GT206 was a G98 replacement while this roadmap shows it as a GTX260 replacement?

ici

 

[DegustatoR]

ici

I'm not saying that GT212 never existed. I'm just saying that Elsa's particular roadmap was wrong.

 

[neliz]

I'm not saying that GT212 never existed. I'm just saying that Elsa's particular roadmap was wrong.

Yes, it wouldn't have launched in Q1 but a couple of months later.

 

[no-X]

The roadmap was old and outdated when it appeared publicly. But that doesn't prove it was wrong since the day 1.