G71

[trinibwoy]

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=2445

Random rumour. Anybody got a whiff of this from any other source?

 

[Guden Oden]

Isn't this just yet another of ye average unverifiable and unprovable rumor that crops up more or less periodically in this industry?

 

[trinibwoy]

Yep, but it's a slow news day and unverifiable rumours are the norm these days anyway.

 

[Fodder]

'Story removed by request'

What did it say?

 

[Geo]

'Story removed by request'

What did it say?

Well, that's hardly likely to make it less prominent! I believe it said that G71 is 90nm G70, and slated for later this year.

 

[trinibwoy]

WTF? A rumour has been removed and replaced by advertising for 3dmark scores? :?

 

[Headstone]

Either so far off the mark or rather close. Any guess to which?

 

[Geo]

Well, I would have written it off without "removed by request". That's not the kind of notice you put up --if you put one up at all-- if, say, someone you respect shoots you an email/pm to the effect that you have your head up your a** on that one.

 

[trinibwoy]

What would you have done geo, just put "Oops!" instead ? What's the sense of taking it down anyway. People have seen it already. If it's accurate it makes no sense to take it down because that would just sensationalize it and draw more attention. If it's complete bollox then the Inq has lots of examples of how to completely and gracefully retract previously "solid" info (by replacing it with even more "solid" info of course).

 

[Geo]

Just yank it if you now think its crap. Or put something funny up. Everybody screws up once in awhile, particularly when you're running a speculative info site. I've generally been pretty impressed (as these things go, at least) with them the last few months.

"by request" screams "Yeah, we still think it's good, but our source got cold feet."

 

[Xmas]

An NVidia rep said that they'll have 90nm parts later this year. This rumour didn't tell us anything new besides linking "G71" to 90nm process tech. Which is quite likely, no matter what pipeline configuration G71 really is.

 

[Geo]

A little more than that, as it attached the G71 name to the high-end part, rather than mid/low.

But even more curious that such an innocuous, low-calorie piece would receive the "by request" treatment, don't you think?

 

[Jawed]

But doesn't this also squash the GTX will magically become the 7800Ultra thinking?

Jawed

 

[ChrisRay]

*Edit* Misread this topic.

 

[N00b]

But doesn't this also squash the GTX will magically become the 7800Ultra thinking?

Jawed

Maybe G71 == 7850 Ultra?

 

[Geo]

But doesn't this also squash the GTX will magically become the 7800Ultra thinking?

Jawed

Not necessarily, tho the timing seemed aggressive if you're going to fit a higher-clocked G70 in there as well.

 

[Fodder]

My thoughts: We know G72 is coming soon as it's referenced in the drivers, however no other G7x parts are as yet. There is word about of G71M (16 pipelines), G73M (12 pipes) and G74M (8 pipes), but no G72M. Perhaps G73 is a 90nm G72 (like NV42 to NV41), so we can expect a midrange 110nm G72 part soon, before NV feel they're ready to go all out on 90nm. G71 sounds like NV41, a replacement for lower end G70s, but bypassing the NV41 step and going straight to the process-shrunk NV42. With the 7800GT now rumoured to only have 20 pipelines, a 16-pipe G71 wouldn't even need to be clocked that high to match it. G74 will be the new low-end turbo-cached part, and won't arrive until ATI's low end part (RV515?) looks like challenging the 6200 and 6600 cards (which are dirt-cheap and I imagine are selling like crazy at the moment), by which time they expect 90nm to be good to go. Depending on how quick R520 is, and when it finally manages to hit stores, and if NVIDIA manage to get a ~500MHz 7800Ultra out of G70, we'll see a 90nm 24-pipe 600MHz+ G75 either just in time for the Christmas rush, or pre-empting R580 early next year.

Now let's see just how wrong I am.

 

[CJ]

L'Inq has another blurp about G71 which can be found here: http://www.theinq.net/?article=24661

 

[nAo]

800 Mhz?!

 

[Ailuros]

The "Faster G70", which is how the G71 is being called internally now, targets almost insane clock speeds. We have learned that several boards achieved a clock speed of 800MHz, which just goes to prove that tweaks being done in 110nm G71 core will make R520 tremble, and force ATI to respond with its 32-pipe R580 as soon as possible. However, we have to warn you that we haven't been able to find out in what environment this clockspeed was achieved. But it was achieved using new and improved two-slot cooling, not water or phase-change cooling.

ROFL my stomach aches ...hahahaha