GeForce4 Launch Details

[Dave Baumann]

Guys,

I've just updated our GF4 tech preview article with the details I gained from the recent Euro GF4 launch - theres a few nuggest in there that you may find interesting.

See it here.

 

[Geeforcer]

There may be a few surprise configurations with these products as I have been quietly informed that both GeForce4 variants are scalable, in a fashion similar to the SLI technology used by 3dfx’s VSA-100 chip.

Interesting...

 

[John Reynolds]

I'm curious as to what speed of DDR will be on the Ti4200 boards, since if the chip is anything like the Ti200s were it'll be quite the overclocker.

 

[Prime]

I'm very interested in the 4200 as well. I can't imagine anyone wanting a MX460 when the Ti4200 will be so close in price. Seems that the 4200 and MX440 will be the volume chips of this release.

edit: Good grief, can you imagine how big a SLI Ti4600 board would be, considering how big the single chip board already is???

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[Livecoma]

What graphic chips has Quantum3d been using for their various solutions since 3dfx went under?

 

[Dave Baumann]

Qunatum have been using a supply of VSA-100's they have for their multi-chip products, but NVIDIA products are probably primarily used when a single card is all that is required. Quantum3D already sold various configurations with NVIDIA cards in even before 3dfx went under.

 

[Livecoma]

Ahh ok. Stating the obvious here, but I would imagine its primarly to compete with ATI's FireGL card and to supply Quantum3d with technology.

I wonder if NVIDIA has a final reference PCB already designed for a multi-chip setup, or if they would be leaving that work to the board maker.

I would love to take a peek at one hehe.

 

[msan_ewu]

Hahaha.. I forgot we have a front page again. I suppose I should check it more often now.

 

[JavaJones]

Hmmm. 2 chip "XBox Arcade" machine? I think that would compete *quite* nicely with Naomi 2.

- JavaJones

 

[Livecoma]

On 2002-02-11 06:50, JavaJones wrote:
Hmmm. 2 chip "XBox Arcade" machine? I think that would compete *quite* nicely with Naomi 2.

- JavaJones

Yikes! Never gave that one thought. Very interesting idea there...

 

[mat]

From this pic you could get the idea that NV is stopping the GF2/3, but this http://www.nvidia.com/docs/lo/962/SUPP/NV_LC_02.05.02B.pdf (2 MB) shows that they still have the GF3 TI200 and the GF2MX (and of course the TNT2M64)

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[tb]

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[Joe DeFuria]

From this pic you could get the idea that NV is stopping the GF2/3, but this ....shows that they still have the GF3 TI200 and the GF2MX (and of course the TNT2M64)

I suspect that second link showing the GeForce3 is out of date. You'll notice the second pdf that shows the GeForce3 Ti-200 as part of the line-up, does not show a GeForce4 Ti-4200 on there at all.

Someone at nVidia must have decided that ATI would have owned the (probably lucrative) $200 price bracket if it was the GeForece3 Ti vs. the Radeon 8500. So nVidia decided to scrap the GeForce3 entirely, and introduce a "low end" GeForce4 Ti instead.