Or maybe its just a piece of crap test chip in the FA lab that somebody took a picture of.
How Close to 500MHz has NV got?
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RussSchultz said:
LMAO... yeah this is what I was thinking. We don't know what the "speed" number means at all or even if the sign hanging off the machine is legit. I wouldn't be making any conclusions based on this particular picture without more information and only from legit sources. We can however see that the card does indeed require external power.
i do think it is funny that the nVidia chips all use what is basically the abit OTES fan system to cool them. It is obvious that they had to ramp up clockspeed higher than they really wanted to be able to beat the R300.
No one designs a chip that NEEDS that kind of cooling.
No one designs a chip that NEEDS that kind of cooling.
Typedef Enum
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Then again...Who the heck else has designed a 125M transistor chip operating @ 500 MHz?
I'm not suggesting that it isn't an NV30 or that its not running at the speed indicated by the toe tag, but I know in our labs when we get new silicon back, we're using just about every one of the chips that come back that's even partially functional to do software development on or use in demo platforms.
We have chips that won't run at speed, chips who's analog sections are busted, etc, but they're still good for specific purposes in debugging and software development.
A picture of a development board with a speed scribbled on it really shouldn't be taken as gospel as to how well the product will turn out.
We have chips that won't run at speed, chips who's analog sections are busted, etc, but they're still good for specific purposes in debugging and software development.
A picture of a development board with a speed scribbled on it really shouldn't be taken as gospel as to how well the product will turn out.
Errrm - I took that picture. It was one of the boards they had running.
Well then, we know it wasn't taken in the FA lab then.
I don't see how you can say it was not intended to run this fast just because it's using a beefy cooling system. You could just as easily claim that it was intended to be this fast, and the cooling system was designed to meet that expectation. There is no evidence to support either argument.
But if it is running at such a low speed why have the overkill cooling system and extra power input?
Although I'm sure it will get OEM sales, you can bet that cooling will have ruled out the high end GeForce FX from many of the blue collar OEM's, which is very different from any of NVIDIA's previous MO.
megadrive0088
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NV30 was originally, originally ment to be out Spring 2002 (with NV25 for fall 2001) then NV30 was pushed to fall 2002, and then it slipped to
Jan-Feb 2003. quite disappointing.
It's no surprise that it's been clocked upto 500 Mhz, but that doesn't make up for the fact that NV30 is actually already outdated.
Jan-Feb 2003. quite disappointing.
It's no surprise that it's been clocked upto 500 Mhz, but that doesn't make up for the fact that NV30 is actually already outdated.
Sabastian said:
Yes, but they pale in comparison to R300 - although R300 does stick within PC standards and OEM requirements
megadrive0088 said:
We're getting a tad ahead of ourselve's here aren't we?
Geeforcer said:
No, he did - although I've just removed the duplicates!
megadrive0088
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sorry bout that.
As for NV30,
it is, in a way, outdated, since it is being released in Jan-Feb but was originally ment to be out spring 2002.
As for NV30,
it is, in a way, outdated, since it is being released in Jan-Feb but was originally ment to be out spring 2002.
