NVIDIA: Beyond G80...

I think the problem is that I am running Vista. I imagine I could overclock fine if I went back to Windows XP. I'm not really comfortable flashing the BIOS of my graphics card at the moment. Though the risk is very small that I'll kill it, the thing did cost $650.

 

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, Chal. It's not just you. I think it gets a mention on the Vista page dev log at nvidia.com too.

 

just looking at device id's today

0x0191, "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX"
0x0193, "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS"

Seems to be something missing in the middle and the top sku always has a 0 at the end, so something is missing on the top too (always for the refresh)

 

Wouldn't be surprised in the least if Nvidia releases cards slightly above and below the GTX in performance. There's a big gap between it and the GTS ATM.

 

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4769

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4768

well this is definitly beyond the g80

 

Wow Nvidia is preparing hardware for the next version of DirectX? No way!! Shock! Intrigue!

 

& software : http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20070312152413.html

 

The shock is more on the stated time frame.
1 year ? That's really small, considering DX10 is hardly even established yet (unless SM 5.0 is part of DX10.1, not DX11).

 

The shock is more that x-bit labs managed to get so much information wrong in a single article. No offense, but for that kind of stuff, it tends to be a good idea to check your facts! (hint: what do you think Fragment50 really is? Consider what Fragment40, Fragment30 and Fragment 20 stand for...)

 

NV20, NV30, NV40 and "canned" NV50?

 

Geforce 3/4 (NV20/NV25) is not supported anymore (in the most current driver at least).

 

Was NV50 really canned? Or just renamed?

 

But it's still supported in Cg. So yes, Arnold is correct, although NV50 was never 'canned'...

 

Yes, it was. Like NV47. Both chips were canned.
Natasha Tatarchuk has called NV40 as "G60".

 

Humm, i see.
Anyway, wasn't there a difference in shader models between NV20 and NV25 ?
I was under the impression that NV25 had an advanced pixel shader 1.3 support, while NV20 only had pixel shader 1.0/1.1 (or something like that).

 

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4769

Something about this sounds fishy. We havent even seen the full potential of G80 yet there are rumours of G100 (supposedly a new arch) already and we are talking about Q1 08.

 

You're looking to ATI for information on NVIDIA parts? That seems like a bad idea.

 

The really bad idea was, that I forgot to set a smiley.

 

http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=13999&catid=2

 

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=940446&postcount=211