nvidia "D8E" High End solution, what can we expect in 2008?

FUDzilla has what it thinks are confirmed prices for 9800GTX and 9800GX2. European prices will be 399 euros (+ VAT, I think) for the GTX and 549 euros + VAT for the GX2. That equates to $599 US for the GX2.

 

yikes

 

I highly doubt that thóse prices are correct.

With the current exchange rate €550 = $840. Also you can find the 8800 Ultra at less than €500 including vat. and a 8800 GTS at €250 including vat.

 

http://sallandautomatisering.nl/?redirect=/content/productinfo.php?pid=45503

But 399€ MRSRP for 9800 GTX would be bold...

 

no, it's just 8800GTS512 with different clocks.

 

+ less memory, less ROP-power, ~20% more Tex/ALU-power

It is a bit more, if you look on lavish PCB, also there is 0.83ns GDDR3.

But indeed this is not really a 9800 GTX.

 

Yes, but it's still just different clocked 8800GTS512, since there's nothing left to enable in the chip

 

Bandwidth, ~77GB/s say, could make quite a difference though... "G92 unleashed"

Jawed

 

Indeed in case it's atm mostly BW limited, any benches out there comparing GTS512 at several different clock configurations to prove/disprove this at this point?

 

Memory-size and lower Z-fill compared to G80GTX/U should be the bigger problems of 9800 GTX, imo.

German PCGH did a simulation of the current known 9800 GTX:
http://translate.google.com/transla...eforce_9800GTX/&langpair=de|en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8
-> no significant scaling through the higher BW.

 

Memory size with AA on, perhaps. Z fillrate on G80 is theoretically vastly higher than it achieves in the realworld (either setup or bandwidth limited), so in terms of fillrate, per se, G92 is at no meaningful disadvantage. It's solely bandwidth constrained.

Nice test. Hmm, the scaling isn't bad, ~6-10% scaling with 13.4% more bandwidth. The pity is that to be worth buying it should have 20%+ more bandwidth.

It's more marketing than anything, it seems. Oh well.

Jawed

 

Do not forget, that GPU is also oced.

9800 GTX with ~1.5GHz GDDR4 would be nice.
But lets hope that the rumored 55nm G92 come with GDDR5, what is possible for Q2 timeframe, which gives in lowest config ~100GB/s.

 

I hope we have at least a GDDR5 G92 card with high core clocks by June (when my step-up runs out), otherwise I'll have to settle for a GX2.

 

By 4.1%, i.e. right at the lower end of the scaling.

I think GDDR5 is sufficiently different from GDDR3 that the chances of a "55nm refresh" being re-engineered to support GDDR5 are remote.

Jawed

 

Damnit! Looks like GX2 it is then

 

More pics this time with its HSF.

 

It's such a sexy card... I really hope there's more to this picture than meets the eye.

 

Unfortunately not, that table is just chip board that has been laminated with a real wood finish. Pity.

 

Uh, what?