NVIDIA Fermi: Architecture discussion

I'll be pleasantly surprised if Fermi GF-100 "eyefinity" doesn't require at least SLI for the 3 monitor connections.

 

What if they are just doing something like SoftTH, which is supposed to be very resource intensive, from the discussions I've seen.

 

3D Vision Surround to work with GT200 and GF100 :
http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/2010/01/surround-yourself-with-nvidia-3d-vision-technology.html

Nvidia demonstrates live Unigine DX11 benchmark with tessellation :
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/event/20100107_340953.html

Notice the card has 6+8 Pin power connectors !

 

LegitReviews has more pics

 

Too bad nobody got to see the benchmark results!

 

Someone most likely did, but are either under NDA or just didn't make it available yet.

Anyway, it's looking good. Let's hope that game benchmarks appear soon enough

 

Thanks for the link. This bit is certainly interesting:

 

Guys , the card received 6+8 pin power connectors , which means up to 300W consumption , if this thing were a castrated version (ie 448 cores) like Tesla 2070 , it would have 6+6 pins right ?

That could imply that this is actually a 512 cores card with high clocks !

 

Nice case BTW ... a Raven type setup, but much cleaner design (I have a P182, I like big black boxes). Pity Maingear feels the need to put their name on the front, kinda ruins it.

 

Tesla C2070 requires either one 8-pins or two 6-pins.

 

Exactly my point.. that card isn't like Tesla .

 

Have to agree. Perhaps a hand-picked GF104?

 

hey , but shouldn't GF104 be like a mainstream part or something , (may be a card with 256 or 384 cores ) , it sounds weird to hear that the top high end part will have a different codename , since the lesser high ends tend to be just derivatives of the same card (with disabled cluster).

 

Seems that the Unigine video has the tessellation active only for 1 second...
Check with the real deal (min 2:35)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tpT6CPeKsE
Not that much meaningful so...

 

I think GF104 was hinted to be the codename of the X2 card i.e. GTX 395.

 

At least according to that supposed leak the 104 is faster.

Nvidia's aibs said 104 was "high end" which is a bit ambiguous. Typically "high end" is below "enthusiast" so who knows. Either way my guess is that the 14 pin beast is the faster config and likely dual gpu. That would imply a single gpu that would be 5-10% faster than 5870?

Of course we really know nothing.

 

Maybe, maybe not. We don't know what the clocks are on Fermi. But I would be highly surprised if they aren't higher than Tesla. Higher clocks would bump power consumption up and could necessitate the inclusion of the 8 pin connector. Or Nvidia could have included it simply for versatility since many power supplies now come with an 8-pin connector. Or Nvidia could have included the extra power capability for their AIBs who like to put out factory overclocked editions since those cards would definitely consume more power than a stock card.

There are any number of reasons.

 

We have no word on GF104's performance, only rumors of GF100. If GF104 is indeed the GTX 395 and the rumored GF100 performance numbers are true, GF104 should be quite a bit faster than the HD 5970 overall.

But yeah, this far nothing is confirmed yet.

 

GF100 in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkI-ThRTrPY

 

Nick Stam - Nvidia
"GF100's gonna be a killer product for the gamer. Coming in first quarter of this year."