Post your NV40 preview predictions

I don't know why, but I find this mildly amusing:

 

I predict DemoCoder will say I'm biased towards ATI.........OOPS, he already did!

BTW, It will be hot - but not very noisy, will require lots of power, will get incredible benchmark scores - the "optimizations" are still there, and are fully used.

And, it will be a much nicer, more competitive card than the NV3xx........

 

Lol...it would be even funnier if the game itself runs OK, but the benchmark doesn't....is that the case?

That also reminds me...how are the creators of the "bridge-it" game doing...they bankrupt yet?

 

Mmmm, I think it will be noisy dependant on which reviews you read.

 

Well......I'm already wrong on this..........hehe, guess that's what I get for giving them (nVidia) the benifit of doubt!

 

Re: Deja Vu

This time it was more specific statement ("Gross Margin will
be approaching historical numbers"). So my guess is that
they have produced enough NV40 in production to estimate yield
properly.

 

- it will beat X800 pro
- heat problems
- power problems
- New AA

 

The install papers will say please remove case side panel before powering up your system.

 

You could use 3DAnalyze to chang the ID, that might allow the benchmark to run... not that you would want to

 

it was the *cough* dx9 benchmark *cough* which should show how fast nvidia is in doing dx9 stuff i mean vs2.0

 

The return of MP3 files to indicate how silent the new cards are or aren't ?

 

I predict it will be much better than NV3x, but still have some IQ issues.

 

IMO a lot of people here are taking too much hallucinogenics already..... they seem to see a good card?!

 

Re: Deja Vu

That's still a forward looking statement. And it also doesn't say anything about the specific NV40 ultra product.

In any case, what was the full context of the quote? NV40 generation of chips? Gross margin including all products for next quarter?

 

It doesnt even show that, it only had 1 vs2.0 shader, the gffxs aren't that good at vs2.0

I just really hope we get good image qualtity analysis, game benchmarks [H]ard style, and some nice synthetics.

Im really not sure whats going to happen, although these reviews will be interesting as they only have the nv38/r360 to compare to, I dont expect the reviewers will be blind enough to count ATI out of the race.

I think ill just predict that any site that complains about the noise levels will have been assured by Nvidia that the shipping product will be quieter

 

Found this

Also... from Warp2search.net discussion...
Quote:
A certain new card we have caused one of our PCs (an Athlon XP) to auto shutdown after 20/25 minutes gaming. This was due to heat build up in the case, the otherwise OK CPU was overheating, it was 10c+ hotter with this card than with a 5950.. The case had 80mm fans front and back.
If you have an already hot/overclocked computer you may not get on with this certain card (that i cant yet mention of course).
What with this and the need for a warp core to power it i forsee trouble ahead for many purchasers.

 

Judging by these posts NV sure have lost a lot of credibility lately. As well as a few tech sites, though not this one of course.

To all of the above I would like to add the should-be-obvious memory bandwidth handicap. Double the pipes- not anywhere near double the bandwidth. Unless NV has come up with some uber/freakin new techniques, this is going to be the big problem performance wise. At least as far as my completely shallow thinking goes.

Caps

 

I predict that..

-It will be pleanty Fast.
-Have some improvements (or claimed improvements) to AA and AF.
-be much faster in AF tests comparatively to the last generation.
-It will have greatly improved Shader performance Comparatively to the last generation.

I also Predict that.

-There are still numerous DRivers *optimizations* Specifically in Benchmarks and specific benchmark levels from games

-Certain web sites will be drooling all over themselves to proclaim Nvidia as the new king. Glossing over any negatives they can.

-It will be marginally faster than the R420pro but not in every case.
-Ultimately it will end up losing most benchmarks between 10-20% with some rare wins and loses being bigger that this to the X800XT.

My personal view..

-NV40 is another example of how Nvidia has lost the beat when it comes to engineering a product. They overstuff it with features that no one needs right now and pass up on the opportunity to really make it User Friendly, Quiet, not hot as an oven, heavy as an anvil and requiring more power than a locomotive. Instead they make a product that they have to clock at the brink of artifacting just to deliver on promises.

Elegance is a word that Nvidia seems to have ripped out of its dictionary.