890GTX & 8950GX2 info

BugZz · Post by **BugZz** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:12 am

JUST A DAY after we uncovered the existence of Nvidia's Geforce 8950 GTX and Geforce 8900 GTX, our friends in Taiwan confirmed the news. You can read our original stories here and here.
The Geforce 8950 GX2 is a dual-chip card based on a new 80 nanometre G80 chip, probably codenamed something else. Both GX2 GPUs are clocked at 550MHz and the difference is GDDR4. The card comes with 2x512MB of 256-bit GDDR4 memory clocked at 2000MHz. The card has 96 Shaders, per chip. It will be priced at $600.

The second in Nvidia's spring line-up is the Geforce 8900 GTX clocked at 700MHz GPU and 2200MHz memory. The chip still has a 384-bit memory interface and comes with 768MB of memory. The card uses a new 80 nanometre chip and has 128 Shaders. Compared to the Radeon X2800XTX it will end up shorter on clock and memory interface. You can compare them here.

The Geforce 8900 GTX is priced at $550.

Meanwhile, the Geforce 8900 GTS is a new card clocked at 600MHz GPU with 2000MHz GDDR4 memory. It supports the 320-bit memory controller and comes with 640Mb of memory. This card should cost $500 and it is using the 80 nanometre chip. This card will still have 128 Shader units.

The current king of the crop, the 8800 GTX will drop in price to $450, while the Geforce 8800 GTS loaded with 640MB of memory stays up in the $400 price range.

Nvidia has two more 80 nanometre cards. The Geforce 8900GT with 600MHz core and with a 256-bit memory interface comes with 512MB of 1800MHz GDDR3 memory. It has 96 Shaders and is built on a 80 nanometre process and will cost $400.

The 8900 GS will be the cheapest G80-based card. The 80 nanometre based beast is clocked at 550MHz core and 1600MHZ memory. The card has the 256-bit memory controller and comes with 256 or 512MB of GDDR3 memory. It also has 96 Shaders. The 256MB version will cost $200 while 512MB incarnation will end up at around the $250 price mark.

The apparently-leaked document mentions G84 and G86 chips but we have some details to confirm. The original story with document is here.

eXg. sabooya · Post by **eXg. sabooya** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:33 am

I hope within the next 70 days one of the new nvidias come out so i can do a step up

Ruiner · Post by **Ruiner** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:53 pm

8800, should come down now ;]

BugZz · Post by **BugZz** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:32 pm

eXg. Ruiner wrote:8800, should come down now ;]

yeah i can't wait for 880GTX to come down CRysis at max settings w00t

Post by **SunTzu** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:34 pm

im waitin for 10kGX3

eXg. focus · Post by **eXg. focus** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:41 pm

BugZz wrote:
eXg. Ruiner wrote:8800, should come down now ;]
yeah i can't wait for 880GTX to come down CRysis at max settings w00t

i don't think it'll be strong enough to max it out.

BobMarley! · Post by **BobMarley!** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:06 pm

I know that this may be a bit abstract but do you think they are releasing these because the 8800 won't be able to "Play the Game the way it was meant to be played" I'm speaking in reference to Crysis and Unreal 3. Seeing how the 8800 CAN actually render the scenes, but there never really seem to be ANY sort of benchies for any of these games. Anyhow, they seem like great cards but after witnessing the 8800 Ultra release makes me wonder what the real plan is. (LIke why didn't they release a new set of cards when there is actually DX10 games to play?!)

eXg. focus · Post by **eXg. focus** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:45 pm

funny you should mention that bob, I'm reading

this
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware ... sc-25.html

right now

BobMarley! · Post by **BobMarley!** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:30 pm

Nice. I post up on that site under HongKongPhuey. Lots of trolls and fakes on the site though. Fanbois galore too. Anyhow, it will be interesting to see what the whole strategy to the 8900 will be.

I stand by my comment on the whole 8800/DIrect X 10 bench mark, or lack there-of.

Testing a 8900 with D3 seems kind of.... well pointless.

BugZz · Post by **BugZz** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:41 pm

The lack of dx10 is because of Vista (Which we all it sucks right now) but service pack 2 for vista is coming out soon. This summer i belive. But all we can do is wait and see those bench marks.

eXg. sabooya · Post by **eXg. sabooya** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:49 pm

BugZz wrote:The lack of dx10 is because of Vista (Which we all it sucks right now) but service pack 2 for vista is coming out soon. This summer i belive. But all we can do is wait and see those bench marks.

It goes from a 5-9%fps cut to a 10-15% cut

BobMarley! · Post by **BobMarley!** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:49 pm

Okay I get the Vista DX10 piece, but come on, how can you sell hardware for software that does not exist? Why create a unit that can render DX10 and only have a demo or two and no measureable benchmarks to actually stress the new set of codes and commands. Seems pointless if you are not paying attention IMHO.

The lack of benchmarks definately gives gamers a slap in the face because they are touting this as the next generation and their cards are only able to run old software at high resolution does not seem next generation. It just seems like a boosted NV40/NV70 chipset.

Much like the NV40 lack of SM3.0 (even though it SAID it could, there was no real support for the SM) I just question the why's and all relevant supporting evidence.

Nvidia = Guilty of Gougin

Creative = Chargin you for ALchemy

ATI = Living on another planet!

Microsoft = Disillusioned

eXg. Man0waR · Post by **eXg. Man0waR** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:58 pm

Is my 8600gt already a POS? lol

eXg. sabooya · Post by **eXg. sabooya** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:07 pm

eXg. Man0waR wrote:Is my 8600gt already a POS? lol

Its like a midrange, plus for $130 its cheap.

eXg. focus · Post by **eXg. focus** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:47 pm

eXg. Man0waR wrote:Is my 8600gt already a POS? lol

it's dx10, but it's not considered a gaming card. More like it's prepping for Vista aero. It doesn't perform as well as my card does in games.