NV30 rumors (Geforce5 or whatever they want to call it)

[Jeslek]

400+ mhz core clockspeed
0.13 micron
125 million transistors
8 pipelines
2 texture blocks per pipe
500mhz DDR2 memory
128 bit memory bus
Physical Bandwidth: 16gb/s
Effective Bandwidth taking into account the various bandwidth saving techniques, according to some rumours, is more than twice higher.
DX9 compatibility on the level of PS/VS2 (note: we all know that nv30 doesn't fully comply to ps/vs3 specifications, but it's somewhere on the same level).
128 & 64bit (calculated twice faster) color over the whole pipeline
Aniso implementation faster than earlier, but the same old alghoritm(?)
FSAA implementation faster than earlier, but the same old alghoritm e.g. MSAA(?)
Family of cards based on the NV30 chipset (>~$400, NV30-high), mid perfomance (~$200, NV31-low), differ only in speed, not in features.

Cards based on the NV30 & NV31 chipsets on sale till the end of the year, everywhere else (beginning of next year).

The NV30 will apparently do Final Fantasy rendering in real time, but some people doubt it.

SOURCE: http://www.technoa.co.kr/notes/content.asp?content_id=14249

 

[whoreable]

YOU ARE LIKE SO LAST WEEK

 

[Aunty Em]

YOU ARE LIKE SO LAST WEEK

LOL

 

[Nixy]

when is this due out LL?

 

[Jeslek]

when is this due out LL?

Two weeks I think. My Korean isn't that up to date.

 

[outside looking in]

Final Fantasy rendering in real time means severely lowered polygon counts and complex multipass lighting effects watered down and emulated through pre-cooked pixel shader functions. This works for some scenes to produce an image close enough to the original as to be comparable upon a cursory glance, but the scene has to be carefully chosen for original polygon count and lighting effects to ensure that the watered down "real time" version isn't so far removed as to make people laugh.

The NV30 should be announced November 18th at Comdex. Reviewers might have cards before Christmas to give benchmark results, and cards should be available in mid to late January at best.

Expect image quality comparable to the Radeon 9700, performance comparable in most cases, probably slightly faster across the board, and some games or settings (extreme AA/AF) where the NV30 takes a noticeable lead (~25%).

 

[Nixy]

oooooh!

*waits anxiously for price drops on the GeForce4*

 

[Altron]

Its not goign to be the geforce 5
It will be the Eclipse

 

[outside looking in]

Looks like GeForce FX is the official name.

Yawn.

I can't wait until later next year when I get to see a GeForce FX Ti 5800 SE Ultra on a shelf somewhere.

 

[Altron]

right here are some pics
not working :strangle:
click on my homepage then on NV30 Geforce FX
oh wait, the links inactive.
Just check out tomshardware.com in the Video section...