Nvidia 9 Series .

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Was speculated to be released in Q4, 2007 due to a GPU in development codenamed G92, but the anticipation of such a launch has dissipated somewhat after the refresh of the GeForce 8 series (revealed to be the G92 GPU), instead of naming according to the development codename. The GeForce 9 series is now expected in early 2008. The 9th generation GeForce will be DirectX 10.1 Compatible.

The cards will cost: (in the USA , for Malta add an extra LM30-40 approx)

-The 9800GTX for 549$ > 649$ --- LM160 > LM190
-The 9800GTS for 399$ > 449$ --- LM115 > LM130


------- 9800GTX Specs -------

- 65nm process technology at TSMC.
- Over one billion transistors.
- Second Generation Unified Shader Architecture.
- Double precsion support (FP64).
- GPGPU native.
- Over one TeraFLOPS of shader processing power.
- MADD+ADD configuration for the shader untis (2+1 FLOPS=3 FLOPS per ALU)
- Fully Scalar design.
- 512-bit memory interface.
- 1024MB GDDR4 graphics memory.
- DirectX 10.1 support.
- OpenGL 3.0 Support.
- eDRAM die for "FREE 4xAA".
- built in Audio Chip.
- built in tesselation unit (in the graphics core"
- Improved AA and AF quality levels

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2686/1178284571rq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Picture above is of an 8800 Ultra NOT of the 9800GTX and i left the pic because it looks meaty.

GeForce 9800 GTX will be over two times faster than a GeForce 8800 Ultra in real world games and applcations.

65nm process will allow for better yields and better power consumption. power consumption will be lower than that of a GeForce 8800 GTX.

Release date : November 2007. There will be TWO products at launch: The flagship GeForce 9800 GTX and the second fastest GeForce 9800 GTS.

AMD is readying Barcelona, and Intel is preparing its own native quad-core chip in Nehalem to hit at the same time. ATI will be prepping the R600 refresh for the end of the year and Nvidia will be hitting with the GeForce 9800. ATI's R600 is like 450 GigaFlop, G92 high-end graphics card will deliver almost a Teraflop of computing performance.. Tough task for AMD/ATI. Nvidia and Intel are leading.

Post Your Comments .
Would love to see the turn out with one of these , an intel Penryn cpu and 2GB of OCZ ram !

[V0rteX]

madonna heatsinks lol :|

for twice the performance of an 8800 ultra, i guess it isn't that pricey after all. but i guess Nvidia's statement is a bit too ambitious. we'll wait and see.

[johnmaclane]

lol the pic is of a tec cooled 8800

[dwardu]

ostra theyre quite good in price. best is if u have a frnd from england ask them to buy you a geforce from scan uk then if god forbid somethin happens just send it in to scan uk via the one of malta

[G-lock]

lol the pic is of a tec cooled 8800

yep ure right infact i was surprised that theres a pre built card already with the G92 chip :S

i suppose it will be the same size or slightly longer than the 8800gtx ux .

[Liquid]

i think in malta it will cost more then LM190 dont know but malta always have a way higher price for new stuff

[badboy]

i think in malta it will cost more then LM190 dont know but malta always have a way higher price for new stuff

i must agree.....the 8 series have dropped in price very recently and i remember them being up to Lm300!

[destructor]

i think in malta it will cost more then LM190 dont know but malta always have a way higher price for new stuff

damn right. as regards nvidia's pricing method i guess that they might come out with something less pricy that an 8800 at that power. i've been noticing that ATI and Nvidia have already started to fight for the best price/performace ratio (like 8800). fingers crossed

[FrodoLives]

The 8800Gt is also coming out by next month, slightly less in perfomance by the 8800 GTX and half the Price

Edit: it's out actually this week http://www.mtmalta.com/product_info.php?cPath=42_233_238&products_id=41137

[Sgt.heckler]

i think in malta it will cost more then LM190 dont know but malta always have a way higher price for new stuff

ye man its coz of the transportation costs . thats why we pay extra .

[Sgt.heckler]

The 8800Gt is also coming out by next month, slightly less in perfomance by the 8800 GTX and half the Price
the cards been out ages mate . just they ran out and new stock will be arriving .

[Liquid]

transportaion doesnt cost LM100 extra, id say it would be around lm250-300, if they intended to keep a high price

else if we are lucky it will cost lm200 (for me is still to much anyway)

[G-lock]

the 8800gtx is currently priced at around lm230 locally so therfore dont expect it to be any lower than that .

[FrodoLives]

the cards been out ages mate . just they ran out and new stock will be arriving .

ada kif harget ssa... laqqas 30 days ilu...

[Liquid]

glock can you give us any links?

edited: there was an extra word

[G-lock]

glock whats can you give any links?

i beg your pardon ?

[Neostus Caeser]

looks really cool

[FrodoLives]

Release date meta? Early 2008 jew November 07?? ghax 2 dates mnizlin

[G-lock]

according to some articles i read on the first quarter of 2008 . could be jan or april . only nvidia know and billy of course .:D .
plus nvidia recently launched some new 8800 versions so i would wait a little longer tbh.

[destructor]

well after playing crysis, i will wait for 9 series especially if other sequels are to be released in the future. 4-5months of discrete gaming is worth 1.5-2years of jaw dropping gfx

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Nvidia to launch GeForce 9 series in February



Here are some small but interesting new pieces of information about the next big step in GPU development from Nvidia.

Nvidia is ready for its next-generation GPU launch. According to sources at graphics card makers, the company plans to launch its GeForce 9 series GPU after the Lunar New Year in February.

The first chip to rollout of in GeForce 9 family will be the D9E, a high-end product that adopts 65nm manufacturing. The new product will also support DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1, revealed the sources.

In addition to the D9E, Nvidia will roll out a mid-range GeForce 9 family product named D9P in June 2008. The new GPU will adopt 55nm processing, the sources pointed out.

Source: DigiTimes

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It seems the first 9-series card won’t live up to the hype every new Nvidia card receives.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6006/86tqft1cf2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

GeForce 9800 GX2 Front

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1198/6o2x0uvcp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

GeForce 9800 GX2 Back

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NVIDIA’s yet-to-be released GeForce 9800 GX2 in the “flesh.” We reveal some of the specs and what should be expected.

The best way to think of the GeForce 9800 GX2 card is as an 8800 GPU that has been die shrunk to 65nm and placed in an SLI configuration in a “single” card. The 9800 GX2 is very reminiscent of 7950 GX2 of days past. (And we loved the 7950 GX2 at launch, but terrible support and diminishing returns soon painted it as one of NVIDIA’s biggest failures since the 5800 series.)

The GeForce 9800 GX2 will launch in late February or early March as it now stands and will replace the 8800 Ultra (single GPU) card in NVIDIA’s high-end product line up. The 9800 GX2 is said to be at least 30% faster than a 8800 Ultra. While it is not clear from the pictures below, we are told it will support “Quad SLI.”

GeForce 9800 GX2

1GB Frame Buffer
Two PCBs
Two 65nm GPUs Total
256 Stream Processors Total
All of the information here comes from sources overseas that we consider trustworthy. Obviously there are some specifications that could be a bit more clear, especially on the memory bus. We would expect to see two 768MB frame buffers per GPU here, but that is not what is spelled out. We are guessing 512MB per GPU currently.

Source: HardOCP

[hex4]

diluri daqsiex inuma :o

[destructor]

ta min nahseb johorguha kem xej ahjar min 7950gx2 ftermini ta support. 9800gtx ha tohrog ukol u 9800gt by mar-april (low cost u ek).

[Pawlu]

seems like the difference between the 6 and the 7 series to me, quite minimal

[johnmaclane]

GX2 cards are shit

[GeneralOneBall]

well I have a gx2 and never evr had a problem wit it. Get good frame rate for all the gaes right now And i'v ebeen using it for a year and a half. on the vga charts it's still there competing with the 8800, although now the gt and new gts just beat it but they came just now hux...

[destructor]

well i know someone that has a gx2 that experiences artifacting on cod4 but obtained gd results in other games on the other hand