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Nvidia Prepping Another Dual-chip GPU
Techtree News Staff, Dec 04, 2008 1950 hrs ISTGeForce GTX 200 iteration from 55nm process
The X-bit Labs reported that Nvidia is preparing yet another dual-chip graphics card to battle against ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2.
The new graphics processor is likely to be an iteration of GeForce GTX 200 chip built on 55nm process technology. New GeForce GX2 boards will pack two 55nm process built G200 chips with 216 stream processors, reports Experiview.
Experivew also showed off a picture of the new 55nm process built G200b on GTX 260 graphics card. The indicator of change from 65nm process technology to 55nm technology is change in number "G200-103-A2" (65nm) to "G200-103-B2" (55nm). According to estimates, the B2 stepping refers to latest 55nm process technology with production taken place in 3rd week (August 11th to 17th). Compared to this B2 stepping, the first GTX 260 chips had 192 stream processors.
The number of stream processors and memory frequency will remain the same in the first batch of new GeForce GTX 260 GX2 branded as GeForce GTX 295 and to be launched in January 2009. One can easily imagine the performance of two overclocked new GeForce GTX 260 with 216 stream processors will be higher compared the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 s performance.
With both GPU chips carrying 216 stream processors each on the GTX 260-216 chips, Nvidia is likely to bet on their SLI optimization by overclocking the cards.
ATI HD 4870 X2 is available at rough street price of Rs. 35,750 while the GeForce GTX costs about Rs 22,000 on street price. With this new stepping and improved performance, the price might inflate a bit, but still can be expected to be lower than ATI.
Indian consumers, who're mostly price-sensitive, don't pay attention to facts about memory, capacity of games to scale up, and power requirement utilization, which leads to variation in results.
On contacting, Nvidia said, "We don't comment on market rumors."
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The new graphics processor is likely to be an iteration of GeForce GTX 200 chip built on 55nm process technology. New GeForce GX2 boards will pack two 55nm process built G200 chips with 216 stream processors, reports Experiview.
Experivew also showed off a picture of the new 55nm process built G200b on GTX 260 graphics card. The indicator of change from 65nm process technology to 55nm technology is change in number "G200-103-A2" (65nm) to "G200-103-B2" (55nm). According to estimates, the B2 stepping refers to latest 55nm process technology with production taken place in 3rd week (August 11th to 17th). Compared to this B2 stepping, the first GTX 260 chips had 192 stream processors.
The number of stream processors and memory frequency will remain the same in the first batch of new GeForce GTX 260 GX2 branded as GeForce GTX 295 and to be launched in January 2009. One can easily imagine the performance of two overclocked new GeForce GTX 260 with 216 stream processors will be higher compared the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 s performance.
With both GPU chips carrying 216 stream processors each on the GTX 260-216 chips, Nvidia is likely to bet on their SLI optimization by overclocking the cards.
ATI HD 4870 X2 is available at rough street price of Rs. 35,750 while the GeForce GTX costs about Rs 22,000 on street price. With this new stepping and improved performance, the price might inflate a bit, but still can be expected to be lower than ATI.
Indian consumers, who're mostly price-sensitive, don't pay attention to facts about memory, capacity of games to scale up, and power requirement utilization, which leads to variation in results.
On contacting, Nvidia said, "We don't comment on market rumors."
Related Links:
Nvidia too Launches GeForce GTX 200 GPUs
NVIDIA to manufacture 40nm GeForce parts?
Faulty Nvidia GPU in Desktops
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