Cheaper GT200 Replacement, G100?

[Slaimus]

I stumbled upon this review of a Quadro board: http://tech.icrontic.com/articles/nvidia-quadro-fx-3800-review/

It seems there is a new "G100" design:

# 55nm process node
# 600MHz core clock
# 192 CUDA Cores
# 1GB 800MHz GDDR3
# 256-bit Memory Bus
# 51.2GBps memory Bandwidth
# 108W power consumption

Possibly swap in GDDR5 memory and a bit higher clocks, and it would make a very good upgrade for my 8800GT. That is, if Nvidia decides to release a desktop version.

 

[happy medium]

It looks like a gtx260 in Quadro form.

 

[Schmide]

Not even a 216 core? That's a Quadlow.

 

[thilanliyan]

GF100 would be on 40nm not 55nm.

 

[tweakboy]

Horrible card. You won't be able to game if you go lower then a GT200. What do you want a 8600GT for 50 bones or a 8800 for 100 bones ?

 

[Schmide]

Horrible card. You won't be able to game if you go lower then a GT200. What do you want a 8600GT for 50 bones or a 8800 for 100 bones ?

You don't buy a Quatro(nVidia)/Fire(ATi) for the hardware, it's the drivers that make the product.