new gen geforce 600/700?

[Magic Carpet]

when is it due and how power efficient versus radeon they are going to be?

Cheers.

 

[Lonyo]

No one knows. Wait until they actually get released.

 

[Arkadrel]

Going by: http://www.3dcenter.org/news/2011-12-13

~660: rumors say: mid first quarter of 2012 (~march)
~680: rumors say: second quarter of 2012 (~june-july)

So the 7970 will probably have 6-7 months before Nvidia has a card for it.

 

[nsavop]

when is it due and how power efficient versus radeon they are going to be?

Cheers.

Latest rumors say GK104 will be released in Q1 and GK100 in q2.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Do you reckon, a 560 equivalent could have sub 100w power consumption? I really want to cut down on power while retaining some performance.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Silverforce11]

If power efficiency matters to you, NV is not known for their focus on perf/w given their history.

 

[Wizlem]

Going by: http://www.3dcenter.org/news/2011-12-13

~660: rumors say: mid first quarter of 2012 (~march)
~680: rumors say: second quarter of 2012 (~june-july)

So the 7970 will probably have 6-7 months before Nvidia has a card for it.

Have not heard these rumors before but March is the last month in the first quarter and July is in the third quarter. Middle first quarter would be most likely to mean sometime in the middle month of the first quarter which is February and second quarter could mean anywhere in April to June. Thats assuming the rumor is true and Nvidia gets the cards out when they plan to. Do we even know if the rumor 7970 releases tomorrow or sometime soon is true?

 

[Saico]

Tommorow. At least the slides indicate that NDA ends tommorow.

 

[Smartazz]

If power efficiency matters to you, NV is not known for their focus on perf/w given their history.

Actually, until the GTX400 series, Nvidia was very good with power efficiency.

 

[Kippa]

How much memory are these new nvidia cards rumoured to have?

 

[Magic Carpet]

If power efficiency matters to you, NV is not known for their focus on perf/w given their history.

I'd rather use mobile chips on desktop but I haven't figured that one out yet ;-p

Hence, I go by TDP these days.

EDIT:

Clearly, nVIDIA is losing the edge by shifting its focus on to things like Tegra, etc.