NVIDIA confirms Next-Gen close to 1TFlop in 4Q07

[BFG10K]

That doesnt make the card physically smaller, its still the same number of traces.

If the RAM chips are smaller and generate less heat they can be placed closer to each other which can lead to a smaller PCB overall.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

That doesnt make the card physically smaller, its still the same number of traces.

If the RAM chips are smaller and generate less heat they can be placed closer to each other which can lead to a smaller PCB overall.

It is my understanding that the placement of the chips has nothing to do with heat.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

isnt the length of the card just due to all the power circuitry on the back? small stuffs = smaller power circuits? = smaller card?

 

[rise]

nv said last year that power requirements/heat would decrease each generation starting with g90 or whatever it is. g80 would be the last of the beasts for nv, that was according to them. obviously there are limitations to what they can do but at least they're moving in the right direction.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Originally posted by: rise
nv said last year that power requirements/heat would decrease each generation starting with g90 or whatever it is. g80 would be the last of the beasts for nv, that was according to them. obviously there are limitations to what they can do but at least they're moving in the right direction.

Meh, I dont see the point

Give me beastly performance over power efficiency anyday... I dont get why people are so zealous now about power consumption... If you have the money to buy a high end card, you wont worry about it, and if you dont, midrange cards are always very efficient anyway, so... Whats the problem again?

 

[StrangerGuy]

Even with this beastly 1 TFLOP card, we will still end playing buggy, unoptimized ports of X360/PS3/Wii, while complaining about:

"It's my 2KW PSU enough?",
"It's my huge case big enough for this card?"
"OMG Nvidia cheats on image quality for 100 more 3dmarks!",
"When is Nvidia going to fix my damn game on Vista? SLI still doesn't work!"
"Why is Nvidia releasing yet another proxteliteultrasupremeultimate edition 10MHz increase card?"
"...Insert random ATI vs Nvidia circlejerk PR...".

 

[the Chase]

This is true they did mention that. But Nvidia also is asking the PSU makers for a 2x8 pin AND 4x6 pin(all on the same PSU) standard for future high end PSU'S. So I see power consumption still going up unless this is for some 3 card SLI/physics set-up.

Anyone know how GDDR5 is coming along? Will it make it to the scene in time for this card? I thought I read it should be out by sometime this year but haven't heard much about it lately.

 

[Genx87]

No surprise they are releasing something in the 4th qtr of 07. This does sound pretty interesting however.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Give me beastly performance over power efficiency anyday... I dont get why people are so zealous now about power consumption... If you have the money to buy a high end card, you wont worry about it, and if you dont, midrange cards are always very efficient anyway, so... Whats the problem again?

I don't know about others, but the problem with the power consumption is HEAT. Especially everyone running smaller form factor machines... You don't want a 747 sitting beside you. I could care less about the energy consumption but if it turns my case in to an oven...

 

[Killrose]

This may be where we start to see vidcards with external PSU's due to power requirements or maybe even a seperate GPU socket on the Motherboard.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself

Originally posted by: rise
nv said last year that power requirements/heat would decrease each generation starting with g90 or whatever it is. g80 would be the last of the beasts for nv, that was according to them. obviously there are limitations to what they can do but at least they're moving in the right direction.

Meh, I dont see the point

Give me beastly performance over power efficiency anyday... I dont get why people are so zealous now about power consumption... If you have the money to buy a high end card, you wont worry about it, and if you dont, midrange cards are always very efficient anyway, so... Whats the problem again?

it has to stop or at least slow down somewhere.

 

[imported_flounder]

Could someone please explain the node shrink sizes

 

[Capt Caveman]

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