TGDaily: "Nvidia expected to offer DirectX 10.1 GPU in Q1 2009"

[AmberClad]

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A presentation slide we received, but unfortunately cannot share with you in order to protect our source, clearly states that Nvidia will offer DirectX 10.1 support with its next-generation notebook GPUs that are scheduled for a spring 2009 release. DirectX 10.1 is also likely to be offered in the next desktop GPU generation, which should debut either late in Q4 2008 or Q1 2009, with a possible ramp throughout Q1 and Q2 of 2009.

 

[Jax Omen]

Lol, they're worried about AMD's success causing dev's to implement 10.1 features... and thus leave them out of the loop.

Gotta love competition. I hope their G200 die shrink is a screamer.

 

[LightningRider]

Too late nvidia, already got 10.1 with ATi.

 

[taltamir]

hardly, there aren't any games that use it. I am surprised they didn't just enable it with a driver update, that shows they really did intend to let support for it slip. since they can't win in bang for buck they are going for features. Question is, what will AMD be selling by then.

The way I look at it... physX balances out DX10.1
Both are nice on paper, both lack implementation.

So I just buy which ever gives more FPS/$ and ignore those two features.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: taltamir
hardly, there aren't any games that use it. I am surprised they didn't just enable it with a driver update, that shows they really did intend to let support for it slip. since they can't win in bang for buck they are going for features. Question is, what will AMD be selling by then.

The way I look at it... physX balances out DX10.1
Both are nice on paper, both lack implementation.

So I just buy which ever gives more FPS/$ and ignore those two features.

Right now there are no games, but if both AMD and Nvidia are going to support it then you can bet there will be DX10.1 games for sure. So, if you just bought that nice new GTX280 for $650 you get the shaft because your flagship card doesn't have DX10.1 and because of the very hefty price drops. I guess the lesson here is do your homework if you're going to be an early adopter... and I guess we'll have to see how big of a deal DX10.1 really becomes.

 

[AmberClad]

I thought Assassin's Creed was DX10.1. Or it used to be. I don't have the game, but I vaguely remember reading something about it having DX10.1 at one point, and then the devs removing it for some reason.

 

[SickBeast]

IMO hardware physics is a way more powerful feature than DX10.1. GPU acceleration of video encoding is going to be huge. Even high-end CPUs struggle transcoding HD video streams.

AMD should be able to do these things as well with their current hardware, however they don't seem to be viewing the situation with the same sense of urgency that NV has been showing.

 

[Magusigne]

This is funny because I remeber nRollo downplaying the lack of 10.1 directX in the GT200 series as it wasn't really that big of an increase and that Nvidia wasn't focusing on that

 

[alcoholbob]

Lol 1.5 to 2.0 faster than current tech? GT200 is pretty new, I would think the Q1 at most would be a die shrink with 10% faster clocks.

As long as the "new card" isn't a GX2 variant since you generally get a lower minimum framerate with dual card solutions, which increases choppiness in games.