what's coming from March->June?

[nyker96]

Nvida/ATI next gen?

 

[Zap]

Is a 6 month product cycle too long for ya?

 

[alcoholbob]

Gonna be a while I think...GT200b was rumored for october release but pushed back until late december...Be lucky to see anything before June methinks.

Even so, another refresh? Maybe more SPs on the existing 55nm process. It's hard for nvidia especially to cram anymore into their monolithic design without going down to 40nm, so it may be hard to expect anything world-changing, challenging the 4870X2 with a single chip design would be extremely difficult on their current production process.

 

[Ares202]

isnt the new ATI 40nm chip out in Q1?

 

[alcoholbob]

Well the roadmap for nvidia is GT214/216 coming Q2, which is mainstream 40nm. Hi end probably not till Q3. GT300 maybe Q4 09.

 

[nyker96]

Zap: i think for me 3months is better :] but seriously i don't upgrade so often, still waiting to see something new now I finally got over the ATI 4xxx shock. Just wondering when is the next big thing and if I got something to look forward to upgrade into in 2009.

Ares, Astra: thanks guys looks like the invasion of 40nm parts are coming. Are they DX11? i be honest don't see that much diff from dx9 vs dx10, some not enough to say wow.

 

[Creig]

According to current rumors, all DX10 parts will also be DX11 compatible.

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: Creig
According to current rumors, all DX10 parts will also be DX11 compatible.

nice! so I can see a 40nm parts in the second 1/2 of the year for me.

 

[alcoholbob]

It would be kind of like 9800GTX+ compared say GTX280 65nm so I wouldn't be surpised if it would be no faster than a 285 SSC