werty316
10-03-2006, 06:07 AM
1-2 months away and I already need to change my pants.
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 expected in November
One of my sources told me this weekend that NVIDIA is planning to release the G80 GPU in the second or third week of November.
The G80 will be launched as the GeForce 8800 and will be the first DirectX 10 graphics card. Currently the company is planning to release two versions: the GeForce 8800 GTX and the cheaper GeForce 8800 GT. The GTX version may have up to 768MB DDR4 memory clocked at 1.5GHz. The expected retail prices are $649 for the GTX and somewhere between $399 and $499 for the GT.
ATI's first DirectX 10 graphics card is the R600 but according to the latest rumours this graphics card has been delayed to early 2007.
Article Source (http://www.dvhardware.net/article14080.html&title=NVIDIA%20GeForce%208800%20expected%20in%20No vember)
Nvidia to launch DirectX 10 chip in mid-November
Nvidia is expected to announce the world's first DirectX 10-compliant graphics chip, the GeForce 8800 (codenamed G80), in the middle of November, graphics card makers revealed. However, despite the advantage of early launch, demand for the new graphics processing unit (GPU) will depend on penetration rate of the new Windows Vista OS and availability of new PC games supporting DirectX 10, the makers indicated.
Article Source (http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20061002A2007.html)
nVidia may have a jump of things but if Vista is boxed with DX9 whats the point? In that case DX10 games won't work out of the box so to speak.
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 expected in November
One of my sources told me this weekend that NVIDIA is planning to release the G80 GPU in the second or third week of November.
The G80 will be launched as the GeForce 8800 and will be the first DirectX 10 graphics card. Currently the company is planning to release two versions: the GeForce 8800 GTX and the cheaper GeForce 8800 GT. The GTX version may have up to 768MB DDR4 memory clocked at 1.5GHz. The expected retail prices are $649 for the GTX and somewhere between $399 and $499 for the GT.
ATI's first DirectX 10 graphics card is the R600 but according to the latest rumours this graphics card has been delayed to early 2007.
Article Source (http://www.dvhardware.net/article14080.html&title=NVIDIA%20GeForce%208800%20expected%20in%20No vember)
Nvidia to launch DirectX 10 chip in mid-November
Nvidia is expected to announce the world's first DirectX 10-compliant graphics chip, the GeForce 8800 (codenamed G80), in the middle of November, graphics card makers revealed. However, despite the advantage of early launch, demand for the new graphics processing unit (GPU) will depend on penetration rate of the new Windows Vista OS and availability of new PC games supporting DirectX 10, the makers indicated.
Article Source (http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20061002A2007.html)
nVidia may have a jump of things but if Vista is boxed with DX9 whats the point? In that case DX10 games won't work out of the box so to speak.