Soon, nVidia will release a new graphics chip, the successor of the NV40/45. It will probably be named G70. VR-Zone has a received a document with some very interesting facts about the chip. If this document comes really directly from nVidia, the G70 will have the following specifications:
An interesting fact is, that Nvidia won't name the highend-model "Ultra" anymore. In addition, only the flagship Geforce 7800 GTX will be SLI-compatible, in contrast to the NV40 series. HKEPC has published part of a document, which contains nVidia's PSU recommendation for the Geforce 7800 GTX.
To provide enough power for a single graphics card, you should have at least a PSU with 400 Watts and 26 Ampere on the 12V line. Two 7800 GTX cores need at least 500 Watts and 34 Ampere on the 12V line.
There is also a picture on the internet, which probably shows a G70 graphics card.
At first sight, you recognize the bigger PCB compared to the 6800 Ultra. The main reason
could be a more advanced power supply circuitry and a changed layout of the memory chips. Unfortunately, we can't give more information about this, because the chips are covered by the cooler. Also noticeable is the single-single slot cooler, which could mean lower power consumption in contrast to the NV40. However, this doesn't correspond to nVidia's statement about the recommended power supply for the Geforce 7800 Series.
In exact 17 days, nVidia will present its new G70-GPU to the public, according to Gamespot. Like the introduction of the Geforce 6 last year, the presentation of the G70 will take place in San Francisco.
In addition, prices were mentioned. The 7800 series will cost as much as the Geforce 6800 at its introduction. In fact, the Geforce 7800 GTX will cost between 550 and 600 Dollars. Nvidia recently announced the presentation date of its new graphics chip "G70", nVidia's weapon against ATI's upcoming chip R520.
The G70 will be introduced in San Francisco on June 21, 2005, where nVidia will show a live demonstration of its new product. Later on, the visitors can have a closer look at the new products. Last but not least, the guests can convince theirselves of the performance of the chip on a big Battlefield 2 LAN party.
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- Three different models: GeForce 7800, 7800 GT and 7800 GTX
- 0.11 micron process TSMC
- 430 MHz core
- 700 MHz memory (1.4 GHz DDR) for 256 MB GDDR3-RAM
- 24 rendering pipelines
- 256-bit memory interface, 44.8 GB/s memory bandwidth
- fillrate of 10.32 Gigapixel per second, 860 million. Vertices/s
- 400 MHz RAMDAC
- nVidia CineFX 4.0-Engine, Intellisample 4.0-Technology
- GeForce 7800 GTX is SLI compatible
- compatible to DirectX 9.0c, Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
An interesting fact is, that Nvidia won't name the highend-model "Ultra" anymore. In addition, only the flagship Geforce 7800 GTX will be SLI-compatible, in contrast to the NV40 series. HKEPC has published part of a document, which contains nVidia's PSU recommendation for the Geforce 7800 GTX.
To provide enough power for a single graphics card, you should have at least a PSU with 400 Watts and 26 Ampere on the 12V line. Two 7800 GTX cores need at least 500 Watts and 34 Ampere on the 12V line.
There is also a picture on the internet, which probably shows a G70 graphics card.
At first sight, you recognize the bigger PCB compared to the 6800 Ultra. The main reason
could be a more advanced power supply circuitry and a changed layout of the memory chips. Unfortunately, we can't give more information about this, because the chips are covered by the cooler. Also noticeable is the single-single slot cooler, which could mean lower power consumption in contrast to the NV40. However, this doesn't correspond to nVidia's statement about the recommended power supply for the Geforce 7800 Series.
In exact 17 days, nVidia will present its new G70-GPU to the public, according to Gamespot. Like the introduction of the Geforce 6 last year, the presentation of the G70 will take place in San Francisco.
In addition, prices were mentioned. The 7800 series will cost as much as the Geforce 6800 at its introduction. In fact, the Geforce 7800 GTX will cost between 550 and 600 Dollars. Nvidia recently announced the presentation date of its new graphics chip "G70", nVidia's weapon against ATI's upcoming chip R520.
The G70 will be introduced in San Francisco on June 21, 2005, where nVidia will show a live demonstration of its new product. Later on, the visitors can have a closer look at the new products. Last but not least, the guests can convince theirselves of the performance of the chip on a big Battlefield 2 LAN party.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
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