NVIDIA GeForce 9900 GTX Card Design Exposed

[malware]

While there's still enough time until the GeForce 9900 series shows up, hardware enthusiasts are trying to chop up every bit of information they can find. Today a few 3D sketches were leaked, showing a GT200 based card in computer 3D environment. The GT200 based card has a total of 16 memory chips onboard (8 chips are on the back side of the PCB), and will probably feature 1GB of GDDR3 memory. The card will be 10.5-inch long and come with a dual slot cooler manufactured by Cooler Master (model TM71). Other details are still a bit washed out, so I won't report them here. If you want to read them anyways, please be sure to check this page.



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[HTC]

Well, i just saw this a few moments ago:

If you have been waiting for more details about Nvidia’s next-gen products, then this is likely the juiciest information yet. The poster of the thread on Xtreme Systems claims that the screenhots show the upcoming "D10U" products, one board codenamed P651 and the other P65x. If these pictures display an engineering drawing of the actual product, then we now know that both the GTX and GTS versions have support for triple-SLI. This featurerequires one 8-pin power connector to work, translating into a maximum power consumption of 225 watts for the 9900 GTS (75 watts + 150 watts). According to these drawings, the 9900 GTX could be looking at up 300 watts (75 watts + 75 watts + 150 watts). Of course, we don’t expect either card to actually consume quite so much, but we believe that the engineers have created enough headroom simply to ensure a stable operation of the card.

An 8-pin PCIe power connector can deliver 12.5 Amps at 12V, which ends up at 150 watts. A 6-pin PCIe connector can deliver 6.25 Amps at 12V, or 75 watts.

The angled picture does not change much; The third power connector on the left board comes from a card that was not shown

Looking at the drawing from another angle, we see that there are subtle differences between the two parts, but some things just do not add up. There are eight memory chips on front, and possible eight memory chips on the back, which would confirm the rumored 512-bit memory controller. Possible memory sizes are 512 MB, 1024 MB and 2048 MB. But the alleged 9900 GTS features eight memory chips as well, so the rumors of a 448-bit memory controller and 896 MB of memory would be incorrect. Or are they true and these pictures are a dud?

What looks rather strange is the presence of NVIO chip. After the "we do not support HDCP at 2560x1600" fiasco, would indicate that these pictures are fake.

NordicHardware ran two stories (here) disclosing alleged details of the cards. Reading over those details, we would agree that these pictures fit the bill, at least as far as power consumption and most specs go.

Your guess is as good as ours. It is an interesting topic for weekend discussions on forums around the Internet. And in our comments section, of course.

Source: Tom's Hardware

Dunno if it's real or not, though!

EDIT

Comparing these pics to the pics malware provided, they seem pretty much the same ...

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

I just saw that GDDR5 has been released. I wanna see it on this card. I bet you ATI (and I know, already read the article) will have GDDR5.

 

[hat]

sigh, just when I thought we were heading in the right direction in terms of power consumption with the 9800gtx's single power adaptor...

 

[kylew]

I really hope that these aren't real, they're terrible CAD drawings. Little mistakes all over it that makes it look both sloppy and un-professional.

 

[Psychoholic]

Single? Mine has two.

sigh, just when I thought we were heading in the right direction in terms of power consumption with the 9800gtx's single power adaptor...

 

[Animalpak]

I sell my 8800 Ultra and i get this for sure ! Extreme powah GT200 !

 

[TheGuruStud]

I sell my 8800 Ultra and i get this for sure ! Extreme powah GT200 !

It's not a tumah!

 

[jbunch07]

looks interesting...still no word on the memory bus huh?

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

kinda reminds me of an 8800GTX.. will this be the another vid card worthy of sitting for 2 years on a rig?

 

[ShadowFold]

looks interesting...still no word on the memory bus huh?

512-bit most likely, I doubt they would put a 256-bit bus in a GT200

 

[tkpenalty]

Err... if these were truly legitimate I would expect at LEAST the PCB's tracks to be shown. There is no point of a CAD drawing of a PCB that only has basic parts that only serves to give us a visual impression.

 

[eidairaman1]

It's not a tumah!

LMFAO!

 

[btarunr]

With 6 + 8 pin power inputs, I'd expect is power draw on par with the HD2900 XT, which also points it could be a really hot card.

 

[DaedalusHelios]

With 6 + 8 pin power inputs, I'd expect is power draw on par with the HD2900 XT, which also points it could be a really hot card.

I would put an extra liquid loop on my rig just to cool two of them.

 

[Temps_Riising]

I just saw that GDDR5 has been released. I wanna see it on this card. I bet you ATI (and I know, already read the article) will have GDDR5.

But to be honest, to date there have been little in the way of performance improvements when comparing GDDR4 with GDDR3 and not really and price/performance benfits for that extra cost.....not sure if GDDR5 is going to change that trend though?

 

[Animalpak]

It's not a tumah!

I dont understand ?

 

[HTC]

Some more pics??

Images of the 9900GTX's cooler, according to PC Online

240 SP
32 ROPs
RAM 512-bit
TDP 240W

 

[btarunr]

Great find HTC!

 

[HTC]

Great find HTC!

I didn't find it ...

I almost copy / pasted it: almost because i had to save the pics to my PC and repost them ...

This is where i found it (portuguese site): PCDig@

EDIT

And i contradicted myself ...

I should have said "This is where i copied / pasted it from"

 

[mlee49]

I dont understand ?

Come on, Arnold from Kindergarden Cop!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BANkMaLJaY4&feature=related

 

[calvary1980]

looks interesting...still no word on the memory bus huh?

55nm, P651 PCB, 240 Shaders, 512-Bit Memory Bus, 1024MB GDDR3, 32 ROP, 120 TMU, 120 TFU, 8+6 Pin Connector, Tri-SLI Support, Hybrid Power, Hybrid Boost.

- Christine

 

[Solaris17]

55nm, P651 PCB, 240 Shaders, 512-Bit Memory Bus, 1024MB GDDR3, 32 ROP, 120 TMU, 120 TFU, 8+6 Pin Connector, Tri-SLI Support, Hybrid Power, Hybrid Boost.

- Christine

pWn3d

i love how you lightly just sign your name at the bottom of the post it puts a rather marvelous ending on it.

 

[calvary1980]

Formality, Sincerity. not pwned lol

- Christine

 

[DaMulta]

Triple SLi FTW