Official NV40 thread

**Sazar** · April 13th, 2004

Post discussions/pictures/specs and reviews as they come forth since today is the official launch date...

absolutely no fanboi-ish discussion will be tolerated so check that @ the door before posting

This is the first meaningful [p]review out there...

16-pipeline superscalar architecture with 6 vertex modules, DDR3 support and real 32-bit pipelines

PCI Express x16, AGP 8x support

222 million transistors

400MHz core clock

Chips made by IBM

0.13µm process

**Electronic Punk** · April 13th, 2004

Interesting to compare it to leaked ATI documents:

Looking at the release dates for the first new ATI cards, I guess we are going to have hard data on the next gen of cards before the end of the month.

Both cards (top end that is) seem to both use DDR3 memory as well as both having 16 pipelines.

Edit - I see you got the pics working - those Asus cards look sweet.

I think I am gonna try and wait another month before decided who I go with and get my HDD updated. Course my 9800 Pro is now away being RMAed so that makes it even harder for me to wait!!

Looks like the new nvidia cards only come with DVi, hopefully they also ship with convertors for those of us that don't have TFTs or Plasma!

**Sazar** · April 13th, 2004

unlikely ati's first card will be 16 pipes though...

r420 released will be 12 pipes...

I am a little confused by nv's core clock as the pre-launch advertising was for around 500mhz... 400mhz core is a little odd... not sure if that is for the vanilla or the ultra version...

**Electronic Punk** · April 13th, 2004

Yeah, 12 pipes, with the "cheaper" version in June having 8.

I will prob go for the top version of either, well the top at 8x agp, not splashing out on another motherboard so soon just to get PCIX

**LeeJend** · April 13th, 2004

Electronic - why not check if they will let you do a trade up to the next gen cards off the RMA'd 9800? The deal may suck but it's worth asking.

**Electronic Punk** · April 13th, 2004

Well my current plan is to go with the competition and I don't think they will be too eager

ste_w · April 14th, 2004

As The Card Is Getting Officially Announced After The Geforce Lan Party, What Time does That Finish in Uk time please.

Thanx

Ste_W

ste_w · April 14th, 2004

http://www.nvnews.net/

Quote From Above Site: Whoops I got this wrong. As you know the NDA on NVIDIA's next generation GPU, the NV40 or GeForce 6800 Ultra, will expire at 9 AM EST April 14th. Be sure you are around when it does as we will be providing the goodies as well as links to other websites with NV40 previews/reviews.

**Sazar** · April 14th, 2004

there are several leaked slides from [H] on the internet @ the moment..

out of courtesy to [H]ardOCP I won't post the slides but suffice to say its a pretty decent performer... AA is now on par with Ati's and there is a new AF mode...

last official word I heard was 9AM EST april 14th... I spose its been pushed back a bit...

ste_w · April 14th, 2004

The Graphics Demos to show off this card should be amasing

**Sazar** · April 14th, 2004

something to amuse you lot

keep in mind it is a FAKE spoof of what was leaked

ergo the number 1337 and UR MOM are not representative of real performance...

**Henyman** · April 14th, 2004

rofl nice pic

**Electronic Punk** · April 14th, 2004

Someone has to stop saying "ergo" so much ;p

**Henyman** · April 14th, 2004

yeah i noticed that

anywho:
http://frankenstein.evilgeniuslabs.c...nv40/news.html

^^ digitlife review that go pulled

**Henyman** · April 14th, 2004

some pics:

**Henyman** · April 14th, 2004

**Tuffgong4** · April 14th, 2004

www.tomshardware.com

www.anandtech.com

anandtech review not working atm

**Tuffgong4** · April 14th, 2004

read at the tomshardware review...the molex connectors need to be with two dedicated atx connectors and the psu needs to be minimally 480 watts...wow that is a hog...looking into the 6800 non ultra whenever the reviews come out

ste_w · April 14th, 2004

www.nvidia.com getting updated with the new cards info n downloads etc as we speak, where can i get the webcast of the launch from?

**Sazar** · April 14th, 2004

beyond3d

[H]ardOCP

dave's done a really thorough job on his review and it appears the card is a true 16x1/32x0 setup and the extra units are providing pretty good performance wrt shaders...

April 13th, 2004	Top \| #1
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	Official NV40 thread Post discussions/pictures/specs and reviews as they come forth since today is the official launch date... absolutely no fanboi-ish discussion will be tolerated so check that @ the door before posting This is the first meaningful [p]review out there... 16-pipeline superscalar architecture with 6 vertex modules, DDR3 support and real 32-bit pipelines PCI Express x16, AGP 8x support 222 million transistors 400MHz core clock Chips made by IBM 0.13µm process Attached Thumbnails Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

April 13th, 2004	Top \| #3
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	unlikely ati's first card will be 16 pipes though... r420 released will be 12 pipes... I am a little confused by nv's core clock as the pre-launch advertising was for around 500mhz... 400mhz core is a little odd... not sure if that is for the vanilla or the ultra version... Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	Electronic - why not check if they will let you do a trade up to the next gen cards off the RMA'd 9800? The deal may suck but it's worth asking. Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #7
ste_w OSNN Senior Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 756 Reputation: 40 Power: 130	As The Card Is Getting Officially Announced After The Geforce Lan Party, What Time does That Finish in Uk time please. Thanx Ste_W OS: Windows Vista Home Premium CPU: 4x Intel Core2 QC @ 2.4Ghz GPU: NVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB RAM: 4 GB Storage: 1.5 TB Sound: Creative: Xi-fi Xtreme Music 5.1 Speakers: Creative 5.1 Monitor 1: Hannspree 22" widescreen HDMI Monitor Monitor 2: 19" AMW Dvi Monitor

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #8
ste_w OSNN Senior Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 756 Reputation: 40 Power: 130	http://www.nvnews.net/ Quote From Above Site: Whoops I got this wrong. As you know the NDA on NVIDIA's next generation GPU, the NV40 or GeForce 6800 Ultra, will expire at 9 AM EST April 14th. Be sure you are around when it does as we will be providing the goodies as well as links to other websites with NV40 previews/reviews. OS: Windows Vista Home Premium CPU: 4x Intel Core2 QC @ 2.4Ghz GPU: NVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB RAM: 4 GB Storage: 1.5 TB Sound: Creative: Xi-fi Xtreme Music 5.1 Speakers: Creative 5.1 Monitor 1: Hannspree 22" widescreen HDMI Monitor Monitor 2: 19" AMW Dvi Monitor

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April 13th, 2004	Top \| #2
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Interesting to compare it to leaked ATI documents: Looking at the release dates for the first new ATI cards, I guess we are going to have hard data on the next gen of cards before the end of the month. Both cards (top end that is) seem to both use DDR3 memory as well as both having 16 pipelines. Edit - I see you got the pics working - those Asus cards look sweet. I think I am gonna try and wait another month before decided who I go with and get my HDD updated. Course my 9800 Pro is now away being RMAed so that makes it even harder for me to wait!! Looks like the new nvidia cards only come with DVi, hopefully they also ship with convertors for those of us that don't have TFTs or Plasma!

April 13th, 2004	Top \| #4
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Yeah, 12 pipes, with the "cheaper" version in June having 8. I will prob go for the top version of either, well the top at 8x agp, not splashing out on another motherboard so soon just to get PCIX

April 13th, 2004	Top \| #6
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Well my current plan is to go with the competition and I don't think they will be too eager

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #9
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	there are several leaked slides from [H] on the internet @ the moment.. out of courtesy to [H]ardOCP I won't post the slides but suffice to say its a pretty decent performer... AA is now on par with Ati's and there is a new AF mode... last official word I heard was 9AM EST april 14th... I spose its been pushed back a bit... Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #10
ste_w OSNN Senior Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 756 Reputation: 40 Power: 130	The Graphics Demos to show off this card should be amasing OS: Windows Vista Home Premium CPU: 4x Intel Core2 QC @ 2.4Ghz GPU: NVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB RAM: 4 GB Storage: 1.5 TB Sound: Creative: Xi-fi Xtreme Music 5.1 Speakers: Creative 5.1 Monitor 1: Hannspree 22" widescreen HDMI Monitor Monitor 2: 19" AMW Dvi Monitor

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #11
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	something to amuse you lot keep in mind it is a FAKE spoof of what was leaked ergo the number 1337 and UR MOM are not representative of real performance... Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #12
Henyman Secret Goat Fetish Joined: June 2002 Location: Dorset, England Posts: More Than You Posts: 9,602 Reputation: 3548 Power: 253	rofl nice pic http://Henyman.com

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #13
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Someone has to stop saying "ergo" so much ;p

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #14
Henyman Secret Goat Fetish Joined: June 2002 Location: Dorset, England Posts: More Than You Posts: 9,602 Reputation: 3548 Power: 253	yeah i noticed that anywho: http://frankenstein.evilgeniuslabs.c...nv40/news.html ^^ digitlife review that go pulled http://Henyman.com

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Henyman Secret Goat Fetish Joined: June 2002 Location: Dorset, England Posts: More Than You Posts: 9,602 Reputation: 3548 Power: 253	some pics: Attached Thumbnails http://Henyman.com

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Henyman Secret Goat Fetish Joined: June 2002 Location: Dorset, England Posts: More Than You Posts: 9,602 Reputation: 3548 Power: 253	Attached Thumbnails http://Henyman.com

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #18
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 153	read at the tomshardware review...the molex connectors need to be with two dedicated atx connectors and the psu needs to be minimally 480 watts...wow that is a hog...looking into the 6800 non ultra whenever the reviews come out Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #19
ste_w OSNN Senior Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 756 Reputation: 40 Power: 130	www.nvidia.com getting updated with the new cards info n downloads etc as we speak, where can i get the webcast of the launch from? OS: Windows Vista Home Premium CPU: 4x Intel Core2 QC @ 2.4Ghz GPU: NVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB RAM: 4 GB Storage: 1.5 TB Sound: Creative: Xi-fi Xtreme Music 5.1 Speakers: Creative 5.1 Monitor 1: Hannspree 22" widescreen HDMI Monitor Monitor 2: 19" AMW Dvi Monitor

April 14th, 2004	Top \| #20
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	beyond3d [H]ardOCP dave's done a really thorough job on his review and it appears the card is a true 16x1/32x0 setup and the extra units are providing pretty good performance wrt shaders... Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?