"GT200 to become 9900GTX and 9900GX2, launch date set in July"

ghost_recon88 · Mar 31, 2008

According to our sources, GT200’s final product name and launch day have been set. Two NVIDIA GeForce card will use the core, they are 9900GX2 and 9900GTX.

It is similar to today’s NV tactic: 9900GX2 just like todays 9800GX2, it is a two GPU product, and 9900GTX is a conventional single GPU product. Source mentions that both cards will be announce in July. In previous rumors, words have it that NV will improve G9X core by rolling out GT200. But detailed information still unknown.

Looks like just another die shrink

I'm betting a 65nm to 55nm die shrink. These are probably gonna be to the 9800GTX/GX2 what the 9800GTX/GX2 are to the 8800GTS 512MB. Tweaked cores, lower latency RAM, and higher stock speeds. The "In previous rumors, words have it that NV will improve G9X core by rolling out GT200" sentence pretty much sealed its fate. And apparently the single-GPU one isn't gonna be that hot if they need yet another dual-GPU-on-one-PCB solution to be king. Just another recent nVidia bust it seems

Automata · Mar 31, 2008

Whoa whoa WHOA....WHAT!??!

What happened to G100??!?!

Rattle · Mar 31, 2008

soounds like 98 series is dead in the water already. I'll be keeping my out for r770 4870 and hanging onto my GTS 512.

Th3 F4ll3n P1mp · Mar 31, 2008

What the hell!? Well this blows, I just bought a freaking 8800 GTS g92!!!

Automata · Mar 31, 2008

Th3 F4ll3n P1mp said:
What the hell!? Well this blows, I just bought a freaking 8800 GTS g92!!!

How is it bad news? They look like they are only a little bit better than the G92...that means your purchase will last longer.

redrumy3 · Mar 31, 2008

well i guess i wont get a 9800GTX after all

guess i will go with my watercooling setup

krag · Mar 31, 2008

I don't think the GT200 is a die shrink, from what I have read its new archetechture.

Nvidia has positioned GeForce 9900 GTX to replace 9800 GX2 and this gave a clue that a single GT200 card will actually outperform a dual G92 card.

VR-Zone source.....

If a single GT200 9900-GTX will out perform a 9800 GX2 then there are new gibblets in the gravy. Or at least a higher gpu-mem bus?

Neural Net · Mar 31, 2008

I thought the whole GT200 debacle was considered to be false information?! Didn't it all start up from some forum thread with too many inconsistencies such as the 3d mark scores and resolution etc? Or has there been new information confirming the existence of the GT200?

Automata · Mar 31, 2008

krag said:
I don't think the GT200 is a die shrink, from what I have read its new archetechture.

VR-Zone source.....

If a single GT200 9900-GTX will out perform a 9800 GX2 then there are new gibblets in the gravy. Or at least a higher gpu-mem bus?

That would be a huge jump if they do that....

ChinStrap · Mar 31, 2008

krag said:
...there are new gibblets in the gravy...

lol

Neural Net · Mar 31, 2008

thideras said:
That would be a huge jump if they do that....

Exactly if the performance is double of a GX2 with a single GPU then why wouldn't Nvidia label this card as a 10 series? That is after all the usual difference from generation to generation, with the exception of the 8-9 series. And since when did Nvidia start labeling their cores as "GT200" when the "GXX" naming convention has been in use for years?

Hardin · Mar 31, 2008

Maybe it's an early April Fools joke.

Neural Net · Mar 31, 2008

Yeh I'd say so considering the GT200 stuff was considered a farce by most.

ratbuddy · Mar 31, 2008

Hardin said:
Maybe it's an early April Fools joke.

Ahh yes, the one day a year Slashdot becomes even more unreadable than usual..

Neural Net · Mar 31, 2008

Argh! Since when did April fools become a multi-day event?!

mattspalace · Mar 31, 2008

I'm seriously considering a move to dual 3870's versus the 9800GTX - just waiting on some performance numbers; although I'm guessing the 9800GTX will perform at least as well.
I'd really like to try a dualie set-up, but Nvidia made SLi proprietary, so cross-fire is my only option.

Hardin · Mar 31, 2008

Neural Net said:
Argh! Since when did April fools become a multi-day event?!

They could be trying to get a leg up on their competitors by posting it early.

Neural Net · Mar 31, 2008

Hardin said:
They could be trying to get a leg up on their competitors by posting it early.

True, there's already a joke on slashdot claiming that Direct X11 is due out this year and uses ray-tracing. :beer:

Hardin · Mar 31, 2008

Neural Net said:
True, there's already a joke on slashdot claiming that Direct X11 is due out this year and uses ray-tracing.

I'm surprised it didn't say Windows XP compatible

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Neural Net · Mar 31, 2008

Hardin said:
I'm surprised it didn't say Windows XP compatible .

Haha, that would have been too much

Funny how slashdotters are still discussing it in the thread, I guess most of them didn't read the last page. :beer:

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