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GeForce LAN Party
You're invited to the launch of our next-generation GPU, and the first ever
GeForce LAN Party, in San Francisco!
Are you thirsty for a new level of graphics technology? Tuesday, April 13th,
NVIDIA will be hosting an unprecedented all-day LAN party in conjunction with
the introduction of our next-generation GeForce GPU. Play Unreal Tournament
2004 and Battlefield Vietnam the way they're meant to be played, on custom
NVIDIA gaming machines powered by our next-generation GeForce GPU!
In addition, you can join NVIDIA executives and industry luminaries for the
launch event that evening. Whether you want to play in the LAN party, or just
want to attend the NVIDIA launch event, be sure to register now for your chance
to win cash and prizes!
Win a trip for two to the CPL!
All attendees at NVIDIA's GeForce LAN will be entered in a raffle for a special
giveaway from the CPL. The raffle winner will receive two airline tickets and
a hotel room, as well as 2 spectator passes to the Cyberathlete Extreme World
Championships this summer in Dallas, Texas. This prize has a combined value of
$1,500!
※ 引述《jhs1213 (...)》之銘言：
: 需要外接兩個4-pin電源@@
: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14827
: First hands-on look at NV40
: CeBIT 2004 Shocking power requirements
: By Paul Dutton: 星期五 19 三月 2004, 16:33
: THE INQUIRER has managed to get hold of one NV40 sample.
: We agreed not to photograph what we saw, but can confirm the following.
: When removing the heatsink, we noted that the NV40 GPU itself was, in
: comparison to what we have seen before, quite large.
: However whilst our earlier information indicated that it comprised of 205 -210
: million transistors, our sources currently say that what we were holding was a
: 175 million transistor part.
: With the heatsink removed we could see that a small formed surrounding was
: employed to assist leveling of the heatsink.
: Unlike the ill fated GeForce FX 5800 Ultra (NV30) where a heatsink on the back
: of the PCB could also interface with a small section of the PCB directly behind
: the GPU as well as the memory modules, additional circuitry in this area on the
: NV40 prohibits this.
: Whilst a heatsink still seems necessary to assist thermal control of the new
: lower voltage memory modules, the heatsink on the front of the GPU will have to
: do all the work.
: Eight 32MB video memory modules are installed – four on each side of the PCB
: and as we first reported from Computex in Taiwan – these are of the new GDDR3
: type.
: However these were not from Micron, which at that time seemed to be both ATi
: and Nvidia’s GDDR3 development partner. Instead, Samsung seems to be the
: preferred supplier of the 256MB we saw installed.
: The primary shocker was that the board requires two large 4-pin power
: connectors as opposed to the single power connector on current high-end products.
:
: Perhaps a lot of end-users who have been thinking that they might wait and
: upgrade to NV40 when it becomes available, should start saving their sheckles
: to upgrade to a new power supply unit as well.
: One final thing, contrary to previous speculation, we think that ‘NV40’ that
: will come to market may be what was originally planned, as NV45 is, we’re told
: , the PCI Express part.
: Whether that has an AGP to PCI Express bridge chip remains to be seen.
: ※ 引述《jhs1213 (...)》之銘言：
: : http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14749
: : NV40 is a 16 pipelines part
: : 12 vs. 16 pipes at 210 millions of transistors
: : By Fuad Abazovic in Wien: 星期二 16 三月 2004, 09:28
: : AFTER DAYS, nay weeks of inquiring we can now confirm that NV40 is not 8x2
: : marchitecture part as we previously suggested. Nvidia is behaving as if the
: : NV40 was the Crown Jewels of Her Brittanic Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Fish
: : can fly, but it's been spreading flying red herrings.
: : Nvidia is telling "selected people" that NV40 is indeed 210 millions of
: : transistor chip with 16 pipelines as we reported a few weeks ago.
: : The other side of this NV40 coin is that the real Mc Coy the real NV40 card
: : that was taped out quite some time ago is actually going to be KIA [Killed in
: : action]. Very knowledgeable friends told us recently in the Vienna Opera house
: : that NV40 with 16 pipes and 210 millions of transistor is completely other chip
: : then original NV40.
: : What actually happened is that Nvidia recently learned about R420 marchitecture
: : and this entire 12x1 story and, that they will eventually end up in second
: : place and decided to can NV40 project and to go immediately with NV45.
: : Nvidia is a very egotistic company.
: : NV45 is the name for PCI Express NV40 but apparently this new chip is a rushed
: : new project that Nvidia wanted to save for later.
: : Still as a consequence our Opera loving friend suggested that there is no
: : possible way that Nvidia might have a working version of the chip at Cebit or
: : if they have it its early silicon for showing off. You can forget about launch
: : party at CeBIT or anytime soon, we are given to understand. Even if the company
: : launches it in April it will be a pure paper launch as NVDA cannot deliver it
: : so soon.
: : It's not easy to make dramatic changes in silicon and as a consequence you have
: : to re-tape it again and then hope that all will be fine in order to be ready to
: : produce it in six weeks minimum.
: : As the case is altered, Nvidia might win performance crown again but it's
: : absolutely certain that ATI R420XT will be the first next generation card in
: : shops.
: : Nvidia and its partners desperately need this fuel possibly with Doom 3 as a
: : rocket to launch it into RetailSpace.
: : You just would not believe the lengths these graphics firms will go to. After I
: : was thrown off the NVDA stand at SnowBIT last year, and had my arm broken by A
: : TI on the slopes, straight after, the Canadian company even devised special
: : codenames to throw me off the track, so to speak.
: : Are they all nuts? μ
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