NV40

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Samsung Unveils 1600MHz GDDR2 Memory ChipsXbit

Update: Samsung has delivered 10000 of these memory chips to Nvidia for NV40 test samples.

[AsianBatman]

I would say that the FX is the lower line compared to the TI4800 :D :D

TI4800 is just a ti4400 with 8x agp i believe :confused:

[Soulburner]

Yes and the 4600 is the fastest GF4 card.....

[rugbydude]

TI4800 is just a ti4400 with 8x agp i believe :confused:

I think you'll find its a ti 4600 with 8 times agp:thumb:

[AsianBatman]

I doubt the ti4800 is the 4600 that is 8agp.....i believe soul is right..4600 the faster ti

[Soulburner]

I think you'll find its a ti 4600 with 8 times agp:thumb:

What is it clocked at?

[The__tweaker]

A 4800 is a 4600 with 8X agp. (300Mhz gpu)
A 4800se is a 4400 with 8x agp. (275Mhz gpu)

:geek:

[Soulburner]

Ah so the SE is the slower one....

4600 based card will always be the better choice as it comes with faster ns rated ram and will overclock much higher than the 4400 or 4200. I have seen 4600s with RAM from the stock 600 or so to 700-750mhz.

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<center>NV40 AA</center>

The NV40 supports "Stochastic organised grid" while randomising fetches for AA blocks. Should this turn out to be true, then the NV40 will probably have an edge in MSAA IQ against the R420. Please note that this information was reportedly leaked and originally posted on a Russian site, so it should be treated as a rumour and not fact.

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The Inquirer has posted a photo of what it claims could be Nvidia's next generation NV40 graphics card.

<img src="http://images.tweaktown.com/news/news_nv40.jpg">

The card uses ultra high speed GDDR3 memory modules from Micron Technology. A Micron official confirmed that it is GDDR3 running
at 800MHz, giving a data rate of 1.6Gbps and that it will be in full production Q1 2004. Micron suggests no extreme thermal cooling of these memory modules will be necessary.

The Inquirer

[Soulburner]

I know it would just be a prototype, but why would Nvidia get rid of their heatspreader design on the GPU? That looks really wierd, like the way ATI does it.

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<center>NVIDIA News and Insights</center>

The one thing we can bet on is that the NV40 will not have the problems the NV3x series has now. PS 2.0 performance problems will be a thing of the past with the NV40, as it is supposed to have PS/VS 3.0 hardware. Memory bandwidth will also not be a problem as GDDR3 will be available in late Q1 2004, and that promises around 51 GB/sec bandwidth on a 256 bit bus. The NV40 is starting to look like the answer to NVIDIA's problems as of late. ATI is also very far along with the R420, but it may not be as advanced architecturally as the NV40. Still, not enough is known about either part to give further insight. Needless to say, 2004 looks to be more competitive than 2003 was.

Penstar Sys

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Soulburner: I'm not convinced that this is the NV40, to many things don't add up about this card. Unfortunately I can't get hold of anyone to check it out because they're all at the show.

[weta]

Soulburner: Unfortunately I've been unable to obtain any information on the card. My guess is that it's either a Personal Cinema or Quadro version of the soon to be released NV36, but as I say it is a guess.

<center>The NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun made it quite clear that the graphics industry would no longer be the primary focus point of the company.</center>

[Soulburner]

Whats with the system specs in your sig?