9 series biggest ever performance boost

SKYWALKMAN2 · 22-02-2008, 03:12 PM

NVIDIA Reveals One of the Largest Generational Performance Leaps in Company History
SANTA CLARA, CA—FEBRUARY 21, 2008—NVIDIA® Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, has unveiled the first graphics processing unit (GPU) of its next-generation GeForce® 9 Series that may offer the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company’s history.

9800 gtx here we come !!!!

orion24 · 22-02-2008, 04:34 PM

Nothing really exciting about it. 9600GT is the same technology as the 8800GT & GTS 512, with a bit smaller die size (less production cost & less performance). The reason the first are called "8" and the later "9" is only known by NVIDIAs marketing department. And all these cards are nearly the same technology as the Q4 2006 8800GTX with the advantage of TSMC 65nm technology and just playing with the die size.

Speaking about the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company's history, as it says, I seriously dought it'll come even close to the NV35 --> NV40 jump (or NV36 --> NV43 for mainstream)

benqbiggis · 22-02-2008, 09:39 PM

hd3870x2 still ahead

lmimmfn · 22-02-2008, 11:59 PM

8800GT outperforms it - GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 6-Way Shootout review

GT200 here we come

SKYWALKMAN2 · 23-02-2008, 07:22 PM

any 1 no when the 173 nvidia drivers are out??

lmimmfn · 24-02-2008, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SKYWALKMAN2

any 1 no when the 173 nvidia drivers are out??

174 betas are out Official 174.16 Vista 32 and 64 out !!! - Guru3D.com Forums

SKYWALKMAN2 · 24-02-2008, 09:41 AM

theses are for the 9 series cards not 8

lmimmfn · 24-02-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SKYWALKMAN2

theses are for the 9 series cards not 8

you can mod them

SKYWALKMAN2 · 24-02-2008, 06:59 PM

nvidia surely would have done this for us if the drivers worked better for 8800's
wouldnt they

orion24 · 24-02-2008, 07:14 PM

They needed a fast WHQL driver for the 9600GT lanch. Probably they had no time to certify it for all the products, but it'll be fine, at least for the GeForce 8 series due to design similarities. Works OK with my card.

lmimmfn · 27-02-2008, 06:01 PM

9800GTX looks like a dud - 9800GTX 3Dmark06 score here - Expreview.com
GX2 might be a decent performer though if they release decent drivers at launch

22-02-2008, 03:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
SKYWALKMAN2 Rookie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 119	9 series biggest ever performance boost NVIDIA Reveals One of the Largest Generational Performance Leaps in Company History SANTA CLARA, CA—FEBRUARY 21, 2008—NVIDIA® Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, has unveiled the first graphics processing unit (GPU) of its next-generation GeForce® 9 Series that may offer the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company’s history. 9800 gtx here we come !!!! __________________ QX6850 - BFG280GTX OC2 - PC8500 ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME IS THE BEST GAME ON THE PLANET

22-02-2008, 04:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
orion24 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 30 Posts: 95	Nothing really exciting about it. 9600GT is the same technology as the 8800GT & GTS 512, with a bit smaller die size (less production cost & less performance). The reason the first are called "8" and the later "9" is only known by NVIDIAs marketing department. And all these cards are nearly the same technology as the Q4 2006 8800GTX with the advantage of TSMC 65nm technology and just playing with the die size. Speaking about the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company's history, as it says, I seriously dought it'll come even close to the NV35 --> NV40 jump (or NV36 --> NV43 for mainstream) __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0 GHz Striker II Extreme, 4 GB DDR3-1884 GTX 280@ 777/1566/2754 @ 1,30V VRaptor300x2 RAID-0, RE2 750x2 RAID-0 Vista 64-bit Boycotting all sorts of excessive copy protections

22-02-2008, 09:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
benqbiggis EA Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10,186	hd3870x2 still ahead __________________

22-02-2008, 11:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
lmimmfn Forum Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,163	8800GT outperforms it - GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 6-Way Shootout review GT200 here we come Last edited by lmimmfn; 23-02-2008 at 12:04 AM..

23-02-2008, 07:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
SKYWALKMAN2 Rookie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 119	any 1 no when the 173 nvidia drivers are out?? __________________ QX6850 - BFG280GTX OC2 - PC8500 ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME IS THE BEST GAME ON THE PLANET

24-02-2008, 09:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
SKYWALKMAN2 Rookie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 119	theses are for the 9 series cards not 8 __________________ QX6850 - BFG280GTX OC2 - PC8500 ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME IS THE BEST GAME ON THE PLANET

24-02-2008, 06:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
SKYWALKMAN2 Rookie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 119	nvidia surely would have done this for us if the drivers worked better for 8800's wouldnt they __________________ QX6850 - BFG280GTX OC2 - PC8500 ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME IS THE BEST GAME ON THE PLANET

24-02-2008, 07:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
orion24 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 30 Posts: 95	They needed a fast WHQL driver for the 9600GT lanch. Probably they had no time to certify it for all the products, but it'll be fine, at least for the GeForce 8 series due to design similarities. Works OK with my card. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0 GHz Striker II Extreme, 4 GB DDR3-1884 GTX 280@ 777/1566/2754 @ 1,30V VRaptor300x2 RAID-0, RE2 750x2 RAID-0 Vista 64-bit Boycotting all sorts of excessive copy protections

27-02-2008, 06:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
lmimmfn Forum Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,163	9800GTX looks like a dud - 9800GTX 3Dmark06 score here - Expreview.com GX2 might be a decent performer though if they release decent drivers at launch