According to Digitimes, the two major GPU makes are already readying the next generation cards that’ll be capable of DirectX 11. The said cards will be available by the end of the year.
Nvidia’s GT300 series cards will be done by end of this month and will be ready for shipping by December of this year.
With the ATi’s 5800 series will also be done by around the same time Nvidia’s GT300 series, but they’ll start shipping 2 months earlier which is around October. A little too fast. As usual trying to catch up to beat the competition.
This’ll pretty much mean that price drops are coming. Upgrades are coming. Time to save up. LOL. I ain’t upgrading my GTX295 anytime soon. I’m still saving up for an i7.
Tags: 5800, ati, gpu, graphics, gt300, nvidia, radeon, video cards
AMD RV870 (Evergreen) was said to hit retail in October, but the latest information indicates the launch will be delayed to November.
As you may expect, TSMC’s 40nm yield issue is the root cause of the delay, according to ati-forum.de. Though we’re inclined to believe TSMC has actually improved the yield rate, but not enough to fix the problem thoroughly.
If TSMC 40nm processing continues to be a problem, even if AMD manages to launch RV870 in October, it’s very likely to be nothing more than a paper-launch
Source: Expreview
Tags: ati, radeon, rv870, tsmc
HIS has lately introduced the Radeon HD 4670 AGP Edition which is cooled by dual-slot ICeQ cooler.
Powered by 320 stream processors, the card features 1GB DDR3 memory, a 128-bit memory interface, and core/memory clock of 750/1746MHz.
Sporting D-Sub, DVI and HDMI outputs, HIS Radeon HD 4670 AGP Edition is now listed at amazon with a price tag of $129.99 ($119.99 after a rebate).
Source: Expreview
Tags: agp, ati, his
Nvidia’s GT200 generation will get a 40nm refresh, and from what we hear, the new chips will all become DirectX 10.1 compatible.
This comes a few years too late as ATI has introduced its first DirectX 10.1 capable chips in the summer of 2007, but knowing Nvidia, they will be able to convince the market that DirectX 10.1 time is just happening. Nvidia will also preach that it will take a while until DirectX 11 hits off and they are probably right about that one.
We’ve heard GT210 and GT220 brands associated with the new products, but there is not much we can confirm at press time.
This refresh should be coming in end of summer or early September time and naturally, 40nm means higher clocks and less thermal dissipation.
Source: Fudzilla
A little too late to be releasing DirectX 10.1 isn’t it? Nvidia’s done it all wrong I think. They should have released DirectX 10.1 ready cards around 6-9 months ago.
Tags: 40nm, ati, directx 10.1, directx11, fudzilla, gt200. gt210, gt220, nvidia
I noticed there’s a rise of resellers of Deepcool products in TipidPC.
What is Deepcool?
Well it’s a product line that’s chinese owned and also based in China. It’s owned by Beijing Xinquansheng Industry And Trade Co., LTD. Pretty long name I’d say. LOL. Good thing they have an english version of their site.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: aftermarket, amd, asus, ati, Beijing Xinquansheng Industry And Trade Co., coolers, deepcool, evga, gigabyte, intel, LTD, nvidia, pc cooling, tipidpc, tpc, xfx
