NV40 is out.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-13 10:17pm

Holy shit, it's huge!

It looks to be a rather powerful card. ATI's R420 (and later the R423) will be out soon as well.

Gerard_Paloma · Post by **Gerard_Paloma** » 2004-04-13 10:59pm

phongn wrote:It looks to be a rather powerful card.

So powerful, in fact, it needs 2 power cables.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2004-04-14 12:30am

That's no moon. It's a video card!

Do you happen to have a link to a specs sheet?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-14 12:48am

Info should be in this thread on Ars

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-04-14 01:42am

I thought the NDA already expired by now? Where the hell are my damn benchmarks?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-04-14 02:20am

Not only does it require two power cables, but they are required to be on dedicated power rails! Wow, this thing is a serious beast that will be causing many a power supply upgrade. I used to laugh at people who bought 500W power supplies, but in retrospect they might not be so crazy after all.

The benchmarks for NV40 look good, but I still haven't seen the final benches for the R420, so I guess we'll have to wait until later in the month to see where we stand on ATI.

EDIT: Does anyone else remember when video cards didn't even need heatsinks? Now look at the fucking things...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-04-14 04:59am

Hmmm.....what does it mean when it needs its own power rail?

Might make upgrading my computer a huge pain in the butt.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-04-14 09:49am

Shinova wrote:Hmmm.....what does it mean when it needs its own power rail?

Might make upgrading my computer a huge pain in the butt.

Don't worry, unless you buy the $500 Ultra version, you will only need the single power cable.

And people, is this thing not the fastest fucking thing you've ever seen? Christ, 2x performance in just about everything that isn't CPU bound.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-14 09:58am

Shinova wrote:Hmmm.....what does it mean when it needs its own power rail?

Your PSU has various power rails inside of it. For dedicated rails, use two different cable leads, but HardOCP used two connectors on the same cable and it worked fine. They probably had a good-quality PSU, though.

Might make upgrading my computer a huge pain in the butt.

When the NV40 and R420 are easily available, the previous generation will come down in cost -- so an R9600 will become more affordable for you.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-04-14 04:20pm

Folks, look at the other pictures in that directory. The blower on the damn thing nearly takes up two PCI slots... Hell, the damn GPU is *BOLTED* on to the PCB!

$5 says the next line will require watercooling....

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2004-04-14 06:14pm

Tom's Hardware review.

Those benchmarks are freakin' insane.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-14 07:44pm

Yeah, I've been reading various ones from across the net. It's kinda strange that they've been using CPU-limited tests, though, and some places' methedologies are dumb (three different cards and using different settings for each one?).

Still the NV40 looks like it kicks ass. The R420 will be out soon, too.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-04-15 04:00am

The 6800 Ultra would REQUIRE a 8X AGP, right?

I think I might need a new motherboard......

EDIT: Nevermind, rechecked the site.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-04-15 10:25am

Spent all of school hours reading about this. Holy SHIT! The benchmarks make this seem like R9700P over Geforce 4.

Also it seems Nvidia has managed to fix the IQ problems they had. Probebly the best 3 reviews are at Tomshardware.com\Anandtech.com\Firingsquad.com be warned, they are long, but quite interesting.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2004-04-15 11:12am

*Dreams of the day the video card is in its own seperate tower

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-04-15 01:20pm

Mr Bean wrote:*Dreams of the day the video card is in its own seperate tower

.... and costs 60% of a reguler PC.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2004-04-15 03:11pm

Ace Pace wrote:
Mr Bean wrote:*Dreams of the day the video card is in its own seperate tower
.... and costs 60% of a reguler PC.

Acutaly considering that a decent computer can be had for $1,000 and these puppies will put you back 500$ apeace that day is nearly here!

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-04-15 09:13pm

I want to wait for the non-Ultra specs, because the $300 price range is more my thing. Then I wait to see ATI's offerings, and make my decision then...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-15 09:16pm

SPOOFE wrote:I want to wait for the non-Ultra specs, because the $300 price range is more my thing. Then I wait to see ATI's offerings, and make my decision then...

The non-Ultra should still be good, but it is "only" 12 pipelines and is clocked somewhat slower.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-04-15 09:31pm

SPOOFE wrote:I want to wait for the non-Ultra specs, because the $300 price range is more my thing. Then I wait to see ATI's offerings, and make my decision then...

The R420 (?)'s specs are already out in some places.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-15 09:38pm

Yeah, but benches aren't out on the R420 yet. They're certain to be excellent performers, but we don't know how they compare to the NV40.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-04-16 12:32am

Mr Bean wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:
Mr Bean wrote:*Dreams of the day the video card is in its own seperate tower
.... and costs 60% of a reguler PC.
Acutaly considering that a decent computer can be had for $1,000 and these puppies will put you back 500$ apeace that day is nearly here!

It's no worse than it used to be. $500 launch price for a flagship card is the norm. When the GeForce 3 first came out it was $600.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-16 12:36am

There was also the Voodoo 2 SLI which was rather expensive. The single-board SLI cost even more!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-04-16 05:30am

phongn wrote:
SPOOFE wrote:I want to wait for the non-Ultra specs, because the $300 price range is more my thing. Then I wait to see ATI's offerings, and make my decision then...
The non-Ultra should still be good, but it is "only" 12 pipelines and is clocked somewhat slower.

Is it clocked slower? All reviews I read, show that the only differnce is 4 pipes.

I need that thing dammit

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-16 10:03am

Ace Pace wrote:Is it clocked slower? All reviews I read, show that the only differnce is 4 pipes.

I'm not sure. The non-Ultra version will also have a much smaller cooling fan (one slot rather than two) as well.

I need that thing dammit

Wait for ATI's offerings and then determine your best deal.

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