NVIDIA GF100 retail names announced

Robert Hallock 2 Feb, 2010 at 1:05pm ET Article published in Tech

Dispelling rumors that next-gen GeForce parts (codenamed GF100) would go to market under GTX 300-series branding, NVIDIA has officially revealed that they will hit retail as the GTX 400-series.

Now that NVIDIA has performed its monthly we-don’t-have-cards-but-we’re-really-super-honestly-close-dudes-honest dance, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Comments

2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:08pm chrisWhite Oh my eyes, that's almost as bad as Ryder.
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:19pm Sledgehammer70 It looks like 6 more weeks before launch of the physical cards. But I do know cards are starting to go out to very select press.

Overall I know I will be happy to replace this 5970 with Nvidia's new tech.
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:19pm Cliff_Forster When? How much? Benchmarks? or GTFO
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:24pm Sledgehammer70 2 handful of weeks left...
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:25pm Thrax

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

Overall I know I will be happy to replace this 5970 with Nvidia's new and slower tech.

Fixed.
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:31pm mas0n Is this their way of admitting that it's been so long since GTX200 series was released that there probably should have been a GTX300 series in there somewhere? Or maybe they're reserving the GTX300 series for a slew of rebranding.
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:34pm Thrax NVIDIA wasn't happy about us running the story but, yes, the 300-series is rebranded architecture with extra features bolted on.
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:52pm Ryder

chrisWhite wrote:

Oh my eyes, that's almost as bad as Ryder.

Did I miss something?
2 Feb 2010 ~ 1:55pm Garg GTX400: 200 faster than the GTX200 series.
2 Feb 2010 ~ 2:33pm Sledgehammer70

Thrax wrote:

Fixed.

I am not sure how the GTX 480 is slower than a non working part in Windows 7 64bit. This is a massive issue across the board & ATI is aware of it.

Also the claim of the new tech being slower has yet to be proven.
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:21pm tech master hey ati fanboy Thrax this is nvidia get out of here hate somewhere else ok go play with your crap i will use ati only when they fix their drivers because with broken drivers i can not use their cards because they dont work so they are an expensive doorstop
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:24pm Grimnoc

tech master wrote:

hey ati fanboy Thrax this is nvidia get out of here hate somewhere else ok go play with your crap i will use ati only when they fix their drivers because with broken drivers i can not use their cards because they dont work so they are an expensive doorstop

Joke, or actual attempt at writing? YOU DECIDE!
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:29pm tech master What another ati fanboy??
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:29pm ardichoke

tech master wrote:

hey ati fanboy Thrax this is nvidia get out of here hate somewhere else ok go play with your crap i will use ati only when they fix their drivers because with broken drivers i can not use their cards because they dont work so they are an expensive doorstop

0/10 - please try again later. (or don't)
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:33pm tech master I was doing 4 things at so what if i made mistake
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:33pm Grimnoc

tech master wrote:

What another ati fanboy??

What, another ati fanboy?

*There, that's better. See by using decent punctuation you can better relate your point, that being disgust. Would you like to know why? Yes? Well, in this way all of your vitriol is contained in the 'what' which is then followed by the punchline or accusation of 'another ati fanboy.'
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:34pm tech master I was doing 4 things at once so what if i made mistake
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:36pm tech master IM BUSY SORRY GUYS BYE
3 Feb 2010 ~ 4:39pm ardichoke
3 Feb 2010 ~ 5:07pm Sledgehammer70 I sold my ATI top of the line card...
3 Feb 2010 ~ 5:34pm Thrax

tech master wrote:

hey ati fanboy Thrax this is nvidia get out of here hate somewhere else ok go play with your crap i will use ati only when they fix their drivers because with broken drivers i can not use their cards because they dont work so they are an expensive doorstop

What's up anonymous Internet tough guy? I use an NVIDIA GPU, and have since 2006.
3 Feb 2010 ~ 5:36pm BuddyJ At CES we saw one setup running a GF100 card and another running the same program on SLI GTX 285s. I asked our NVIDIA friends about this but they couldn't comment but from my impression there it seemed the perfromance was roughly equal. And if the performance of one GF100 card is equal to SLI GTX 285s, then the HD 5970 is faster. Guess we'll have to see how it plays out.
3 Feb 2010 ~ 6:26pm chrisWhite

RyderOCZ wrote:

Did I miss something?

Reference to your avatar.
3 Feb 2010 ~ 6:44pm Sledgehammer70

Buddy J wrote:

At CES we saw one setup running a GF100 card and another running the same program on SLI GTX 285s. I asked our NVIDIA friends about this but they couldn't comment but from my impression there it seemed the perfromance was roughly equal. And if the performance of one GF100 card is equal to SLI GTX 285s, then the HD 5970 is faster. Guess we'll have to see how it plays out.

That's odd... as 2 GTX 285's are faster than 1 GTX 295 as the GTX 295 really is 2 GTX 280's slapped together.

The link you show about shows the GTX 295 to be faster? which it is not.
16 Feb 2010 ~ 2:38pm Cliff_Forster

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

2 handful of weeks left...

Uhhhhh Nvidia, price, release date, benchmarks, or still GTFO!

Okay, so holiday 2010?

And to think, some poor Nvidia fanboy is depriving himself of the glory of ATI 58xx graphics while sitting around waiting for this thing. They would fare better sitting around waiting for the Easter Bunny.
16 Feb 2010 ~ 2:42pm Thrax
16 Feb 2010 ~ 2:51pm Cliff_Forster

Thrax wrote:

;D Thrax, you just supplied my new desktop background.
16 Feb 2010 ~ 4:13pm ardichoke Heh, that reminds me of a road sign that used to be up a few miles outside my college town.

Sadly "someone" (read: one of the frats) stole it and it was never seen again.
16 Feb 2010 ~ 4:17pm Thrax That very sign was my inspiration. My parents have had that picture on their fridge for 25 years.
16 Feb 2010 ~ 4:21pm ardichoke It may have been 2 miles past the End of the Earth, but I do miss Houghton. Perhaps Nvidia opened a secret R&D lab in Houghton/Hancock and that's why it's taking so long for Fermi to show up?
19 Feb 2010 ~ 1:45pm Garg I haven't been keeping up with the Fermi gossip, so I don't know if this is old news. I just heard from an NVIDIA guy that Fermi will probably be out in April. The individual said that they were being told March, but thinks April is more likely.
19 Feb 2010 ~ 1:48pm Thrax Source: NVIDIA working to show Fermi at CES

Not only does NVIDIA have a history of going retail with A2 or A3 revision silicon, but some reports say that A2 silicon has only just taped out. In a best case scenario, NVIDIA will have A2 back by the first week of December. If A2 is any good, then the very first boards will just barely make the CES window AIBs are talking about. That means retail availability is narrowing in on February, but it could be as late as March or April if the company must spin the A3 rev.
19 Feb 2010 ~ 3:04pm Cliff_Forster

Gargoyle wrote:

I haven't been keeping up with the Fermi gossip, so I don't know if this is old news. I just heard from an NVIDIA guy that Fermi will probably be out in April. The individual said that they were being told March, but thinks April is more likely.

For me its still simple. NVIDIA, official release date, price, and benchmarking samples or GTFO