First Graphics Cards on NVIDIA GeForce3 [1:42 pm] Rat
The closer is the sacred day, 27 February, when the
first graphics cards on NVIDIA GeForce3 chip (aka
NV20), the more info on the new graphics products is
leaking. We have already told you about Hercules 3D
Prophet III, and today we?ve got some more cool details
on the new GeForce3 based graphics cards from
ELSA and ASUS.
The card from ASUS will be called V8200 (and not V8800
as we have expected before). And ELSA will
introduce its GeForce3 based offspring named GLADIAC
920. Here is a list of their features:
NVIDIA GeForce3 chip;
350MHz RAMDAC;
64MB DDR SDRAM (3.8ns memory chips);
200MHz core and 460MHz memory frequencies;
3.2Gtexel/sec theoretical fillrate;
AGP 2x/4x bus with FastWrites support;
TV-Out.
The cards on GeForce3 are expected to start selling in
mid March and their recommended price is set around
$699. Although we believe the cost will drop down by
$100-150 by the time the cards become really
available.
We would also like to draw your attention to the fact
that GeForce3 based graphics cards will work at even
lower frequencies than those of GeForce2 Ultra based
ones (250/460MHz). However, there is nothing to be
surprised at. New NVIDIA chip features enhanced
architecture, which helps unload the memory bus quite
tangibly that?s why the actual performance of the new
cards will be higher than that of their predecessors.
Moreover, NVIDIA is very likely to have already planned
faster modifications of the upcoming chip,
something like Pro and Ultra...
--
Shay
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