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    GT300 Should Launch Later This Year

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MasterChief07, Aug 1, 2009.

  1. MasterChief07

    MasterChief07 Notebook Consultant

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    Pretty interesting honestly. Hope its true. :)

    More here.
     
    MasterChief07, Aug 1, 2009
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  2. BIGX333

    BIGX333 Brazillian Overclocker

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    Did you read the last part? :p
     
    BIGX333, Aug 1, 2009
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    PanzerVIZeke Notebook Consultant

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    Beat me to it BIGX333.
     
    PanzerVIZeke, Aug 1, 2009
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  4. MexicanSnake

    MexicanSnake I'm back!

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    Nvidia keeps releasing vga cards... Maybe they arent good enough thats why nvida keeps releasing them to "grab attention"...
     
    MexicanSnake, Aug 1, 2009
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  5. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    "In the end, there won't be any GT300s this year, and early next year is really iffy. Press stunts aside, it is vaporware for 2009, but it has, finally taped out."

    nVidia is known for this. I mean it's difficult to find a 1xx and 2xx series in notebooks now and they're mostly rebadges or just shrunken dies of the 8xxx/9xxx series...
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 1, 2009
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  6. TehSuigi

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    Jeez.
    It seems that Nvidia is taking a page out of Madonna's playbook and is reinventing its products every 15 minutes.
    Remind me again when an actual new architecture is going to land on the mobile market? Has the GT216 core finally made its way into notebooks?
     
    TehSuigi, Aug 1, 2009
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  7. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Supposedly the GT215/216 (GTS 250/260M and GT 220/230/240M) are in several Asus notebooks but I have yet to see benches.
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 1, 2009
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  8. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    This is a new architecture, it supports DirectX 11.
     
    Jayayess1190, Aug 1, 2009
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  9. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    The GT300 yes, but how long is that going to take to make it into mobile parts? I mean, it's been over a year since the GT200 debuted, and it's just making it into mobile parts now.
     
    TehSuigi, Aug 1, 2009
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  10. notyou

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    Only the low end IIRC, they still don't have a real GT200 (260/280) mobile product. And since GT300 will basically be a paper launch until about Q2 of next year, I wouldn't expect any mobile parts based on GT300 before (EDIT) Q4 of next year (at the earliest).
     
    notyou, Aug 1, 2009
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  11. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Exactly...
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 1, 2009
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    Actually, the mobile segment is a much larger market these days, and mobile release should follow rather shortly after enthusiast desktop parts early next year. The fact that the first 40nm GPU specifications were released for mobile and not desktop GPUs supports this. I would expect mobile GT300 in our hands by early spring.
     
    anothergeek, Aug 1, 2009
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  13. notyou

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    Well, if we do get it, it will be neutered as there's no way they'll keep the massive chip and just downclock it, like ATI (whom keeps the full [small] chip but downclocks it).
     
    notyou, Aug 2, 2009
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    Since we don't even have the specification of the desktops parts, it's all speculation. But it's unlikely we'll have larger than a 256 bit memory bus for either maufacturer's chip in a laptop. GDDR5 memory should be standard on both. What's most important is the advances in shader technology, how many SPs they can fit, and how high they can clock with the smaller 40nm fabrication.

    I'd expect something like 192-240 SP, 256 bit bus, and GDDR5 memory for the top-of-the-line GT300.
     
    anothergeek, Aug 2, 2009
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  15. Blueman101

    Blueman101 Notebook Evangelist

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    well lets see 4 months to produce new gpu's when the 200 series was jsut recently put in more than just clevos laptops
     
    Blueman101, Aug 2, 2009
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  16. Mr Najsman

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    There are benchmarks and Crysis gameplay for the Asus N51Vn-A1 here.
    GT 240M and T9600.

    Its the only one I know of though.
     
    Mr Najsman, Aug 2, 2009
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  17. Hiddenkill

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    well, we'll have to wait to see what they are going to do

    but people are buying a lot of gaming notebooks
     
    Hiddenkill, Aug 2, 2009
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  18. Howitzer225

    Howitzer225 Death Company Dreadnought

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    The main focus is always on the upper end of the GPU spectrum. I'm waiting for the 210M to make it's way into laptops :(

    Nvidia's always on the heels of ATI I suppose :p
     
    Howitzer225, Aug 2, 2009
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