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    Fermi's successors announced: Kepler and Maxwell

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by physib, Sep 21, 2010.

  1. physib

    physib Notebook Evangelist

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    In short: Nvidia has announced the roadmap of the GPU family: Kepler in 2011 and Maxwell in 2013. Kepler will be based on 28nm, and will go in the market in early 2011 (maybe they are trying to match Sandy Bridge?). It is SAID that Kepler will be 3 to 4 times more power efficient to Fermi, and Maxwell in 2013 will be 16 times better.
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    For people that can't decide what to buy, this is just GREAT. /sarcasm.
     
    physib, Sep 21, 2010
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  2. 5482741

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    2011 keeps looking more interesting.
     
    5482741, Sep 21, 2010
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  3. IKAS V

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    New hardware already! :)
    I'm guessing this is for desktops and we won't see the mobile version for a while.
     
    IKAS V, Sep 21, 2010
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  4. physib

    physib Notebook Evangelist

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    True, but new hardware is great news as always. :)
     
    physib, Sep 21, 2010
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  5. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    Very good find and it looks like Nvidia wants to combat that Elusive 6870 ATI has planned ...

    Im sure Aikimox will soon comment on this thread LOL...
     
    Quadzilla, Sep 21, 2010
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  6. Cookie

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    Cool story bro, if kepler and maxwell is as good as fermi was it will be totally worth the wait... Not.

    oh and did nvidia fix that problem with their solder cracking yet? it's been going on since the mobile 6000 series...
     
    Cookie, Sep 22, 2010
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  7. JohnnyFlash

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    They fixed it with the mobile 9xxx refresh, a long time ago.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Sep 22, 2010
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    To be clear, the 3 - 4x increase to performance-per-watt Kepler will get over Fermi specifically refers to the next-gen GPU's double precision floating point compute, which doesn't translate directly into extra gaming performance. No doubt Kepler will bump up your game perfomance but don't go and start expecting Kepler to give you 3-4x the FPS.

    Improved power efficiency and extra performance are already just benefits that come from a die shrink, so honestly I don't see anything really exciting other than there will be a 28nm Nvidia GPU in the 2H of 2011.....but I already pretty much took that for granted. ;)


    IMO the more interesting news to come out of GTC 2010 though was CUDA on x86 CPUs.

    NVIDIA CUDA x86 Lets AMD and Intel CPUs Accelerate CUDA Applications - Softpedia
     
    Phinagle, Sep 22, 2010
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  9. physib

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    Yes of course I'm not expecting 3x or 4x FPS lol
    But it's just exciting to see those companies are working to get new stuff out.
     
    physib, Sep 22, 2010
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  10. Blacky

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    They usually go bankrupt if they don't :)).
     
    Blacky, Sep 22, 2010
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  11. physib

    physib Notebook Evangelist

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    lol you have no idea how hard I'm trying to think about a company that doesn't make new stuff right now..
     
    physib, Sep 22, 2010
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  12. Phinagle

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    For a while there Nvidia was one. :D
     
    Phinagle, Sep 22, 2010
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  13. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    Nope, but I will comment on your post :p
    I don't really care who to pay, as long as I get the performance and reliability w/o ridiculous overpricing. So, as soon as Nvidia proves the point - count me in. So far - observing the events from far through the Dream Color prism ;) :cool:
     
    Aikimox, Sep 22, 2010
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    Geforce2go, Aug 9, 2011
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  15. Aeyix

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    I'm hoping a mobile Kepler comes out in Q1/Q2 2012. I'm waiting to get a new computer until Ivy Bridge comes out. I'm not sure if I want a desktop or laptop. But I can say, if I have a laptop, I'd be a lot happier with Kepler and Ivy Bridge in it.
     
    Aeyix, Aug 9, 2011
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