What is Nvidia's NV 38?

Dom · Jul 31, 2003, 03:02 AM

ATI IS NOT THE ONLY graphics company to introduce a re-spin of existing marchitecture. Its friends over at Nvidia also have well-felt intentions to keep the performance crown if possible in the bid to be the fastest.

We've already covered ATI's R360 and RV360 in some details – these are simply speed and production re-spins of the R350 and RV350 cores now known as Radeon 9800 and 9600 PRO and non PRO.

It was irrational to expect that Nvidia would give ATI the performance crown without a fight, but this move will mean that Nvidia will announce a new chip just one quarter or so after NV35.

NV38 is a speed increase of NV35 with obviously higher clocks for both memory and GPU but at this time we don't have any firm idea about them, although Anna's Xbit Labs has reported some frequency numbers.

We are almost certain that R360 will beat NV35 in most cases but NV38 could add some extra oil to the already blazing fire.

Our friends told us that NV38 and NV36 could be introduced at the upcoming ECTS London event that will take place at the end of August but Nvidia does not have any chance to ship cards then, and even if it did, it would hurt its sales of the existing products that have just shipped.

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Jul 31, 2003, 03:02 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	What is Nvidia's NV 38? ATI IS NOT THE ONLY graphics company to introduce a re-spin of existing marchitecture. Its friends over at Nvidia also have well-felt intentions to keep the performance crown if possible in the bid to be the fastest. We've already covered ATI's R360 and RV360 in some details – these are simply speed and production re-spins of the R350 and RV350 cores now known as Radeon 9800 and 9600 PRO and non PRO. It was irrational to expect that Nvidia would give ATI the performance crown without a fight, but this move will mean that Nvidia will announce a new chip just one quarter or so after NV35. NV38 is a speed increase of NV35 with obviously higher clocks for both memory and GPU but at this time we don't have any firm idea about them, although Anna's Xbit Labs has reported some frequency numbers. We are almost certain that R360 will beat NV35 in most cases but NV38 could add some extra oil to the already blazing fire. Our friends told us that NV38 and NV36 could be introduced at the upcoming ECTS London event that will take place at the end of August but Nvidia does not have any chance to ship cards then, and even if it did, it would hurt its sales of the existing products that have just shipped. Read More...