AOpen Demos NVIDIA NV45 Graphics Technology

Dom · Jun 13, 2004, 10:08 AM

AOpen, a mainboard and graphics cards maker, this week is showcasing its NVIDIA NV45-based graphics cards in retail stores in Tokyo, Japan, possibly indicating short release of the product.

AOpen Shows Off Retail NV45 Graphics Card

Akiba PC Hotline published some pictures of AOpen GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics card with PCI Express x16 interface with NV45 mark, confirming that despite of the code-name change, the micro-architecture of the graphics engine remained the same compared to the NV40 graphics processing unit.

Typically NVIDIA supplies its add-in card partners reference graphics cards made at a special order without any differences or brand-names in an attempt to deliver the technology to the market as soon as possible. Manufacturers of graphics cards only manage to initiate the mass production after some time from the announcement by the GPU developer, as a consequence, only the second batch of graphics cards gets some producer-unique capabilities, such as advanced coolers or hardware monitoring.

AOpen’s GeForce 6800 Ultra looks like a reference design, but with AOpen’s sticker on it, which may mean that NVIDIA is likely to roll-out the GeForce 6800 Ultra with PCI Express x16 interface shortly from now.

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Jun 13, 2004, 10:08 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	AOpen Demos NVIDIA NV45 Graphics Technology AOpen, a mainboard and graphics cards maker, this week is showcasing its NVIDIA NV45-based graphics cards in retail stores in Tokyo, Japan, possibly indicating short release of the product. AOpen Shows Off Retail NV45 Graphics Card Akiba PC Hotline published some pictures of AOpen GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics card with PCI Express x16 interface with NV45 mark, confirming that despite of the code-name change, the micro-architecture of the graphics engine remained the same compared to the NV40 graphics processing unit. Typically NVIDIA supplies its add-in card partners reference graphics cards made at a special order without any differences or brand-names in an attempt to deliver the technology to the market as soon as possible. Manufacturers of graphics cards only manage to initiate the mass production after some time from the announcement by the GPU developer, as a consequence, only the second batch of graphics cards gets some producer-unique capabilities, such as advanced coolers or hardware monitoring. AOpen’s GeForce 6800 Ultra looks like a reference design, but with AOpen’s sticker on it, which may mean that NVIDIA is likely to roll-out the GeForce 6800 Ultra with PCI Express x16 interface shortly from now. -More Info & Pics ______________________ Source: X-BitLabs