Leading Graphics Chips Designers Have No Plans for High-End Update in 2004

Dom · Sep 30, 2004, 05:35 PM

Two leading graphics processors designers – ATI Technologies and NVIDIA Corp. – do not have plans to update their high-end families of products this year, a source familiar with the plans of both told X-bit labs. The news may seem strange to graphics enthusiasts, as both NVIDIA and ATI typically tend to offer new high-end products twice a year.

The ongoing fierce competition between two world’s leading graphics processors designers have resulted into graphics processors that contain from 160 million to 222 million transistors, tens of millions more than today’s fastest desktop microprocessors contain. As a consequence of skyrocketing complexity along with increase in terms of clock-speeds, neither NVIDIA nor ATI can supply sufficient amount of their high-end graphics solutions, such as the GeForce 6800 Ultra and the RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition.

NVIDIA Corp., who proposed to launch a new GPU every six months in 1999, has since then maintained such aggressive schedule, releasing a new high-performance graphics processor two times a year. ATI Technologies have also followed NVIDIA in terms of launch schedule for some time now. However, both are unlikely to start mass production of revamped versions of current architectures in 2004, but are expected to move availability of code-named NVIDIA NV48 and ATI R480 graphics processing units to Q1 2005, according to a high-ranking source among makers of graphics cards.

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Danhill · Sep 30, 2004, 06:46 PM

I think this is great news. Hopefully my GF 6800 GT is going to last more than 6 months.

Shinjikun · Sep 30, 2004, 06:59 PM

Guess we'll have to wait until next year for a PS 3.0 ATi card.

Danhill, that card should last another 18 months.

Sep 30, 2004, 05:35 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Leading Graphics Chips Designers Have No Plans for High-End Update in 2004 Two leading graphics processors designers – ATI Technologies and NVIDIA Corp. – do not have plans to update their high-end families of products this year, a source familiar with the plans of both told X-bit labs. The news may seem strange to graphics enthusiasts, as both NVIDIA and ATI typically tend to offer new high-end products twice a year. The ongoing fierce competition between two world’s leading graphics processors designers have resulted into graphics processors that contain from 160 million to 222 million transistors, tens of millions more than today’s fastest desktop microprocessors contain. As a consequence of skyrocketing complexity along with increase in terms of clock-speeds, neither NVIDIA nor ATI can supply sufficient amount of their high-end graphics solutions, such as the GeForce 6800 Ultra and the RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition. NVIDIA Corp., who proposed to launch a new GPU every six months in 1999, has since then maintained such aggressive schedule, releasing a new high-performance graphics processor two times a year. ATI Technologies have also followed NVIDIA in terms of launch schedule for some time now. However, both are unlikely to start mass production of revamped versions of current architectures in 2004, but are expected to move availability of code-named NVIDIA NV48 and ATI R480 graphics processing units to Q1 2005, according to a high-ranking source among makers of graphics cards. [Read More] ______________________ Source: X-BitLabs

Sep 30, 2004, 06:46 PM	#2
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	I think this is great news. Hopefully my GF 6800 GT is going to last more than 6 months. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Sep 30, 2004, 06:59 PM	#3
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	Guess we'll have to wait until next year for a PS 3.0 ATi card. Danhill, that card should last another 18 months. __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]