LOC Veteran Posted March 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2004 LONDON?March 4, 2004?Continuing a long line of industry firsts, NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced that it is the first to offer graphics solutions based on Graphics Double Data Rate 3 (GDDR-3) memory. This new memory technology allows for lower power and higher clock speed board designs when combined with NVIDIA GeForce FX graphics processing units (GPUs). Working with leading memory manufacturer Samsung, add-in card partners are preparing worldwide shipments of NVIDIA? GeForce? FX 5700 Ultra-based add-in cards with 128MB of GDDR-3 graphics memory. ?NVIDIA has taken real-time rendering to a level where it is almost indistinguishable from the cinematic-quality rendering we see in movies,? said Bryn Young, director of memory marketing and sales at NVIDIA. ?High-speed memory technology such as Samsung?s new GDDR-3 graphics memory is essential to our goal of advancing real-time graphics to photorealistic quality.? GDDR-3 graphics memory is the next evolution of high-speed DDR SDRAM technologies that have played a major role in enabling GPUs to drive complex geometries and character animations and deliver visual effects on par with the hottest motion pictures. GDDR-3 graphics memory enables higher memory clock frequencies at a lower power level with fewer components and constraints on system designers. These technology advances enable NVIDIA partners to bring higher performance solutions to consumers at better prices. ?We have been working with NVIDIA to make GDDR-3 graphics memory a reality in the marketplace,? said Mueez Deen, director of memory at Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. ?NVIDIA is consistently an aggressive adopter of new technology and we are excited that an NVIDIA-based graphic solution has enabled Samsung to be the first to market with GDDR-3.? NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra GPU-based graphics boards with 128MB of GDDR-3 will be available in mid-March from leading add-in card vendors worldwide, including: Albatron, ASUS Computer International, BFG Technologies, Inc., eVGA.com Corporation, Gainward Co., Ltd., Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., Leadtek Research, Inc., MSI, Palit Microsystems, Inc., Point of View, PNY Technologies, Inc., Sparkle Computer Co., Ltd., and XFX, a division of Pine. For details on where to buy GeForce FX-based graphics cards, visit the NVIDIA Web site at http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/wheretobuy.html From: NVmax Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted March 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2004 i wonder if that will give them any real boost to nVidia cards.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1794394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpediem Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Nvidia marketing as usual! The weakness in NV30 doesn't lie in memory bandwidth limitations. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1794448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 ati's highend r420's are also coming with GDDR-3... oh yeah.. first.. why try to be first and bring out something bad... FX5800 :whistle: ............ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1794453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted March 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2004 i have to say the part about lower power and higher clock speeds in intriguing... but I cant help but wonder right away if it is such a great technology why only have the lower end 5700 using it right now? ... other than that all have to say is no wonder they did not officially release these new Forceware drivers on March 1st like they claimed they would... well more power to them, and lets all hope, wether you are a "Nvidiot" or an "ATI fanboy," that Nvidia fully gets their act together (granted i am one of the rare people who do think they indeed already have their act more or less together as i have no complaints from my 5900 ultra, although i do see room for improvement and i would be blind not to). But it looks like Nvidia are potentially going to get it together with news (although not really impressive) and releases such as this, but especially with nv40 and PCI Xpress generations coming up... Because at the end of the day the better Nvidia does, the better ATI does, and vice versa, and we, the consumer, no matter what vendor you think is ultimately better and swear your allegiance to, win. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1794457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvatar Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 ?NVIDIA has taken real-time rendering to a level where it is almost indistinguishable from the cinematic-quality rendering we see in movies,? Hmm, have they not been saying this same quote with every card since the original GeForc:huh:huh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1794474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Khan Reviews Posted March 4, 2004 Reviews Share Posted March 4, 2004 jaffa? said: ati's highend r420's are also coming with GDDR-3... oh yeah.. first.. why try to be first and bring out something bad... FX5800:whistle:e: ............ er the NV40 is still coming as planned and it is too superior for ATI to redraw the r420 - they can only hope that the NV40 is a lesser card than the r420 the current FX range being updated to GDDR3 is agood thing, this will help the memory bandwidth limitations Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1794495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANova Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 The move to GDDR3 will most likely not produce any higher performance, the gpu is basically the bottleneck. Quote er the NV40 is still coming as planned and it is too superior for ATI to redraw the r420 - they can only hope that the NV40 is a lesser card than the r420 This right here shows me you have not looked at the specs for the R420. Oh how soon we forget the past. Does the FX5800 ring any bells? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1795195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Player Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 WTF? They couldnt get their DDR2 cards to work very well and now they're already pumping out DD3 cards?!?!?! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1795204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Iluvatar said: ?NVIDIA has taken real-time rendering to a level where it is almost indistinguishable from the cinematic-quality rendering we see in movies,? Hmm, have they not been saying this same quote with every card since the original GeForc:huh:huh: heeey that's true... good point! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1795231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjmUK Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Quote mrker the NV40 is still coming as planned and it is too superior for ATI to redraw the r420 - they can only hope that the NV40 is a lesser card than the r420 the current FX range being updated to GDDR3 is agood thing, this will help the memory bandwidth limitations You mean...in "your" opinion Nvidia is superior. I do wish people would stop this kind of flaming, you prefer Nvidia and others prefer ATi - neither of us is right, it's all down to personal preference. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1795265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Are the first-generation GDDR3 memories really expected to faster than DDR memories? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1795754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHuzi0n Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 figgy said: Are the first-generation GDDR3 memories really expected to faster than DDR memories? I would actually expect them to be to perform less at a given clockrate. If they plan on making FX 5700's faster by switching to GDDR3, they're going to need to boost the clockrate too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/145672-nvidia-to-offer-first-gddr-3-based-video-cards/#findComment-1796169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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