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Old 03-03-2008, 02:55 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: NVIDIA to launch nForce 700i IGPs in April/Aug 2008

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Originally Posted by shadow2get View Post
From THIS news article, I gather, DX 11 will be out only by the end of 2008 / start of 2009.

I don't think DX 11 will be out with the Intel GMA X3500/X4500. Have a look at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#GMA_X3500

They support only upto DX 10.0 in terms of Game/Application Development.

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I think NVIDIA do it this way for releasing the IGPs.

First, they release Discrete Graphics Cards for PCs. Then they move to releasing Chipsets/Cards for the Laptops/Other Mobile Platforms. Then they release the IGPs & release such that the performance of:

IGP < Laptop Chipset < PC

Recently, NVIDIA have released the 9300M G & 9500M GS for the Laptop platform. Check this link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce...orce_9M_Series

So my assumption is that they will be releasing the 9 series IGPs in a few months.
That's very good observation. Thx for the infos mate.
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