GeForce 9 series GPU to be launched on Feb 21

[soumya]

Nvidia is planning to launch its first GeForce 9 series graphics chip, the GeForce 9600 GT (G94), for the mid-range market on February 21, according to sources at graphics card makers. The 9600 GT adopts a 65nm process and is manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The GPU sees an increase in processing units, 64, and memory bus width, 256-bit, over previous 8600 GTS cards, 32 and 128-bit. The GPU's performance should see an increase of over 40% compared to the 8600 GTS, said the sources.

The new GPU also introduces Dual-Streaming Decode technology which allows two high-definition image decoding processes to be performed at the same time and provides picture in picture (PIP) functionality.

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20080219PD213.html

[naveen_reloaded]

good news...

does this include ageia ???
if so it will good investment..

which series gona support agia??
10 ??

[soumya]

During Nvidia's fourth-quarter financial results conference call, Nvidia shed a little more light on its acquisition of Ageia and what it plans to do with the firm's PhysX technology. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang revealed that Nvidia's strategy is to take the PhysX engine and port it onto CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture), a C-like application programming interface Nvidia developed to let programmers write general-purpose applications that can run on GPUs. All of Nvidia's existing GeForce 8 graphics processors already support CUDA, and Huang confirmed that the cards will be able to run PhysX.

"We're working toward the physics-engine-to-CUDA port as we speak. And we intend to throw a lot of resources at it. You know, I wouldn't be surprised if it helps our GPU sales even in advance of [the port's completion]. The reason is, [it's] just gonna be a software download. Every single GPU that is CUDA-enabled will be able to run the physics engine when it comes. . . . Every one of our GeForce 8-series GPUs runs CUDA."

http://neowin.net/news/main/08/02/16...eforce-8-cards

[BBThumbHealer]

will the launch be in india also ?

[nish_higher]

pre orders by KMD are already available for MSI 9600GT OC 512 MB for 10500 + 200 shipping

[gxsaurav]

PhysX will come to GeForce 8 & 9 in form of software which can be calculated by the CUDA engine in these GPUs.

Hell, anything can be calculated by CUDA. It's just a big CPU actually, u know u can even program it to render a 3D Movie like a normal CPU does, just that this time it will render it preety fast cos the calculating power of a GPU is more then a CPU.

[goobimama]

^^ Now that is some awesome sh1t!

[ax3]

cool, i am waiting .....

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by goobimama

^^ Now that is some awesome sh1t!

And this is possible due to DirectX 10 & not available on a Mac

[nvidia]

Read this
The ageia PhysX engine will be available through a software update in the 8 series cards.

[goobimama]

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

And this is possible due to DirectX 10 & not available on a Mac

Oh common! It's not like anyone plans on doing any serious gaming on the mac!

(though Windows is just a restart away)

[shadow2get]

NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT Specs at a glance:

GeForce 9600GT Specifications:

• Core Clock: 650MHz
• Shader Clock: 1625MHz
• Memory Clock:1800MHz
• Memory Type: GDDR3
• Memory interface: 256Bit
• Memory capacity: 512MB
• Stream Processor Unit / Unified shader number: 64
• Standard Shader Model: 4.0
• Standard DirectX Version: 10
• Video playback technology: PureVideo HD II/VP2
• Interface: PCIe 2.0

Anyone Interested in seeing the Reviews can look here:
NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT 512MB G94 Tested

For those not interested in reviews, here is the Conclusions from the Review:

Final Thoughts

The 9600GT doesn’t disappoint at all. Performance is better than you would expect out of a card that carries the x600GT naming scheme, and if pricing is going to be as competitive as we’ve heard then this could be the next gen card to own. It could be a really good chance for 7900 users to finally jump to a cheap DX10 card that is actually capable of running DX10 games at a playable frame rate.

Pricing should come under the HD 3870 and well under the 8800GT. While the card tends to perform on par with the HD 3870, sometimes better and sometimes slightly worse, with the great success NVIDIA has been having over the past few years people simply feel more comfortable using an NVIDIA card instead of an ATI based one. NVIDIA also tend to partner up with more game companies it seems, meaning that ultimately newer games are made for NVIDIA and able to perform better on their cards.

It really is a bit of a touch decision between the HD 3870 and the 9600GT, especially since the HD 3870 has come down in price a whole heap in the past month. AMD offer monthly driver updates and the 8.3 Catalyst drivers due out in March are sounding pretty good at the moment. With that said though, the 9 series are what NVIDIA are going to be concentrating on in the performance department from now on, and they tend to bring us good increases when it comes to official drivers.

We have to also remember that this is an overclocked 9600GT and not a stock clocked one. With that said though, it’s not overclocked majorly; we actually have an overclocked Zotac in the labs at the moment which carries with it some very nice clocks, and there’s no doubt it’s going to be interesting to see when we climb beyond 700MHz on the core.

Come launch day the 9600GT is probably going to be an extremely popular product. Like we mentioned before, 7900 users have been so happy with their cards that they really want to stay with an NVIDIA offering. The card should come in with some competitive pricing and plenty of stock to boot.

If you bought a HD 3870 recently I wouldn’t be disappointed with your purchase. If I was a computer company on the other hand with a lot of HD 3870s in stock I would be a little worried, as like we said before, while the HD 3870 isn’t a bad card people tend to feel very comfortable with NVIDIA these days, and there’s a good reason for that as they continue to release quality product after quality product.

[goobimama]

It could be a really good chance for 7900 users to finally jump to a cheap DX10 card that is actually capable of running DX10 games at a playable frame rate.

Yum! (Kracks knuckles)

[ashok jain]

i am waiting .....

[W i d e S c r e e N]

can this beat 8800GT?

[nish_higher]

^ no

[nvidia]

Originally Posted by W i d e S c r e e N

can this beat 8800GT?

Not in all the tests... Its almost as good as 8800GT
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/129...ion/index.html

[Stuge]

Thanks for those reviews link

[abhijit_reddevil]

Is it better than the 8800GTS? Or any other 8800 series cards in particular?

[s18000rpm]

9600GT early sneak peak performance review

[ancientrites]

naaah,my eyes are set on 9800gtx.9600gt is just mid range 64 stream processor unit.i dont think elite customer should even think of buying this one unless setup on sli basis even then nobody would buy.just a thought on my side

[s18000rpm]

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?p=4918962

[x3060]

how good is that ATI thing ?is it worth buying ?

[W i d e S c r e e N]

It's definately worth buying but from WHOM? Do they have a dedicated player like XFX which comes with a 3 year warranty?

[s18000rpm]

64 Shader Processors: NVIDIA Geforce 9600GT
http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=5575


DirectX10 - Game Benchmarks
http://sg.vr-zone.com/articles/64_Sh...GT/5575-7.html

[Voldy]

Ahh cool news

[s18000rpm]

9600gt (frm usa)
which brand to go for?

XFX / ASUS / EVGA...

[nish_higher]

EVGA KO or Super overclocked ones

[Pathik]

Evga

[s18000rpm]

EVGA - wont the warranty be a problem?