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Message 5348 - Posted: 6 Jan 2009 | 17:39:19 UTC

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Message 5350 - Posted: 6 Jan 2009 | 18:31:37 UTC - in response to Message 5348.

Wow looks really nice! :)
And in Q2 I should have enough money again to afford it... ;)
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Message 5351 - Posted: 6 Jan 2009 | 18:35:50 UTC

Who needs a used GT8800 in some weeks :)
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Message 5359 - Posted: 6 Jan 2009 | 22:33:02 UTC
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Wow, it's beautiful!

Just what we need: many more shaders (=faster crunching) but just a few more texture units (=no wasted space :D ) and a simpler 256 Bit memory interface (=cheaper cards) as well as a much more manageable die size (=cheaper chips once the yield at 40 nm is good enough).
That looks like a good mix for the 200 $/€ price point. And if TSMCs 40 nm process yields some nice power savings the chip might actually be able to use some of its clock speed potential, in contrast to GT200, which is quite heat-limited.

Side note: seems like someone tried to translate German grammar directly into English, which usually doesn't work very well. In case you wonder what a sentence means: I gues there are enough Germans here to help you out ;)

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