Nvidia 6800

[Vitriov]

Seems like nVidia are going from one pain in the arse to the next.

What started with the NV30s and their double slot size, seems to have transformed into the requirement of two power inputs for the NV40s.

At least the card'll hopefully kick some arse graphics wise.

 

[Northbridge]

I've heard that only the ultra version takes 2 cables.

 

[fadedstar]

The Ultra will draw around 110 Watts!! That's more than today's average cpu processors.


Have a look at toms. Very good article about this card with benchmarks. ATI should shoot back pretty soon because the NV40 will really kick the 9800XT's ass!!

http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040414/geforce_6800-06.html

.fs.

 

[g5orbust]

Seems like nVidia are going from one pain in the arse to the next.

What started with the NV30s and their double slot size, seems to have transformed into the requirement of two power inputs for the NV40s.

At least the card'll hopefully kick some arse graphics wise.

The r420 by ATI looks faster on all prelim bench marks and doesnt seem to have any power requirements beyond one molex like all previous ones.

 

[Apokalipse]

are these PCI express or AGP cards?

 

[raiden_nrl]

AGP

 

[Apokalipse]

I'm assuming they'll be AGP 8x then?

 

[raiden_nrl]

No both will be supported (AGP 8x 4x)

 

[WQ87]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15638