nVidia realeasing the power of 3

spine said:
Nvidia to offer Vista drivers with Beta 2 arrival

August 3, 2005 - 19:04 EST

Nvidia on Wednesday said that it will release a driver designed for its graphics cards running under Microsoft's Vista operating system as soon as the Beta 2 of the software becomes available. The company expects this version to become available "close to November" and update a corresponding Forceware driver simultaneously. According to Nvidia representatives, the driver will "fully" expose DirectX 10 functionality and also support "some" DRM features. (THG)


-Source: Tom's hardware Guide


Maybe on the 11th they'll unveil this or something.
I don't see how that has to do with "not buying an old graphics card" or "The Power of 3"
 
I guess that it'll be Ageia's PhysX PPU, some new nVidia GPU and (insert your favorite CPU maker here). ;) Or it could simply be multithreaded dirvers, like someone else pointed out... :eek:
 
spine said:
Nvidia to offer Vista drivers with Beta 2 arrival

August 3, 2005 - 19:04 EST

Nvidia on Wednesday said that it will release a driver designed for its graphics cards running under Microsoft's Vista operating system as soon as the Beta 2 of the software becomes available. The company expects this version to become available "close to November" and update a corresponding Forceware driver simultaneously. According to Nvidia representatives, the driver will "fully" expose DirectX 10 functionality and also support "some" DRM features. (THG)


-Source: Tom's hardware Guide


Maybe on the 11th they'll unveil this or something.
Actually you can already download 75.03 for Windows Vista.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_75.03.html
 
Mabye we'll see a press release on the 11th like...

Not content with GTX, NVIDIA is proud to announce the immediate availability of the new high-end Triple-X Ultra GPU. Order your 7800XXX Ultra now, and we'll include a voucher redeemable for your choice of two free booth babes or booth hunks when you visit us at E3 2006.

So don't buy old graphics for your PC, because starting August 11, You + 2 = The Power of 3.

Offer subject to availability while supplies last.
 
as far as i can tell these are the only serious and non debunked guesses between "thats all wrong" and "theres one right"

so take your pick



Shifra said:
Im going to guess its some buy back program for all old graphics cards for credit toward new ones, or an SLI deal, as in board + 2 cards = savings. Not a new product though, thats my guess.

swatX said:
got new theory.

power of 3 = SM 3.0 / SLI / HDR

and you dont buy old stuff meaning the SM 3.0/SLI / HDR arent in the radeon x800series

Render said:
sounds like 3 processors will work together

1 GPU
2 CPU (Dual Core)

a new driver that will use both cores in a game?


PRIME1 said:
Maybe it's the new C51(?) integrated graphics core.

Zinn said:
Its probably a set of new drivers...


I'd absolutly toss out the second one, as i said, nVidia is not going to make a cheesy banner, wait for quakecon, and go "ATI sucks we can do SM3/ HDR/ and have SLI"

none of those technologies are linked in any way. You dont need SM3 to do HDR and you dont need SLI to do either of those. Multi-million dollar company, rarely recognizes ATI, did not just make a banner to make a kiddie insult.
 
i am going to go with what i said before. even chris Ray at nvnews said it.

7800GT at quakeCON !!!
 
swatX said:
i am going to go with what i said before. even chris Ray at nvnews said it.

7800GT at quakeCON !!!


however the GT was mentioned 2 or 3 times on the first page and someone under NDA felt compelled to say the first page got nothing. If its a hardware launch, its going to be 3 products, this im absolutly sure of.
 
I know that another list has already been posted, but I think some people need to be reminded of the possibility list, or just need to read the whole thread... All this came from pages 2-4 from what Brent said.

Possibilities:

ATi is being bought out by Nvidia.

Two card and motherboard savings.

Three different technologies combined with updated software for better performance. SM 3.0 / SLI / HDR

The GPU and both cores of dual core CPU work together.

Old GPU buy back campaign.

New drivers that triple the performance of the cards.

Impossibilities:

Not going to be a price cut.

Not three cards in SLI.

Not three GPUs on a single PSB.

Not releasing the rest of the 7x00 line.

Not a triple head card.

Triple display.

Not anything to do with the PS3.

Not a price cut.

Brent will not "spill the beans."


Opinions:

I don't think the new drivers idea that triple performance is right. If it is right, my hat's off to the programmers at Nvidia. I can see Nvidia figuring out a way to over ride some programming in software and enabling it to use both cores of the CPU somehow. I can see a combo thing with two graphics cards and motherboard.

If it is the three new technologies on the card, I can see it being released only on their top end card on a special version for about $1K.

I can definitely see Nvidia announcing the rest of the 7x00 line at Quakecon. That isn't what the banner refers to though.

With the addition of ATi, Nvidia would have themselves, Ati, and 3dfx. This would make the power of three, but not satisfy anything else in the riddle. Nvidia buying ATi would be huge. It doesn't seem plausible to me. At least not right now. ATi might be fledging, but not that much.

I think I got all the ideas in between Brent's initial debunking and his declaration that somebody had guessed it right. If I missed something tell me.

Oh and I know that Nvidia has not found a way to infuse the Holy Spirit into a graphics card, though that would be sweet!


My Bet:

Even though it seems like a huge long shot, and not plausible, I have to go with ATi being bought out by Nvidia. For some reason I keep coming back to it. It is the only one that seems to meet all of the banner's requirements, even if it is a little outlandish.
 
You're all missing the point:

here it is, are you ready?

By the Power of 3, Nvidia means the amount of money you have to shell out over a house payment to buy their newest video cards.
By paying 3X what a good video card will set you back, you get to play crappy games like BF2 in high resolution
And last but certainly not least. By the power of 3, they mean how many times they've released a card, and the chimps have been there to suckle the nipples of Nvidia to make them feel so precious.

I'm just making jokes, no harm intended to the Nvidia !!!!!!s :)

In truth, I think its w/o a doubt
video card + mobo chipset + driver update.
I don't care what Brent says, he doesn't know anything :D
 
Yes, that must be it, ATI is getting bought out by nVidia so the very first announcment is under NDA to people who review hardware related material, but no one else knows about it, nobody on wallstreet, not to mention they already have a timer for the EXACT second the deal is closed....come on people common sense. This would explode out like a bomb if it were true.

edit-forgot the most important thing debunkin this, nVidia would need cash, basically actual money that can be spent, not net worth, to buy out ATI, this they do not have near enough of.
 
stiltner said:
You're all missing the point:

here it is, are you ready?

By the Power of 3, Nvidia means the amount of money you have to shell out over a house payment to buy their newest video cards.
By paying 3X what a good video card will set you back, you get to play crappy games like BF2 in high resolution
And last but certainly not least. By the power of 3, they mean how many times they've released a card, and the chimps have been there to suckle the nipples of Nvidia to make them feel so precious.

I'm just making jokes, no harm intended to the Nvidia !!!!!!s :)

In truth, I think its w/o a doubt
video card + mobo chipset + driver update.
I don't care what Brent says, he doesn't know anything :D

Resistance is futile...............you will be assimilated
 
xxaaqq said:
7800 (vanilla/GT/X)
7600 (vanilla/GT/X)
7200 (vanilla/GT/X)

This one was guessed a little before Brent said "yeah baby!" and it makes sense as they say "you wouldn't buy old..." so now you can buy newer cards

Yes, that I believe is the most likely.

Why buy X800, X700, X600, X300 or even 6200, 6600, 6800's, when Nvidia has the full line up of 7x00 series. High, mid, & low range of the new generation. :eek: F@$@)(* the old cards! :eek:
 
We all know its not a take over of ATI (they just don't have that kind of money).
It might be the introduction of the rest of the 7XXX line (being 7800GT and 7800U).
The most convicing idea I have seen that would amount to needing a count down banner would be either

- Multithreaded
or

- New Chip set (NF5), New PPU support, new VIVO support!
 
swatX said:
i am going to go with what i said before. even chris Ray at nvnews said it.

7800GT at quakeCON !!!

Even if this is true, it has nothing to do with the banner. So could you please stop spamming it.
 
xxaaqq said:
7800 (vanilla/GT/X)
7600 (vanilla/GT/X)
7200 (vanilla/GT/X)

This one was guessed a little before Brent said "yeah baby!" and it makes sense as they say "you wouldn't buy old..." so now you can buy newer cards instead of say a 6800GT because the 7600GT will be the "mid-range" card but actually be on par with the 6800GT, like the 6600GT was on par with the previous high end cards.

Also - here's a link I put on an earlier post: http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?4042
With mobile verions around the corner, you can bet they'll have more powerful desktop equivs to match.
 
The banner also says Nvidia is delivering the power of 3. So it looks like its going to be a launch like the 7800GTX :D
 
Skolar said:
Even though it seems like a huge long shot, and not plausible, I have to go with ATi being bought out by Nvidia. For some reason I keep coming back to it. It is the only one that seems to meet all of the banner's requirements, even if it is a little outlandish.

There is no way this could be it. These are two publicly traded companys and if they were in merger talks, no one on this board would be privy to the information. And if by some chance Brent did know and commented on the rumors, he could be in a S load of trouble.
 
Never say never.

In late 2000, we DID know that 3dfx was in trouble, and that they were up against technological and financial walls, but we didn't hear about their demise until the official announcement.

Still, I don't think ATI's down yet. They clearly have something impressive up their sleeves, but from what I've heard about the terrible yields, they could lose some money.

One should also note that 3dfx hadn't had the performance crown for about 2 years when they folded, after two failed products (Voodoo3 and Voodoo 4/5). Also, remember that 3dfx was dependent on the educated, high-end customers, since they didn't even make what you could call "low-end" products. ATI has deeper pockets, and a solid business in low-end cards to survive one lost product cycle.

If ATI gets bought, it's terrible news for everyone: nVidia tyranny.
 
Gibbo over at overclockers had this to say:

"The Power of 3 is top secret, but it has nothing to do with another new card, or new SLi, or 3 GPU's on one card, just wait and see."

link: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17450886&page=2&pp=30

He's a good a source of information as anyone else - however looking at his posts it does suggest that it is just advertisement on SLI/SM3.0/HDR (also Chris Ray posted this and he's also a good a source as any).

All in all doesn't sound like anything special. (Despite my wondering imagination last night on what it could be :D)
 
omg yes... if we thought high end graphics card prices were high now... I would be afraid to guess how much worse that would get without any (or extremely limited) competition.
 
tornadotsunamilife said:
"The Power of 3 is top secret, but it has nothing to do with another new card, or new SLi, or 3 GPU's on one card, just wait and see."

That's in line with what others "in the know" have said - that it has nothing to do with new or multiple GPU's.
 
tornadotsunamilife said:
Gibbo over at overclockers had this to say:

"The Power of 3 is top secret, but it has nothing to do with another new card, or new SLi, or 3 GPU's on one card, just wait and see."

link: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17450886&page=2&pp=30

He's a good a source of information as anyone else - however looking at his posts it does suggest that it is just advertisement on SLI/SM3.0/HDR (also Chris Ray posted this and he's also a good a source as any).

All in all doesn't sound like anything special. (Despite my wondering imagination last night on what it could be :D)

Gibbo?
The same guy with the +20.000 7800GTX SLI score? :rolleyes:
He is full of FUD ;)

Terra - Most bizarre thread I have seen in a long time..have fun with it ;)
 
tornadotsunamilife said:
Gibbo over at overclockers had this to say:

"The Power of 3 is top secret, but it has nothing to do with another new card, or new SLi, or 3 GPU's on one card, just wait and see."

link: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17450886&page=2&pp=30

He's a good a source of information as anyone else - however looking at his posts it does suggest that it is just advertisement on SLI/SM3.0/HDR (also Chris Ray posted this and he's also a good a source as any).

All in all doesn't sound like anything special. (Despite my wondering imagination last night on what it could be :D)

they're waiting days to advertise that? They ALREADY DO IT. so i think not. Since nobody aparently wants to drop it, why dont you try to defend what sense, if any, it makes.

i think 3DFX is still alive, they let nVidia eat them, then they began to use nVidia like a virus to a host, sucking them dry of everything useful until they are finally dead. We're gonna see the Voodoo 7 explode out the perverbial chest of nVidia.

Power of 3DFX
 
I look for it to be the rest of the 7x00 line, including low end cards...

"Power of 3"
Probably refers to Pixel Shader 3 and they will continue to push PS3 into their low end cards as well so that they can claim to be superior to ATI on all fronts.
 
I can't wait till someone goes to the store to buy a new video card and gets a Radeon 7200 instead. d'oh!

:rolleyes:
 
Mysogonist said:
I'm about to go release the power of 2 in the restroom!


LOLOLOLOLOLOL

more OL means more laughing. I'm thinking along the lines of "three's company" and they are anouncing Tony Danza as their new head spokesperson...
 
On ZipZoomFly there is a little banner that says "nVidia launching the power of three". Click on it, and it shows you a page of 3 flavors of the 7800GTX...BFG, EVGA, and XFX. What does this mean? No clue.
 
Shifra said:
they're waiting days to advertise that? They ALREADY DO IT. so i think not. Since nobody aparently wants to drop it, why dont you try to defend what sense, if any, it makes.

For all we know it could a countdown timer to the start of a large marketting campaign boasting SLI/SM3.0/HDR. Tbh it makes more sense than to have a countdown timer for a package dealie. Sure you don't need SM3.0 for HDR but not every average joe knows that ;)

I can see myself looking back on this after the timer reaches 0 and laughing about it.
 
They're releasing the Geforce 3 GTX!

Puts me at the cutting edge since I'm using a Geforce 3 Ti200 whilst waiting for my 6800GT OC to be fixed by BFG...
 
this has to be something big (well..something kinda big)
and if it isn't about the new 7800GT(which will be released then too) and the FX4500/7800Ultra(which we know is "in the wings") with the new 7800GTX that is out...make'n it 3

looking at these...
Zinn said:
POSSIBLY Multi-monitor support for SLI
POSSIBLY Nforce chipset related
POSSIBLY SM 3.0 / SLI / HDR
POSSIBLY 3 Processors working together (1 GPU / 2 CPU dual core)
POSSIBLY New drivers
POSSIBLY Holy spirit infused into graphics card.
nothing on that list is really all that great..or any kind of "big deal"

the other things brought up that could be likely
this...
Killmas said:
new mobile graphics card, new IG solution (c51), and 7800gtx
but the 7800GT(me thinks)

or...
Shifra said:
... its some buy back program for all old graphics cards for credit toward new ones...


the possibility of the one thing I think it could be...that does "fit Zinn's list"
New drivers...but the 80.40's aren't anything that is worth throwing a party about
but the 3D Stereo Drivers might be...as up till now...the 3D stuff doesn't work with SLI....but the new cards (the one in that leaked image) show a 3D Stereo connector..and it is a SLI card

so I'm still betting that it is this....because the 'banner' seems to point to a new/different tech in graphics not really cards(that you would need/want to buy)

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or its just something that the new 3rd card has....something I used before...but now it come's with the card..built in...and now these cards should have the power to do...esp. with 2 cards in SLI...as that would be perfect...SLI really didn't do that much when combined together...but for this...use'n two cards makes perfect sense

and this is something that will work with all games...something that really hasn't been taken advantage of with games....but I have done it before...and the effect is just amazing...I was hooked on it...even tho it really made the games run much slower with my old GeForce3...but SLI would change all that....making games run much better with it...this might even be what they call SLI2...

look at this photo...what is on this card, that has never been on a video card before?
9vgxeg.jpg

Stereo 3D Connector
that is built right into the card..and divers to run it with SLI(SLI does not work with the 3D drivers out now)

how the 3D Stereo works is...

the game is drawn twice...in two views

with the old one slow card set-up this sucked

because it was like the video card had to do twice the work

the card would show one view...and then at the next refresh of the display show the other...so the card was in-sync with the displays re-fresh...then you had a pair of glasses that would 'flicker' in-sync with the display...blacking out one eye...so it would see one image...and then the other eye, so it would see a different image

looking at the screen without the glasses just looked like a mess(they now have display that can some how do this without glasses)
but with the glasses on...any game is now really 3D...your monitor looked liked a fish tank....you felt like you could stick your hand in a touch stuff

http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d_stereo.html

now with two cards in SLI...one card could just draw one view....and the 2nd card could draw the other view

..the power of 3 and then on the 11th they just add a D....make'n it"the power of 3D"...with the "D" crashing thru a wall or something
 
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