G80 specs revealed

I hope the boxes come with y-splitters, because my Antec TC 2.0 and NeoHe only have 2, though I hear that I may need a psu with a higher amperage rating.
 
Hurin said:
Check out this post for more info. I asked a pretty similar question in the SLI thread.

Also, you could always power one 8800GTX with your standard PSU, and then get one of these for only $50 to power the other. Then you've got four PCI-E connectors without any adapters. ;) . I assume that the Thermaltake dedicated video card PSU can handle a single 8800GTX since it can power Quad-SLI all on its own. Could be wrong though.
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wow, very impressive post... Im totaly going to look into this...


no, not really. Cause i think Thermaltake sucks....

but, now there is something eles to ponder... Where is antec and, (dare i say) PC Power and Cooling with there "video card PSU" (PSU3D!!) But, nicely thought out post you did...
 
Frosteh said:
If people want to shell out for 2xflagship G80 cards then they've got the cash to shell out for a PSU they will require.

Make no mistake, SLI is for the high end user only, if you aren't prepared to spend money on the upgrade then just stay away. I'm not sure what people expect here, more video processing power but less power requirement? :rolleyes:
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dude that is so true, I just dont see a problem here.
 
ToastMaster said:
QFT.

And I liked how somebody said that it would be adding $50 to the power bill. A mini-fridge on constant power pulls more power per-day than the 8k series will at peak power, and a mini-fridge costs like $25 a month. So please, cut the bullshit. Thanks.
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it's call exaggeration, try looking it up sometime.
 
MrGuvernment said:
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it's call exaggeration, try looking it up sometime.
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It could also be called "talking out of your ass."

Nobody would mind if we didn't have so many people crapping on things while pulling faulty numbers out of the nether regions.

H
 
dR.Jester said:
I think one of the biggest reasons why people are "freaking out" is because a single card will require (2) 6-PIN PCI-E power connectors. If they don't have an SLI PSU, they have to purchase one now.

Second problem, if you want to run SLI, not only will it cost an assload and require 1.21GIGAWATTS of power, those that do intend to go SLi with the 8800GTX will have to purchase an SLI 2.0 PSU.

Yeah the card may suck more juice, really not all that great but if you just purchased an SLI certified PSU, you just got f'ed by NVIDIA because the 8800GTX now requires two power connectors.
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You dont have to buy an sli power supply just because it has 2 6 pin's, there's adapters for that
 
How many amps do you think you should have on the 12v rail/s to run an 8800gtx with a system like the one in my sig? Would I be ok? I have 18+18 on the 2 12v rails.
 
Jasonx82 said:
OOOoo Its Official Nvidia will launch the G80 next month for sure @ the GeforceLAN Got it in my email! :D :D

http://www.pdxlan.net/nvidia/news.php
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I guess they found an ironclad way to keep attendance down by holding it on Tuesday-Wednesday and then requiring 18+ years old. The only people able to go will be the unemployed and college students with poor grades (the ones who are willing to blow off two days of classes). Guess they've never heard of holding events on a Saturday.
 
arthur_tuxedo said:
I guess they found an ironclad way to keep attendance down by holding it on Tuesday-Wednesday and then requiring 18+ years old. The only people able to go will be the unemployed and college students with poor grades (the ones who are willing to blow off two days of classes). Guess they've never heard of holding events on a Saturday.
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Guess you've havent noticed nvidia's history or thier past GeForce Lan parties. The venue probably has rules that set the age limit.
 
Dutt1113 said:
How many amps do you think you should have on the 12v rail/s to run an 8800gtx with a system like the one in my sig? Would I be ok? I have 18+18 on the 2 12v rails.
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I heard somebody at Antec that their new PowerTrio 650 is certified (with the G80 card) but I havent seen any official indications as of yet, since the card hasn't been released yet and from the looks of things the only difference I see it vs their PowerTrio 550W is 19 vs 18 amps on the rails.

I'm sure the [H] will tell us whats what.
 
arthur_tuxedo said:
I guess they found an ironclad way to keep attendance down by holding it on Tuesday-Wednesday and then requiring 18+ years old. The only people able to go will be the unemployed and college students with poor grades (the ones who are willing to blow off two days of classes). Guess they've never heard of holding events on a Saturday.
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wrong, good schools have classes with alternating days ie, mwf or tth, so your really only missing one. Second, theres a thing called days off requests. Past geforce lans have only been 1 day events with open bar and free food throughout. I dunno if ill get the days off approved but its worth it to pay and signup so i can sit with my clans/friends.

Geforce is prolly the only LAN event where you get more for stuff that what you paid. I paid $25, ate/drank prolly $30 and got about ~$100 in free stuff that i wanted and needed.

Back on topic, since its so close to release and they are gonna hard launch this sucker, all the stuff about power is prolly still gonna hold true for the retail cards.
 
Well, I guess I will see what my budget looks like when this beast is launched, but I just upgraded my rig (look at SIG!, put in a P5N32 SLI SE Deluxe, Intel E6700, and 2Gigs of Patriot low latency DDR2 800 all about $1300.00 USD) and I not sure if I will have the $$ for 1 or 2 of these and may have to sell my 7950GX2's to make sure I have the $$, but I will sit tight and wait. :cool: :p :cool:
 
strikeout said:
wrong, good schools have classes with alternating days ie, mwf or tth, so your really only missing one. Second, theres a thing called days off requests. Past geforce lans have only been 1 day events with open bar and free food throughout. I dunno if ill get the days off approved but its worth it to pay and signup so i can sit with my clans/friends.
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Yeah, but if you've got a full class load then you've got classes on MWF and also on TTh, hence blowing off 2 days of classes. Not saying I wouldn't have done that if I were still in college, mind you, but then I never claimed to have been a great student either.

And if your boss would seriously give you 2 days off to go to a LAN party, then you need to tell me where to send my resume :D
 
arthur_tuxedo said:
Yeah, but if you've got a full class load then you've got classes on MWF and also on TTh, hence blowing off 2 days of classes. Not saying I wouldn't have done that if I were still in college, mind you, but then I never claimed to have been a great student either.

And if your boss would seriously give you 2 days off to go to a LAN party, then you need to tell me where to send my resume :D
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I went to PDXLAN 6 in February this year and I got the whole week off to attend. And PDXLAN is run by the same people organizing the GeForceLAN, and they had the same 18+ restriction for PDXLAN as well. If memory serves me correctly it's because alcohol was available, and for insurance and liability purposes. Under 18 could attend, but had to be accompanied by an adult.
 
arthur_tuxedo said:
Yeah, but if you've got a full class load then you've got classes on MWF and also on TTh, hence blowing off 2 days of classes. Not saying I wouldn't have done that if I were still in college, mind you, but then I never claimed to have been a great student either.

And if your boss would seriously give you 2 days off to go to a LAN party, then you need to tell me where to send my resume :D
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nope u still got it wrong if you have lets say calc mwf and econ on tth, you'll only miss one day of calc and one day of econ each. Not that hard to recover from unless its a midterm. I work in a pharmacy thats open 7 days a week, im sure there are tons of people out there willing to trade their tuesday/wed for my sat and sun.

i hear the g80 is 11in long, i really wanted to build a new rig inside a lian li pc7b II midtower. Anyone know if that will fit? anyone have a similar card in length like an x1900 aiw?
 
all these people speaking of the increased power bill.........get real....

1. i wonder how many of you are actually paying for your own power?

2. if you are and a few dollars a month is something to bitch and moan about.......well......thats just sad when you are considering spending $650 on the card to begin with

reminds me of the "i can't take the family on vacation because gas prices are so high" argument that was popular recently.....you bought the gas guzzler guy, and now that it costs you $5-10 more per fillup, if that's a deal breaker for the vacation, you were never really going on vacation to begin with

i think people just look for reasons to bitch and moan about something they cannot control
 
nobody_here said:
i think people just look for reasons to bitch and moan about something they cannot control
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Cant control, or simply cant afford so they need to put it down to justify it to themselves to make them sleep better at night.
 
I don't understand all the hype about the power consumption. It's the same as a 7950 GX2, A card that should decimate a 7950 GX2 in performance, and "it seems" that it consumes about the same power, is something to complain about ?

nobody_here said:
i think people just look for reasons to bitch and moan about something they cannot control
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Seems like it.
 
Warrior said:
wow, very impressive post... Im totaly going to look into this...


no, not really. Cause i think Thermaltake sucks....

but, now there is something eles to ponder... Where is antec and, (dare i say) PC Power and Cooling with there "video card PSU" (PSU3D!!) But, nicely thought out post you did...
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Well, the newly announced 800W and 1000W power supplies from BFG have four PCI-E power connectors. Problem solved. :D

Though at $350 or $250, I think I'd just go with PC Power & Cooling (assuming they add connectors soon!).

Edit: Woops, looks like only the 1KW version will have the four connectors.
 
A few months ago i remember reading an interview with a nvidia engineer that discussed improving AF quality (yeah they realize that it does suck). The leaked specs talk about tthe G80's improved AF performance, but what about AF quality? I don't care if it's faster if it still sucks.
 
wrong, good schools have classes with alternating days ie, mwf or tth, so your really only missing one. Second, theres a thing called days off requests. Past geforce lans have only been 1 day events with open bar and free food throughout. I dunno if ill get the days off approved but its worth it to pay and signup so i can sit with my clans/friends.
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Wow, what school do you go to? I've got 3 lectures on each of mwf and labs to go with them on ttf...

Anyways, uhh. Wasn't there supposed to be some G80 press release event today... or somethin...
 
Yep NV press release is today, containing "paper" specs for G80, but you will probably hear very little from it. Media outlets getting these things are still under NDA, and aren't likely to risk NV's wrath by spitting out too many details. One can hope though.....


EDIT: From Triumphsiao's post here http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33576&page=59, referencing Coolaler's forum:

1680*1050 06(8 AA/ 16 Anis) 7XXX.

Remember to apply salt liberally!
 
Im currently in the market for a new Notebook (from Alienware) for gaming purposes occasionally (hooked up to a 42" Westy)

Im thinking of holding out for the DX10 cards. Im usually not a fan of "waiting" for new technology but it seems as if this would be a smart move as notebooks obviously aren't upgradeable and I will use this for 3 or 4 years. Any idea when a notebook version of the G80 will be coming?
 
awesome another way for me to rediculously blow money while some people are starving this holiday season
gj nvidia
 
alrite, we got another month or so before the release of the g80 but we still havent really seen anything final in what it will officially look like. is this normal? last time a company didnt announce anything so close to its launch date was sony back in spring and they only announced delays.
 
Hurin said:
Well, the newly announced 800W and 1000W power supplies from BFG have four PCI-E power connectors. Problem solved. :D

Though at $350 or $250, I think I'd just go with PC Power & Cooling (assuming they add connectors soon!).

Edit: Woops, looks like only the 1KW version will have the four connectors.
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My 1 k quad came with 4 as standard equipment
 
jacuzz1 said:
My 1 k quad came with 4 as standard equipment
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Yeah, there is a PC Power & Cooling Quad SLI model that now comes with 4 PCI-E connectors.
 
R3MF said:
i wonder the if the variable 128MB+64bit vs 256MB+64bit memory that leads to 640MB+320bit vs 768MB+128bit memory is a result of separating IQ fucntions like AA from general resource usage?
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Doubtful. It's probably still the same-old crossbar memory controller (4x64-bit), except the number of bars is extended to 6 for the GTX (384 bit / 64 = 6) or 5 for the GTS (320 / 64 = 5).

Every GDDR3 chip is 32 bits wide. The 8800 pictures I have seen indicate 12 chips, which measn 2 per crossbar, or 64-bit crossbars.
 
Hurin said:
Yeah, there is a PC Power & Cooling Quad SLI model that now comes with 4 PCI-E connectors.
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thats been out for a while.. basicly ever since quadsli was possible...
PCPC ftw..
 
Warrior said:
thats been out for a while.. basicly ever since quadsli was possible...
PCPC ftw..
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There are a few power supplies with 4 PCI-E Connectors.

Seasonic M12 700W

Silverstone Zeus 750W (With Adaptors)
Silverstone Zeus 850W

PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool 1kW PSU.
 
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