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NVIDIA jumping to GDDR5?

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    IamMetaldave
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    It also says this though..
    No one of the top-tier graphics manufacturers claimed that they would use the new type of memory

    If they can't use GDDR4, Then 5 is probably their only option.

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    Dorsanty
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    So Geforce 10 then. Christmas 2009 or even 2010 which would seem more likely.

    Are ATI/AMD getting any performance gains out of GDDR4 or is it just the price tag?


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    Overheal
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    Geforce 10 sounds... well, dated.

    New line of GPUs ftw!


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    TerrorFirmer
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    It really doesn't seem that long ago that the 'Geforce 256' had me seething with jealousy....hard to believe they're at 9 already.

    As for the difference in memory....last time I checked, the gain was about 10% - and that was tops. The mean difference was about 1%...


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    duridian
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    but for Nvidia using GDDR4 is not an option, since its flagship 8 and 9 graphics cores cannot work with it. The only solution for Nvidia is to use pricey GDDR3 with a wider memory bus, or directly shift to the new GDDR5 memory
    Interesting, but what I am wondering here is, how if NV's 8 & 9 series can't work with GDDR4 do they get them working with GDDR5. It does seem to be a revision of the 8 & 9 series they refer to here, rather than a further into the future 10 series, is it not?
    Am I right in thinking it is somehow analogous to the situation in the CPU world, where a DDR2 motherboard wasn't possible with a socket 939 Athlon 64, because the memory controller which was designed only for DDR1 was on die and part of the processor itself?
    Or am I missing something in the article?


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