Pictures of the NVIDIA G70!
The first images of a reference card with NVIDIA's long-awaited chipset, codenamed G70, appeared. This is also proof that development is progressing well and we will soon be able to meet the new generation on store shelves.
As you can see in the image without the heat sink, the card is designed to accommodate eight memory slots per side, but half of these can be omitted without any problems, meaning that both the 256 and 512 MB versions can be easily created. This is very good news because 512 MB of ultra-fast memory is very expensive and in most cases does not bring significant acceleration compared to the 256 release. So, if we can use this word for high-end cards over one hundred thousand forints, we can also expect more cost-effective versions.
Bar it had been discussed beforethat the NVIDIA G70 may not have enough 75 W motherboard and 75 W external power, it seems to remain just a rumor of malice, as even this monster can handle 150 W. But the value of around 150 W is better than ever, higher than most desktop processors known today, so if you can't figure out some very efficient cooling, we'll feel the already unbearable volume of the GeForce 6800 series cooler. in addition to this.
Of course, we can hopefully expect alternative, friendlier cooling solutions soon, such as the one used by Sapphire. liquid metal cooling. However, we need to see an advantage: more and more people will think about liquid cooling, and if someone has spent a week with a really well-assembled, almost silent liquid cooling, they will never understand anyone in their area who is still suffering from a roaring machine.
It’s really sad where almost every branch of the IT industry is heading, mindless developments, incredibly strong competition are leading to immature, limited-use devices. The saddest thing about it is that we can't catch these things from specific manufacturers, as the ATI R520 isn't expected to be a cool treat either, there is already concrete news that it will surely catch up with its competitor in terms of printed circuit board size. pushes forward. We can still rely on the potentially more efficient operation of the R520 due to the narrower bandwidth of the RXNUMX, but this is probably just a vain dream.
